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were nothing as compared with what the reports are today; 

 and every man that has received the report for the last two 

 years has surely received more than two dollars' worth. No 

 society can give out more than it receives and still have a 

 surplus in the treasury. The report for 1910 cost between 

 $1200 and $1400. Now, if we are taking in $800 in dues 

 and paying out $1200 for reports, where is the rest of the 

 money coming from? I do not think there is a member 

 who would object to paying $3 a year to get this report. 



Mr. C. K. Cranston, Pendleton, Ore. : $3 would not do 

 the business, would it? 



Mr. Ernest Schaeffle, San Francisco : There is a bal- 

 ance due now of $970. We must not only meet that, but 

 pay additional running expenses. 



Mr. Graham : We must have a large membership in 

 order to do it, but even with an increased membership we 

 must make the dues $3 ; we must consider that such an in- 

 crease would be cheerfully met. 



Mr. Cranston : I am new in this business. I have only 

 been a member for three years, and this is my first attend- 

 ance at the meetings; but I have read the copies of the 

 Transactions that have reached me, with a good deal of 

 interest; and I feel perhaps more deeply than I can express 

 the importance of the perpetuation of this Society. It 

 strikes me that a well-planned method to increase the mem- 

 bership might be of advantage. I do not know how well 

 that has been worked out or how thoroughly it has been 

 tried ; but perhaps the method I am going to suggest will 

 lead to the betterment of our financial condition. My sug- 

 gestion is that all persons here should obligate themselves 

 to bring in new members. I feel confident that with the 

 increased dues suggested I can obligate myself to bring in 

 three or four new members. If others are as much inter- 

 ested as I — and I have no doubt many if not all here are — 

 the problem will be solved. 



