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bilities, look at her fruit interests, her 
trucking interests and other allied inter¬ 
ests, and you can see for yourselves what 
there is in the future for us. 
We are farmers, and glad we are farm¬ 
ers, and when the day comes when we 
can dignify farming by making it a pro¬ 
fession, just as medicine and law and sur¬ 
gery are professions none of us will be 
ashamed of being farmers, for it will re¬ 
quire the very best from us in order to 
carry out the aims in our minds, for if 
we have the preparation Major Floyd 
spoke of, it will require an indefinite 
amount of patience and preparation on 
our part. 
As I listened to the recounting of the 
possibilities and wonders of this region, 
I was reminded of an experience of my 
own when I was a young fellow and knew 
more than I do now. I had the temerity 
to sing in a male quartette in a little town 
called Paradise. We did not make much 
of a success, and we left that town rather 
in disgrace. My hopes for the future 
received a very rude jolt in Paradise. But 
as I listened to the alluring promises that 
have been held out to us by the Board of 
Trade and your Mayor, I am fain to 
believe that perhaps my chances, as weli 
as those of the rest of you, have had a 
wonderful impetus. It seems as though 
we are near Paradise at least, and I am 
glad on behalf of the Society, to say that 
we appreciate this opportunity and that 
we will avail ourselves of it to the utmost, 
and we shall expect to be near Paradise, 
at least for a few days. (Applause.) 
