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the committee discharged with a vote of 

 thanks. 



The question of marlvetir.g honey was 

 discussed, the general sentiment of the 

 Association being that honey should be - 

 put up in an attractive shape, to sell 

 well, and that it would always sell bet- 

 ter in a poor fruit year than when fruit 

 was very plentiful. President Hunting- 

 ton suggested that they try to create a 

 better market at home, and show the 

 people the benefits to be derived from 

 the consumption of honey in the family. 

 We would thus provide- them with a 

 healthful article of diet, and save freight 

 cost of exporting much of our honey. 



The Secretary submitted a report on 

 the subject of freight rates, which was 

 received and filed. 



The "act relating to bee-culture" was 

 then taken up and discussed by the 

 members generally, the question of taxa- 

 tion and duties of the inspector receiv- 

 ing special attention. 



Mr. Swaner presented the following 

 resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved., That the 43€x4Jixl% sec- 

 tion be adopted by this Association as 

 the standard section, and that hereafter 

 honey shall be sold by such standard in 

 place of by weight, and that no tare be 

 allowed on cans, glass on any packages 

 (except wooden) unless the buyer 

 furnish the same. 



Messrs. Taufer, Thomas and others 

 spoke about marketing, and Mr. Swaner 

 reported in regard to a carload of honey 

 which had been shipped East. 



A special committee consisting of R. 

 T. Rees, German Ellsworth and John 

 Parley was appointed to obtain rates 

 upon can packages. 



R. S. Betts said we should not be ex- 

 tortionate, but should expect and de- 

 mand a reasonable remuneration for 

 our products. 



The question of representing the Utah 

 Bee-Keepers' Association at the World's 

 Fair was brought up by Mr. Taufer, 

 and a committee was appointed with 

 this end in view, consisting of Messrs. 

 Taufer and Woodmansee of Salt Lake, 

 and R. T. Rees, of North Ogden. 



It was resolved that copies of the new 

 Law be obtained, to be paid for out of 

 Association funds and furnished mem- 

 bers. 



Representatives from the main coun- 

 ties of the Territory were present, and 

 credit is due to Messrs. Taufer, Swaner 

 and others for their efforts in behalf of 

 the Association. It is mainly owing to 

 the efforts of the two gentlemen named 

 that the Association has been organized. 



On motion the Secretary was requested 

 to publish the Act of the last Assembly, 

 relating to bee-culture, in the Inter- 

 mountain, and the Association adjourned 

 to meet on Oct. 7, 1892. 



JouN C. Swaner, Sec. 



Tie Law of Progression. 



AZALEA TOMLIK. 



A leaf presents a fitting example of 

 the universal law of change. Although 

 a perishable part of the universe, it 

 furnishes a medium for the illustration 

 of the same law that is expressed in more 

 enduring forms. 



Take the bud from its first animation 

 until it reaches the maturity of a leaf, 

 and what a wonderful expansion of 

 molecules is there presented. In it only 

 the result is perceptible — we remain ig- 

 norant of the process of its development. 



The leaf dies only to live again. It 

 may constitute a part of the granite col- 

 umn, or it may be taken up by the ani- 

 mal kingdom, but its particles cannot be 

 lost. If it were endowed with the 

 faculties of speech, the most traveled 

 might find their experiences as nothing, 

 compared with this great wanderer. 



Why all this activity ? We can but 

 answer that it is this law upon which 

 perfection is based — a principle upon 

 which each must act, in order to secure 

 the healthfulness and prosperity of the 

 whole. The sea constantly dashes its 

 billows upon the shore, atoms ever 

 change their form and position, that the 

 purity and life of the universe may be 

 preserved. Usually we find an excep- 

 tion to every law, but here there is none. 

 It is written with many colors in the 

 ethereal dome above, sounded with fear- 

 ful distinctiveness to the earth's center, 

 and, as if the whole was but a greater 

 exemplification of the law of the parts of 

 which it is composed, the earth performs 

 its mighty revolutions. Space is peopled 

 with suns and planets that revolve un- 

 ceasingly in their orbits. In the con- 

 templation of this law, perception fails 

 us. Reason cannot apprehend the divine 

 truths which come to us in merest 

 glimpses. 



In the human mind — the most glorious 

 work of God — perhaps the law reaches 

 its fullest significance. The most ad- 

 verse circumstance assists in its develop- 

 ment. Though no special effort is made 

 in its behalf, yet it cannot remain dor- 

 mant. It is in itself a wonder, the pos- 

 sibilities of which are unlimited. The 



