New Orleans Exhibition. 143 



dent, the relation between buyer and seller, between the consignor and the 

 consignee will be much more pleasant and satisfactory, and I think I speak 

 advisedly when I saj^ that any commission man will take pride in giving his 

 shipper all the information and assistance he can in aiding him to prepare 

 his fruits and vegetables for market. The idea that commission men are all 

 thieves and rascals is a mistaken one. That there are dishonest and unreli- 

 able ones is true, but with proper care it is not necessary to fall in with such. 

 But a true commission man knows his interest and success is identical with 

 the grower; what militates to your success adds to his. 



And I believe, Mr. President, that the success of this Society and the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture is to be brought about largely by the united effort 

 and the interchanging of ideas, and this, sir, between the grower and the 

 seller; and I am glad to know that in this association are men of broad views 

 and large experience, and that in the no distant future we shall see the hor- 

 ticultural interest in this great valley second to no other branch of agricul- 

 ture, and that through this association it will be elevated to that position that 

 our boys, yea, our girls, will delight to engage in it as one of the most pleas- 

 ant, honorable and profitable of pursuits. 



NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION. 



Ex-Gov. Furnas, of the Committee on New Orleans Exhibition, 

 submitted the following report: 



Your committee, appointed to report on the matter of the New Orleans Exposi- 

 tion, waiving usual formal preambles and resolutions, recommend for adoption as 

 follows : 



1. Tlie approval and indorsement by this Association of the New Orleans Expo- 

 sition, as also the action and labor of our President, Earle, thus far in connection 

 therewith, fully believing that none other than great good to the whole country can 

 be the final result; to this end, 



2. The Governors of States, not having already done so, be urged to appoint com- 

 missioners, as provided by act of Congress, and in addition one or more agents or 

 managers in each State, whose duty more specially it shall be to work up an inter- 

 est and collect products designed for exhibition. 



3. That all interested be reminded that under the law appointments of commis- 

 sions must be made on or before February 10. 1884. 



4. That all States be earnestly recommended to place on exhibition all products 

 of soil, art, manufacture, etc., in which they are respectively interested ; especially 

 that agricultural and horticultural associations do so. 



5. To remind pomological organizations that with present cold storage facilities, 

 especially as i^rovided in New Orleans, and with care received in gathering and 

 shipping, many of the earlier varieties of fruits can be carried into the winter ex- 

 hibition, as well as those naturally belonging to that season. 



6. That as soon as may be, the earlier the better, the Director General be invited 

 to convene commissioners and others representing various State organizations and 



