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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OP THE 



waiting to be heard before this Com- 

 mittee, and when you went in you had 

 your number, and everything was in 

 such beautiful shape that they knew 

 all about you, so that you did not have 

 to make any introduction, but simply 

 proceed with your statement and re- 

 quest. As I say, before I went in there 

 were 120 and some odd business men 

 from all over the East and a number 

 said to me if they could only get the 

 Classification Committee not to in- 

 crease the classification they would be 

 satisfied. It was about the time that 

 this legislation was being contemplated, 

 and the railroad companies were going 

 to raise the classification all along the 

 line, and these men were making vigor- 

 ous protests for reduction so that they 

 would not turn around and raise it; 

 and when I found that was the idea 

 I realized we could not get our classi- 

 fication changed. I made a very strong 

 fight before them for some twenty 

 minutes, and they did not pronounce a 

 decision, till two months afterwards, 

 and then it was that there would be no 

 change in the classification. I was de- 

 lighted with that, but I thought the 

 Association should know that we have 

 escaped a great danger, .although some 

 of these trunk lines have increased our 

 rate 50 to 60 per cent. 



The Vice President called for the 

 report of the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions. 



The Chairman of the Committee re- 

 ported as follows: 



COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, That the thanks of this 

 Association expressed in writing by 

 our Secretary to Hon. N. C. Schaffer, 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction 

 of Pennsylvania, for generously grant- 

 ing us the use of rooms in his Depart- 

 ment for meetings and exhibits. 



Resolved, That we express our ap- 

 preciation of the services of Pres. As- 

 pinwall. Vice Pres. Hilton and Mana- 

 ger France for their efficient and suc- 

 cessful services. 



Resolved, That ^we express our high 

 appreciation to Prof. Surface for his 

 untiring efforts in helping to make 

 this meeting a success. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of 

 this Convention that in the future the 

 Board of Directors should give the 

 General Manager more assistance by 

 definite active co-operation. 



Resolved, That it is the desire of 



the members of the National Bee- 

 Keeper's Association to express its ap- 

 preciation of the useful work in api- 

 culture that is being dorfe by the 

 United States Governmem; through the 

 section of Apiculture of xhjs Bureau of 

 Entomology, Washington, D. C, and 

 that we also desire to ask for a gener- 

 ous provision for continuance of api- 

 cultural investigations and publications. 

 Be it further Resolved, That we ex- 

 press our special thanks to Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, Chief of Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy, for his broad minded attitude and 

 encouragement of investigations and 

 experiments in bee-keeping. 

 H. "W. BENDER, 

 PROF. H. A. SURFACE, 

 WM. A. SELSER. 



Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Fox, seconded by 

 Mr. Moe, the report as read was 

 adopted. 



Mr. Hilton: Is there anything else 

 of a general character to come before 

 this Body? 



Mr. Pressler: What is the present 

 rate for bees shipped locally, less than 

 carload lots, and carload lots in the 

 Eastern Division? 



Mr. Selser: Double first class mer- 

 chandise. I shipped a carload of bees 

 in my capacity of representative about 

 four weeks ago; they gave me a spe- 

 cial rate from some part of New York 

 down to New Jersey, on the rate of 

 double first class merchandise, but I 

 didn't want a full car, and I didn't 

 Vv^ant them unpacked as they went 

 through New Tork City. I figured out 

 that the rate would be $65 for that 

 one shipment, less than a carload; and 

 instead of doing that I chartered the 

 whole car through and they said I 

 could put in what I pleased for $35. 



Mr. Pressler: What I mean is, what 

 is the printed schedule for trunk lines 

 in all parts of the Eastern District, 

 and are they rated as first class or 

 second- class, or double first class or 

 three times first class? 



Mr. Selser: Double first class mer- 

 chandise. 



Mr. Pressler: That is what I always 

 contended for and they always charged 

 me three times first class. 



Mr. Carr: The classification should 

 be, according to Interstate Commerce 

 Law, posted in every station. In ship- 

 ping any commodity in carloads or less 

 than carloads, it is an instruction to 

 agents to ship which ever way will be 



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