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iho i-eports to print, and a thousand 

 liitlo expenses that are not necessary 

 w'th an oflRcial organ, and at the end 

 of Ibe year the Association would 

 be ibout even anyhow, and the thous- 

 ands of members would not have the 

 rapor. You need not be alarmed, the 

 Review will not be dropped. If the 

 present Association is not built alon;? 

 lines adapted to carry on the Review 

 and other material interests of the 

 beekeepers, it must reorganize along 

 lines that will allow it to do so, or 

 turn the material interests over to an 

 agent that is fitted to do it. The 

 National cannot go on and even ex- 

 ist much longer unless it adopts a 

 settled policy AND STICKS TO IT. 

 T think I hear someone whispering 

 hiss-s-s-h. Now, seriously, if a per- 

 son is ill, is it not better to try by all 

 means to make him well, even if a 

 surgical operation is necessary? It 

 seems to me that there is room in thf? 

 National Association for all to work 

 in harmony. For instance, the iso- 

 lated producer wishes to save a little 

 cost on his cans. He is just as con- 

 venient to Mr. Townsend as he is to 



any other source of supply. He can 

 save money by sending his order to 

 Mr. Townsend. Mr. T. can make a 

 few cents for the Association, and 

 never touch the goods, nor in any 

 way impose the least pecuniary re- 

 sponsibility on the Association. I 

 OBJECT, comes from someone — it 

 will lower the dignity of the Asso- 

 ciation, and antagonize somebody. Ob- 

 jection sustained. Again, the pro- 

 ducers wish to take up the question 

 of publicity. I OBJECT, says some- 

 one else, it will not succeed. All other 

 plans have failed, and of course this 

 one will. Objection sustained. Some- 

 one proposes a plan to raise monev 

 to do something vidth. I OBJECT, (t 

 would not be according to Hoyle. Ob- 

 jection sustained. And so on. 



It is urged that it is not good policy 

 to publicly discuss the private affairs 

 of the Association with the members 

 as it will bring discord. May I ask 

 whose affairs these are? Are they 

 not the affairs of the members ? Is 

 it right and proper to arrange the 

 larger policies of the beekeepers in 

 secret caucus and then expect them 



Auditorium Hotel, Denver, Colorado, where the National Beekeepers' 

 Convention will be held, the 16-17-lSth of this month. 



