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and very properly, received encourage- 

 ment at the hands of the State Board of 

 Agriculture. 



The bill (374 Senate), as I understand 

 it, provides for a -full and complete 

 collection of all the cultivated products 

 in the several branches of Agriculture 

 — fa,rmculture, horticulture, and flori- 

 culture" — also appropriates " a sum not 

 to exceed 5 per cent, of the appropria- 

 tion to encourage and promote live 



stock exhibits of all kinds in the State of 

 Illinois." 



These two provisions seem to fully 

 authorize the recognition of bee-keeping 

 and products in making up the State 

 Exhibit at the World's Fair, and I am 

 sure you can rely upon the good sense 

 and good faith of every member of 

 the State Board of Agriculture, and their 

 pride as citizens, to do all which the 

 means at their command, and the regu- 

 lations of the National Commission, will 

 permit them to do in bringing bee-keep- 

 ing and every other important agricul- 

 tural interest to the very front in their 

 respective lines. For myself I pledge 

 my vote and influence to that end. 



John P. Reynolds, V.-P. 



The letter from Mr. Hambaugh, 

 referred to above, was sent to several 

 members of the Board of Agriculture, 

 who now have charge of the whole 

 matter, and reads thus : 



Dear Sir : — I discover that no pro- 

 vision has been made in the Senate Bill, 

 now before the House, relative to the 

 World's Columbian Exhibition, for a 

 proper and suitable exhibit of Honey, 

 Wax and Apiarian Supplies. 



My bill, calling for an appropriation 

 of $5,000.00, will be made an amend- 

 ment to the Senate Bill, unless I have 

 prompt assurance from the members of 

 the State Board of Agriculture of a 

 proper recognition of this industry, and 

 for this purpose I desire an immediate 

 answer from you, with assurance that 

 you will give this interest due considera- 

 tion, and allow the •bee-keepers of this 

 State a pro rata amount, say one-half of 

 one per cent, of the gross appropriation. 



(^uite a number of the members of the 

 Board of Agriculture have given assur- 

 ance that bee-culture should receive 

 liberal recognition. In order to assure 

 the 10,000 bee-keepers of Illinois of 

 this, we give the following extracts from 

 their letters, sent to Mr. Hambaugh, in 

 reply to the foregoing: 



Hon. Lafayette Funk, President of the 

 Board, writes : 



The State Board of Agriculture, if put 

 in control of the above subject matter, 

 will carry into effect just what you gen- 

 tlemen of the Legislature prescribe in 

 the law upon the subject. 



Hon. E. E. Chester, Vice-President for 

 the Fifteenth District, writes : 



I can assure you (aside from the fact 

 that I am personally interested in bee- 

 culture) that I shall heartily approve of 

 the appropriation of at least as much 

 as one-half of one per cent, of the 

 amount appropriated for the State 

 exhibit, to be used in the interests of 

 bees and honey. 



Hon. James W. Judy, Vice-President 

 for the Thirteenth District, wrote : 



• As a member of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, and as a citizen of the State 

 of Illinois, I am fully in sympathy with 

 the sentiment contained in your com- 

 munication. I want the bee-keepers' 

 interest, and every other industry of 

 Illinois, fairly represented at the World's 

 Columbian Fair, and will use my best 

 efforts for the accomplishment of the 

 same. 



Hon. James W. Washburn, Vice-Presi- 

 dent for the Twentieth District, wrote : 



I shall most willingly favor an appro- 

 priation by the Board of one-half of one 

 per cent, of whatever appropriation may 

 be made, for the purposes you indicate. 

 I am strongly in favor of encouraging the 

 bee-industry. 



Hon. B. F. Wyman, wrote as follows : 



I should certainly favor a suitable 

 appropriation to enable the bee-keepers 

 to make a creditable display of honey, 

 wax and bee supplies, at the Columbian 

 Fair. 



Hon. E. C. Pace expressed himself in 

 this forcible language : 



From numerous communications that 

 I have received, there seems to be an 

 impression on the minds of many, that 

 the object of the State Board of Agricult- 

 ure in this Columbian Exposition business 

 was to avoid exhibiting the resources of 

 the State, instead of making, as they 

 desire to do, the best possible exhibit. 



One interest in our State is exactly as 

 near to them as another. They have no 

 pet hobbies, and I can assure you with 



