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mated by something more than the purely commercial 

 spirit. Men who are in the business to-day and out of it 

 to-morrow; men who do not maintain close contact with 

 and who have no real affection for their cattle; men who 

 are patrons of the breed only so long as the pathway is 

 strewn with flowers, are not the men who have been breed- 

 makers, breed-builders and breed-savers. 



The members of this association should feel that they 

 hold in trust for the farmers and ranchmen of our country 

 a legacy that is beyond all price; an inheritance the in- 

 tegrity of which they have no right to jeopardize through 

 the application of practices not sanctioned by those who 

 created it. Are you acting well your part? That is a 

 question for each and every one to ask himself at this time. 

 Read the whole story; recall the wonders wrought in flesh 

 and blood by others in your calling; study your own herd 

 and ask yourself: Am I a worthy member of this fra- 

 ternity or not? Am I doing honestly all I can to help 

 preserve and strengthen the cattle in my keeping? 



It is indeed well to know all we can of Short-horn his- 

 tory. It is better still to contribute something useful to it. 



"WHAT'S IN A NAME?" 



ADDRESS BY ALVIN H. SANDERS AT THE CENTRAL, SHORT-HORN 

 BREEDERS' CONVENTION AT ST. JOSEPH, MO., JAN., 1904. 



The query put to me by your Secretary is one that has 

 caused dissensions among men from time immemorial. It 

 was centuries ago, according to the master poet, that the 

 fair and hapless Juliet answered the question in words 

 that have been repeated by successive generations "that 

 which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as 

 sweet." The feud in old Verona that forbade the union 

 of the two fond lovers, because forsooth one's name was 

 Montague and the other Capulet, has many parallels in 



