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  This 
  city 
  has 
  the 
  distinction, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  learned 
  since 
  I 
  came 
  into 
  

   the 
  hall, 
  of 
  being 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  growing 
  district 
  of 
  the 
  

   northwest. 
  Another 
  honor 
  that 
  our 
  splendid 
  city 
  has. 
  As 
  you 
  

   know 
  we 
  are 
  here 
  in 
  the 
  lai'gest 
  hardwood 
  lumber 
  market 
  in 
  the 
  

   world; 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  cheapest 
  and 
  best 
  coal 
  of 
  any 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  

   world; 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  greatest 
  river 
  facilities 
  of 
  any 
  city 
  along 
  the 
  

   Ohio 
  River; 
  we 
  have 
  six 
  main 
  arteries 
  of 
  railroad 
  into 
  our 
  city, 
  so 
  

   it 
  is 
  easy 
  to 
  manufacture, 
  easy 
  to 
  ship 
  and 
  easy 
  to 
  dispose 
  of 
  the 
  

   products 
  of 
  our 
  business 
  in 
  this 
  grand, 
  beautiful 
  and 
  well 
  situated 
  

   city. 
  

  

  Now 
  gentlemen, 
  remember 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Worsham's 
  telephone 
  is 
  213, 
  

   that 
  I 
  am 
  representing 
  the 
  Mayor 
  and 
  Business 
  Men's 
  Association, 
  

   and 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  perfectly 
  delighted 
  to 
  have 
  you 
  with 
  us. 
  I 
  hope 
  

   you 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  time. 
  I 
  thank 
  you. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Dr. 
  Robert 
  T. 
  Morris 
  will 
  respond 
  first 
  to 
  Dr. 
  

   Worsham 
  and 
  afterwards 
  Mr. 
  Potter. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  Mr. 
  Chairman, 
  Representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Business 
  

  

  Men's 
  Association, 
  Ladies 
  and 
  Gentlemen: 
  In 
  Chicago, 
  I 
  met 
  an 
  

  

  Englishman 
  who 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  "Hevansville." 
  I 
  did 
  

  

  'not 
  know 
  just 
  where 
  he 
  meant 
  but 
  after 
  hearing 
  Dr. 
  Worsham's 
  

  

  speech, 
  I 
  understand. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  coming 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  You 
  

   have 
  here 
  the 
  field 
  that 
  was 
  fought 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  settlers 
  and 
  the 
  

   Indians, 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  many 
  wars 
  in 
  days 
  to 
  

   come. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  days 
  to 
  come, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  thousand 
  years 
  from 
  now, 
  there 
  

   may 
  be 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  people 
  to 
  the 
  acre 
  living 
  under 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   intensive 
  cultivation. 
  This 
  is 
  just 
  the 
  sort 
  of 
  land 
  that 
  will 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  a 
  population 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  advantage, 
  and 
  you 
  have 
  here 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  crop 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  the 
  future. 
  

   People 
  do 
  not 
  fully 
  utilize 
  nature's 
  resources 
  until 
  there 
  is 
  need 
  for 
  

   doing 
  so. 
  We 
  have 
  depended 
  upon 
  the 
  cereals 
  and 
  the 
  soft 
  fruits 
  

   and 
  things 
  of 
  that 
  sort, 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  early 
  Indian 
  depended 
  upon 
  the 
  

   deer 
  and 
  the 
  beaver. 
  The 
  time 
  came 
  when 
  his 
  beaver 
  and 
  his 
  deer 
  

   disappeared. 
  We, 
  like 
  the 
  Indian, 
  take 
  up 
  first 
  the 
  development 
  

   of 
  simplest 
  things 
  in 
  plant 
  life. 
  Later, 
  under 
  intensive 
  cultivation, 
  

   we 
  shall 
  be 
  enabled 
  to 
  support 
  a 
  very 
  much 
  larger 
  population 
  on 
  

   fewer 
  acres. 
  

  

  We 
  find 
  that 
  nuts 
  contain 
  starch 
  and 
  proteids 
  in 
  such 
  proportion 
  

   that 
  they 
  will 
  fairly 
  well 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  meats 
  and 
  of 
  other 
  

   starches. 
  

  

  Now, 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  opinion 
  which 
  is 
  individual 
  alone, 
  but 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  