ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPEIIS' ASSOCIATION 



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ing- with the State society, make the 

 State society that much stronger and 

 larger. The word of the State Asso- 

 ciation counts for that much more. 

 Tliat alone, if it doesn't cost us too 

 much, makes it so that we ought to 

 accept any proposition of this kind, 

 and unless there is objection from these 

 outsiders it seems to me the thing 

 ought to go;" and at the same time I 

 believe, when the thing is put in the 

 shape it is, we are going to lose no 

 money by it. I don't think these "bar- 

 barians" ought to make any objection 

 to it. 1. 



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Mr. Macklin: We are discussing this 

 question without a motion, and in or- 

 der to bring it before the meeting I 

 would like to make a motion that we 

 join the State Association in a body. 



President York: At twenty-five cents 

 a member? 



Mr. Macklin: Twenty-five cents a 

 member. 



Mr. Smith: Now,' we would be will- 

 ing to take you all by the hand and 

 say come in, without paying a cent, 

 but we cannot do it; our constitution 

 won't allow it. We cannot allow any 

 one to join for less than a dollar, but 

 if they come in as an Association they 

 can join in a body by paying twenty- 

 five cents apiece. You will all be 

 members of our Association. You will 

 receive just the same as the rest of 

 us. You can have a voice in our 

 meetings. You can send your delegates 

 if you cannot come; those that live in 

 the State, and those outside of the 

 State will get our reports bound with 

 yours and mailed to' you for twenty- 

 five cents. 



Dr. Bohrer: I don't live in Illinois, 

 and would not for a good deal, because 

 I have a better home than Illinois has 

 for me. I like Kansas much the best, 

 and I. don't care anything about my 

 membership that this Association wants 

 here, but I think it is the right move 

 for this Association to join the State- 

 Association in a body. You want a 

 foul brood law in this State, and the 

 more members there are and the more 

 they act in concert with each other, 

 the more certa,in you are to get that 

 law. You want to put a word in the 

 ear of each member to write to his 

 State Senator and member of the 

 House, and say what you want and 

 why you want it. We get no appro- 

 priation from the State of Kansas. I 

 have even tried to get the Horticultural 

 Association to go with us, and when 

 I went to express myself I was rapped 



aside and informed that that was not 

 a bee-keepers' association, but I scared 

 the parties out on that, and we will 

 receive recognition there. What you 

 Avant to do is to act in concert and 

 get your members to write to the mem- 

 bers of the Legislature, and, if neces- 

 sary, to send a committee to know 

 what they are thinking about, and labor 

 with the members of the Legislature, 

 and especially influential members; 

 and if you find a man opposed to a 

 foul brood law, do as I know of anoth- 

 er man doing, who met a man on a 

 horse in the road and said, "You are 

 the blamedest faced man I ever saw 

 in my life." "Can I help my looks?" 

 "No, but, blast it, you can stay at 

 home." Tell these men to keep stili 

 if they don't want to do anything for 

 themselves or anybody else. Don't al- 

 low this wholesale rotting of colonies 

 of bees all o\er the country to go on. 

 If there is a man here who is op- 

 posed to a iioul brood law, I want to 

 hit him square between the eyes. 



Mr. Moore: I want to call the atten- 

 tion of the Association to the financ- 

 ing of this propositieon. It has to be 

 financed, if we are going to join the 

 "National" in a body and pay them 

 fifty cents, and the Illinois State As- 

 sociation in a body and pay twenty- 

 five cents — that means that you are 

 going to pay seventy-five cents out 

 of each dollar that is paid in here. It 

 won't reach. I have been eleven 

 years in this position. If I offend any- 

 body I am sorry. When people com^ 

 to Chicago and pay fifty or fifty-five 

 dollars for themselves and their fam- 

 ily here to hear this discussion every 

 one should pay a membership fee. If 

 fifty or sixty come here it is not right 

 for twenty or twenty-five to pay their 

 fees and the rest not. Things have 

 to be financed. I don't propose to take 

 any salary for this past year. That 

 makes seven or eight j-ears I have 

 served without compensation. I am 

 in love with the industry. I couldn't 

 keep house without bees, and my wife 

 feels the same way, and we are bee- 

 people. But these things have got to 

 be paid for. I hope you will take this 

 to heart and not be offended. Every 

 one who comes here and enjoys these 

 discussions should pay the little sum 

 of money, and then there will be mon- 

 ey to finance things. 



Mr. Wilcox: I suggest that we levy 

 a tax of thirty-five cents upon every 

 man who don't bring his wife, and 

 fifty cents on every one who does. 



