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We could not get any definite state- 

 ment from, the Officers. 



Mr. Stone — Secretary Williams was 

 ill in bed for a long time; you must 

 make allowance for that. 



Mr. Moore — A number of those points 

 will have to come up before the dele- 

 gates' meeting in Denver. I think the 

 only thing we can do at this time is to 

 discuss the situation and instruct our 

 delegate, so as to make the National 

 a success. We cannot do without a 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association and 

 the only thing is to get it on a basis 

 so that it will do the most good to the 

 greatest number of people. 



A lot of us are objecting and say 

 we get nothing out of the National As- 

 sociation. 



I admit, under the way it has been 

 run for the last few years, bee-keepers 

 as a body have not gotten much out 

 of it — but it is up to us to change it, 

 and we should stay with it and work 

 to the end of making it a success; we 

 should improve the conditions of the 

 National Association and it can be a 

 power of good to all members. 



Mr. Kildow — It seems to me that the 

 most vital thing is this: What good 

 are we getting out of it? What good 

 is it to us? You say you are getting 

 up a new Constitution; if that is no 

 better than the old one, you had bet- 

 ter not get it up; you had better not 

 get up. any more Constitutions; we have 

 not gotten anything out of the old one 

 for two years. 



Mr. Moore— Did you read the new 

 Constitution in the Review? 



Mr. Kildow — No. I got down on it, so 

 I do not read it. 



Pres. Baxter — The question — What 

 we are to get out of the National as re- 

 organized — will come up this afternoon. 

 I was present at the meeting of the 

 National Association, and Mr. Moore 

 has given the substance of what oc- 

 curred but there are some things that 

 I want. 



We know that Mr. Townsend has 

 been selling supplies. He admitted that 

 he had made a certain amount of money 

 approximately — I think something 

 like $700, but he has not accounted for 

 a cent of it, and we don't know where 

 the money went to; the Treasurer has 

 never received it — and there are lots 

 of other things going on that we know 

 nothing about at all. 



This afternoon this subject will be 

 discussed and we want you to consider 



it thoroughly so that we will know 

 where we are at. 



Mr. Stone — Mr. President, I want to 

 say in answer to what Mr. Kildow said, 

 not considering what the President has 

 said as to the condition of the National: 

 As to the Review I would be willing to 

 give a dollar for just that page that 

 advertises honey for sale, and I have 

 not advertised any honey for sale 

 either, but if I want to buy some honey 

 in a year like this I know just where 

 to go for the particular kind of honey I 

 want to buy. 



Mr. Kildow — We got that same thing 

 from neighbor France and it didn't cost 

 us one cent, either. 



Mr. Stone — But we are not entitled 

 to it unless we are members of the 

 National. 



■ Pres. Baxter — This will come up this 

 afternoon under special subjects. 



Mr. Moore — It is now ten minutes of 

 12; I move we adjourn for dinner, to 

 meet at one o'clock sharp. 



Motion seconded and carried. Meet- 

 ing adjourned until one o'clock. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 November 20, 1914. 



Meeting convened at 1:30 o'clock. 

 President Baxter in the Chair. 



Pres. Baxter — Has the Committee on 

 Resolutions anything to offer? 



Mr. Bowen — We have nothing as jet. 



Pres. Baxter — Ladies and Grentlemen, 

 Members of the Illinois State Associa- 

 tion: We will take up for the pres- 

 ent the suggestion in regard to summer 

 field meets; it was suggested that we 

 hold from three to six meets during the 

 next summer in different parts of the 

 state, including the one which is al- 

 ready partially prepared for, at Hamil- 

 ton. 



These field meets are of great im- 

 portance. We can get more bee-keep- 

 ers probably together from different 

 localities than we can get together in 

 any other way and we can do good and 

 efficient work. By having a meet at 

 some apiary we can do administrative 

 work and discuss almost any subject 

 we want, and I think these meetings are 

 of great importance. 



I recommend from three to six of 

 them including the meet at Hamilton. 



Mr. Kildow — There are two that are 

 already being held, one at St. Anne's, 

 which is rather a permanent one, and 

 last summer when we had a meeting 

 at Rockford it was arranged for an an- 



