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August, 1915. 



American ^ee Journal 



House promptly concurred, and so the 

 bill was then " up to the Governor." 

 where it met its unfortunate fate. 



.Although I had given long distance 

 help in the passage of various State 

 bee disease bills, when I was editor of 

 the American Bee Journal, this time I 

 had a chance to see "irom the inside" 

 just how hard it is to secure the pas- 

 sage of certain kinds of really neces- 

 sary legislation. After having had this 

 inside experience, perhaps I can give a 

 few suggestions that may be an aid in 

 other States where they are still en- 

 deavoring to secure bee-disease laws. 



First, be very sure your proposed 

 bill is technically and legally drawn 

 before having it introduced in the 

 legislature. 



Second, have as many beekeepers as 

 possible interview personally every 

 member of the legislature. Where such 

 interviews are not possible, get just as 

 many beekeepers and others to write 

 to their representatives and senators, 

 urging them to support the bill when 

 it comes up for passage. 



There is nothing like " letters from 

 home " to induce a member of the leg- 

 islature to do his duty. And this would 



apply on any and all kinds of legisla- 

 tion besides beekeepers' bills. If pos- 

 sible, give, in your letters, a number of 

 good reasons why the bill or bills un- 

 der consideration should become laws. 

 Ii was my privilege to use such letters 

 a number of times, when certain bills 

 came up for discussion. In fact, one 

 of the Boise newspapers referred to 

 me as the " member from Bonner 

 county who drew on his letter file for 

 arguments." And that particular let- 

 ter file contained some mighty effective 

 arguments, too, for they came from 

 people (my constituents) who knew 



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