products of this State. The President of the State Grange is here. 

 The President of the New York Produce Exchange, the Presidents 

 of the Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce all through the 

 State, ready and willing to take hold of this movement. It seems 

 to me, gentlemen, that we should all work together. We cannot 

 work together without organization. We must have perfect organi- 

 zation, and I therefore move that a committee of five selected from 

 all the interests, be appointed as a Committee on Permanent Organi- 

 zation." 



(Applause). 



Mr. Dwight's motion was seconded and agreed to, whereon the 

 Chairman appointed the following gentlemen: 



John W. Dwight, 

 E. G. Miner, 

 Geo. W. Thayer, 

 William McCarroll, 

 R. A. Pearson. 



BY THE CHAIRMAN : 



"We have quite a number of gentlemen here. I am sure some 

 of them can say some things of wisdom to us. I am going to ask 

 them to be fairly brief in their remarks, limiting them from five to 

 ten minutes if they can find it convenient. I hope they will respond 

 wherever they can. I will call upon Mr. Caldwell, Vice-President 

 of that grand road that runs from New York to Buffalo, the Dela- 

 'ware, Lackawanna & Western." 



(Applause). 



MR. B. D. CALDWEXL, Vice-President of the Delaware, Lackawanna 



& Western Railroad Company, said: 



"Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I have no speech to 

 make. I have the honor to-day to represent our President, who is 

 absent, and to bring you on his behalf and on behalf of the Lacka- 

 wanna Company our assurance of a hearty interest and cordial support 

 in this enterprise. Every great enterprise requires great leaders, and 

 to me the most encouraging factor in this enterprise is that the rail- 

 ways of the country are back of it. I believe that the railways of 

 the company here are to be congratulated on the fact that they have 

 as their leader the versatile and distinguished President of the New 

 York Central Company. Until within a comparatively recent time 



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