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ment was made with the Treasurer, and all receipts and disbursements 

 entered upon the Treasurer's books. Furthermore, when no funds 

 were coming in, the Secretary would use his own money to pay So- 

 ciety bills, always keeping an accurate account of debits and credits 

 till funds were on hand, when he would be reimbursed. Of this 

 every member of the Executive Committee was cognizant and had 

 full knowledge of every dollar so used. This led to the plan of" 

 settlement by balances, always followed by the Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, approved by the Executive Committee, for they knew it was 

 safe, fully protected the work of the Society, kept the little bills 

 always paid up, thus saving a vast amount of annoyance and red- " 

 tape to those furnishing material or rendering assistance. The 

 seventy-two dollars sent to the Secretary by the Maryland Society 

 was received, used and reported to the Executive Committee, and 

 then to the Treasurer in perfect accordance with the above plan. 



8. No State Society of our land has done more work or earned a 

 better reputation for work done, and no Society stands better among 

 fruit growers. State or National Societies, than does the Missouri 

 State Society. No State Society has done as much for the develop 

 ment of the fruit interests of its State, or shown such wonderful 

 results as the Missouri State Society. All of which is the result of 

 the unity of effort among the members of the Missouri State Society ; 

 and this unity will never cease among the fruit growers. 



9. No Society of our country has done what this Society has 

 done. At every Horticultural gathering, at every fruit display made 

 at Expositions, and at every World's Fair that has been held in this or 

 foreign lands for the last twenty-five years, we have upheld the honor 

 of our State, sometimes without a dollar of appropriation by our Legis- 

 lature, and yet we show a savings fund in our hand of over two thousand 

 dollars. 



Then Avhy this issue? For twenty-two years the members of this 

 Society have expressed their confidence in the Secretary by annually 

 electing him to this office, and at the last meeting formally affirmed 

 their implicit confidence in the Secretary and out-going Treasurer. 



But other issues of which the Society is now fully cognizant, have 

 arisen. The Executive Committee tried in a friendly way and in every 

 possible manner consistent with honor and fidelity to adjust some 

 of these controverted matters; but failing in this, the Society upon 

 the recommendation of the Executive Committee, re-affirmed its 

 former resolutions and decisions unanimously. Thus it gave our 



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