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awake men, who saw the needs of those who were engaged in the breed- 

 ing of fine hogs. It is certainly very pleasant for persons having a com- 

 mon object and a common interest to meet together and exchange social 

 solutions at regular intervals and to consult with regard to the best man- 

 ner of promoting that common object and interest. Those engaged in 

 professional, mercantile and mechanical occupations have associations for 

 mutual improvement, and shall the interests of the swine breeders, which 

 are of so much importance to all other interests, be unworthy of asso- 

 ciated effort? 



Association is the origin and impulse of all progress. The elements 

 of every department of society have their expansion and nfaturity under 

 the vital power of this great principle. When its object is the good of 

 all, it is to be commended. So I trust that our coming together on this 

 occasion may result in great good to all concerned. When we become 

 associated in this respect, we thereby become the servants of one another. 



A short time ago Governor-elect J. Frank Hanly, in addressing a body 

 of students at Purdue University, said: "No man lives to himself. It 

 should be the highest motive of every individual to render service to his 

 fellow-man." 



I hope no one has come to this meeting with a selfish motive. If any 

 breeder has come to this Association with some knowledge that he has 

 gained by actual experience, he should be willing to impart the same to 

 his brother breeders. In so doing he becomes a servant to others. I. 

 therefore, urge that in all the discussions of the various subjects that 

 shall take place at this session and the sessions that shall follow shall 

 be of the most friendly nature, and that the practical suggestions dropped 

 here and there, that are of merit to us, shall be treasured up, and prove 

 to be of great benefit to us in this line of business. It is needless for 

 me to take your valuable time in discussing the magnitude of this in- 

 dustry which we represent. But I just want to drop this thought, that 

 as we sit beneath the dome of the Capitol of the great State of Indiana 

 we should feel that we represent one of the greatest industries on the 

 globe. We should, therefore, have a sense of dignity and honor about 

 us, that we are public benefactors. 



Someone has said, and truthfully, too, that the breeding and feeding 

 of a herd of pure-bred hogs is an art. If we wish to be successful breed- 

 ers we should have a love for the business. We will all admit that it 

 takes a great deal of labor to properly care for a herd of pure-bred hogs. 

 So we must combine labor with intelligence, because labor and intelli- 

 gence go hand in hand. It is intelligence that is sold at a premium. 

 Were it not for this faculty, which is capable of being expanded and en- 

 larged in many ways, we would be of all creatures the most miserable. 

 It is this factor pursued in a given line that has given us the draft horse 

 of the present day, and in another direction has given us the wonderful 

 two-minute rate of speed. It is this same intelligence, directed in another 



