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holders : Provided, all such by-laws and regulations shall have the full force of law, 

 until the stockholders shall have refused to concur in them." 



Just prior to the national meeting at St. Louis, a call was issued, invit- 

 ing all State business agents to meet at the same time, to consider the 

 propriety of forming a national organization. Business agents from 

 nearly all the organized States were present, and a general discussion 

 of the whole subject was entered into. The benefits of such an asso- 

 ciation were at once apparent, and immediate steps were taken for its 

 formation. 



The following business agents were present : J. S. Bird, Alabama ; 

 W. W. Holland, Kentucky ; George A. Gowan, Tennessee ; J. O. Winn, 

 Georgia; Felix Corput, Georgia; T. A. Clayton, Louisiana; W. H. 

 Worth, North Carolina ; D. B. Hatfield, Arkansas ; T. J. Galloway, Ten- 

 nessee ;^W. K. Cessna, Florida; G. G. Grose, Dakota; Allen Root, 

 Nebraska; J. D. Furlong, Minnesota; J. B. Dines, Missouri; August 

 Post, Iowa ; J. L. Seaver, Washington ; S. M. Hoskins, Indiana ; M. B. 

 Wade, Kansas ; S. W. Wright, Jr., Illinois ; S. P. A. Brubaker, Virginia ; 

 B. G. West, Mississippi ; T. W. Haynes, Kentucky ; W. B. Collier, Mis- 

 souri ; Colonel L May, Wisconsin ; W. J. Cox, Indiana ; J. A. Mudd, 

 Maryland ; A. S. Mann, Florida ; Oswald Wilson, New York. Brother 

 J. B. Dines was elected President, W. W. Holden, Vice-President, and 

 Oswald Wilson, Secretary. A constitution was adopted, and other busi- 

 ness of detail transacted to the satisfaction of all. 



The association adjourned to meet with the National Alliance the 

 following December. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE BUSINESS AGENTS' ASSOCIATION. 



OCALA, FLORIDA, December i, 1890. 



The States Business Agents' Association met in hall of Donnelton 

 Phosphate Company, with the following officers and members present : 



J. B. Dines, President, St. Louis, Missouri ; W. L. Peek, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Atlanta, Georgia ; Oswald Wilson, Secretary, 335 Broadway, New 

 York ; J. K. P. House, Kansas ; M. D. Coffeen, Illinois ; G. A. Gowan, 

 Nashville, Tennessee; W. K. Cessna, Jacksonville, Florida; G. F. 

 Gaither, Birmingham, Alabama ; W. H. Worth, Raleigh, North Carolina ; 

 T. A. Clayton, New Orleans, Louisiana ; A. R. Venable, Jr., Richmond, 

 Virginia; J. J. Rogers, Norfolk, Virginia; S. S. Harvey, Pensacola, 

 Florida; S. D. A. Duncan, Dallas, Texas; J. M. Moore, San Fran- 

 cisco, California; R. M. Humphrey, Houston, Texas; R. C. Betty, 

 Indian Territory ; B. G. West, Memphis, Tennessee ; M. L. Donaldson, 



