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So you will see that you have come to one of the best manu- 

 facturing cities there is, and it is certainly a pleasure for me 

 to stand here and welcome you. 



Worcester is situated in this lovely valley, surrounded by 

 hills. We not only are a great manufacturing city, but we 

 also claim to be a large agricultural town ; for it only takes 

 ten or fifteen minutes to go from our busy city out into the 

 country, and there we find the splendid farms which surround 

 our city. Thus we who live here in Worcester not only have 

 the privilege and the pleasure of living in one of the best 

 manufacturing cities in the country, but we also have the 

 pleasure of ahnost being farmers also. 



We can enjoy your fixrnis with you, and some of us have 

 the pleasure of owning little farms ourselves. And it is 

 certainly a great pleasure to live in a city which is not so 

 large but what we can enjoy the country also. So you see 

 that you have come to a city which has the combination of 

 not only being a large manufacturing city but also being an 

 agricultural town. I believe that Worcester has the reputa- 

 tion of being one of the good markets of this country. Of 

 course we realize that our market is not large, but the re- 

 quirements of our market are such that we must have good 

 quality of goods, and such (juality is always paid for. So 

 that I say that Worcester is one of the best markets for your 

 products that there is in the country. The farmers who 

 surround our city are largely interested in truck-growing, — 

 oTowinff veoetables and small fruits for our local )narket ; 

 and I believe that farmers in the vicinity of Worcester are as 

 well situated if not better than any growers in this great 

 country of ours, for they have the benefit of having a market 

 near home, and they have the benefit of many pleasures and 

 comforts which are not accessible to farmers Avho live far dis- 

 tant from their markets. So I think that Worcester farmers 

 are splendidly situated, and ought to be well satisfied with 

 their surroundings. 



Now, gentlemen, I am not going to make a long speech 

 this morning. I am more than glad to have you come here. 

 Worcester peo})lc are always glad to recognize the good 

 qualities of all organizations which come to our city, and I 



