﻿Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  

  

  THIRD 
  ANNUAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  DECEMBER 
  18 
  AND 
  19, 
  1912 
  

  

  At 
  Lancaster, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Court 
  House 
  at 
  Lancaster, 
  Pa., 
  beginning 
  

   December 
  18, 
  1912, 
  at 
  10 
  A. 
  M. 
  ; 
  President 
  Morris 
  presiding. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  meeting 
  will 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  order. 
  We 
  

   have 
  first 
  an 
  address 
  by 
  the 
  Mayor 
  of 
  Lancaster, 
  Mayor 
  Mc- 
  

   Clean. 
  (Applause.) 
  

  

  Mayor 
  McClean: 
  Ladies 
  and 
  gentlemen 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  

   Nut 
  Growers 
  Association: 
  

  

  The 
  Mayor 
  of 
  a 
  city 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  this, 
  in 
  which 
  conventions 
  

   meet 
  so 
  frequently, 
  is 
  so 
  often 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  speech 
  

   that 
  the 
  prospect 
  of 
  having 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  causes 
  him 
  some 
  disturb- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  mind, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  the 
  speech 
  

   but 
  for 
  many 
  days 
  preceding; 
  but 
  I 
  confess 
  that 
  the 
  invitation 
  

   to 
  come 
  here 
  to-day 
  has 
  had 
  no 
  such 
  effect 
  on 
  me. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  

   glad 
  to 
  meet 
  and 
  mix 
  up 
  with 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  organization. 
  

   The 
  evolutionists 
  tell 
  us 
  where 
  we 
  came 
  from; 
  the 
  theologians, 
  

   where 
  we 
  are 
  going 
  to; 
  but 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  much 
  we 
  may 
  differ 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  theories 
  of 
  these 
  respective 
  leaders 
  of 
  thought, 
  upon 
  

   one 
  thing 
  we 
  can 
  all 
  agree 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  here. 
  You 
  

   ladies 
  and 
  gentlemen 
  representing 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  

   Association 
  are 
  here 
  to 
  interchange 
  opinions 
  and 
  discuss 
  ques- 
  

   tions 
  which 
  have 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  greater 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  industry, 
  the 
  youthful 
  and 
  useful 
  industry, 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  are 
  

   engaged. 
  I 
  am 
  here 
  as 
  the 
  Mayor 
  of 
  this 
  goodly 
  town 
  to 
  tell 
  

   you 
  that 
  you 
  are 
  not 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  intruders; 
  that 
  we 
  will 
  

   be 
  blind 
  when 
  you 
  help 
  yourselves 
  to 
  our 
  wine 
  flasks, 
  but 
  that 
  

   we 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  deaf 
  should 
  you 
  ask 
  for 
  more. 
  I 
  am 
  thoroughly 
  

   in 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  organization, 
  understand- 
  

   ing 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  encouragement 
  of 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  nut 
  bearing 
  

   trees 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  an 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  present 
  food 
  supply 
  may 
  

   be 
  provided; 
  and 
  that 
  much 
  waste 
  land, 
  now 
  profitless, 
  may 
  

   be 
  taken 
  up 
  and 
  converted 
  to 
  practical 
  and 
  profitable 
  uses; 
  

   and 
  further 
  that 
  through 
  the 
  medium 
  of 
  such 
  tree 
  planting 
  and 
  

   tree 
  care 
  as 
  you 
  propose, 
  landscape 
  embellishment 
  in 
  greater 
  

  

  