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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