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Last week, in Manhattan, the 31st annual Convention of the National Association of Credit Men was honored by an address from Hon. W. M. Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture. In an uncautious moment, he waved the manuscript of his speech in the air and made an aside:
“I see no reporters here, but if there were any and if I said anything extemporaneously that was printed in the papers and that I didn’t like, I’d deny* it. I’m an excellent speaker and my eyes are weak, so I hate to strain them by reading what I have to say.” He has not yet denied this quotation.
*Venerable newspaper men still debate as to whether President Roosevelt denied statements which he had actually made.
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