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ILLINiOIS STATE BEE-KEEPHRS' A'SiSaCIATION 



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iled by an artist who assured us a good 

 job. He showed a negative copy of it; 

 took a good many orders, and failed to 

 deliver the pictures. When we began 

 to doubt his responsibility we were in- 

 duced to secure one copy and from it 

 have the picture in the Report, so that 

 we would not be entirely cheated out 

 of our picture. 



I will say right here that we have 

 made arrangements with an artist up- 

 on whom we can depend, and he will 

 come directly after dinner, if agreeable 

 to the convention, to take our picture; 

 we had better take action upon this, 

 this morning. 



We were considerably troubled last 

 year to get the names of the members 

 of whom we were not sure, but suc- 

 ceeded in getting all right but one (No. 

 17.) We were obliged to send the list 

 around to several different parties, to 

 ask them to name those in the picture. 

 Mr. York named those he could, and I 

 sent it to three others. 



If it be the voice of the meeting we 

 will have the picture in the next Re- 

 port; we will be careful to get the 

 names before adjournment. 



Our last Annual Report cost us $1.01 

 per copy, and so much complaint has 

 been" made, as to affiliating societies 

 getting their members in for 25 cents 

 each, and our State members direct 

 must pay 50 cents, and all get the same 

 Report; and the 25 cent members for 

 their one dollar get membership in 

 three societies, that the question then 

 comes with a double header: Where is 

 the justice in it? And how long will 

 the State association last at that rate? 



The members of our Executive Com- 

 mittee who were present at our State 

 Fair decided that a change in our con- 

 stitution must necessarily be made in 

 regard to affiliating societies. There- 

 fore we gave 30' days' notice of the 

 same when our cards were sent out 

 giving notice of this meeting. 



The President of the National (Mr. 

 George W. York) at Albany delivered 

 as fine an address as we ever listened 

 to, and in it spoke of the good that the 

 National was doing, and how much 

 more good it might do if it was not 

 handicapped for want of means to do 

 more in the way of advertising the 

 honey for sale, and the honey wanted 

 by members of the National. 



At the close of the address the con- 

 vention (a crowded hall at all ses- 



sions) was so enthused that all kinds of 

 propositions w;ere named, and resulted 

 in a committee being appointed to act 

 npon the President's address. 



The committee will recommend to 

 come before the next meeting of the 

 National that the fees for membership 

 in the National be raised to Jl.O'O, the 

 same for affiliating societies joining as 

 for direct members. 



This will necessitate a change in our 

 fees to the State Association at our 

 next Annual meeting. The change 

 could not be made at the National 

 meeting in October for the reason that 

 45 days notice had to be given before 

 the election, and it was then only 30 

 days until the election, which you all 

 know comes in November, and is by 

 postal card. 



We recommend that some action be 

 taken as to the delegates coming to 

 our convention from affiliating socie- 

 ties. Our Association, three years 

 ago, voted that their railroad fare be 

 paid them, which has been done since 

 then, and on one occasion a delegate 

 came, collecting his fees, and went 

 home without even opening his mouth 

 in the convention. iPerhaps he could 

 not talk. Then let him learn or stay 

 at home. 



The object of this move was to in- 

 sure a good program, and we who pay 

 our own way have a right to expect 

 help from those whose railroad fares 

 are paid. Again, on this subject, 

 should we have a limit of the member 

 or members of a society to entitle 

 them to a delegate? Cases have been 

 where the delegate drew out more than 

 his local association put in. Why not 

 have it the rule to pay railroad fare 

 not to exceed the amount that comes 

 from their affiliation? 



I give these to yx>u as suggestions 

 that you may act upon them if you see 

 fit. 



W^e would like to have the sense of 

 this convention as to a time limit on 

 our Reports. For example: When 

 our Reports are printed and sent out 

 we keep on all summer sending out 

 Reports to each and all who send in 

 their fees. If a bee-keeper joins in 

 June or later he gets the last Report, 

 and his year runs on by the time of 

 issuing the next year's report, and he 

 gets that — two Reports for one fee. 

 That does not serve the member 

 right who sends in his fee at the be- 



