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"are going to get off," and I think it 

 behooves us to stiffen up our backbones 

 and see that we, ^t least, get a living 

 selling price for our products. 



We have had the satisfaction of be- 

 ing exempt from the profiteering class, 

 but this will not increase our bank bal- 

 ance. It is worth thinking over. 



At the meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee held in Detroit last November, 

 it was unanimously suggested that the 

 by-laws be changed and that we in- 

 crease our initiation fee to $50 and our 

 annual dues to $40. I think this is ad- 

 visable, in order that we may accumu- 

 late a surplus in our treasury. 



Compilation of Seed Laws. 



Our counsel has prepared a com))ila- 

 tion of the seed laws of the United 

 States, both federal and state, and pre- 

 sented them at a previous meeting. He 

 was instructed to proceed with the work 

 of publishing that compilation, but as 

 the appropriation for the work was 

 small, I, after consulting with him, did 

 not think it advisable to proceed with 

 printing, which would have saddled the 

 association with a heavy obligation, un- 

 til he had canvassed our membership to 

 ascertain how many of our members 

 would subscribe for a copy at a price 

 ranging from $13.50 each, if only a 

 small number subscribed, down to $5.05 

 each, if 150 or more subscribed. 



I think it decidedly advisable that we 

 go ahead with this work and I trust 

 that all of our members have answered 

 Mr. Smith's letter in the affirmative in 

 reference to this question. I think it 

 also advisable to decide at this meeting 

 whether we shall furnish copies of these 

 laws to others than members of our as- 

 sociation, and if so, at what price per 



copy. 



It looked :it one time as though the 

 congressional free distribution of seeds 

 would be discontinued. The Senate 

 agreed to abolish it, but the House 

 could not be convinced that it was a 

 useless waste of funds and, after sev- 

 eral conferences, the item for free seeds, 

 amounting to $239,000, was included in 

 the appropriation for the Department 

 of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agri- 

 culture strongly recommended its dis- 

 continuance, i should like to see a 

 resolution passed at this meeting com- 

 mending the stand taken by the Hon. 

 E. T. Meredith, Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, in opposing the congressional free 

 distribution of garden seeds. 



I would call the attention of our 

 members to the character of contract 

 under which foreign shippers are en- 

 deavoring to sell to American buyers. 

 These contracts provide: "In case of 

 disagreement over quality delivered, 

 buyers and sellers submit to the point 

 of origin arbitration and buyers have 

 to take in every case the seed with the 

 awarded allowance, if any." This 

 seems like a dangerous, clause and our 

 legislative committee should see that 

 our interests are protected by providing 

 for arbitration at some neutral point 

 and not at the point of origin. 



The high cost of labor is extremely 

 sorious and farm help is almost impnssi- 

 })le to obtain. If it continues we shall 

 soon be in a condition whore we shall 

 not raise enough food to supply our 

 needs. 



It seems as if this would be the time 

 to again petition Congress to admit, un- 

 der the proper restrictions, Chinese 

 labor, until such time as conditions be- 

 come normal. 



A committee was appointed l!o take 



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up the matter of an advertising cam- 

 paign under tlie head of the National 

 Garden Bureau, to keep alive the great 

 public interest in gardening and help 

 keep down the high cost of living. This 

 is, I think, a most excellent idea and it 

 should have the support of all of our 

 members. 



Organized Cooperation in the Trade. 



Our counsel states that he thinks it 



desirable and important that we haV* 

 an affiliation with the regional and loeai 

 seed trade associations of the United 

 States in respect to seed legislation- 

 He considers it a serious matter for the 

 seed trade associations, national, ^^' 

 gional or local, to have policies in re- 

 spect to seed legislation which are con- 

 liicting, or, as in tlie case of some cf 

 the regional associations, not to hav^ 

 any legislative policy at all. 



