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stated that when the Association paid all the legal costs of suits, 

 there were a good many more than when the rule was adopted 

 to only pay half. So if no promises were held out to help in law- 

 suits, the members would be more cautious than ever as to how they 

 started lawsuits. 



But this does not mean that the directors could not help any 

 deserving member in legal matters. In fact I have had a request 

 recently from a member who kept bees in town, stating neighbors 

 tried to get the Council to pass an ordinance to prohibit the keeping 

 of bees in the city. I wrote the Council, through the City Clerk, 

 and gave them previous decisions. I have heard nothing further so 

 presume the ordinance did not pass. I also have another request 

 along the same lines, and will give it my attention. 



Another member wrote me that he had sent some money to an 

 advertiser some time ago, and complained because he had been in- 

 formed that the National would not help him get his money or 

 queens. I replied stating that I was glad he had written me, that 

 we were glad to take up such cases, and also wrote the advertiser. 

 A later letter from the member showed that he had secured satis- 

 faction, and he naturally wondered why he had been told. the Na- 

 tional would not help. 



I am writing this without taking it up with the directors, and 

 they may hold a different view from the abo\e, but I believe I am 

 voicing the sentiments of every director when I say that the Na- 

 tional will always help a member in every reasonable way, so far 

 as it is in its power to do so. 



Summer Meeting of the New Jersey Branch. 

 Secretary E. G. Carr wishes me to announce that they will hold 

 their summer meeting on Friday, July 12th. at the apiarv of member 

 C. H. Root, of Red Bank, N. J. All bee-keepers welcome. 



Fighting Foul Brood With a Railroad Train. 



"All aboard for the Institute Special." and we climbed on, at 

 Bay City, ^lichigan, Friday, the 14th, for a trip through Northern 

 ^Michigan. 



Here is how it happened. Our State was out a Foul Brood 

 Inspector for this year. The one we had last year had secured 

 another position. The State Dairy and Food Inspector understood 

 that he had to have a recommendation from the Michigan Associ- 

 ation in order to place a new man in charge. So I went to Lansing. 



When I got there I found that the Agricultural College was in- 

 tending to send a train through Northern ^^lichigan with exhibits 



