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very near to the heart of the average person, but as to its relative 

 merits, of the different fruits commercially, or their production, 

 I will leave it to those who are prepared to discuss it. 



Again, I would extend to you a very cordial welcome, and a, 

 very jcordial invitation to the club room at any time, and the 

 room is as free to you as it is to any menber (Applause). 



Mr. Marshall: One thing ought to be thought of, and that 

 is the fruit districts which Mr. Saunders spoke of. The state is 

 divided into nine fruit districts; I believe formerly, it was divid- 

 ed into six districts some years ago, when the districts were 

 considered too large. At that time the state was again divided, 

 making nine districts. And now we fully realize that the 

 districts are too large. I believe the state ought to be divided 

 into twenty or twentyfive, and it seems to me it would be a 

 good time to discuss this matter now, and if thought advisable, 

 have the chairman appoint a committee to take this matter up, 

 and report on it at the annual meeting. But if we never take it 

 up we will never get it divided. I believe the old members real- 

 ize that it should be divided into smaller districts. There is 

 Mr. Youngers at Geneva, and Mr. Swan, who lives at Tecumseh, 

 I believe are in the same district. No. 1. Thus, we can take the 

 same list of fruit that Mr. Swan wants to grow at Tecumseh, 

 and that which the president (Mr. Christy) would want to grow 

 in Nemaha county, and if we ask Mr. Youngers if that was a good 

 fruit for his district, he should say no. That is the reason we 

 make these districts. I believe it would be well to consider 

 them at this time and see if it is not possible to divide them up 

 into 20 or 25 districts. The eastern part of the state certainly 

 needs to be divided into smaller districts. And in order to get 

 this question properly before the house, I will make a motion 

 that the chair be authorized to appoint a committee to investigate 

 the matter of dividing the districts again, or readjusting them. 



Mr. Youngers: I think it would be well to appoint a com- 

 mittee of 10, which should be well scattered. I think the com- 

 mittee should be at least 10 in number. I know the larger you 

 get the committee the more unwieldy it is to get together to do 

 business, yet at the same time I think it ought to cover at least 

 that many. I think it would be well to let the chairman appoint 

 that committee, and let the secretary send out this informa- 



