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dairy. Do you think he is impressed with the importance of 

 Care of Milk on the Farm? 



Human nature is the same everywhere, and my plea today 

 in the interest of the dairyman and his business, and more es- 

 pecially in the interest of a better country and in the interest of 

 the boy who is undecided about staying on the farm, is, give 

 dignity to this man who is "Only a Dairyman," and popularity 

 io his business by your endorsement and DO IT NOW. Give 

 him a place among the manufacturers of the world; welcome 

 him in the Council of Finance; PLACE HIM WHERE HE 

 BELONGS in Ihe public opinion, and the effect will be what it 

 always is. The world loves a winner, and the people seek the 

 successful side. 



In the fall of 1900 I happened to be in St. Louis and about 

 eight o'clock one evening J walked west on Olive street toward 

 a crowd that was going into the Exposition building. I saunt- 

 ered in and found abou< a half acre of people, and I soon found 

 that 1 had gotten into a political meeting. It was not long until 

 the meeting was called to order, and a distinguished looking 

 gentleman was introduced as the speaker of the occasion, and the 

 very first utterance he made, after straightening himself up to 

 his full height was, "I am a Republican." You ought to have 

 heard the crowd yell ; you would have thought it was a wonder- 

 ful thing to be a Republican. I learned afterwards that he was 

 getting $5,000 a year for being a Republican. Two weeks after 

 this I was called to St. Louis again and in the same building 

 they were holding another meeting. I stepped in and found 

 about an acre of people; I soon learned that this was another 

 political meeting. This meeting was soon called to order and 

 a man fully as distinguished looking as the speaker at the former 

 meeting came forward and was introduced. His first utterance 

 was, "I am a Democrat," and I thought something had hap- 

 pened. The shout that went up from the crowd could have been 

 heard ten blocks. I learned afterwards that he was charging 

 $4,500 a year for being a Democrat. 



I had the honor of representing the State of Nebraska at 



