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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Prejudice Still Exists. 



"I met one man who is enthusiastic concerning dry farming, and X 

 met some other men equally intelligent, but who see things from a dif- 

 ferent viewpoint and who do not have certain knowledge, and they are 

 denouncing the whole thing as an absolute fake. One of my best friends 

 the other day asked: 'How can you tell a dry farmer?' I said: They 

 have got seed sticking in their hair; and he said: 'No, just look for 

 a fellow who looks like a real live real estate man and you have got 

 one.' That man was honest; he didn't believe in this dry farming propo- 

 sition. Here is a man who gets up and if he were doing that writing 

 he would denounce all these men who are selling dry farming lands, as 

 being fakes, while there is the young lady who this afternoon told us 

 how they make positive successes of these things. Now, as the gentle- 

 man suggests, 'Who is going to be the judge? ' I would like to say this 

 to you, let's be conservative let's give everybody a show. I feel that 

 the American people have intelligence enough to decide for themselves, 

 who are advertising fake propositions and who are not advertising fake 

 propositions. And I believe too, that there are enough honest, intelli- 

 gent newspaper men in this state of ours, in Colorado, in South Dakota 

 and all over this Trans-Missouri country that will brand any fakir 

 whether the Trans-Missourr Dry Farming Congress places its stamp of 

 approval on this thing or not. I feel if any criticism can be offered con- 

 cerning our Resolutions Committee, it is that already we have too much 

 encumbering of our resolutions with things that should not have crept 

 into them, and so I say to you, do not pass that sort of a resolution. 

 Keep everything out of the resolutions except those things which are 

 vital to dry farming interests and matters of which there is a possibil- 

 ity for honest difference of opinion. You cannot go out and meet ten 

 men and find any two out of three of them that will agree with you in 

 regard to this proposition, so just remember that one point — who is go- 

 ing to be judge of this thing. I am opposed, gentlemen, to the reso- 

 lution." 



MR. WAU, Wyoming: 'How are you going to advertise and 

 secure — " 



GOV. BROOKS, (presiding) : "Gentlemen, we will have no dis- 

 cussion on the floor whatever. The motion before this Congress is 

 on the adoption of this resolution as read. That motion has been 

 amended by the gentleman from Colorado to refer the motion back to 

 the committee, and an amendment has been offered to that, to table 

 the entire amendment" 



MR. NOLAND: "A man said to me today that when Questions of 

 this kind came up they should be referred to Mr. John T. Burns, Secretary 

 of the Dry Farming Congress. We are willing to refer anything of that 

 sort to Secretary Bums. I think that answe(rs the question of who is 

 going to pass on it. 



MR. GEORGE, Montana: "This resolution only expresses our disap- 

 proval of fake advertising. Why should we turn down this resolution 



