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May 30, 1907 



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member, if he does not want a man to 

 serve in an official position, to vote 

 against him, and so get rid of him; but 

 place the membership on a common 

 equality before the law, and if the 

 members for any cause see proper to 

 elect a man that is a dealer in bee- 

 keepers' supplies, they have a right to 

 do so. If they find when they put him 

 in office that he warps and twists his 

 position for selfish purposes, they do 

 not have to re-elect him ; but know how 

 to "sit down" on him in the future. 

 Some of the best and most worthy mem- 

 bers of the bee-keepers' associations in 

 the United States have certainly been 

 dealers in bee-keepers' supplies. Among 

 them was the great Langstroth himself. 

 A purer-minded man never lived, in my 

 opinion. I speak from having known 

 personally the man, having been in his 

 apiary and talked with him on different 

 topics, and he was a pure-minded man, 

 first, last and all the time. He never 

 would accept an office. I do not be- 

 lieve he was ever an officer. He may 

 have presided at one meeting in Cincin- 

 nati, but it was against his inclination 

 and his will. An amendment of that 

 kind would bar the great Langstroth. 

 Our worthy friend Dadant (I give him 

 all praise that is due him; I would not 

 take a laurel from his brow) seemed to 

 favor an amendment of that kind to_ 

 our constitution, stating that some of 

 our Eastern bee-keepers, notably the 

 State associations of Pennsylvania and 

 New York, would withdraw from the 

 National if it did not become a part of 

 the organic law of that Association. 1 

 do not believe that the bee-keepers of 

 New York and Pennsylvania feel that 

 way; and i do not believe, if they are 

 fairly dealt with, and that question is 

 fairly discussed before them, that they 

 will vote in favor of that kind of an 

 amendment to the constitution. I hope 

 they will ake the broad view of it,. 

 that all the members are on a common 

 ground. If you do not want a man who 

 deals in supplies to be an officer, do not 

 elect him; and any other person who 

 is not fit for the position — sit down on 

 him likewise. It is our duty as Ameri- 

 can citizens, and members of a grow- 

 ing institution, to select the very best 

 men and women that we have for our 

 official positions— persons who have 

 energy, and will put some push and life 

 into the pursuit in which they are en- 

 gaged and that which tliey represent. 

 If I were the Secretary of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association I would 

 feel it a duty to push the interests of 

 the Association everywhere possible; 

 and if I were President I should do the 

 same thing; but I am not electioneering. 

 I would not have an office in the As- 

 sociation. 



Mr. France — I want to say just a 

 word of explanation to Dr. Bohrer, and 

 for the benefit of some others, as I 

 was at the San Antonio convention. The 

 disturbance in the East is a good deal 

 like some church choirs that I have 

 been in before now. Some wanted to 

 be heard, and because they couldn't be 

 heard just as they wanted to, they made 

 a Httle disturbance; but the choir kept 

 right on singing; and since the San An- 

 tonio meeting, 88 from New York State, 

 and 104 from Pennsylvania , have voted, 



and sent their dues direct to the Na- 

 tional. [Applause]. And in the elec- 

 tion of the National officers, of which 

 I have received returns it is quite nicely 

 divided up — the election of Mr. L. A. 

 Aspinwall, for President; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Geo. E. Hilton ; Secretarj-, Jas. A. 

 Green; General Manager, N. E. France; 

 Directors, G. M. Doolittle, Jas. A. Stone 

 and R. A. Holekamp. Xoa will notice 

 if you are going to draw the line on 

 bee-supply men, the majority of these 

 have handled supplies, m.ore or less. 



Pres. York — Mr. Aspinwall and Mr. 

 Hilton are from I\Iichigan ; Mr. Green 

 is from Colorado ; Mr.France from 

 Wisconsin; Mr. Stone from Illinois; 

 Mr. Doolittle from New York; and Mr. 

 Holekamp from Missouri. 



Dr. Bohrer — If they don't supply any- 

 thing else, they supply honey. 



Mr. Abbott — There has been a good 

 deal of agitation, and a good deal said 

 in certain bee-papers concerning various 

 fraudulent dealers. There are only 6 

 or 8 bee-supply manufacturing estab- 

 lishments in the United States, and prob- 

 ably 300 or 400 bee-supply dealers. I 

 think these gentlemen who make such 

 charges owe it to the bee-keepers as a 

 whole to mention names. If Mr. Root 

 is a fraud we ought to know it. We 

 all know him pretty well, and we don't 

 think you can tell us anv^hing new 

 about him. If Mr. Lewis is a fraud we 

 ought to know it. If the Falconer 

 Manufacturing Company is a fraud we 

 ought to know it, and so on around. 

 We know them personally, and think 

 they are all right. We think they are 

 honest. We think they are honorable. 

 We think they are engaged in an hon- 

 orable, conservative, upright business, 

 offering wares that the bee-keepers seem 

 to want, for they are making their fac- 

 tories bigger and bigger all the time 

 every year, and if it were not for the 

 support of the bee-keepers of the United 

 States they could not afford to do it. 

 Now, if it is a crime to furnish people 

 something they want, why, then, theee 

 people ought to be ostracized and ex- 

 cluded from associating with bee-keep- 

 ers. If it is not a crime, let us stop 

 all this nonsense about classes. The 

 more we talk about classes, the more 

 we divide humanity up into classes; the 

 more we magnify the differences, the 

 more strife and contention we make. I 

 know a few of those New Yorkers will 

 leave the National Association, but it 

 reminds me of a remark that Ralph 

 Waldo Emerson made once when an Ad- 

 ventist was talking with him very ear- 

 nestly and enthusiastically to convince 

 him that his philosophy was wrong, and 

 that the world would surely come to an 

 end. Emerson in his quiet, quaint way — 

 and if you ever saw him you know he was 

 very quiet and very mild-spoken — 

 smiled, and Laid, "Well, what if it does? 

 It won't trouble me very much. Some- 

 how I think I can get along without 

 it." Somehow I think the National As- 

 sociation can get along without about 

 a half a dozen of those fellows, and if 

 they do not want to come in, why, the 

 world is as big outside as it is inside — 

 let them stay out. It seems from the re- 

 port of Mr. France that the majority 

 of them want to come in. There are 



only a few of them in New York, and 

 if they can get along without the Na- 

 tional Association, and would rather not 

 be in it, the National .Association isn't 

 going to die to accommodate them. It 

 is going to live right on, and not stop 

 breathing. 



Dr. Miller — It is not because these 

 men are rascals, as mentioned by Mr. 

 Abbott — it is not necessary to take any 

 such view as that. The resolution, if 

 I remember rightly, was that supply- 

 manufacturers, supply - dealers, editors 

 and department editors, should not be 

 allowed to hold office; they are to be 

 allowed membership. You will perhaps 

 see the reason for that is that these 

 supply manufacturers and supply - deal- 

 ers are working in antagonism to bee- 

 keepers; they are getting their money! 

 -And so are the editors, and so they 

 should not be allowed to have office ; and 

 the department editors are aiding them, 

 and on that account they should not be 

 allowed to hold office ; and those who 

 assist them — the members in helping to 

 get subscriptions for these papers are 

 aiding these same editors — they should 

 not be allowed to hold office; and the 

 men who subscribe for those papers are 

 helping the editors, and they should not 

 be allowed to hold office. Well, I don't 

 know just how far that thing is going. 

 [Laughter]. 



Dr. Bohrer — Doctor, I suggest one 

 more alteration or amendment to the 

 suggested change in the constitution — 

 that they include everybody that pur- 

 chases or handles bees and honey, and 

 then they would have the thing just 

 right. 



(Continued next week.] 



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