SUMMER MEETING AT BROOKFLELD. 



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OUR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM 



Is one to be taken up at every opportunity. Whenever we can act as 

 a body and each local society act together, we can get the rates we are 

 obliged to have. I think that in every possible instance we should 

 make a demand upon our transportation companies, and give them to 

 understand that it is as much for their interest to foster this business 

 as it is for the fruit grower to make it. 



You and I can well remember when the papers east were filled 

 with the advertisements of the Illinois Central railroad, having 3,000,- 

 000 acres of land to sell to settlers. That land is settled, and I saw 

 only a few days ago a young man, B. F. Smith, Lawrence, who made 

 the first shipment of strawberries to Chicago of seven crates. To-day 

 you see three, five, ten, twelve car loads of berries from only one sta- 

 tion, and whole train loads of them going to Chicago each day, all built- 

 up by the fostering caie of the railroad company, and thus, giving to 

 the people of Chicago and northern towns the good fruits of the coun- 

 try, and that cheaply. 



Whenever we can do that we want at once to take action in the 

 matter and get the assistance of our companies. On the line of the 

 Missouri Pacific going south from Kansas City to Nevada and Lamar,, 

 we have already had a very material reduction made by the Pacific 

 express company. 



OUR EXPENSES 



Have been mostly for postage, printing, expenses on the report and on 

 our work at Jefferson City. 



1888. 



December 15, postoffice , 



January 9, expenses to Lamar and return 



January 9, expenses to Springfield 



1889. 

 March 1, postoffice bill 



"' express 



' ' express on 50 Am. Hort. reports , 



' ; express $1.05, postage $0.20 



' ' 28, expenses to Jtfl'erson City 



" board of J. C. Evans and L. A. Goodman 



' ' 30, express on reports to members 



April 9. postage $2.15, express and telegram $1.35... 



" 16, P. O. bill and Ragan cut 



ribbon for badges and printing 



May 30, printing bill 



June 3, freight on paper for reports 



' ' cold storage 



Total. 



$16 92 



11 75 



8 60 



27 80' 

 1 40 

 4 SO 

 7 25 



11 20 



10 00 

 4 15 

 3 50 



30 S2 



7 50 



21 30 



11 00 

 3 50 



1S1 49 



Reed, return express. 

 " membership . . . 



$14 25 

 13 00 



27 25- 



