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found addresses had been given, and the little fellow was listen- 

 ing with a great deal of interest, so far as he was able to ap- 

 preciate the addresses. When the last speaker came upon the 

 platform to deliver his address, he began, "And now what shall 

 I say?" The little fellow back there at the end of the audi- 

 ence said, "Say Amen." And I have no doubt you feel that if 

 I were to say "Amen" to the magnificent presentation of facts 

 that we have had this evening, and leave you to consider those 

 facts in their relation to your milk supply, I would have said 

 perhaps all that could, in reason, be said to an audience which 

 has listened as patiently and as interestedly as you have to 

 these addresses which have been so very worthy of your care- 

 ful attention. 



I cannot pass to the consideration of the subject assigned 

 to me without expressing my profound appreciation of the 

 work which has been done by your committee. Do not imagine 

 that because you are isolated, some of you, so far as Boston or 

 "Chicago, that you are entirely out of the range of observation 

 of the little country town. We are noting the work that you 

 are doing, and are profoundly interested in it, because it af- 

 fects so large a part of our population. 



Do not imagine, either, because the late census shows that 

 more of you are gathered in this little village of New York 

 than in all the rest of the State, that you are entirely free from 

 the dangers which naturally come to those who receive a large 

 part of the milk supply from outside of the city in which they 

 live. Therefore, the problem of milk supply is one of great 

 interest to you. 



I had a paper to be read, that I was going to read to you 

 somewhat at length, but the hour is late, and I promise you 

 that I am not going to read all this to you. But I have a few 

 suggestions that have occurred to me with regard to the milk 

 supply of villages. 



I appreciate the honor conferred upon me by the chairman 

 of your committee on this conference upon milk problems of 

 the State of New York, under the auspices of the New York 

 Milk Committee, for I recognize the value of milk as an im- 

 portant part of the food of the human family. Any effort 

 made for the improvement of the quality supplied is worthy of 

 the attention of all intelligent citizens. The scope of this sub- 



