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sented to-day by something like seventy millions of people and each 

 one. of those people bears one of the noblest titles ever conceived of, 

 that of an American Citizen. This great organization that I have spoken 

 of is sub-divided into states and territories, cities, towns, families and 

 individuals. 



You, in your particular sphere, as members of this organization 

 here in the State of Vermont, you represent one of these units which 

 go to make up this great organization. It is an organization where 

 perfect harmony prevails, consolidated action also prevails and for 

 this reason the results that are being obtained are the admiration 

 of the whole world. 



I understand through your President that this is the oldest and 

 largest organization of its kind in the United States. May it ever be 

 so. You are so situated in the State of Vermont as members of this 

 Dairymen's Association you have a worthy incentive to continue on 

 in your good work because it is necessary that in order to accomplish 

 the best results you should meet annually in different portions of the 

 State, in order that you should have consolidated action to bring out 

 that which is best in you. 



A few days ago I came across an old copy of Walton's Vermont 

 Register, printed in the year 1843, that is about sixty years ago. In 

 pursuing its contents I found upon one of its pages, under the head, 

 'The Farmers' Calendar,' an article bearing upon the very question that 

 you are interested in at the present time, dairying. And it began: 

 'Vermont should yield to no one in the excellency of its dairying.' 

 It went on and said that it was a known fact at that present time that 

 one-half of the dairy products of the State of Vermont that reached 

 the large cities was Hot fit to set before the Esquimaux. 



Now what are the conditions that exist to-day as compared with 

 the conditions that existed at that time? They are simply these, and 

 I believe, standing upon this platform, I have reason and the right to 

 say, without fear of contradiction, that at the present time the dairy 

 interests of the State of Vermont are not excelled by any. I will 

 also add of the maple sugar product at the present time, the quality 

 of it is not excelled by any State of the Union. 



History records the fact that it every walk of life, whether in 

 the Representative Hall, upon the field of battle, or in the different 

 professions, Vermont is always at the front, and I hope that history 

 will only repeat itself. I hope that future history will record the fact 

 that the United States of America will occupy the broad path that she 

 occupies to-day and that you, ladies and gentlemen, patriotic Ver- 

 monters, will continue on in your good work and that you may con- 

 tribute in the future as you have in the past, to all those things which 

 go to make our State and Union great. 



You have to-day influential men in the State of Vermont on the 

 platform and through the press. I mention Mr. De Boer of Mont- 

 pelier, and Mr. Bell, who is on the platform throughout the State, 

 and it gives me great pleasure to stand upon this platform to-day and 



