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  of 
  policy 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  capital 
  and 
  against 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  public 
  

   interest. 
  Almost 
  every 
  time, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  

   action 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  of 
  Dunlap 
  

   and 
  McCabe, 
  his 
  assistants. 
  We 
  ought 
  to 
  state 
  here, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  fraudulent 
  nut 
  promotions, 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  acted 
  in 
  

   favor 
  of 
  capital 
  and 
  against 
  the 
  public 
  interest 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  true. 
  It 
  

   ought 
  to 
  go 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  record 
  from 
  this 
  Association. 
  We 
  

   may 
  be 
  bold 
  in 
  this 
  matter, 
  but 
  we 
  should 
  be 
  righteously 
  bold 
  

   because 
  we 
  are 
  speaking 
  for 
  the 
  public 
  interest 
  ourselves. 
  We 
  

   have 
  nothing 
  to 
  gain; 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  selfish 
  about 
  this 
  organ- 
  

   ization. 
  We 
  may 
  be 
  kindly 
  and 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  Secretary 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  

   mercy 
  of 
  shrewder 
  men. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan 
  says 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  scientific 
  work 
  

   only. 
  That 
  is 
  true 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  because 
  all 
  progress 
  

   must 
  be 
  from 
  a 
  scientific 
  basis. 
  If 
  our 
  care 
  in 
  managing 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  is 
  such 
  that 
  we 
  cannot 
  avoid 
  getting 
  rich, 
  we 
  will 
  accept 
  

   the 
  result. 
  (Laughter.) 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  that 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  

   discussion 
  Mr. 
  Corsan 
  made 
  one 
  epigrammatic 
  remark, 
  — 
  that 
  

   he 
  was 
  not 
  nervous 
  and 
  could 
  watch 
  a 
  hickory 
  tree 
  grow. 
  I 
  

   tell 
  you 
  there's 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  wit 
  in 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  He 
  has 
  good 
  eyesight, 
  Mr. 
  President. 
  

   The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  reason 
  why 
  we 
  have 
  so 
  many 
  fraudu- 
  

   lent 
  promotions 
  is 
  largely 
  because 
  of 
  our 
  American 
  temperament 
  ; 
  

   we 
  are 
  so 
  nervous 
  that 
  we 
  can't 
  watch 
  a 
  hickory 
  tree 
  grow. 
  In 
  

   matters 
  of 
  public 
  health, 
  our 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  has 
  pre- 
  

   vented 
  actual 
  criminals 
  from 
  being 
  brought 
  to 
  justice 
  — 
  he 
  made 
  

   that 
  his 
  policy. 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  those 
  are 
  the 
  points 
  that 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  make 
  in 
  commenting 
  

   upon 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage's 
  paper 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  will 
  make 
  any 
  concluding 
  

   remarks 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  hear 
  them. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Hutt's 
  suggestion 
  that 
  we 
  cannot 
  count 
  on 
  crop 
  success 
  or 
  crop 
  

   failure 
  mathematically 
  — 
  now, 
  there 
  are 
  fortunes 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  

   from 
  the 
  proper 
  management 
  of 
  good 
  nut 
  orchards. 
  We 
  know 
  

   of 
  orchards 
  where 
  very 
  large 
  incomes 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  being 
  made, 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  glad 
  that 
  the 
  sense 
  and 
  sentiment 
  of 
  this 
  meeting 
  

   is 
  against 
  quotation 
  of 
  that 
  feature. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  heard 
  here 
  one 
  

   word 
  in 
  quotation 
  of 
  orchards 
  which 
  bring 
  incomes 
  of 
  $10,000 
  

   a 
  year 
  or 
  more 
  from 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  nuts, 
  and 
  we 
  know 
  there 
  

   are 
  many 
  such 
  orchards. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  failures 
  upon 
  which 
  we 
  should 
  

   concentrate 
  our 
  attentions 
  right 
  now, 
  and 
  the 
  reason 
  for 
  failure 
  

   is 
  not 
  that 
  nut 
  growing 
  is 
  not 
  going 
  to 
  make 
  progress 
  but 
  that 
  

   we 
  cannot 
  count 
  on 
  our 
  nuts 
  from 
  a 
  mathematical 
  basis. 
  One 
  

  

  