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survive or maintain ourselves; that we would weaken in organization, 
for the fee of itself stimulates the production of whatever commodity 
we may be under and stimulates the organization—— 
Mr. ANpRESEN. You do not mean the fee stimulates production; 
you mean the fee curtails production? 
Mr. CrowpER. I mean to say that the fee would stimulate the 
organization; that is what I thought I said. 
Mr. KinceeLoE. How many people in your organization—I will 
ask you first, which is the largest organization membership that you 
represent in your State? 
Mr. Crowbar. Well, nro! ~7it: 
in cooperative organiz- 
Mr. KincueLoe. W™ 
about? 
Mr. CrowpER. think around 6,000. 
Mr. KiNcHELOE. if course, several of your farmers belong to 
various organizations you represent here? 
Mr. CrowpER. Yes, sir; a great number of different organizations. 
Mr. KixcrELoE. How many members of one Farm Bureau? 
Mr. Crowper. There are 5,000 members of the Farm Bureau in 
South Dakota. 
Mr. Kixceenor How many 
approximately? 
Mr. Crowper. I am not able to state. 
Mr. KixcHELOE. You do not know what per cent of the farmers 
are in at least one of your organizations? 
Mr. Crowder. Yes; I would say our oreanizations in general 
represent more than the farmers, we have collectively. 
Mr. KixcHELOE. Because they are in more than one organization? 
Mr. CrowpEer. Because they are in more than one organization. 
Mr. KixcrELOE. The reason I ask that is I want to inquire, have 
you had meetings of the personnel of your organizations that know 
about these measures that are pending before Congress, and have you 
had discussions with the individual farmers about this legislation? 
Mr. CrowbEer. Yes, sir; we have, to a certain extent. 
Mr. KivcHELOE. Now, to what extent? 
Mr. Crowper. Well, to the extent of these verious organizations 
and personnel, with their own private people a» - ich the Agri- 
cultural Chamber of Commerce which met on the 13uh of January 
in our State. 
Mr. KincHELOE. The reason I was asking that is because it is 
very easy for some representative of any concern, not only farmers 
but anybody else, to say “I represent a hundred thousand or so 
many people,” and maybe those hundred thousand people do not 
know anything on earth about what he has come here for. I was just 
wandering if the personnel of your organizations, those farmers ‘who 
belong to the various organizations, have had an opportunity to 
discuss this matter and come to an intellicent conclusion and know 
what is in these bills. 
Mr. CrowpEr. They have very much, I would say, through the 
various organizations, and I am sorry I am here in the condition I am 
without any resolutions from these various organizations. 1 should 
have had them. 
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