﻿degree 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  now 
  exists 
  may 
  be 
  provided. 
  We 
  hear 
  

   very 
  much 
  about 
  conservation 
  these 
  days 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  

   that 
  the 
  proposition 
  which 
  you 
  advance 
  is 
  conservation 
  in 
  a 
  

   very 
  worthy 
  and 
  very 
  high 
  degree. 
  - 
  The 
  soil 
  and 
  cUmate 
  of 
  Lan- 
  

   caster 
  County 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  pecuUarly 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  

   trees 
  bearing 
  nuts 
  and 
  fruits, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  that 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  

   this 
  convention 
  will 
  be 
  to 
  stimulate 
  locally 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  interest 
  

   in 
  this 
  worthy 
  undertaking. 
  You 
  have 
  chosen 
  wisely 
  in 
  select- 
  

   ing 
  Lancaster 
  as 
  the 
  place 
  for 
  this 
  meeting, 
  because 
  we 
  feel 
  and 
  

   we 
  are 
  satisfied 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  agree, 
  after 
  you 
  have 
  been 
  here 
  a 
  

   few 
  days, 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  town 
  that 
  Kipling 
  had 
  in 
  mind 
  when 
  

   he 
  wrote 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  that 
  was 
  born 
  lucky. 
  (Laughter.) 
  Here 
  

   you 
  will 
  find 
  all 
  the 
  creature 
  comforts, 
  everything 
  that 
  makes 
  for 
  

   the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  existence, 
  good 
  food 
  and 
  good 
  water, 
  and 
  if 
  there 
  

   be 
  any 
  of 
  you 
  who 
  have 
  a 
  liking 
  for 
  beverages 
  other 
  than 
  water, 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  some 
  consolation 
  to 
  you 
  to 
  know 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  

   the 
  mint 
  beds 
  are 
  not 
  used 
  for 
  pasture, 
  the 
  punch 
  bowls 
  are 
  

   not 
  permanently 
  filled 
  with 
  carnations, 
  the 
  cock-tail 
  glasses 
  show 
  

   no 
  signs 
  of 
  disuse 
  and 
  the 
  corkscrew 
  hangs 
  within 
  reach 
  of 
  your 
  

   shortest 
  member. 
  (Laughter.) 
  We 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  people 
  over 
  

   this 
  way. 
  Perhaps 
  you 
  are 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  that, 
  but 
  we 
  bear 
  pros- 
  

   perity 
  with 
  meekness 
  and 
  adversity 
  with 
  patience. 
  We 
  feel 
  

   that 
  we 
  can 
  say 
  to 
  you, 
  without 
  boasting, 
  if 
  you 
  seek 
  a 
  pleasant 
  

   country, 
  look 
  about 
  you. 
  You 
  may 
  not 
  know 
  it, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  

   and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  census 
  reports 
  ever 
  since 
  census 
  reports 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  will 
  prove 
  it, 
  that 
  the 
  annual 
  valuation 
  of 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  now 
  sit 
  exceeds 
  

   that 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  county 
  in 
  all 
  this 
  great 
  nation. 
  (Applause.) 
  

   Another 
  bit 
  of 
  local 
  history 
  may 
  surprise 
  you 
  when 
  I 
  tell 
  you 
  

   that 
  the 
  combined 
  deposits 
  of 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Lancaster 
  County 
  

   approximate 
  the 
  enormous 
  amount 
  of 
  fifty 
  million 
  dollars, 
  that 
  

   they 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  total 
  deposits 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  seven 
  states 
  

   in 
  the 
  Union 
  that 
  I 
  can 
  name 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  exceed 
  the 
  combined 
  

   deposits 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  those 
  seven 
  states. 
  But 
  I 
  don't 
  want 
  to 
  take 
  

   up 
  your 
  time 
  with 
  a 
  recitation 
  of 
  local 
  history, 
  because 
  I 
  feel 
  

   that 
  your 
  Lancaster 
  colleagues 
  will 
  give 
  you 
  all 
  the 
  information, 
  

   and 
  I 
  don't 
  want 
  to 
  spoil 
  their 
  pleasure 
  in 
  giving 
  it 
  by 
  antici- 
  

   pating 
  them. 
  I 
  congratulate 
  you 
  upon 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  this 
  con- 
  

   vention. 
  I 
  applaud 
  the 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  you 
  are 
  united. 
  I 
  

   felicitate 
  you 
  upon 
  your 
  achievements 
  up 
  to 
  this 
  time, 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   dict 
  for 
  you 
  a 
  greater 
  measure 
  of 
  usefulness 
  and 
  advantage 
  in 
  the 
  

   time 
  to 
  come, 
  which 
  usefulness 
  and 
  advantage, 
  let 
  me 
  suggest, 
  can 
  

  

  