FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION 11 



I know, from the topography of the county that it is well 

 adapted to dairying, and 1 know that the soil would be much 

 benefited and it would be a much better agricultural community 

 if dairying were extensively carried on, and we feel that we have 

 a right to ask you to give some attention to this soil and to the 

 benefits that would come to you from dairying; not to neglect 

 your mines and manufacturing, but to bring before you this 

 other industry that we think much greater than you have given it 

 credit for. 



We are particularly glad to be welcomed to the city of Dan- 

 ville. I have had the pleasure of being here many times and I can 

 testify to its greatness. It is a city which has become famous in 

 our state, and in some instances, all over the United States, for 

 its great statesmen, and for its fair and brilliant women, and we 

 wish to testify to the progress iveness and efficiency of the busi- 

 ness men, to the very active Chamber of Commerce, and the 

 most courteous, accommodating and efficient secretary of that 

 Association. He has certainly been 'on the job.' I wish that 

 every city in this state could have a secretary of the Chamber of 

 Commerce that had about one-half at least of the efficiency and 

 conception of what might come through activities of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce. 



We are glad* to be here and enjoy the hospitality of your 

 city and we hope that the speakers on the program will be able 

 to convince some of you. They certainly are going to give you 

 some facts, and I mean by facts, some truths, something that will 

 be worthy of your closest attention of not only the men and 

 women that live out on farms and on the acres around the city, 

 but the merchants and consumers within the city's borders. 



Novv^, a county that has been as progressive as yours, ap- 

 propriating money for good roads, must, in my estimation, ap- 

 preciate some of the things that they need, and I cannot imagine 

 a community appreciating good roads and overlooking the pos- 

 sibilities of dairying. That appealed to us when the invitations 

 from various cities were put before the Board of Directors that 

 the activities of this county along this line were wanting and 

 that it would be a meeting that would not be lost if the 43rd An- 

 nual Session was held in Danville. We want to impress upon 

 you who are here that these talks will be interesting to your city 



