STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Ill 



The age of Industrial Aristocracy had to come before the 

 birth of Industrial Democracy was possible. It logically belongs 

 before it, just as in government the age of Aristocracy and 

 Monarchy came before and necessitated the age of Democracy, 

 of popular liberty and self-government. 



When we were ready for political liberty, we got it. When 

 we shall be wise enough, enterprising enough, brotherly enough 

 to have and enjoy industrial liberty, we shall get that, too ; and 

 I trust I may say we are about ready for it. It is the "Kingdom 

 Coming" and, I say it reverently, it is of the essence of the 

 "Kingdom of Heaven," for it is the kingdom built on the 

 brotherhood of man, which also means the "Fatherhood of 

 God." 



CO-OPERATION FOR MAINE FRUIT GROWERS. 



By G. C. Sevey, Associate Editor N. E. Homestead. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



First of all I wish to express regret in not being able to be 

 present at your sessions of the society this week. After prom- 

 ising Pres. Craig that I would come, circumstances over which 

 I had no control made it necessary for me to be in Springfield. 

 Today, while you are discussing modern methods of fruit cul- 

 ture, we are dedicating down in Springfield, the new building 

 of The New England Homestead. As surely as two bodies 

 cannot occupy the same place at the same time, so is it impos- 

 sible for me to be in Waterville and Springfield the same day 

 and hour. It has been my pleasure in recent years to see much 

 of Maine. I am constantly gaining a keener appreciation of 

 the marvelous resources of this great State in an agricultural 

 way, notably along horticultural lines. A few weeks ago I 

 visited the orchards of Pres. Craig, Mr. Leland and Mr. Volney 

 Gray. Those of you who are familiar with the operations of 

 these men will appreciate the fact that something worth while 

 was seen. In justice to the many other farmers I have visited 

 in the Pine Tree State, will say that I never yet have been dis- 

 appointed in what I saw, but on each occasion have observed 

 methods of enterprise and progress. 



