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  chair 
  takes 
  some 
  pleasure 
  in 
  having 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  things 
  

   that 
  were 
  promised. 
  Let 
  us 
  hear 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Riehl. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Riehl: 
  I 
  think 
  you 
  folks 
  are 
  very 
  unfair 
  to 
  me. 
  You 
  

   have 
  said 
  everything 
  I 
  wanted 
  to 
  say 
  before 
  you 
  called 
  on 
  me 
  and 
  

   I 
  really 
  don't 
  know 
  what 
  else 
  I 
  can 
  say. 
  I 
  had 
  in 
  mind 
  what 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Smith 
  has 
  been 
  saying 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  what 
  some 
  of 
  you 
  people 
  

   have 
  already 
  said, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  time 
  for 
  yeu 
  people 
  here 
  to 
  wake 
  up. 
  

   You 
  don't 
  know 
  what 
  you 
  have 
  got. 
  You 
  are 
  like 
  people 
  in 
  many 
  

   other 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  they 
  don't 
  appreciate 
  what 
  they 
  have 
  

   at 
  their 
  very 
  doorways. 
  If 
  I 
  were 
  a 
  young 
  man, 
  I 
  would 
  come 
  here 
  

   and 
  plant 
  pecan 
  and 
  walnut 
  trees, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  too 
  old 
  now 
  to 
  make 
  such 
  

   changes. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  you 
  may 
  remember 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  said. 
  

   The 
  walnuts 
  are 
  as 
  profitable 
  as 
  anything 
  else, 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  so 
  

   than 
  any 
  farm 
  crop 
  you 
  can 
  grow. 
  Nothing 
  will 
  produce 
  as 
  much 
  

   value 
  and 
  with 
  as 
  little 
  trouble 
  as 
  nut 
  trees. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  of 
  

   that. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  If 
  they 
  would 
  follow 
  your 
  suggestions 
  they 
  

   would 
  soon 
  have 
  another 
  Garden 
  of 
  Eden. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Professor 
  Smith 
  has 
  reminded 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  

   crops 
  in 
  the 
  Garden 
  of 
  Eden 
  were 
  purely 
  tree 
  crops, 
  and 
  they 
  grew 
  

   without 
  effort. 
  But 
  after 
  the 
  fall 
  Adam 
  and 
  Eve 
  had 
  to 
  go 
  out 
  and 
  

   cultivate 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  raise 
  corn. 
  Probably 
  in 
  that 
  garden 
  they 
  had 
  

   pecans 
  and 
  walnuts. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  is 
  his 
  theory 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   good. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  O, 
  beg 
  your 
  pardon, 
  that 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  book 
  of 
  

   Genesis. 
  The 
  text 
  describes 
  nothing 
  whatever 
  except 
  trees, 
  and 
  

   then 
  Adam 
  fell 
  and 
  had 
  to 
  dig 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  make 
  his 
  bread 
  

   by 
  the 
  sweat 
  of 
  his 
  face. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  Is 
  the 
  tree 
  of 
  knowledge 
  the 
  pecan 
  tree? 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  don't 
  know. 
  Can 
  any 
  one 
  else 
  say? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  My 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Garden 
  of 
  Eden 
  were 
  

   brought 
  out 
  by 
  what 
  our 
  President 
  said, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  published 
  others 
  

   that 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  lengthy 
  and 
  you 
  can 
  buy 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Let's 
  hear 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Lockwood. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lockwood: 
  Dr. 
  Knapp 
  wants 
  me 
  to 
  expose 
  my 
  ignorance 
  

   and 
  tell 
  you 
  the 
  crimes 
  I 
  committed 
  and 
  intended 
  to 
  commit. 
  It 
  

   was 
  about 
  three 
  years 
  ago 
  that 
  we 
  purchased 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  a 
  thousand 
  

   acres 
  in 
  Gibson 
  County, 
  near 
  Grayville, 
  and 
  about 
  three 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  fifty 
  acres 
  of 
  it 
  were 
  in 
  timber. 
  We 
  decided 
  to 
  clear 
  up 
  as 
  rap- 
  

   idly 
  as 
  possible 
  all 
  the 
  forest 
  land 
  and 
  cultivate 
  it 
  in 
  corn. 
  Now 
  

   comes 
  the 
  crime 
  which 
  Dr. 
  Knapp 
  wants 
  me 
  to 
  expose 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  

   going 
  to 
  confess 
  it. 
  We 
  deadened 
  probably 
  a 
  hundred 
  of 
  as 
  fine 
  

  

  