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information contained in those papers. Why? Because 
of this dog-in-the-manger spirit. If the society cannot 
publish promptly, and it can not do so, it will not let us 
do so. We could publish the president’s address and 
have it read all over the world in August and September. 
The society publisbes it 10 months afterwards and nobody 
—literally nobody—reads it through. We could follow 
in October with two good papers which would also be read; 
in November two more and so on throughout the year. 
The people in the manger will not let us do this but when 
their volume is out they are willing we commence to 
to reprintit piecemeal. It would take us another whole 
year to do so and the cost would be so much waste, for 
what nas once been done well, why do again ? 
But behold the milk in the cocoanut! This same soci- 
ety can muster at its meetings only a handful of officers 
and office candidates unless the periodicals drum up the 
people. Out of kindly feeling this periodical has always 
done what it could in this line. The columns have always 
been open to the society officers in which to advertise the 
society and its meetings. Three months ago, the Presi- 
dent sent in his announcement of the August meeting. 
We promptly printed it. Later, we asked him to send an 
advanced copy of his address so we may put it in type, 
and, the next day after its delivery, out would go our 
Journal for August and it goes into nearly every country 
on earth, China, Japan, India, Russia, Austria, Germany, -— 
Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, England, Scotland, 
Ireland, South Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Chili, Mexico, Aus- 
tralia, Hawaii, and Ceylon. 
In reply, the president wrote that if we will write to 
the various officers or members of the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Society and get their consent he will be 
happy to furnish it to us. We prefer to write this par- 
tial expose of the spirit that animates this handful of 
people. If it does them any injustice we will promptly 
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