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The Dawn of a New Constructive Era 



to tell him so. I only wish the man, in selling land in the 



Southern Mississippi Valley, could appreciate this fact: That 



Make the when he conscientiously and to the best of his ability makes a 



Homesteader homesteader happy, he is making his best agent. Human nature 



Happy ig ^he same all over, and when a man takes an interest in his 



home, that man is going to be an active agent from then on for 



that community. (Applause.) 



As I said in beginning, it is the development policy of the 

 Illinois Central to co-operate in every way we can in the further 

 development of the South ; and I hope the meeting will not close 

 until some comprehensive, practicable plan has been brought 

 about that we all can serve on,- and do so with pleasure; and I 

 want to say that it will be a special pleasue of the Development 

 Bureau at Chicago to point all the men we can this way; and 

 when you men have your plans ready, whether you are on the 

 lines of the Illinois Central or not, please give me your infor- 

 mation, the number of acres you have to sell, and at what price, 

 and it will be my pleasure to co-operate with you people also ; 

 because any part of the South, in helping itself, only helps the 

 whole South and the Nation. (Applause.) 



