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or corporation invest their money. They want to havesomething to 
say aboutit. This class of people are mischief breeders, calamity 
howlers and unsafe counselors; they are officious meddlers continu- 
ally crying wolf! wolf! and filling the minds of the people with 
unrest. The laborer will do well to keep shy of them, and when he 
is not satisfied with his employer, let him maintain his dignity of 
character by availing himself of legitimate means of gaining his pur- 
pose and by doing as he would be done by. The highest blessing 
we can bestow upon the laborer is to teach him how he can be inde- 
pendent—himself a capitalist on a small scale. Millions of acres of 
land are at his disposal, and tenacres is enough to support any man 
comfortably; only needing intelligent management to infinitely 
surpass the rag-picking, gutter-scraping employment of the cities, 
with their free dinners and soup kitchen attachments. 
It is winter time and there is nothing to do at home except the 
chores, and there are many good reliable men who will be glad to do 
them for their board or the boys can do them out of school hours, 
while as members of the State Horticultural Society, we come to- 
gether and discuss all matters of vital interest, get new and better 
ideas from one another, renew acquaintances and strengthen friend- 
ships. 
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
WYMAN ELLIOT, MINNEAPOLIS. 
The next day after the adjournment of the last annual meeting 
the executive committee met at the secretary’s office, 427 Nicollet 
Avenue in the Horticultural library room. Present, the full 
board, including president and secretary. The purpose of the meet- 
ing was the revising of the list of standing committees and arrang- 
ing the business of the society as far as possible to avoid calling 
the executive committee together again previous to the time of 
holding the summer meeting in June. Various new plans were | 
discussed whereby the usefulness of the society might be enlarged 
and our membership increased. Some of the plans then made have 
not materialized as successfully as was then anticipated, especially 
those of organizing county and auxiliary societies; we have had the 
expense and tried the method advocated, paying pretty roundly for 
it. Experience you pay for is much the best, when you do not pay 
too much for it. 
If we have not received as great a degree of success as desired, we 
have secured some free advertising and acquaintance with people 
that will amply repay for the time and money expended in this 
direction. I think we can trace the acquiring of several new mem- 
bers to this experimental effort, and we do not give up the hope of 
yet evolving some plan along this line that will increase our mem- 
bership and broaden our usefuluess. This idea of organizing pro- 
gressive horticulturists into energetic clubs and societies scattered 
all over our state should be fostered and advocated by every mem- 
ber, new and old, of this society. A suggestion has been received 
from one of our executive committee that members of auxiliary 
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