ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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the association or we will debar you 

 from the privileges of the association. 



So to get arund that, we have this 

 proposed amendment to the Constitu- 

 tion. 



The question will come up. If this 

 association is a hranch of the National 

 and I can come in and pay my dollar 

 to Mr. Stone, and get all the benefits 

 of the National, you are not going to 

 get any subscriptions for the Review. 



Pres. Dadant — Pardon me, Mr. 

 Tyrrell, the membership here is one 

 dollar. 



Mr. Tyrrell — That gives you a mem- 

 bership in the National — how are we 

 going to get subscriptions for the Re- 

 view ? 



I believe the loyalty of the bee-keep- 

 ers of this country is greater than 

 what we appreciate at the present time. 



I believe that when the bee-keepers 

 know we are fighting for them they will 

 not hesitate to pay one dollar for the 

 Review, knowing that it is the only 

 income the National is going to have 

 to conduct the business they are try- 

 ing to do. 



Practically all of the important re- 

 ports and' notices will go to the mem- 

 bers through that Review, and it will 

 become gradually m.ore and more an 

 association paper. 



We believe the majority, if not all 

 the members, will be glad to pay the 

 amount necessary. 



What can we do for you in building 

 your association up on that plan? 



We have in the state of Illinois our 

 subscription list — many subscribers are 

 not members. 



A member writes me: "I am a sub- 

 scriber to the Bee-Keepers' Review. I 

 want such and such help. Am I en- 

 titled to the National benefits?" 



And I reply to such a query: "Only 

 when you pay . Mr. Stone the local 

 membership fee and become a member 

 of your association." 



So you can readily see that that will 

 help you build up your society — and so 

 strictly through co-operation — one 

 helping the other — it will work out to 

 the best interests of us all. 



Mr. Stone — Our State dues are one 

 dollar; have been right along. When 

 we decided to join the National in the 

 first place under the old Constitution, 

 the State Association decided to send 

 fifty cents out of the dollar for each 

 membership. 



Let me read; , 



(From the Constitution and By-Laws 

 of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation.) 



"Article 111. — Membership. 



Section 1. Any person interested 

 in Apiculture may become a mem- 

 ber upon the payment to the Sec- 

 retary of an annual fee of one 

 dollar ($1.00). (Amendment 

 adopted at annual meeting No- 

 vember, 1905): And any affiliat- 

 ing Association, as a body, may 

 become members on the payment 

 of an aggregate fee of fifty cents 

 (50c) per member, as amended 

 November, 1910." 



Now we will have to have another 

 amendment. 



Pres. Dadant — We passed a resolution 

 last winter making the fee one dollar 

 and a half, giving to the National one 

 dollar, and fifty cents to this associa- 

 tion — exactly the same as before, but 

 giving the National one dollar instead 

 of fifty cents. 



Some of the members said, we want 

 to remain in the State but not in the 

 National; the beginning of the meet- 

 ing here, Mr. Stone asked the question 

 —■'What shall we do with that dollar." 

 Now the association has voted to ac- 

 cept it for membership in the State 

 Association. 



Mr. Tyrrell — Under the present plan 

 we are working according to rules 

 passed by the National Board of Di- 

 rectors: 



Every member of your association is 

 a member of the National regardless 

 of whether you are paying a subscrip- 

 tion to the Bee-Keepers' Review or not, 

 but we earnestly hope that you will 

 not say, "We are not going to help the 

 National," when the Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view is the only source of income 

 which we have. 



So the dollar will be sent as a sub- 

 scription remittance, and if this new 

 amendment passes, the member will 

 get the Review, and membership in the 

 local or State and membership in the 

 National, the three for one dollar and 

 a half. 



The question naturally comes up — If 

 we could not do business upon that 

 fifty cent membership fee before, how 

 are you going to do business on a 

 dollar if you give the Review? 



The advertising that we can get from 

 a paper of this kind (and we can get 

 more as an association paper than 1 



