ment of Agriculture has produced there, as has the cotton crop of 

 the South as well. 



"I will not keep you further on this line. I am glad that this 

 movement has started, and started in the way it has with men of 

 serious purposes big business men that can afford to come out in 

 the open and say ' We are for this; we want more people on the 

 farms ; more raised ;" not afraid to face the facts ; who .can hang 

 up a map like that which shows a situation which if it is not changed 

 means in this country riot, bloodshed, turmoil, and everything that 

 goes with it, before three years are past; and all of that we may 

 come to see, because the moment we commence to import breadstuff's 

 into the United States we have to change the method of our living. 

 All those present know what that means, to change the standard 

 of living. 



"Mr. Brown says they have had to raise the wages one hundred 

 millions on the railroads. When it gets so that we cannot raise these 

 wages, and start to reduce them fifty millions a year, we ought to 

 tremble to think what the consequences will be. This is no light 

 subject. This is a serious gathering, and may mark an epoch in the 

 history not only of this State but of this Nation." 



(Applause). 



BY THE CHAIRMAN : 



"I think we have heard much to-day that will be of very great 

 benefit to us in the future. I want to thank you all for your atten- 

 dance, and those who have remained for their courtesy in waiting 

 and listening to these admirable addresses. I thank you on behalf 

 of the New York Produce Exchange for the favor of your com- 

 pany to-day." 





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