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they have money? I expect they will eclipse us; yes, more, they 

 will come here to get the fruit, and eclipse us with our own fruit. 

 [Laughter.] I only throw out this because I expect you will sur- 

 pass us, but we will do our best. I hope, if I live, I will meet you 

 all there. It will be a visit which you will never regret. 



The President — I wish to suggest that the management of the 

 exhibition, seeing that there will not be legislatures in session in 

 most States, depends on other measures. This World's Exhibition 

 has been recogaized by different governments. Director General 

 Major Burke, of New Orleans, will go to Washington and try to 

 get 'S 1,000 for each State in the Union. It is the duty of you here 

 to try to influence Congressmen, that we may be able to get this. I 

 am told that some States have made appropriations. Texas, I hear, 

 has. Now, if you will all take hold of this, you can do much 

 toward getting Congress to act for us. 



Judge Newman, of Kansas — Col. Colman says that we, in Kan- 

 sas, do not know the value of money. I think we have shown 

 that we do by the way we have used it. He speaks of our coming 

 to Missouri to get fruits. If we can come here and find better fruit 

 than the people of Missouri can, and exhibit it and get the glory of 

 it, I think it is all right. [Laughter.] 



Mr. Gibbs, of Minnesota — I move that the papers of this city 

 publish this report in full, with the signatures of the committee, and 

 bring 200 copies of each paper, and we will take them off their hands. 



By motion, the report was adopted. 



On motion of Maj. N^owlin, of Arkansas, the following was 

 adopted : 



Whereas, We recognize the importance of the coming World's Industrial Ex- 

 position, to be held in New Orleans, to every State of the Union, and especially to 

 the Mississippi valley ; and. 



Whereas, It is impossible for many of the States to secure appropriations from 

 their legislatures in time to be made available for the purpose of making ex- 

 hibits of their resources on account of having no session of their legislature ; 

 therefore be it 



Resolved. That it is the sense of the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, 

 that the Congress of the United States should make sufficient appropriation to each 

 State and Territory of the I'nion to enable such State or Territory to make a cred- 

 itable display of its resources at New Orleans, and that the Representatives of the 

 States comprising the territory of the Society should cordially support that meas- 

 ure. 



