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spend $100 or $200 I cannot see why you cannot get it with- 

 out using this money. 



Dr. Miller — Might we not reach that by authorizing the 

 Treasurer to have a certain amount of money left in the 

 hands of the Secretary? 



Mr. Stone — Not what it is for, Doctor. 



Mr. York — I would like to ask a question. How much 

 money did the Association raise, toward the expenses of 

 getting the law last winter? 



Mr. Stone — We did it all gratis. I was at the State 

 House twice a week nearly every week during the pending 

 of those Bills and I did not get even enough to pay for my 

 dinner, to say nothing of my time. 



Mr. Smith — I was down here five different times. My 

 expenses were $12.00, and I paid $6.00 for typewritten letters 

 sent to all the members — all money out of my pocket. 



Mr. York — I don't think Mr. Smith ought to be required 

 to stand that. I don't think we want him to be out that 

 much money for the good of the bee-keepers of this State. 

 Mr. Moore came to Springfield last winter, and he is a poor 

 man and could not afford to spend his time. He is out of 

 pocket. I claim that his expenses ought to be paid for by 

 this Association. I don't think they ought to be asked to 

 take the money out of their pockets. 



Dr. Miller — Do you think that money was for the pur- 

 pose of advancing the growth and interest of the bee-keepers 

 of Illinois? 



Mr. York— Yes, sir, I do. 



'Dr. Miller — Then all right; get it out of that fund. 



Mr. York — It was just said not to use this money for 

 legislating. How are we going to get this Bill passed, then? 



Mr. Black — I don't think I should put in a bill for it. 



Mr. York — ^We ought not to ask poor men to do it. I 

 don't want anything but what is right, but I stick to what 

 is right. 



Mr. Black — We are asking the State to do certain things 

 for us, and we ask the State to pay us to inform them 

 what we want them to do for us ; in other words we are 

 making the defendant pay for the plaintiff's case. I know 

 that when we are supposed to be using other iolks' money we 

 will be turned down, and we ought to be. 



Mr. Stone — When that law was passed, and we were given 

 the appropriation, we wanted a foul brood inspector, but could 

 not find one. The Chicago-Northwestern wrote to us and they 

 could not pick on a man to select for the office of State 

 Foul Brood Inspector. Our President said he had stamped 

 out the disease in his neighborhood and could do the work. 

 Then the question came up, Shall we lose our President? 

 We resolved that the office would not conflict with the In- 

 spector; while we believe it is better not to have che 

 Inspector an office-holder in our Association we could not 

 find a better Inspector. Now we have more inspectors that 

 we can place our fingers on. 



Mr. France — In regard to Mr. Stone's remarks about 





