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The Rorists^ Review 



June 22. 1922 



Many liave been dangerously near ac- 

 tual failure, while some have had to 

 give up entirely. 



"But let us be encouraged. Condi- 

 tions have improved and are still im- 

 proving. Ours is a great vocation. 

 Seeds are fundamental. Much depends 

 on the sort of seeds we furnish and the 

 way we furnish them. We have had 

 some great men in our association. 

 Their lives should inspire us. Let us 

 resolve that we will give real service 

 and that we will be true to the ideals 

 set forth in our constitution. 



Recommendations. 



"Considerable attention has been 

 given l)y Rotary Clubs throughout the 

 country the past year to the importance 

 of having a written code of ethics or 

 business methods in every organization 

 such as ours. I think this is a good 

 idea and recommend that a special com- 

 mittee be appointed by the incoming 

 j)resident to prepare a code of ethics 

 and sul)mit it for our consideration at 

 our next annual convention. We could 

 not, of course, expect to cover every 

 matter of difference likely to come up 

 as between growers and wholesalers, 

 or between wholesalers and retailers, 

 by a hard and fast set of rules or to 

 say just exactly what our conduct 

 should be at all times in our dealings 

 witii the public, but broad principles 

 could be laid dowji that would help 

 much. Article II of the constitution 

 furnishes a Ijeginning for the work of 

 this committee, but 1 think the whole 

 question should be further developed. 



"To sum up, my recommendations 

 are: 



"First, that Curtis Nye Smith be re- 

 taineil .is our counsel for the coming 

 year. 



"Second, that the secretary be in- 

 structed to jirocure a copy of the new 

 8U])plement to the seed laws. 



"Third, that united field seed adver- 

 tising be taken up for the coming year, 

 as well .-IS united garden seed adver- 

 tising. 



"Fourth, that a resolution be adopt- 

 ed asking the agricultural papers of 

 the country to exclude from their col- 

 umns all seed advertising of firms not 

 memlKMs of the American Seed Trade 

 Association, unless endorsed by the seed 

 analysts of their respective states. 



"Fifth, th.it a special committee bo 

 appointed to prepare a code of ethics." 



Secretaxy-Treasurer's Report. 



C. E. Kendel, as secretary and treas- 

 urer, reported that there were nine ad- 

 ditions to the membership roll, which 

 at the last meeting totaled 247 active 

 members and two honorary. Losses in 

 membership during the year were six by 

 failure, five dropped from the rolls, two 

 sold out, seven resigned and one died, a 

 total of twenty-one, leaving the total 

 membership at the opening of this con- 

 vention 237, all active excejit one honor- 

 ary member. 



He stated that to the balance in the 

 bank last year had been added, in re- 

 ceipts from* all sources, $8,342.74. Total 

 expenditures were .$8,247.15, leaving the 

 balance in the bank at present $424.71, 

 a gain of about $95 during the year. 



The remainder of the morning was 

 occupied by the reports of various com- 

 mittees. 



Reporting on the tariff, J. C. Vaughan 

 quoted the various rates, present and 

 proposed, which have been published in 

 these columns, but had no information 



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