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ing by the ringing of the bell of an alarm clock that was made in 

 Connecticut; he dressed himself in clothes that were made in New 

 York ; he sat down to a table that was made in New Jersey ; he used 

 table linen manufactured in Massachusetts, and he ate breakfast 

 food that came from Michigan. After breakfast he hitched up 

 a pair of Missouri mules to a wagon made in Indiana, and he 

 cultivated his fields with a plow that came from Illinois. During 

 the day he smoked Kentucky tobacco out of a pipe made in Virginia. 

 At night he retired to a bed that was made in Pennsylvania, and he 

 covered himself with blankets that were made in Ohio. After such 

 a day's experience he could not sleep, but laid awake and listened 

 to the barking of a dog, the only home-grown product of his Mis- 

 sissippi farm. I sincerely hope that nothing of that kind occurs 

 in Missouri, but that Missouri farmers patronize Missouri business 

 institutions, and that the business and professional men of our 

 commonwealth patronize the products of Missouri farms. 



The Columbia Commercial Club has for its motto the name 

 of one of the prize steers that we purchased from the Agricultural 

 College and butchered for our annual dinner two years ago; that 

 animal's name was ''Ever Onward." And so I hope that the Mis- 

 souri farmers, the members of the various industrial and com- 

 mercial organizations, the business men and the professional men 

 of Missouri will, in all things that tend to help and uplift our com- 

 monwealth, move ever onward. 



Ladies and gentlemen, I join with Mayor St. Clair, with Presi- 

 dent Hill, with Dean Mumford and with all of the members of the 

 Commercial Club, and with all of the citizens of Columbia and 

 Boone county in extending to you a cordial welcome and in wishing 

 for you a happy new year— yes, happiness and prosperity greater 

 than you have ever before enjoyed. 



