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a great deal would be lost. He favors 

 the old pla'n of price bulletins issued 

 by Mr. France, and that this was 

 sufficient without the publication of 

 an official journal. 



Mr. J. J. Anderson, delegate, of Idaho 

 Honey Producers' Association, spoke 

 vigorously in favor of the Revie-,v as 

 an official organ, and the value of it 

 to the association, stating that if an 

 annual report once a year is good, a 

 report once a month is certainly better. 

 He states that "we are questioning the 

 authority of the Board of Directors in 

 purchasing the Review," and asks 

 pointer! ly what we have them for. He 

 emphatically approves the action of 

 the Directors in purchasing the Re- 

 view. Dr. E. F. Phillips suggested 

 that the Directors explain how the As- 

 sociation expenses will be financed. 

 Secretary Tyrrell stated at this time 

 that one of the values of the Review to 

 the Association was in it furnishing 

 the means of communications by and 

 between the members; that it helped 

 build the local Branches, and that by 

 increasing the circulation enough profit 

 should be made from the publication 

 of the ReAiew to do the other business 

 that should be done by the Association. 

 He explained that the receipts from 

 advertising contributed largely towards 

 the expense of publishing the Review 

 and that part of the subscription 

 money was profit which with an in- 

 creased circulation would finance th§ 

 National Association. 



P. E. Crane, delegate, of Vermont 

 Branch, spoke, stating that he would 

 like to know whether the Directors 

 had a right to buy the Review, or not. 



Mr. Hamilton V. Poore, delegate, of 

 Minnesota Branch, stated that he was 

 sorry there was a discussion regarding 

 the question. , ]^r. Poore was not in 

 favor of establishing an official organ 

 at this time; he recommends that 

 some provision should be made for life 

 membership. The question came up 

 as to why some members of the Na- 

 tional did not receive the Review; dur- 

 ing the past year. Secretary Tyrrell 

 explained that owing to the regulations 

 of the Postal Authorities, the Review 

 had to maintain a subscription list, 

 and that where membership had been 

 paid in to the National prior to ihe 

 purchase of the Review, we would be 

 conflicting with the Postal Daws in 

 sending the Review to those members, 

 but as fast as these members renewed 



membership, sending in their $1.00 to 

 this office, as subscription, and paying 

 the local membership Branch fee of 50 

 cents, that they were placed on the 

 subscription list, and the Review sent 

 them. 



Dr. H. A. Surface asked what the 

 Review will give the memers that the 

 other bee journals would not give. The 

 Secretary explained that it would be 

 hardly fair to expect the other journals 

 to carry the National's advertising or 

 to publish many reports and notices 

 that should go to the members. Prof. 

 Surface thought that the former bulle- 

 tin issue by the Association would 

 supply this need. 



Mr. Bailey stated that he considered 

 it a good business proposition in that 

 the Review had during the past year 

 put over $400.00 in the depleted treas- 

 ury. 



Mr. J. J. Anderson, delegate, of 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Association, 

 again called attention to the value of a 

 publication going twelve times a year 

 to the members in preference to once 

 a year, and called attention to other 

 organizations having their official 

 organs, together with the advantages 

 of such. He asked, if the Directors had 

 no authority to take the action they 

 did, what use there was in electing 

 Directors. He approved the purchase 

 of the journal, not "nly as a means of 

 communication between the members ■ 

 but as the means of providing revenue 

 for the Association. 



Motion made by Mr. J. J. Anderson, 

 delegate, of Idaho Honey Producers' 

 Association, that the proposed amend- 

 ment of Article IX, Section 1, be 

 accepted. This motion was later with- 

 drawn, and the following motion pre- 

 sented instead: 



Moed bj"- Dr. H. A. Surface, delegate, 

 of Pennsylvania, that Article IX, Sec- 

 tion 1, be referred to a committee of 

 five to be appointed by the chair, and 

 to report at the morning session. 

 Seconded and carried. 



The Chair then appointed the fol- 

 lowing members on that Committee: 

 Delegates — Dr. H. A. Surface, F. B. 

 Cavanagh, A. C. Allen, E. D. Townsend, 

 and Earl M- Nichols. 



Dr. Gates, Chairman, then called on 

 Mr. Dadant to take the Chair while he 

 retired and arranged the Committees. 



Dr. H. A. Surface was then called 

 upon to give a talk of the value of 

 clover to bee-keepers. He responded 



