lO ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



come in contact with the men whe are interested in those things. For 

 that reason I could give no interesting or beneficial speech, so will not 

 bother you, but will let you get ready for the other meetings of the occa- 

 sion, and I hope, Mr. President, that in your future gatherings that you 

 will please mention, at one time or another, that the City of Aurora, the 

 people, and myself bid you all a most cordial welcome and hope that their 

 stay will be pleasant and prosperous with us. I thank you. 



RESPONSE TO ADDKESS OF WELCOME. 



SECRETARY GEORGE CAVEN. 



Mr. President, Gentlemen: 



In my work as Secretary of the Association it was largely my duty 

 to prepare the program for this meeting, but 1 can honestly say that it was 

 not a part of my plan that I should respond to Mayor Howard's address 

 of welcome. 



However, I am probably better acquainted with the spirit of wel- 

 come in Aurora to this convention than any other member, for the reason 

 that I have spent numerous Saturday afternoons in preparation for this 

 meeting, and have had the assistance of several of the citizens here who 

 are directly interested in dairying. They have given their time and 

 their work, and given it illinglj^ and freely with the hope of 

 making this meeting a success. But we have not had to ask 

 assistance from men alone interested in dairying, but from lead- 

 ing merchants and officers of prominent corporations, and every 

 request has been immediately granted. Indeed, those to whom we have 

 gone for favors have appeared to be glad that we came to them and 

 asked them for some favor in connection with this convention. There- 

 fore, I know when Mayor Howard says we are welcome here in Aurora 

 lie not only speaks his own sentiments, but the sentiments of the citi- 



