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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



tion. We need all your support at this 

 time. There is much to gain and noth- 

 ing to lose by being a National mem- 

 ber. 



We will expect to receive your dues 

 in the near future, making you a mem- 

 ber. 



You can send them direct to me, or 

 to the Review, Northstar, Mich. 

 I remain, yours, 

 GEO. W. WILLIAMS, 

 Secretary-Treasurer, 



National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 Redkey, Ind. 



Mr. Dadant — Before we discuss that, 

 you all remember that last year bro- 

 ther Cavanagh was appointed to rep- 

 resent us at St. Louis and just about 

 a week before the meeting took place 

 I got news of brother Cavanagh's 

 death. I did not know what to do; 

 we would not have a representative at 

 the National Association, and we were 

 anxious to have a representative at 

 the St. Louis meeting, so I took the 

 matter up with President Kannenberg 

 and I found out that Mr. Baxter, Presi- 

 dent of the Illinois State Association, 

 was to go to St. Louis on his own 

 initiative, and that it would not cost 

 us to have him represent us, so I wired 

 Mr. Kannenberg if we should not ap- 

 point Mr. Baxter and he wired back 

 telling me to appoint him, so I wired 

 to St. Louis, telling him as nearly as 

 I could. 



It was rather an unsatisfactory ar- 

 rangement but we did the best we 

 could. Mr. Baxter promised to be here 

 but I see he is not. We do not know 

 very much about what transpired un- 

 less Mr. Kildow or Mr. Coppin, who 

 were at the State Convention, can tell 

 us what was done at the St. Louis 

 meeting, or somebody else who hap- 

 pened to be there. 



Pres. Kannenberg — Is there any one' 

 present who was at the St. Louis meet- 

 ing? or we will call upon Mr. Kildow — 



Mr. Kildow — I do not know that I 

 can give you a report. I do not re- 

 member exactly what Mr. Baxter gave, 

 only in a kind of off-hand way, and 

 not much of that. 



It appears there was a good deal of 

 rag-chewing and there was a good deal 

 at our State Convention. We could 

 not get much satisfaction out of what 

 they did down there. I am not able to 

 make any report on that. 



Mr. Coppin — I am about in the same 



fix. I do not know. I thought it was 

 Mr. Moore who was at St. Louis. 



Mr. W. B. Moore of Altoona was the 

 representative for the Illinois State. 

 Mr. Baxter was our representative. I 

 am very sorry Mr. Baxter is not here. 

 I expected him here; he expected to 

 come and he did not send any report; 

 he was not duty bound to do so; he is 

 not even a member of pur association, 

 but we appointed him because he was 

 a pretty good man to put in. 



Mr. Miller — I was there but I was 

 not a delegate and so had nothing to 

 do with it; they retired to another 

 room and did the business while we 

 discussed questions familiar to us. 



My suggestion is this: Is there any 

 report of their proceedings in the Re- 

 view? I think there is. 



Mr. Kildow — I understand Mr. Baxter 

 said there was no report made from 

 Mr. Townsend in regard to the sale of 

 supplies; no report made at all. 



Pres. Kannenberg — As long as we 

 have no report of this — the only thing 

 we can take up is whether or not we 

 shall have representation in * the 

 National. 



Mr. Dadant — It is customary to vote 

 on whether we shall join the National 

 each year. I have been taking these 

 memberships; I have been asked what 

 goes with it, and I am telling them 

 they have been getting membership in 

 the National, which includes subscrip- 

 tion to the Review, membership in the 

 State and membership in the Chicago- 

 Northwestern, and I have taken some 

 of the^e membership dues on that 

 basis, but of course it lies entirely with 

 the Association what you wish to do 

 in regard to joining the National, and 

 the Executive Committee is open to 

 instruction. 



Mr. Ahlers — When are the dues col- 

 lected and what are the dues all the 

 way through? 



Mr. Dadant — They are collected here, 

 $1.50. 



Mr. Ahlers — Don't you call a cer- 

 tain tirne when the members have to 

 pay their dues? 



Mr. Dadant — They have been paying 

 them between sessions. 



Mr. Dadant — The $1.50 is included in 

 the membership if we vote to join the 

 National in a body. We get $1.50 (the 

 Chicago-Northwestern) and fifty cents 

 is paid to the State Association for be- 

 longing to the State Association; they 



