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caused the dealer to say, "The only objection I have to your butter is, 

 it has Missouri stamped on the package ? ' ' What have you done to pro- 

 mote the cause and protect the interest of the Missouri Dairymen? Has 

 the extent of your assistance been to kick on the quality and price of 

 the butter that some faithful JMissouri Dairywoman was delivering to 

 you regularly? Have you been satisfied to amuse yourself while mak- 

 ing sport of some poor scrawny pot bellied calf that had its hair turned 

 the wrong way that you saw in some Dairyman's pasture and that you 

 were satisfied was the outgrowth of an attempt to raise it on skim 

 milk? Have you been content with making the pessimistic roar about 

 the introduction of the class of cattle that would destroy the beef in- 

 terest? If this is true my knowledge of Missourians is sufficient to 

 warrant the assertion that if you have been adverse to Daiiying or 

 even negligent of Dairy interest it is thoughtlessness or from a lack of 

 information. Let one of your New Year's resolutions be a determin- 

 ation to boost this enterprise. The INIissouri mule has found a home in 

 the cotton fields of the South, the lumber districts of the North and 

 West and the commercial centers of the East. He may be seen on the 

 streets of England's metropolis and in the mining districts of South 

 Africa, and everyv/here he goes he finds an active market for his serv- 

 ices, and the strongest recommendation he has and the secret of his 

 popularity is that he is branded "Missouri." The markets of the 

 world are searched by commission men for the big red apple that is 

 branded "Missouri." While we are proud of this we are not going 

 to be satisfied to stake the reputation of a State like this on an apple 

 and a mule. Although "Only a Dairyman" he has a long line of an- 

 cestors he may well be proud of and the Missouri Dairyman in my 

 opinion lives on the very spot that Moses viewed when he led the 

 children of Israel out of bondage. He belongs to an army of manu- 

 facturers that produced last year nearly a billion dollars. Let me 

 leave this message with you tonight. It comes from the Dairymen who 

 are not here. It comes from Missouri mothers whose duties at home 

 preclude this privilege. It comes from Missouri boys full of hope, 

 full of ambition. I bring from them an expression of gratitude for this 

 recognition of their interest and for what you have done and what 

 you are doing in their behalf, and Mr. President, members of Mis- 

 souri Liiiversity Faculty, Members of the State Board of Agriculture. 

 Officers and Members of Missouri State Dairy Association, if I could 

 tonight from all the languages of earth select the most expressive ad- 

 jectives and weave them into garlands of praise, it would but faintly 

 express the gratitude we owe you. 



