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APPENDIX. 



(Report (Delivered by W. A. Hendricks, 



State Agent. 



Worthy Master and Patrons : 



Your State Agent, in presenting at this time, to this 

 body, a report of the operations of his office during the 

 year, feels that, though seemingly unsatisfactory, viewed 

 in a business light, the work accomplished in his depart- 

 ment of the Order is one which has repaid the Patrons 

 more than a hundred fold in accruing benefits derived 

 from valuable information; for if, in many cases, for 

 want either of confidence or business foresight on the 

 part of the membership at large, we have been unable to 

 do the direct business of the Patron, we are satisfied we 

 directed him how to acquaint himself with the "tricks of 

 the trade," and enabled him to avoid the useless employ- 

 ment of those who live upon the labors of others exclu- 

 sively. 



On the 14th day of February last, we assumed, in the 

 city of Chicago, the position assigned us by your Execu- 

 tive Committee, and, full of confidence in the justice and 

 the right of our cause, we heartily entered upon the ardu- 

 ous labors of the office, and made our first attempt for 

 recognition at the hands of the commercial world in our 

 official capacity. Those acquainted with the laws regu- 

 lating trade and commerce will not be surprised when ap- 

 prised of the fact that our efforts in that direction were a 

 most signal failure. It is the law of monetary affairs to 



