THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW 419 



tion on the second Saturday in January, 1913, as a joint meeting 

 with the Worcester County Bee-keepers' Association, in Worcester. 

 Jt was furthermore voted to announce this organization through the 

 courtesy of the Bee-Keepers' Review. 



Briefly, the organization is designed as a medium of union and 

 co-ordination of the various local societies in ^fassachusetts for the 

 purpose of devising and promoting measures that are of general 

 ijiterest to the bee-keepers of the state and to encourage the organ- 

 ization of local co-operation in the several districts of the state as 

 well as to promote and impress upon the public the importance and 

 value of the bee-keeping industry. 



Since this organization is distinctly in the interest of individual 

 bee-keepers of the state, the secretary solicits your suggestions and 

 will gladly correspond with those interested. 



(Signed) Eurtox X. Gates, Secretary, 



Amherst, ]\Iass. 



September 25, 11)12. 



How Your Money is iHandled. 



As a member of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, you will 

 no doubt be interested in knowing just how your money is handled. 



First, it is all sent to this office. A proper receipt is sent each 

 remitter. Then it is properly recorded on my books here, showing 

 just how it came and who from. Later it is mailed to the 

 treasurer, Mr. France. Here it is properly recorded on the treas- 

 urer's books, and then deposited in the bank at Plattville selected 

 by the Directors for that purpose. 



Now to draw that money out is a dift'erent proposition. Take 

 for illustration a printing bill. The printer sends his bill direct !:o 

 me. Here it is checked up to see that it corresponds with the 

 goods received. An order is then drawn on the treasurer for th<^ 

 amount. This order, together with the original bill from the printer, 

 is sent to Chairman Townsend. Mr. Townsend then goes o^■er the 

 bill to see what it is for, and to see that it corresponds with the 

 order. If correct it gets his O. K. and the bill is returned to this 

 office and the order on the treasurer is sent on to iMr. France. Mr. 

 France then draws a check on the National funds to the person to 

 whom the bill is due, and sends it back to this office. ^Ir. Town- 

 send in the meantime has returned the original bill to me, and the 

 bill and check are both sent the printer. It is then properly receipted 

 by the printer and sent back to this office for filing. 



Quite a lot of red tape did you say? Not at all. In this way 

 not a dollar of your money can be spent without the consent of 

 three officers. Three men know just what is spent and what it is 



