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And he answered, “Why, I would be 
ashamed of myself.” (Laughter.) 
Over in Gainesville we have people 
who have warm hearts, people who are 
noted for their hospitality and cordiality, 
and they want you to come. They have 
the latch string outside the door for you 
any time you come, and you will get a 
genuine welcome from them. 
We have the University of the State 
of Florida there, and on the campus of 
that University, there is an Experiment 
Station. That Experiment Station does 
not belong to Florida; it is the property 
of the people of Florida, you ; and as I 
understand it, you are here for the pur¬ 
pose of discussing problems that the Ex¬ 
periment Station is working on; prob¬ 
lems of plant life and citrus life. You 
are meeting together with the purpose of 
furthering the cause of horticulture of 
the State of Florida, not for the purpose 
of having soical meetings and entertain¬ 
ments. In Gainesville, there is the labo¬ 
ratory, and we will have it so that when 
you are discussing problems you may 
have the concrete experiments right be¬ 
fore you as they are going on from year 
to year, to assist you in the work you 
are doing. 
I want to say this in conclusion. I 
heard two citizens of this State, one from 
Arcadia and one from Palatka, discuss¬ 
ing different things, and the one from 
Palatka had this to say, “Last night I had 
a dream, and I dreamt I died, and they 
admitted me to Heaven.” The gentle¬ 
man from Arcadia looked dubious at this, 
but said nothing. “I was walking down 
the golden streets, and I was as happy as 
I could be. I met lots of people from 
Palatka, lots of them, and they were all 
happy as could be. And there were a 
few people from Arcadia there, and they 
were walking around, singing and hap¬ 
py. 
“Finally, over on a hill, I saw a com¬ 
pany of men, and they had chains with 
a ball fastened to the chain, and I said, 
'Who are those people?’ 'Those people 
are from Gainesville.’ 'Why in the world 
have you got a chain and ball on the 
people from Gainesville, and you allow 
the other people here to go without ?’ 'My 
friend, if we took the chain and ball 
from ithose people, 'they would shoot 
right back to Gainesville.” (Laughter 
and applause.) 
(Come to Gainesville and you will un¬ 
derstand why they wanted to go back 
iri that direction. 
Mr. Prouty: If you go to Arcadia, I 
will put up a bond that I will not make 
a speech. (Laughter and applause.) 
Mr. Hume: If we do go there, we will 
have the bond, Mr. Prouty. 
Mr. Ernst: If you come to Palatka, 
we will give you a daylight ride to St. 
Augustine. 
Mr. Jones: I move that the next place 
of meeting be selected as Arcadia. 
Mr. Lynch: I move as a substitute 
that the next place of meeting be at 
Gainesville. 
Mr.-: I move that the nomi¬ 
nations be closed. 
Mr. Hume: As there are no further 
nominations, we will now vote by bal¬ 
lot. 
Mr. Glass: I think the only fair way 
