146 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



(Quartette sings). 



There was a great big heavy woman riding along on the 

 train and she asked a gentleman if he would not help her get off 

 at the next station. She says : 'I'm pretty large and I have got 

 to get off backward and I have tried to get off and each time the 

 brakeman has pushed me back and hollered "get in," and I have 

 been carried by four stations.' (Laughter). 



There is one man here that I would like to hear from, a 

 friend of dairymen and dairying that never gets off a train back- 

 ward or goes at this business backward, Mr. Lewis N. Wiggins, 

 of Springfield." (Applause.) 



Mr. Wiggins. 



"After all your stories, I feel that I am getting off back- 

 ward. I want to say just a few words about this meeting. I 

 have only missed one meeting in a good many years, but I think 

 this is what you might say the *Round-Up' of a great future for 

 this Association. We heard this afternoon that Wisconsin was 

 not so good but what Minnesota was going to win out. I don't 

 see that we should take our hats off to either of them. Illinois 

 should become the greatest dairy state in the Union. We should 

 forget the production end of it. We are all dairymen, engaged 

 in one of the greatest industries within the greatest dairy state 

 with all natural advantages, Illinois should and will have, within 

 a few years, with the assistance of this re-organization of our 

 various departments, one of the greatest States in the Union, 

 without any exception, for the dairy interests. The president of 

 our Association, the officers also, the last few years have been 

 working earnestly and diligently. I think that Dairy Train was 

 one of the best things that has ever been pulled off. The dairy- 

 men of this section, the Chamber of Commerce have all united 

 with the supply men, and by the way they are 'some speakers' 

 those supply men. (Laughter). When our Toastmaster had to 

 give up when Penrod spoke, I quite agreed with him, he is right 

 there. (Laughter). I know you are all anxious to go over to 

 the dance, I cannot talk but I will try to act. I have had the 

 pleasure at different times of being on various committees of 

 this association and I feel that it is my forte instead of on the 

 floor." (Applause). 



