TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 173 



It pleases me to come up here from Virginia, I declare, 

 gentlemen, it does me good, to hear you Connecticut fellows 

 scrapping about the tariff. I am reminded of a little couplet 

 that some congressmen got off in a tariff' debate a year or two 

 ago. The condition was exemplified here this morning when 

 Professor Henrv got through with his remarks. As indicat- 

 ing the situation in the mind of the people about the tariff', he 

 said when the battle began : 



"Come Billy boy blue, 



Come blow your horn nice, 



Blow hell out of cotton 



But don't touch rice." 



Although I am ready to discuss apples, I know just a little 

 more about where I stand myself, and I am not ready to 

 discuss tariff questions with Connecticut. My experience leads 

 me to believe that if we had an Eastern Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, we might at least tell our representatives to let apples 

 alone on the reciprocity business anyhow. But, however 

 that may be, we have gotten along in the w^ay I told you, but 

 we want your co-operation. We want you to send delegates 

 from your society, we w^ant your personal co-operation. And 

 to repeat what I said last night, I understand you expect to 

 ihave an Eastern New England Fruit show in Boston next 

 year, then I understand there is going to be a fruit show at 

 Rochester next year, and there is to be one in Virginia next 

 year, and maybe one in ^Maryland. 



Now, my friends, it is the same old story over again, and 

 that is a fact, that united we stand and divided we fall. I, for 

 one, believe it is true that these fruit shows all over the East 

 divide up our interests, divide up our ability to make a greater 

 exhibit. Why, those western fellows are united and are going 

 to keep ahead of us. Now I believe that if we can get togetli- 

 er on some sort of a program which will obviate such jealous- 

 ies and local criticisms, get together on some sort of a united 

 plan of having a big Eastern Apple Show either next winter 

 or the winter after, we will just put a crimp on those fellows 



