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The amount of business handled by the secretary can be 

 estimated by quoting a few extracts from the annual 

 report of 1915. During the year there were handled 

 through the office 71,855 letters, reports, telegrams, in- 

 quiries, publications, etc. The secretary traveled 10,318 

 miles on association business and gave numerous ad- 

 dresses before meetings and conventions. 



The secretary also has to look after the various publi- 

 cations. About 3,000 copies of the official Roster were 

 prepared and sent out in 1915. This gives the names 

 and addresses of all the members of the association, the 

 nature of their business and the commodities that each 

 member handles. The report of the annual meeting has 

 to be edited, published and distributed. This constitutes 

 a nicely prepared pamphlet of about 200 pages and con- 

 tains much information of value to both consumer and 

 producer of apples. 



Committees. A very important part of the work of 

 the association is that conducted by the various com- 

 mittees. At each annual meeting committees are ap- 

 pointed to look after the varied interests of the asso- 

 ciation for the coming year. Some of these committees 

 are made up of men of keen business intellect and where 

 kept on the same work for a period of years become 

 powers for good in the work of the association. There 

 are 12 permanent committees covering the following sub- 

 jects: Advertising, arbitration, apple show premiums, 

 rules for exhibits, grades, international tariffs, legisla- 

 tion, membership, publicity, storage in transit, telephone 

 and telegraph, ocean transportation, and domestic trans- 

 portation. These committees work in cooperation with 

 the president and executive committee. 



