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been said and done in recognition of what Mr. Thomas Redpath has 

 done at St. Louis. I am familiar with the exact way in which he 

 administered the work that devolved upon him He is the man who 

 has "carried the message to Garcia." He is careful and diligent, he 

 never made a mistake, and I am sure the man who has performed a 

 serivce assigned to him as Mr. Redpath performed his task, deserves 

 the utmost commendation. I feel that I am under personal obliga- 

 tion to Mr. Redpath for the way in which he did his work, and so 

 I would speak for the Minnesota commission that had charge of the 

 exhibits at the World's Fair, and I know I voice the sentiment of 

 the commission when I say that he did splendid service there, and 

 I hope you will appreciate everything that has been said by Mr. 

 Elliot, and that there will be a general and a generous contribution 

 toward supplying him with a substantial token of remembrance. He 

 was very much pleased when I met him there last Wednesday or 

 Thursday at the horticultural booth. He had a list of awards that 

 had been given him on fruit that was exhibited. He had a large 

 number of awards, much in excess of any other state, certainly 

 when considered in connection with the amount of money that was 

 expended in running their exhibits. I know the results have largely 

 been due to the faithfulness and care which he gave to the work 

 connected with the exhibit. I am heartily glad to be present to be 

 able to acknowledge the value of his services in this way. 



Mr. Frank Yahnke : I was down at St. Louis with Mr. Redpath 

 for nearly two weeks, and I must say his success in putting that 

 exhibit in shape was marvelous. He does his work well. He not 

 only knows what to do, but he knows how to do it. That man 

 worked almost day and night, he worked on Sunday and every day. 

 Our exhibit was a good deal harder to take care of than that of Wis- 

 consin or NewYork or those of some other states. They were not 

 put in such an artistic manner, while ours was made very attractive 

 on account of its novel arrangement, and for that reason it could 

 not be covered as the others were. The exhibit was set off with 

 many glass jars containing fruit, which gave it a very handsome 

 appearance. Every apple or anything else that was put on the 

 windmill exhibit was not put there by chance, but it was put there 

 to get the best artistic effect. Our exhibit made a lasting impression 

 upon every one who saw it, both the booth and the windmill exhibit, 

 and the credit is almost entirely due to Mr. Redpath. 



On motion of Prof. Green the resolution submitted by Mr. Elliot 

 was unanimously adopted. 



We will now have the pleasure of listening to Prof. Hays who 

 will speak to us about the aims of the new breeders' organization. 



Prof. W. M. Hays then set forth at length "The Aim and 

 Methods of the American Breeders' Association." (See index.) 



Mr. Elliot : I have been listening with a great deal of interest to 

 Prof. Hays' talk along this line. Since I have taken up the matter 

 of growing seedling plums and apples I can very readily see the need 

 of just such an organization, and I think it is a good proposition for 

 us to become associated with this plant breeders' association, and I 

 would therefore move the adoption of the following resolution : 



