FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 73 



prised the world of the Galveston horror, and with almost super- 

 human strength and courage, sits by his instrument and sum- 

 mons help to save a cargo of human lives that face a watery 

 grave on a foundered ship. 



Only a seamstress, and as she toils from day to day to 

 clothe the world for the compensation of a few pennies, carry- 

 ing to an humble home each night the meager provisions her 

 earnings will purchase to appease the hunger of her orphan 

 children, she deserves the plaudits of the enlightened world. 



Only a farmer boy, and although his early life may be one 

 of obscurity, he is preparing himself for future eminence, and 

 as he tills the soil and plants the seed and reaps the harvest, he 

 is happy in the consciousness of being one of an army that feeds 

 the world, and to him all honor is due, and as he breathes the 

 pure air from heaven and communes with nature and realizes 

 his partnership with the God of the Universe, he develops into 

 a manhood in whose house I would rather be doorkeeper than 

 to dwell among kings. 



Only a dairyman, and this opens to me a vision, and in it 

 I see a million sturdy, intelligent, patient men feeding and 

 milking and delivering to the world yet wrapt in slumber, the 

 product from the faithful animals that are their special care. 

 I see a million active boys as they follow the winding path twice 

 a day in the summer and drive the cows from the distant pas- 

 ture, and in the cold frosty mornings I see them skip to the feed 

 lot and make old Red get up quickly so they can warm their 

 bare feet that are almost frozen. I see the historic milkmaid 

 with the milk bucket on her arm as she wends her way toward 

 the cow lot humming a tune, the like of which no operatic 

 singer ever produced. 



Only a Lonesome Cow, and she has made more good farms 

 out of poor ones than has been made from any other source. 

 She has changed more lo bushels to the acre wheat land to 25 

 bushels, and 15 bushels corn land to 75 bushels, than all other 

 forces combined. She has ever been the advance agent of civ- 

 ilization and prosperity; she has been a life saver, a wealth pro- 

 ducer, a peace promoter. She has paid the highest price for 



