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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF NATIONAL DAIRY UNION, 



November 1^ 1903 to January 7, 1905 . 



CREDITS. 



Cash on hand November 1, 1903 $ 473.78 



Patrons* Handbooks sold and paid for 2,530.52 



Contributions to fund 5,987.13 



Directories sold and paid for 905 . 00 



Rebate expenses, S. B. Shilling 96.46 



Total $9,992.89 



DEBITS. 



Paid C . Y . Knight, salary and expenses $1 , 410 . 75 



S. B. Shilling, salary and expenses 2,546.17 



James A. Harris 68 . 4 1 



Bookkeeper 420.00 



Stenographer 900.00 



Printing 881 . 22 



Office supplies and expense 163 . 71 



For typewriting letters and addressing 89.54 



Rent 210.00 



Telegrams 26.10 



Postage stamps and postals 352 . 34 



Express charges 149 . 28 



Exchange on checks 43 . 30 



Directories 303.00 



Miscellaneous 221 . 15 



Cash on hand January 1, 1905 2,207.92 



Total " $9,992.89 



We are, for the first time in the history of the organization in shape to 

 meet the ememy at any time. We can, at the drop of the hat, take up the 

 fight and have plenty of funds to carry the work forward. Of course that 

 does not mean th.it we do not need funds, because we are working all the 

 time and have to be on hand all the time to agitate the matter. 



The President: Gentlemen, you have heard the report of 

 the secretary -treasurer, and I want to explain why these accounts 

 have not been audited by a committee. The bookkeeper in our 

 office met with an accident recently and has been confined to his 

 room for six weeks. It was therefore impossible to get the 

 accounts in shape to turn over to an auditing committee. It is 

 our intention with the election of the new board of directors, 

 which we expect to elect here today, to have them come to 



