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gift in your possession, to the end that the law-abiding spirit of our people 

 may increase, that love of country may develop a spirit of statesmanship 

 that will result in wise laws, and that a movement of this character, having 

 for its object a better utilization of God's great gift in the shape of fertile 

 lands, may receive from you your best efforts, your highest energies, so 

 that never may it come to be said by a visitor to this broad, brave land, 

 that our children are always hungry; that the reapers returning from the 

 harvest field sing a song that wrings the heart with its pathos and its 

 despair. 



Mr. Calwell: Mr. Cattell has emphasized the Corn Exchange 

 Bank. But I didn't know he was going to do it, as the Corn Exchange 

 Bank is not the whole thing in this movement. 



On the front of this programme you will see the various organizations 

 in this city who have taken part in this movement, the various educa- 

 tional societies and last, but not least, I would call your attention to the 

 Pennsylvania Rural Progress Association, and the Philadelphia Society 

 for Promoting Agriculture. 



Mrs. Smith and Mr. Kates, who represent those associations, have 

 both worked very hard for this programme, and the success of this con- 

 vention and conference is in great part due to their efforts. 



Gentlemen, I thank you all. 



[Adjourned to 8 p. m.] 



