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est and sympathy go out to the work you are doing in a peculiar degree. 



Cordially and sincerely yours, 



x WOODROW WILSON. 



Mr. Ralph H. Faxon, Executive Secretary, 

 International Dry-Farming Congress, 

 Wichita, Kansas 



Message From Mr. Bryan. 



Department o*f State, 

 Washington, October 2, 1914. 



My dear Mr. Faxon: 



I regret exceedingly that it will be impossible for me to attend the Dry- 

 Farming Congress to be held in Wichita October 7 to 17. 



While I am not fully informed as to the success which has attended 

 many of the experiments in dry-farming, I am deeply interested in anything 

 that affects the welfare of the Nation and would be glad to profit by the 

 discussions which will take place at your Congress. If the speeches are to 

 be in book form, I shall be pleased to have a copy, that I may avail myself 

 of the information which is brought out. 



Yours very truly, 



W. J. BRYAN, 



Mr. R. H. Faxon, 



International Dry-Farming Congress, 

 Wichita, Kansas. 



Message Friom Mr. Barrett. 



Panamerican Union, 

 Washington, D. C, September 23, 1914. 



Dear Mr. Faxon: 



On account of the overwhelming pressure of work here resulting from 

 the effect of the European war on Latin America and the demands already 

 made upon me from different parts of the country to discuss the Pan Amer- 

 ican situation, I regret extremely that it will be impossible for me to attend 

 the International Dry-Farming Congress which will be held at Wichita, Oc- 

 tober 7-17. 



I realize the honor of your invitation and the importance of this gather- 

 ing. I want you to know of the continued interest of the PanAmerican 

 Union and myself in the work of the International Dry-Farming Congress. 

 The agitation which it is carrying on and the contribution which it makes 

 to the knowledge of this important subject are already having an effect s 

 throughout Latin America. There is no question in my mind whatever that 

 dry-farming must prove in the future a great help to the material and 

 commercial development of the Latin American countries which have vast 

 areas subject to dry-farming. At this very moment the war has em- 

 phasized the solidarity, interdependence and mutual interest of the coun- 

 tries of the Western Hemisphere, and the countries to the south of us are 

 watching closely the cooperation which the United States may give them 

 in solving their commercial problems and in helping them to tide over the 



