When I had the pleasure of speaking to you in 1908 

 I had had just tAvo months' practice in the business of city- 

 government. I have learned a lot since then and I have had 

 a lot of theoretical advice in these j^ears of service all of 

 which I could not even absorb, and most of it I could not 

 use. 



If you have added to your stock of knowledge about 

 fruit growing as much as I have added to mine in regard to 

 municipal atfairs, you have added considerable. 



I am glad to have this opportunity this morning to say 

 just a word of welcome. I am not here to make a speech. 

 You have before you more important business than anything 

 I would be able to say to you and my advice on your busi- 

 ness would probably be of as much use to you as is most of 

 the advice that I receive as to the best way to run the affairs 

 of a city. 



Tonight we are to break bread together and it may be 

 that after a good feast you may be willing to listen to a 

 poor speech. 



I welcome you here today and hope to be with you 

 again tonight. 



RESPONSE OF PRESIDENT MAYNARD: 



The city of Worcester undoubtedly knows a good of- 

 ficial when it gets one. We believe it has been the cus- 

 tom to select a new mayor each year, but Mayor Logan we 

 know has been re-elected to this office several times and from 

 what we know, we believe he will be elected again and that 

 he will be retained still another year as IMayor of Worcester. 



We thank him for his Avelcome and the interest he has 

 shown in our Association and work. 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT 



The Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association has had 

 a fairly prosperous season, not perhaps so much as an or- 

 ganization as in the prosperity of its members. Fruit crops 

 have generally been of fine quality and prices have been 



