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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. Goopwin 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.” 
