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TWEKFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



ing within their jurisdiction, why not 

 allow traveling expenses? Liast year 

 they debated the matter as to coming 

 to Chicago and holding their meeting 

 here, and they found that the annual 

 meeting would have to be held in 

 Springfield; but that they could ad- 

 journ that meeting and hold the meet- 

 ing in Chicago, and I understand they 

 contemplated holding the meeting in 

 Chicago, last year, after the adjourn- 

 ment of the business meeting at 

 Springfleld. 



Pres. Huffman — That is what Mr. 

 Stone and Mr. C. P. Dadant decided 

 last year; that we could not have the 

 hall rent or anything like that; 

 we are hardly a part of the State As- 

 sociation until we vote to belong; we 

 really come here and meet under our 

 own free will; our own traveling ex- 

 penses are to be paid by' ourselves, 

 and the hall rent; after we have joined, 

 whatever the Secretary does in the in- 

 terest of bee-keepers is really done for 

 the State Association and we ought to 

 be paid for that; just a motion that 

 the Secretary be instructed to send 

 his bill to the State Secretary I think 

 would make it all right, and I have 

 no doubt Ave would get the money. 

 What is your pleasure as to this ques- 

 tion? 



A member — The way to find out 

 would be to try. I move that the 

 Secretary be instructed to see what 

 he can do in regard to this question; 

 that he ask the State Association to 

 pay the bill as suggested. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Kannenberg — We generally join 

 the State and National Association in 

 a body. I suppose we will have to do 

 that, the same as we always have. I 

 make a motion that we join the State 

 and the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociations in a body. 



Pres. Huffman — Does that meet with 

 the support of the members? 



Mr. Dadant — ^Our present dues are 

 one dollar and a half; it gives us one 

 dollar to join the National and fifty 

 cents to join the State, and we get 

 what is left; but, if we are able to 

 get this money for our stationery and 

 expenses from the State, all right, wo 

 will not be out anything. The Great 

 Northern Hotel have been kind enough 

 to donate the hall, and I think it will 

 be very easy to get our expenses for 

 stationery, etc., from the State, so that 

 we will come out all right. 



Pres. Huffman — I would like to make 

 one other statement in regard to this 

 motion that has been made. Do I 

 understand by this motion that as 

 members of this Association the 

 Northwestern have to join both the 

 State and the National, all the mem- 

 bers of this Association, in a body? 

 The question comes up, whether it 

 is compulsory to those who are mem- 

 berg of this Association who do not 

 want to join the others, that they are 

 compelled to join. 



Mr. Pyies — I have been informed by 

 parties who were at Springfield at the 

 State Association, that it was there 

 decided that members could do ?S3 they 

 pleased about joining the National; 

 you do not have to join in a body, and 

 can pay one dollar or one dolar and a 

 half, and that makes you a member 

 of the State and National. 



Pros. Huffman — To affiliate you must 

 have twenty-five members. 



Mr. Pyles — I do not think the State 

 Association took any action on that. 

 For myself, if the National Association 

 can show nie that they can do me a 

 dollar's worth of good, I am wiling to 

 give them a dollar; if they cannot, I 

 might accidentally try it once or twice 

 with them, and then they will have to 

 show me; I would be "from Missouri'' 

 about that time. 



Pres. Huffman — I think Mr. Pyles 

 is right in that respect. I wanted to 

 bring before you people this matter, 

 that we may be on the right line. I 

 think this: That you don't have to 

 join in a body, but if you get twenty- 

 five members the Constitution of the 

 National says you are made members 

 of the National, and you can affiliate 

 with them; I think I am correct in that. 



Mr. Dadant — I believe you can join 

 with a less number than twenty-five 

 but you will not be entitled to repre- 

 sentation unless you have twenty-five. 

 You can perhaps join with as few 

 members as you want to, but in order 

 to have one representative at the Na- 

 tional meeting, you have to have twen- 

 ty-five members of your Association. • 



Pres. Huffman — Each and every 

 member can join by himself if he 

 wants to, but if you want to work with 

 the National, you must have twenty- 

 five in order to send a delegate. 



iMr. Kannenberg — We joined in a 

 body last year for one dollar and a half; 

 that took ug in aS' members of the three 

 Associations, this Association, the Na- 



