ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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cers and doesn't like it; he is on the 

 Board of Directors. 



Mr. Bowen — When Brother Dadant 

 was President of the Association we 

 didn't hear any wrangling. 



Mr. Dadant— That involves me; I 

 will have to answer that. Mr. Presi- 

 dent, I must say that I am partly re- 

 sponsible for the existence of the Na- 

 tional under its present conditions. At 

 the meeting in Minneapolis five or six 

 years ago we had a number of young 

 men there, Mr. Tyrrell, Mr. Gates, Mr. 

 Phillips, who were all very anxious to 

 see the National go ahead; create a 

 sort of union, co-operation among bee- 

 keepers. 



I have been with the National so 

 long, and we have tried so long to 

 make changes — I was one of its offi- 

 cers. In fact I filled every office in 

 the National from Treasurer to Presi- 

 dent. 



I had lost faith; when I saw those 

 young men with enthusiasm I said, 

 "Boys, let's go in." 



I had Mr. Finance tell me he was 

 overloaded as Manager of the National 

 and could not keep it up much longer. 

 And I thought — "Here is a chance to 

 let Mr. France have it easier and let 

 the young fellows pitch in," so \ put 

 my heart and soul into the re-con- 

 struction, the making of the new con- 

 stitution, but Mr. Tyrrell lost heart 

 after one year. 



I think the great mistake he made 

 was to set Mr. France aside rather 

 rudely, telling the people openly there 

 had been nothing done and that there 

 was now going to be something ac- 

 complished. 



Mr. France had worked faithfully 

 and done lots of good and he resented 

 it and of course worked in opposi- 

 tion; that has done a great deal of 

 harm; I don't blame him. 



Then the management saw fit to buy 

 the Review. It was never known how 

 it was managed. I was Treasurer at 

 one time and only part of the funds 

 came in and the other part was kept 

 by a man in charge of the Review. 



Those of you who were present, 

 when we joined the National, remem- 

 . ber that our Secretary, Mr. Stone, was 

 opposed to a new organization. I 

 fought for it and finally won over Mr. 

 Stone and he became as enthusiastic 

 as I was. 



"We were the strongest, when I rep- 

 resented this State, Association repre- 



sented in the National; the one that 

 had the greatest number was Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



I dropped out because there was a 

 feeling that as I became Editor of the 

 American Bee Journal there might be 

 antagonism and I dropped out entirely 

 from taking any active part in it. 



If you drop the National I believe 

 it would be a good idea to still send a 

 representative there, not exactly to 

 vote, but to see what is .done and re- 

 port to the Association here, so that 

 if the National improves, if it goes 

 ahead in any way, you can be informed 

 by your representative; this is simply 

 a suggestion. I want it understood I 

 worked hard for it at one time but am 

 now standing in the background. 



President Baxter — We will drop this 

 matter for a while and hear the report 

 of .the tellers in the election of the 

 Vice-Presidents. 



The report of the tellers — as follows: 



Mr. Coppin — 13. 



Mr. Baxter — 9. 



Mr. Dadant— 9. 



Mr. Kildow— 8. 



Mr. Bowen — 7. 



Mr. Hawkins — 7. 



Mr. Dadant — I would like to with- 

 draw my name from the number of 

 Vice-Presidents; I have been Presi- 

 dent of this Association and I don't 

 feel it Is at all necessary I should 

 serve; I am a great talker and you 

 cannot talk so much if you are Vice- 

 President. I would rather let those 

 two who have seven each drop my 

 name. 



President Baxter — You have heard 

 Mr. Dadant's request; let it be granted 

 and the two who have seven be elect- 

 ed. 



The Vice-Presidents for the ensuing 

 jear are: 



Coppin, Dr. Baxter, Kildow, Bowen, 

 Hawkins. 



President Baxter — The next in order 

 will be the secretary. 



Mr. Dadant— I wish to nominate our 

 forrner Secretary, who has been so 

 faithful for years and years — Mr, 

 James A. Stone. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Dadant — I move you, the Presi- 

 dent be instructed to cast the vote 

 of this Association for Mr. James A. 

 Stone, Secretary. 



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