ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPEKS' ASSOCIATIOX. 35 



Mb. Heinzel. — I do not believe in raising dues as long as we 

 have got a considerable amount on hand. I believe that if we could 

 spend it, it would be a different thing, spend it for some good object. 

 As long as we have a good bunch of money on hand, leave it down so 

 we can get a good big membership. If you ask a man for $1.50 for 

 the Association, he will hesitate a long time, but if you can explain to 

 him that you can give him practically $1.50 for the $1 he will jump at 

 the chance and as long as our State is giving us a pretty good appro- 

 priation, it is all right. 



Mr. Ressinger. — How much appropriation do we get from the 

 State? 



The Secretary. — A thousand dollars a year. 



Mr. Heinzel. — And we have never been able to spend it. 



Mr. Dadant. — There are good arguments on both sides. The 

 motion is in answer to the Secretary's criticism of getting 50 cents 

 from the branch Association and only 25 cents from our members. 

 Now, can the Secretary tell us what he would do in order to change 

 that? There is a very easy way to do and that is, charge the other 

 Associations only 25 cents. 



Mr. Heinzel. — That is the idea. 



Mr. Dadant. — Is the Secretary willing to do that? 



The Secretary. — That would not raise money enough to pay 

 the Secretary's salary, and the Secretary has pretty nearly made up his 

 mind that the work is more than he can do, or find the time for. 



The President. — That is another question. We won't discuss 

 that now. 



The Secretary. — We need the money and we want to make 

 the same charge to our members that we do the others. The only 

 way is to raise it at least to $1.25. 



Mr. Dadant. — Here is a gentleman that attended one of those 

 meetings over in the Illinois River Valley and he paid us nothing and 

 was wondering whether he was a member of the Association. Now, 

 if they charge more, they do not get the members, we do. If we charge 

 more, they get the members, we do not. We ought to make it so that 

 it is absolutely immaterial whether you join at Chicago, or the Illinois 

 River, or here. 



I move that we amend the motion to $1.25. 



The President. — You have heard the amendment. It has been 

 moved and seconded that we amend the motion so that the fees will 

 be $1.25. 



The Secretary. — Mr. President, that is a matter on which we 

 have to change the constitution and by-laws. 



The President. — Then the motion is out of order. 



The Secretary here read the motion adopted at the annual meeting 

 of 1905 in regard to amending the constitution. 



The President. — The only thing we can do is to let this thing 

 lay over for one year and notify the Association, for the next meeting. 



The Secretary. — There might be a motion made to that effect. 



The President. — The Chair will entertain a motion to have this 

 resolution presented in one year. That is the easiest way out of it. 



