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all you people to take a good look and see for yourself 

 who the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce was, and 

 then bow and sit down, but, folks, I am going to do just a 

 little bit more than that. However, they say the longer 

 the speech is the greater the tire. I am not going to in- 

 dulge in anything like that, because I want you to be as 

 happy when I get through as you were when I started, so 

 I am going to be a short spokesman and you are not going 

 to be even a little tired when I get through. 



Some months ago the Chamber of Commerce together 

 with Mr. Nielson and Mr. Hawkinson and other men of 

 that splendid type, extended a very cordial and sincere 

 invitation to the Illinois Dairymen's Association through 

 their officials to hold their annual convention in our city 

 of Galesburg. We of course endeavored to impress upon 

 them at that time that Galesburg would be an ideal place 

 for them to hold a real convention and be assured of hav- 

 ing a success throughout their annual show and their meet- 

 ing; and so we told them of the many things pertaining to 

 Galesburg of which we are all proud, and of the many 

 facilities that help to make for a good convention. Finally 

 they were convinced, and decided that they would have 

 their convention here, so we immediately started in to pre- 

 pare for that convention, and I think now that the officials 

 of the Illinois Dairymen's Association will vouch for the 

 fact that we to some extent at least have endeavored to 

 carry out our promises to them, and I think you will find 

 that we are having wonderful co-operation from every one 

 and from all interested in our community, to help the offi- 

 cials and the delegates and the members of the Illinois 

 Dairymen's Association to have a real convention, and to 

 make them feel that they are indeed welcome here in our 

 county. 



So you see the task is a great one on the shoulders of 

 a chamber of commerce in regard to conventions. We 

 must invite a convention. We must persuade them to come 

 and to satisfy them that our city is the place for them to 

 hold their convention, and if we are successful in having 

 them come it is up to us to prove the things that we have 



