Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Farm Implement Men Elected. [ARTICLE]

Farm Implement Men Elected.

Kansas City, Mo., telegram: The National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers elected the following officers: President, W. S. Thomas, Springfield, O.; treasurer, S. A. Swayne, Richmond, rnd.; secretary, F. E. Lukens, Chicago. Minneapolis was chosen as the convention city for 1902 and it will go to St. Louis in 1903. Among the resolutions were those favoring the isthmian canal, approving reciprocity, urging the ratification of the French reciprocity treaty and legislation along that line, also of irrigation and action looking thereto; approving the Frye bill for a department of commerce, and asking President Roosevelt to embrace such a recommendation to that effect.