136 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



It seems to me since my stay in Carbondale that at every 

 corner I have seen something that the people of Carbondale have 

 reason to be proud of and grateful for. I have enjoyed the 

 hospitality of what is, to my mind, a wonderful hotel; we have 

 had the hospitality of all the citizens of Carbondale; we have 

 had the courtesy extended to us of this wonderful educational 

 institution that you have got and we left that with a memory that, 

 will never be blotted out. To us it was a wonderful sight, a 

 sort of inspiration. We have been favored with the most beau- 

 tiful music; we have had nice places to eat; we have had con- 

 veyances to take us from one point to another. There has been 

 nothing overlooked, nothing left undone to make the visit of 

 those people who have come here perfect in every particular, 

 but I want to say to you tonight as I introduce the first speaker 

 on this program, that it seems to me, in view of the needs and 

 necessities of this country that there is nothing that you can 

 be more grateful for than that you have in this community men 

 who are willing to assist in putting on its feet a wonderful en- 

 terprise that will contribute not only to the wealth of this com- 

 munity but to the contentment and to the happiness of the peo- 

 ple that live here. 



Mr. Grissom, I understand, is a pioneer and he has accom- 

 plished wonders in his section of the country and he comes to 

 you tonight with a report that will make your hearts glad and 

 will increase your confidence not only in the business, but the 

 practicability and feasibility of getting behind it with a will. I 

 take pleasure in introducing to you Mr. Grissom of Centralia.'' 

 ( Applause. ) 



Mr. W. M. Grissom: "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle- 

 men : What I may say this evening reminds me of the story, 

 because it is a repetition of what I have said a number of times 

 ni different places, and that's the story of the colored porter in 

 a Memphis hotel. He was given to using, as is common to his 

 tribe, ah the big words that he would hear. He was asked by 

 one of the patrons of the hotel where he might find a good 

 restaurant and the porter replied : ''J don't know, boss, the one 

 down town is very good, but the one up town is very obituary." 



