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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



"Co-operation among bee-keepers — its 

 aim and scope, and how best can it be 

 accomplished. Should the National 

 Association be reorganized to take up 

 this work, and, if so, to what extent 

 should this co-operation be taken up? 

 Or should the matter of co-operation 

 be limited to the state organization 

 exclusively?" 



I would like to have you give me 

 positive instructions along that . line. 

 Do j'ou want to continue the publica- 

 tion of the Review, and do you want 

 the National to continue the handling 

 of supplies as has been done in the 

 past two years? A motion to that 

 effect will be entertained. 



Mr. Moore — Mr. Chairman, I will 

 state my position on that question. 



If we continue the National Associa- 

 tion, we have to have an official organ. 

 The Review as it is handled today is 

 too expensive a proposition; we dis- 

 cussed that matter at the St. Louis 

 Convention and it was supposed there 

 would be some means to bring the 

 expense of the Review down so that it 

 would pay the expenses of the publi- 

 cation or nearly so instead of running 

 behind, and I think that, if the Na- 

 tional Association continues, it should 

 continue to publish the Review but 

 it should be placed in a position so 

 that it will pay out. 



As far as the sale of supplies is con- 

 cerned there must be a good many bee- 

 keepers that the sale of supplies by 

 the National has saved money. As 

 long as the National is willing to buy 

 supplies, I see no harm in continuing 

 the sale of supplies. 



I will move that the Association con- 

 tinue the publishing of the Review as 

 an official organ and also the sale of 

 supplies, and that the delegate be in- 

 structed to that effect. 



A member — I second the motion. 



Mr. Kildow— If it is to be left that 

 the National continue the way they 

 are now doing, I should say, No. 



Mr. Stone — The motion does not de- 

 fine what the method shall be — only 

 that it pay for itself. 



Mr. Phillips — Mr. Chairman, the pro- 

 posed Constitution as it is published in 

 the November Review makes it possible 

 to publish an official organ and to sell 

 supplies but it does not make it obliga- 

 tory, and if this Constitution goes into 

 affect they can still sell the Review if 

 they want to or they can publish it; 



and they can sell supplies or discon- 

 tinue selling supplies. 



As I understand the discussion at St. 

 Louis it was not expected the Review 

 would be continued or the sale of sup- 

 plies but if it was desirable they would 

 have the power under that Constitu- 

 tion. 



The adoption of the Constitution does 

 not necessarily compel the National to 

 continue its present policy; that is the 

 rock upon which the whole thing has 

 been almost wrecked. 



Pres. Baxter — I don't suppose this 

 Society here today wilL ratify or reject 

 that now proposed Constitution be- 

 cause it has not been legallj- presented. 

 Whatever is done at the National Ctihi- 

 vention will have to be done through 

 the delegates of the different Associa- 

 tions represented there. Am I not right. 

 Dr. Phillips, in this position? 



Dr. Phillips — I thinkj -Mr. Chairman, 

 you are, in general. Any one member 

 of the National would have a right to 

 present the Constitution for /considera- 

 tion to be acted upon or npt, as was 

 seen fit; and the action of* publishing 

 the Review might be a re;Commendation 

 of any one — presented for action. 



Pres. Baxter — I have not studied the 

 Constitution enough to know if that 

 position is correct. ' ' 



Are you ready for the question? 



Mr. Stone — I am in favor of voting 

 this down and letting the delegate go 

 uninstructed, or have the motion with- 

 drawn. 



Pres. Baxter — All those in favor of 

 continuing the publishing of the Re- 

 view and the buying of supplies, sig- 

 nify it by saying aye; contrary, no. 



AH those in favor of instructing your 

 delegate to work for the continuation of 

 the publishing of the Review and buy- 

 ing supplies — Rise. 



Mr. Kelley — I want to amend that by 

 having "Buying of Supplies'' stricken 

 out. 



Mr. Moore — Mr. Chairman: This 

 delegate body that is to meet in Denver 

 will have under consideration the adop- 

 tion of this new Constitution; what we 

 are instructing our delegate is in re- 

 gard to the aim and purpose of the 

 National Association — whether we want 

 the new proposed Constitution as 

 amended, whether we want to continue 

 the publishing of the Review — 



Well, now, what we are instructing 

 our delegate on is in regard to that one 

 part right there, as to whether the Na- 



