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I do not wish to draw unfair comparisons, and especially do not 

 wish to reflect upon the Springdeld & Memphis railroad, because 

 that road has shown more appreciation of the fruit interest, and has 

 done more to advertise Missouri as a fruit State than any railroad 

 within our borders, and in showing that even with that line there is 

 vast room for improvement, then it goes without saying that those 

 dependent on other lines for trasportation are in a pretty bad fix. 



With our central location and nearness to what will soon become 

 the center of the densest population on the continent, with our mag- 

 nificient soil and climate, the future of horticulture in Missouri should 

 be filled with bright promise indeed, but not bo if we cannot remove 

 many of these unnecessary impediments and uncertainties that now 

 bar our progress. J. G. Kinder. 



