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brirtlv to some other iiulustries (^f this province that so many 

 people of your country picture as a wood-covered, snow- 

 bound land. This little peninsula produced last year: 



Coal, worth $13,000,000 



Gold, worth 500,000 



Iron ore, worth 50,000 



Oth.er minerals, worth 605,800 



Pig iron, worth 3,100,000 



Steel, worth 2,730,000 



^Tanufactures, worth 41,000,000 



Field crops, worth 8,500,000 



Fruits and vegetables, worth 2,800,000 



Live stock sold, worth 1,600,000 



Dairy products, worth 2,900.000 



]\Ieats. worth i .700.000 



Products of forest, worth 4,400,000 



Total $91 ,925,800 



There is another product which outsiders sometimes refer 

 to which can hardly be measured by dollars and cents ; it 

 has been said publicly that Nova Scotia produces more brains to 

 the square inch than any other province in the Dominion. 

 In politics she has given to Canada two of its Premiers, and 

 if Sir Laurier retired to-morrow his successor would be 

 Hon. William Fielding from Nova Scotia. The leader of 

 the Opposition has been a Nova Scotian, and although 

 defeated recently in his own province his party cannot find 

 an elected man in the other provinces to take his place, so 

 have arranged for a constituency in Ontario in order to have 

 him still the leader. 



In the United States, as well as Western Canada, the all 

 too many sons who have left her borders have usually gained 

 credit in law, medicine, teaching, business, or engineering, 

 but let me say to you, in deepest sincerity and conviction, 

 that in the industry for w^hich this association is formed, in 

 Nova Scotia we have no man to compare with your Con- 

 necticut genius, who started in life with no more capital than 

 a clear, brainy head, a stout and merry heart, a generous soul 

 and good constitution, and has grown in but a few years 

 from hand-cart to Hartford trolley, and from Hartford 

 trollev to Georgia train-loads of fruit. 



