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tion 1 will read as follows: 'The annual dues of active members shall 

 be $2.00 and of associate members, SI, 50, which shall be payable in 

 advance, the same to include a subscription to the Journal of Eco- 

 nomic Entomology. No dues shall be payable from foreign mem- 

 bers but they shall be charged $1.50 for the Journal if they desire it.' " 



President F. L. Washburn: It is moved and seconded that the 

 amendment be adopted as read. Any remarks. 



H. E. Summers: Mr. President, I believe for two years past 

 I have made one remark that I wish to make again. It is that we are 

 not showing honor to our honorary members, to our honorary foreign 

 members, by charging dues for our proceedings. The foreign member- 

 ship has been regarded as an honorary membership that has not been 

 bestowed indiscriminately. We have, I know, had some applica- 

 tions from foreign entomologists to be admitted to that list, and they 

 were refused on the ground that it was regarded distinctly as an honor, 

 and it seems to me that not to give them the proceedings freely is a 

 rather petty matter. Personally, I would rather join with a few mem- 

 bers and pay for the proceedings than see this action by a national 

 association, which it seems to me will make us look rather small in 

 the minds of some of the foreign entomologists. I refer here, of course, 

 only to a part of this total amendment, and, to bring this matter to a 

 focus, I move to amend the motion by striking out the words "but 

 they shall be charged $1.50 for the Journal if they desire it." 



E. D. Sanderson: Mr. President, by striking out this matter, it 

 will not change the status of the case. These men have been charged 

 for the Journal for the past four years. They are regular subscribers 

 to it, practically all of them. If that is struck out, then this Associa- 

 tion will have to pay for it, if I am not mistaken. I do not believe 

 that the Publishing Company should furnish the Journal free. It is 

 not a good business proposition. If the Association were running the 

 Journal, it would be a different matter, and if we want to send these 

 complimentary copies, this Association ought to pay for them. My 

 own opinion would be that it would be all right to strike that phrase 

 out, but, unless there is some other action by this Association, it 

 would not change the case, as far as I can see. 



President F. L. Washburn: The Secretary reminds me that 

 it would make a difference of $75.00 in the annual income from the 

 Journal if that were taken off. 



E. P. Felt: Mr. President, there is another phase to be considered, 

 and that is that the Journal in which our proceedings are published 

 contains a great deal more than the proceedings of this Association, 

 and I see no reason why the Association of Economic Entomologists 

 should be under obligations to furnish this additional matter at least 



