JOURNAL OF ANNUAL MEETING, I906. 485 



Whereas, we believe that any combination of retailers which 

 strives to prevent the market gardeners and farmers from peddling" 

 their produce in various cities is an illegal combination in re- 

 straint of trade, therefore be it 



Resolved, by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, in 

 convention assembled, 



First, that we are opposed to all laws which prevent produc- 

 ers from peddling their produce. 



Second, that we heartily approve the amendment to the state- 

 constitution, passed by the last state legislature, the purpose of 

 which is to permit market gardeners and farmers to peddle their 

 produce if they so desire, and we hope the amendment may pass 

 when submitted to the people. . 



The Chairman : The matter is now before you. Is there 

 anything to be said on the subject? It is a very vital matter to 

 market gardeners. This matter was discussed very thoroughly at 

 the last session of the legislature, and the legislature passed an 

 amendment to the constitution which will be submitted to the people 

 at the next election. It was found out of the question to pass any 

 law that would effectually remedy this trouble, so it has been un- 

 dertaken by means of an amendment to the constitution of the 

 state. 



]\Ir. Stockwell : This resolution ought to be passed unan- 

 imously, and then not only every member of this society, but every 

 honest, single hearted man in this state, ought to do everything 

 he can to secure the passage of this amendment. It is about time- 

 that the inalienable right of man to sell what he produces was made 

 secure in the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. A hand- 

 ful of grocers get together and proceed to abridge the right of a 

 citizen to do with his own what he pleases, and we ought to do- 

 everything we can in the interest of fair play to secure the pas- 

 sage of this amendment. (Applause.) 



The Chairman : The chair knows of a small town in Minne- 

 sota where they have provided a penalty for selling meat. I think 

 the fine is $10 a day, and the chairman of the town board that 

 passed the thing was a butcher and practically controlled the sit- 

 uation. We want to fix it so that kind of thing will not hold at 

 all. 



The motion, properly seconded, was then put to a vote and 

 prevailed unanimously. 



On motion of Mr. Taylor the meeting adjourned until i :30 

 o'clock in the afternoon. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at i :30 P. M. by the chair- 

 man. Prof. S. B. Green. 



The first number on the program was "Free Parliament Hour,'' 

 led by Mr. A. K. Bush. (See index.) 



The Chairman: If that is all there is on this subject we will 

 call on the committee on credentials to report. 



