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saw a big black bear coming down the road. He was para- 

 lyzed with fright. He dropped his gun, stood there for a 

 moment, and he made up his mind that about the best thing 

 he could do was to turn tail and go back. Well, he turned 

 around, and after he went down the road a ways he could 

 hear the bear's feet coming nearer and nearer all the time. 

 He concluded that his time had come. He thought he bet- 

 ter offer prayer. He started out about this way: **0h. 

 Lord A'mighty, for God's sake help his here nigger dis 

 time. I can hear dat bear gettin' nearer and nearer all de 

 time. Now then, if he should catch me, for God's sake if 

 you can't help me don't help de bear." (Laughter.) 



I think that is just the condition we are in now. If 

 they can't help the farmer and the dairyman, for God's 

 sake don't help the railroads and the industries quite so 

 much. I think this has a close relationship to our pros- 

 perity. I have maintained for the last three or four years 

 that when agriculture was prosperous the dairy industry 

 would be prosperous. The dairy industry has been more 

 prosperous than most any other branch of agriculture all 

 through the depreciation period, but I want to say the 

 time has come or I feel that it has, when we need a little 

 help, if they are going to help the industries and the rail- 

 roads in the manner they are doing. 



I want to say in considering the entire matter, I think 

 well of the Dickinson Bill, I wouldn't be surprised if with 

 modifications it would be put through, and I think it should 

 be put through, and I hope it may be. 



I am not going to speak at any great length this after- 

 noon. I didn't notice the time when I started, but I want 

 to say a few things about legislation. I presume that some 

 of you heard what was said the other night at the banquet, 

 but I will have to repeat part of it. I have been employed 

 for the last three years by the Holstein-Friesian Associa- 

 tion, looking after general legislation and extension work. 

 Now it just happened that while I was dairy and food com- 

 missioner of Iowa, that I saw the necessity of having a law 

 put through there, and I want to tell you how I came to see 

 the need of that law. About twenty-five years ago I began 



