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bit of technical writing. Through the columns of this paper he 

 became a powerful promoter of the -dairy interests and a strong 

 supporter of the National Dairy Council. He was a member of 

 the National Dairy Association and first president of the National 

 Society of Record Associations. He was an early backer of the 

 Saddle and Sirloin Club, and a life member of the Interna- 

 tional Livestock Exposition. 



Mr. Goodwin was an ardent automobile enthusiast and a mem- 

 ber of the Chicago Automobile Club. As a public speaker he 

 was in great demand at breed conventions, association meetings, 

 and livestock banquets. His delivery was forceful, his logic 

 sound; at the 1914 International he was credited with making 

 the speech to the National Swine Growers that launched the 

 National Swine Show. He was a program fixture for both Jersey 

 and Berkshire breeders, often being called across the continent 

 by the Jersey men for his evening talk. 



Editorially his shillaly swung sturdily, and he never hesitated to 

 wield it when the occasion demanded. He was possessed of strong 

 convictions, always ready to give battle for sound principles, and 

 always willing to back to the limit in an editorial way those whose 

 cause he championed. He stamped his manhood and forceful in- 

 tegrity on every undertaking upon which he entered. His editorials 

 were meaty and pregnant with truths. A writer of an obituary 

 said of him, "He was as rugged and strong as a block of granite 

 and could be swerved from his ideals for right and justice neither 

 by threats nor entreaties, neither for self nor affection. He knew 

 but one code of ethics — do right as it is given you to know what 

 right is. He never harmed a human being nor allowed one to 

 harm him a second time." 



