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and refrigeration of fruit from Railroad and Refrigerator Car Com- 

 panies, through the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Con- 

 gress of the United States. 



Mr, C. H. Dutcher moved that the title, third Vice-president for 

 life be changed to Honorary Vice-president for life. Mr. W. L. Howard 

 seconded the motion, and it was unanimously adopted. 



T. C. Love. — At the Springfield meeting a motion was carried that 

 the President of this Society appoint a committee of two members 

 to help secure an amendment through the Legislature that the Trustees 

 of the Mountain Grove Experiment Station be practical fruit growers. 

 The Legislature is again in session, and I would suggest that the 

 chair be directed to now carry out the appointment of such a com- 

 mittee. 



J. T. Stinson. — I would like tlie members of this Society to under- 

 stand this matter and I believe it is not the best policy for this Society 

 to undertake to dictate to the Legislature or the Governor what should 

 be done. I raise the point of order that as the resolution was intended 

 for the last Legislature and the committee was not appointed it does 

 not apply now. 



J. A. Orr. — I move that we renew the resolution to appoint a 

 committee to secure an amendment that shall make the future Trustees 

 of the Mountain Grove Station only practical fruit growers. This 

 Station should be controlled by some one who understands fruit grow- 

 ing the same as other institutions that have some who understands 

 their business. The law requires that the trustees of the Institute 

 for the blind, or at least one of them, should be an expert oculist. 

 vSome of the trustees of the Soldiers' Home must be old soldiers and 

 of the Lunatic Asylum some one trustee must be an expert in diseases 

 of the mind. 



Mr. Dutcher. — That resolution was amended from the first form 

 to read a fruit grower instead of a fruit grower from South Missouri. 

 I second the motion that we re-enact that resolution to memorialize 

 the Legislature to make such an amendment. 



J. T. Stinson. — I do not believe that it is the best policy to pass 

 such a resolution. The present trustees are some of the best fruit 

 growers in South Missouri, as Mr. Culver of Koshkonong and Mr. 

 McAfee of Springfield. T know the Governor and these men per- 

 sonally, and that they are as careful for the Institution as some of the 

 men who are seeking the place. The Society is going to the Legis- 

 lature for its own appropriation this year, and I believe that we should 

 leave this matter as it now is. 



