THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 157 



led the children of Israel out of bondage. He belongs to an 

 army of manufacturers who produced last year nearly a billion 

 dollars. 



Let us leave this message with you today; it comes from 

 the dairymen who are not here ; it comes from the Illinois moth- 

 ers whose duties at home preclude this privilege; it comes from 

 Illinois boys, full of hope, full of ambition. I bring from them 

 an expression of gratitude for this recognition of their interest, 

 and for what you have done and what you are doing in their 

 behalf; and Mr. President, members of Illinois University Fac- 

 ulty, members of the State Board of Agriculture, if I could to- 

 day from all the languages of earth select the most expressive 

 adjectives and weave them into garlands of praise, it would but 

 faintly express the gratitude we owe you. 



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