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Mr. CottrEUv : Buy of relial)le men. That is the greatest 

 test to a man not famihar with it; the only thing- tu do is to 

 Imy of a man he can depend npon. 



A MkmuKr: Did the Lord ever make that kind? 



The cc)n\-cnti()n here adjonrned until 8 o'clock p.m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The PresidExNT : The evening session, according to the pro- 

 gram, will hiQ devoted entirely to good roads. We are very 

 fortunate in having with us a gentleman who will address you 

 tonight on this subject. Good roads is something we all need. 

 something we are all interested in. I have been identified VN-ith 

 the movement for some little time in a small way. After the 

 address you are free as ask any questions you may desire. The 

 first speaker who will address you is the Hon. W. H. Moore oi* 

 St. Louis, president of the National Good Roads Association. 



REMARKS BY MR. MOORE. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: — It certainly gives me pleasure to 

 meet you here again as the agriculturists of this State. This is the 

 third time I have been in Des Moines in the interest of good roads. 

 In coming to your meeting today I had to travel over a thousand milevS; 

 I have come from Texas; had a convention down there. I promised and 

 wanted to be here. 



I notice some things here which I think I would correct. If I 

 were you, I would extend an invitation to the farmers' wives. I was 

 very much pleased this afternoon, listening to Mr. Henry Wallace, and 

 to hear him say that we find the institutes the most successful where 

 we find a large number of women. I would not confine myself simply 

 to the wives, but I would invite the daughters and bo3''S. 



This afternoon, talking to the Governor, I remarked that you had not 

 very many members here. No, he says, but most of our people are 

 feeding Iowa people, and a large number of the people of Chicago and 

 the nation. 



I want to compliment your agricultural papers in this State. Now. 

 I have thirty-four agricultural papers that come to my desk every week, 

 and with all the multitude of affairs— and we are not idle by any means — 

 we have not yet got to the Philippines, but we have got as far us 

 Hawaii— there are only forty-two agricultural papers published in the 

 United States. In none of the states — and I said this at Cleveland, 

 Ohio — do I find a more representative class of agricultural papers than I 

 find in Iowa. I do not loiow where you gentlemen live, but you take 

 these papers and allow your children and wives to read them. I take 



