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ADDRESS 



AT THE OPENING OF THE 



Thirtieth Industrial Exposition 



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DELIVERED BY 



K. A. OKNICKK. — '"vjg^ ^^^ 

 PRESIDENT OF MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 



San Francisco, August ITtli, 1897. 



Ladies and Gentlemen: — It is my pleasant duty to welcome 

 you to the Thirtieth Industrial Exposition of the Mechanics' 

 Institute. I hope you will agree with me, that each Exposition 

 is an improvement on the last. 



On this occasion, in compliance with a resolution passed at 

 a late congress in this city, our chief feature will be an exhil)i- 

 tion of Pure Food. In his address of welcome to the members 

 of that congress. Mayor Phelan observed: "While war slays 

 her thousands, peace slays her tens of thousands with agencies 

 carried on through the ordinary channels of trade — that is, 

 by deaths caused by disease-bearing foods." On the same occa- 

 sion, President Kerr, of the Manufaetnrers' and Producers' 

 Association, said: "It is a well established fact that no State 

 can hope to reach its true development which does not contain 

 within its limits not onlj'' the producer, who takes from tlie 

 hand of nature the materials required liy mankind, but also 

 the manufacturer, who converts the products into the finished 

 forms required by modern civilization. To combine these pro- 

 cesses, so that we can become as nearly self-supporting as eco- 

 nomical conditions will permit, should be the aim of every 

 enliglitened citizen. It is the duty of the manufacturer to 

 guard the interest of the producer as his own; while, in turn, it 



