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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



good will in regard to the matter, and hope 

 that I will be able to serve you. 



The next in order will be the election of 

 a Vice President. Who will you have for 

 your Vice President for the coming year? 



Mr. Stewart — The same man we had 

 this year. 



The President — Mr. Hassinger is nomin- 

 ated. 



Mr. Wheeler — I second that. 



The President — ^Any other nominations? 

 (None were offered.) Those in favor of 

 Mr. Hassinger acting as Vice President 

 signify it by saying aye, opposed no. The 

 motion is carried unanimously. Mr. Hass- 

 inger will be the next Vice President. 



Now, the Secretary. Who will you have 

 for secretary? 



Mr. Stewart— Mr. John C. Bull. 



Mr. Wheeler — Sgcond the nomination. 



The President — Mr. Bull is nominated 

 for Secretary for the coming year. Any 

 other nominations? (There were none.) 

 Those in favor. (The motion was put and 

 unanimously carried.) Mr. Bull will act 

 as Secretary. 



Perhaps before we go further we better 

 have the report of the Resolutions Com- 

 mittee in regard to the matter of whether 

 or not we continue our price committee 

 for the coming year. We will hear from 

 the Resolutions Committee next. Mr. 

 Hassinger is the Chairman. 



Mr. Hassinger — There are some of these 

 resolutions that have not been discus ed, 

 and I think it would be wise to take these 

 up in rotation and give a chance for dis- 

 cussion for each resolution in turn, that 

 is at least some of them. f 



"Whereas, The management of the 

 Great Northern Hotel has donated a room 

 for the use of the Chicago-Northwestern 

 Bee-keepers' Association, 



"Resolved, That we tender our thanks 

 to the management of the Great Northern 

 Hotel in appreciation of the courteous 

 treatment, for the use of a free room for our 

 convention purposes. 



"Resolved, That our Secretarj' be in- 

 structed to forward a copy of this resolu- 

 tion to the management of the Great 

 Northern Hotel." (Adopted.) 



Mr. Hassinger — (Reading.) 



"Whereas, The interests of the Chicago- 

 Northwestern Bee-keepers' Association and 

 the interests of the Illinois State Associa- 

 tion are mutual, be it 



"Resolved, That we as a body ask the 

 support of Legislature in providing an 

 appropriation for the erection of a special 

 Bee and Honey Building on the State Fair 

 Grounds, for exhibition purposes; 



"Whereas, We have been helped by the 

 State Association in the publication of our 

 reports, and also in the expenses of conduct- 

 ing the Association, be it 



"Resolved, That we request the State 

 Association to continue and increase their 

 help in the publication of information to 

 bee-keepers, concerning the value and 

 selling prices of honey. " (Motion carried.) 



"Whereas, The Committee of the 1916 

 Convention of this Association appointed 

 for the purpose of investigating the prices 

 of honey and recommending to producers 

 a schedule of minimum prices for the 

 season of 1917, has to the satisfaction of 

 this Association performed its work, re- 

 sulting in more fair and more uniform 

 prices to the producers, be it therefore 



"Resolved, That the work of the Com- 

 mittee be continued throughout the season 

 1918 and extended in so far as the funds 

 of the Association will permit, and that 

 the president be instructed to appoint 

 such Committee. 



" Resolved, Further, That the Treasurer 

 of this Association shall be Chairman of 

 the Committee on prices, and shall receive 

 as compensation for his service- in securing 

 members and in preparing and distributing 

 the recommendations of the Committee 

 and other necessary literature, twenty-five 

 per cent (25 — ) of the fees derived from 

 membership." 



The President — What shall be done with 

 the resolution? 



Mr. Dadant — I move its adoption, Mr. 

 President. 



(The motion was seconded by a mem- 

 ber.) 



The President — It is moved and seconded 

 that the resolution be adopted. This is 

 open for discussion. If anyone has any 

 objection to it, we would like to hear from 

 him. I think this is an important resolu- 

 tion and should be considered carefully 

 by the Association. 



Mr. Stewart — If they can't do us any 

 good they can't do us any harm so let 

 them crack ahead. ' 



The President — This, you will notice, 

 gives the Secretary 25 per cent of the fees 

 of members; this 25 per cent is to pay for 

 the work. It has been said that bees 

 work for nothing and board themselves. 

 I don't know that our Secretary would be 

 willing to do that. 



Mr. Hassinger — I would like to say a 

 few words in regard to that. I think the 

 time is past when we get something for 

 nothing. 



Mr. Stewart — That is good for anything. 



Mr. Hassinger — I think any man who 

 does any work should be paid for his work, 



