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appoint a committee. We will save as much time as we can this 

 morning. I appoint Mr. Stewart and Mr. Wheeler. 



Mr. Wheeler. — I prefer to be excused. 



The President. — This gentleman here, I can't think of your 

 name, I know it well enough. 



The Member. — I hope to be excused from any committee. 



The President. — Then it is up to you, Mr. Stewart. 



Mr. Stewart. — To do it all? I will do it. 



The President. — The next question is the Auditing Committee. 

 Shall we have an Auditing Committee to go through the work of the 

 Secretary-Treasurer, or shall we take it for granted that his work is 

 all right? Any suggestion or motion? 



A Member. — I move we accept his report as read. 



Motion seconded, and carried unanimously. 



The President. — Now the Committee on Prices, the standing 

 committee that we have been accustomed to. I believe this committee 

 has in the past two years done us considerable good. We have unified 

 the prices. Formerly bee-keepers sold all the way from 7 to 8 cents a 

 pound up to 30 cents a pound. There was too much difference in the 

 prices of honey sold by the bee-keepers. This committee has informed 

 the bee-keepers through this section of the country in regard to what 

 the prices are to be, and I believe it has resulted in increased profits 

 to the bee-keepers. Shall we continue this committee? Any sug- 

 gestions or motion? 



A Member. — I move that the same committee act again. 



Motion seconded, and carried unanimously. 



The President. — Now if you have your questions ready, we 

 are ready for the question box. While these questions are being taken 

 up, Mr. Bull will say a few words. 



The Secretary. — Mr. President, I notice quite a few faces here 

 that I am not familiar with, we have several strangers with us. Now 

 to keep up our mailing list as well as we can, we want every bee-keeper 

 we can get hold of. We want your names and addresses. Those of 

 you who received this letter mailed out on the 6th of February, I have 

 your names and addresses, but those of you who did not, will you 

 kindly leave us your name and address, so I can put you on the mailing 

 list. No matter where you live, we want your name and address. 



The President. — The first question here is: "How are we going 

 to join the State Bee-Keepers' Association?" I suppose that means, 

 how is this Association going to join the State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. Probablj^ Mr. Bull can answer that. 



The Secretary. — Why, it has been customary in past years 

 that we join them in a body, there has been a motion put through that 

 we join in a body. It costs us 50 cents to join the State Association 

 in a body, and we get this cloth-bound report, we get not only the 

 State meeting but our own meeting in here reported, this goes free to 

 every member. The report alone is well worth the fifty cents. The 

 larger the membership in any State, that only helps them out. When 

 we help Illinois we help all states more or less. 



A Member. — Any reduced rates for joining the National? 



