EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART VII. 331 



The Chairman: It has been suggested that, in recognition of 

 the services rendered this association by ]\Ir. Jules Lumbard at 

 various times for the last twenty-five years, he be made a life mem- 

 ber of the association and a gold medal properly inscribed be pre- 

 sented to him. I would like to hear from you on the subject. 



Mr. S. B. Shilling: I do not believe there is a member of the 

 Iowa Dairy Association that does not appreciate what Mr. Jules 

 Lumbard has done for us in the past and I want to say to you this, 

 that while I am in favor of the gold medal that our president has 

 suggested, and the life membership which I know would please 

 him, I know that Mr. Lumbard is in straightened circumstances 

 financially to-day, and he needs something more than a gold medal 

 and a life membership in this association. Now I speak with actual 

 knowledge on the subject and it seems to me it would be a pleasure 

 for the members of this association to individually make a con- 

 tribution of what they can afford to go to this man. If there has 

 ever in the world been a friend to this association Mr. Lumbard 

 has been, and I know I will not have to stand here and plead in 

 vain for a small contribution from every one of you to give him. 

 If I did not know the circumstances of the gentleman and was not 

 positive of the statements I make to you, I would not make them 

 in this way. Inside of the last year he had a benefit given him in 

 the city of Chicago by his old friends, and he has not a dollar in 

 the world excepting a small pension from the Pennsylvania road to 

 support him to-day. He has none of the luxuries of life, simply 

 enough to live on and it seems to me, in recognition of the services 

 he has rendered to this association, we should give him something 

 more substantial than a gold medal and a life membership in the 

 association. 



Just one thing more I want to say. This has been recognized by 

 other states, and two other states, at least, during the last year have 

 done what we should have done before they did, because he first 

 recognized the state of Iowa, but two other states have made this 

 contribution at their annual convention. 



The Chairman: I am quite in accord with doing just as Mr. 

 Shilling has suggested, but I also think he should have the gold 

 medal and the life membership and I will entertain a motion to 

 that effect, if some one will offer it. 



Mr. Shilling : I had not thought of any plan, but I move, I\Ir. 

 Chairman, that the association vote to give Mr. Jules Lumbard a 

 life membership in the association along with a gold medal, and 



