THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
dictate to agriculture as to its program, but we wish to be of service 
in a spirit of the utmost cooperation. An opportunity for real serv- 
ice lies before us, and we hereby pledge the Chamber to use its 
utmost efforts to assist in formulating a sound national agricultural 
policy, practical and constructive. (Resolution, Fourteenth Annual 
Meeting, 1926.) 
AGRICULTURE 
The United States Chamber of Commerce, fully recognizing the 
basic importance of agriculture to the nation and desiring to assist 
in solving the problems of this all-important industry, has given its 
aid in establishing a commission to survey all of the various phases 
of our agricultural problems and to prepare a report with recom- 
mendations. This commission is known as the Business Men’s 
Commission on Agriculture, and is composed of outstanding busi- 
ness men of all sections of the country under the chairmanship of 
Mr. Charles Nagel, of St. Louis. 
Hearings extending over a period of several months have been 
held with farmers and producers in various sections of the country. 
Executives of the departments of the federal government have been 
heard, extended conferences have been held with Secretaries Hoover 
and Jardine and with transportation executives, bankers, and dis- 
tributors. Other authorities on forestation, land settlement, finance, 
immigration, tariff, education, and communication have been heard. 
All of this testimony, transcribed, is now being reviewed and 
digested, and the report should be forthcoming within sixty days. 
Other resolutions on agriculture presented at this annual meeting 
should be considered by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of 
Commerce of the United States together with the report of the 
Commission, and there should be no further commitment on agri- 
cultural policies until the Commission’s report and recommendations 
are received. (Resolution, Fifteenth Annual Meeting, 1927.) 
WESTERN GRAZING 
The live-stock industry of the western states is dependent for 
forage upon the resources of the national forests and the public 
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