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tion arises — "Shall we do any credit 

 ■business or strictly cash?" In 1912 and 

 1913 there is a credit system through- 

 out the country. If we do it on a 

 credit sj^stem and have bad times, 

 something happens — a hundred and one 

 things might happen — the question 

 arises' — who is stuck — the man who pro- 

 duces that honey for the National to sell, 

 or the National itself? The question 

 might arise — Are they just selling that 

 honey as an Agent and not charging 

 any commissiion above the actual cost, 

 or how are they selling it? These 

 questions must be decided in order to 

 protect the Association. Paying such 

 small dues as $1.50 it would have to 

 be at the owner's risk; the Associa- 

 tion would not be in shape to talve 

 care of a loss of that kind. 



Mr. Pyles — Would it not be a good 

 idea to leave this to the member when 

 he sends his honey in? If he wishes' to 

 have the honey insured, let so much 

 more be charged for insurance, and 

 then let the Association stand behind 

 it; that will make them careful to look 

 after the member's interest. Grain 

 Elevator Companies are formed all over 

 the United States. They charge you 

 so much for insurance; it is a very 

 small thing and yet they collect a little 

 something for it; I think that is the way 

 this could be done. 



Mr. Cavanagh — ^We are assuming 

 that honey is all shipped; a good deal 

 will be handled direct; there will be a 

 fairly constant supply; insurance could 

 be taken out and be charged for pro 

 rata for the number of pounds and for 

 the time it was there. 



Preg. Huffman — Those are minor 

 points; we will have to cut this dis- 

 cussion out; and decide on some one 

 thing in regard to this discussion. 



Mr. Pyles — I think Mr. Cavanagh has 

 the idea as it appeals to me; I am will- 

 ing to leave it to his judgment. I make 

 a motion that we leave it to his judg- 

 ment. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Pyles — There is one thing, in this 

 motion, that I overlooked; that is. if 

 we have an alternate, the other fel- 

 low will have to take his orders from 

 Mr. Cavanagh. . 



Pres. Huffman — The delegate has a 

 right to one or more votes, according 

 to the number of members represented. 



Mr. Pyles — ^We are entitled to two 

 delegates if we have enough members — 

 the motion wag that the alternate 



should be the second delegate; the 

 other fellow can ask Mr. Cavanagh how 

 he shall vote. 



Mr. Cavanagh — I do not see what the 

 object is in having two delegates. I 

 understand I am to vote my little vote 

 as I think is right as in the best in- 

 terest of the convention, and the other 

 man will do the same. 



Mr. Baldridge — I want to ask a ques- 

 tion — Who bears the expense of send- 

 ing a delegate to the National Associa- 

 tion? 



Pres. Huffman — I can tell j'ou what 

 we do in Wisconsin; that is all I can 

 tell you; that question was asked this 

 fall in regard to sending a delegate 

 to the National Convention — as to 

 whether or not the National paid the 

 expense; we made the inquiry but did 

 not obtain an answer. 



The way we do up in Wisconsin — 

 we pay half of the delegate's expenses 

 — that is, the railroad fare, aside from 

 that, that is all we pay, or that is what 

 we have been doing. The expense of . 

 board and et cetera, he has to bear 

 himself. As this Constitution of the • 

 National asks for a delegate to be pres- 

 ent at the National Convention, we 

 thought it but right and proper, the 

 delegates being a part of the National 

 and going to the convention to assist 

 in transacting business, that the Na- 

 tional should pay their expenses — ^we 

 wrote making the inquiry, and got no 

 reply — so you will have to decide that, 

 Mr. Cavanagh, when you get down 

 there. 



Mr. Dadant — Of course you all know 

 that this Association has not very large 

 funds, since our dues are $1.50 and we 

 pay $1.00 to the National and $.50 to 

 the State; there is not much left for 

 railroad fare — and it seems to me it 

 would be a good thing to get an ex- 

 pression of the sdciety, as long as our 

 delegate is going to be there — as to 

 who shall stand the expense. It seems 

 unreasonable to me to ask a man to 

 represent this Branch of the National 

 and pay his own expenses; I would not 

 care to go myself; he is giving us his 

 services and giving us his time, and 

 time is worth money to him, and it 

 looks as though we should not ask him 

 to bear the expense of the trip. 



Mr. Kannenberg — ^I believe there is 

 no Grand Lodge or Supreme Lodge 

 where there is a delegate sent, where 

 the Grand Lodge does not pay their 

 representative's inileage or per diem, 



