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its president for live years in all, I bid you Godspeed in your worthy efforts, 

 and have only hearty good wishes for a most harmonious and successful meeting 

 in Cincinnati. 



Fraternally yours. 



George W. York, President. 

 Sandpoint, Idaho, Jan. 31, 1913. 



Moved by Mr. Uittrich, delegate, of Indiana, that we accept the 

 President's report, and that the Secretary be instructed to send him 

 a letter of thanks. Seconded and carried. 



\'ice-President's report was next in order, and the following 

 letter was read by the Secretary which was received from the Vice- 

 President that dav stating his inability to be present. The letter is 

 as follows : 



Feb. 10, 1913. 

 Mr. E. B. Tyrrell, 



Grand Hotel, Cincinnati. Ohio. 



Dear Mr. Tyrrell. 



I regret exceedingly that unforseen circumstances make it impossible for 

 me to be with you at the Convention. Had everything ready to start this 

 morning but was unavoidably detained. 



I hope you have a very successful convention and that you will remember 

 me to the friends I expected to meet. 



Yours truly 



MORLEY PeTTIT. 



The next in order was the Secretary's report which was pre- 

 sented in writing, and covers the period of time beginning Jan. 1, 

 1912. and ending Feb. 1, 1913: 



In submitting this, my first annual report, to you since the adoption by the 

 National of the new Constitution. I wish to thank each and every member 

 for the encouraging words and liberal help that have been given me. I also 

 wish to especially thank the Secretaries of the various Branches for the kind 

 letters sent me and for iheir willingness to co-operate in making the new plans 

 of the National a success. It is also a pleasure to thank the officers and the 

 Directors of the Association who have devoted untiring and unselfish efforts in 

 your behalf, and it is only by the co-operation of these members and officers 

 tliat I have been able to bring to yoti the encouraging report which I am here 

 submitting for your attention. 



On January 23, 1912. the new Directors of the Association met in Detroit and 

 there considered plans for the years work. Owing to the limited finances they 

 were prevented from authorizing very extensive efforts being made this year. 

 I outlined to your Directors a plan for selling honey in a co-operative way, the 

 selling agencies to be established in several important cities in the United States 

 and Canada. This plan was approved by the Directors, and I fully intended to 

 put it into operation this year, but circumstances which I will mention later 

 prevented. The Directors at that meeting took up the question of furnishing 

 the members honey packages, and I was authorized to secure the best prices 

 possible consistent with the goods furnished for the members. Representatives 

 of two leading can factories visited my office and submitted propositions. For 

 several reasons I finally gave the contract to the National Can Company, of 

 Detroit. Michigan. 



I wish to say that the National Can Company is an independent concern, and 

 is not the National Can Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, with which a great 

 many members have it conflicted. I asked for certain specifications and made a 



