ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



87 



THE 33d annual CONVENTION 



OF THE 



Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers* Association 



HEI-D AT THE 



Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, December 19 and 20, 1912, 



was called to order at 10:30 a. m., 

 December 19th; the President, Mr. 

 George W. York, being- alDsent, Mr. Ja- 

 cob Huffman, Vice-President, took the 

 chair. 



Pres. Huffman — I will say in the be- 

 ginning — this is unexpected to me, as 

 being Vice-President of your associa- 

 tion. Last year, while at the Convention, 

 nothing would do but to elect me Vice- 

 President. I objected; if I had known 

 this, I would have resigned, but I am 

 with you today, and I will do the best 

 I can. 



The first thing in order, I presume, 

 will be the reading of last year's min- 

 utes; we will now listen to the reading 

 of the minutes. 



The Secretarj% Mr. L. C. Dadant, then 

 read the minutes. 



Pres. Huffman — You have listened to 

 the reading of the minutes — are there 

 any corrections? If not, they will 

 stand approved as read. 



Pres. Huffman — The next thing in 

 order will be the Secretary's Report; 

 inasmuch as he is the Treasurer, also, 

 we might as well combine the two; he 

 can give both reports at the same time. 



The Treasurer, Mr. Dadant, then 

 read the Treasurer's Report: 

 Balance due Treasurer . . .$ 4.26 

 Postage and sitationery . . 20.70 

 Paid to National and State 

 associations 51.50 



Received from members .$74.50 

 Balance due Treasurer . . 1.96 



$76.46 



$76.46 

 We are just one dollar and ninety- 



six cents in the hole. Last year, if you 

 will remember, there came up the 

 question of whether the State Associa- 

 tion should pay our expenses, and at 

 that time Mr. Stone said they would. 

 No action was taken at that time, and 

 I did not feel at liberty to call on the 

 State Treasurer for the amount of our 

 postage and printing, without the en- 

 dorsement of this Association. 



There would be, then, about twenty 

 dollars for postage and printing and 

 post cards, which we ean get from the 

 State Association if our Association 

 sees fit to ask for it, and we would 

 ■be therefore ahead about nineteen 

 dollars instead of behind one dollar. 



Pres. Huffman — Do I understand you 

 to say we could get this year's postage 

 and all, if we would ask for it? 



Mr. Dadant — Mr. Stone said last year 

 that as long as we had affiliated w-ith 

 the State Association, he saw no rea- 

 son why we could not get our pay for 

 postage and stationery from the State 

 Association; they had abundant appro- 

 priation in their Treasury. There was 

 no action taken as to whether we 

 should ask for it, and I did not feel at 

 liberty to call on the State Treasurer 

 for the amount; personally, I know that 

 the State Treasury of the State Asso- 

 ciation has ample funds, and there is no 

 reason why we should not have it as 

 long as we pay in fifty cents per mem- 

 ber to that Association, and we are a 

 part of the State Association. 



Pres. Huffman — Right along that 

 line, as our secretary has said, you peo- 

 ple think that over and if you want to 

 ask for this you can do so — and now 

 we will get to the report; we have 



