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considered the Directors bought the Rex'iew with full authority ac- 

 cording- to the constitution, and that the Association needed the 

 Review. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, of A\"ashington. spoke with reference to the 

 action of the Directors, giving several criticisms with reference to 

 the purchase of the Review, among them being as follows: First, 

 that we are now Avithout any funds ; second, criticised the editorial 

 policy with reference to some of the articles pul:)lished during the 

 past year, and third, that it was not necessary to buy a paper in or- 

 der to start one for the Association. These suggestions were later 

 put in the form of questions to be referred to a committee. 



Mr. Morris, of Ohio, spoke in favor of the Review as the official 

 organ of the National, stating that it had been the means of getting 

 many new members to the (3hio Branch. He stated that the aver- 

 age apiary in Ohio contained only five colonies of bees, and that 

 the official organ is an inducement to get and hold members in their 

 Association. He stated that the official proceedings can be printed 

 in the Review. 



Mr. F. B. Cavanagh, delegate of Chicago-Xorthwestern Branch, 

 stated that it was the opinion of the members of the Chicago-North- 

 western Branch that it was a mistake to purchase the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review, and that it is first necessary to settle the question whether 

 the Directors had authority to purchase the Review. He stated that 

 the members of his l)ranch thought that ]yy not publishing in one 

 volume the report of the National Conventions a great deal would 

 be lost. He favored the old plan of price bulletins issued l\v Mr. 

 France, and thought this was sufficient without the publication of an 

 official journal. 



Mr. J. J- A.nderson, delegate of Idaho Honey Producers' Asso- 

 ciation, spoke vigorously in favor of the Review as an official organ, 

 and the Aalue of it to tlie Association, stating that if an annual re- 

 port once a year is good, a report once a month is certainly l^etter. 

 He said that "we are questioning the authority of the Board of 

 Directors in purchasing the Ricn'iew," and asked pointedly what we 

 have them for. He emphatically anproA'ed the action of the Direc- 

 tors in purchasing the Review. Dr. E. F. Phillips suggested that 

 the Directors explain how tlie Association expenses will be financed. 

 Secretary Terrell stated at this time that one of the values of the 

 Review to the Association was in it furnishing the means of com- 

 munications l)y and between the members ; that it helped build the 

 local branches, and that by increasing the circulation enough profit 

 should be made from the puldication of the Review to do the other 

 business that should be done l)y the Association. He explained that 

 the receipts from advertising contributed largely towards the ex- 

 pense of publishing the Review and that part of the subscription 



