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honey is safely harvested, but hav- 

 ing emerged from the smoke of the 

 .battle of obtaining the crop (the 

 smoke from the bee smoker of 

 course) do not be satisfied or claim a 

 complete victory until crowned with 

 the full reward of a just and merited 

 equivalent for the purest and most 

 wholesome of sweets, honey, you have 

 provided for the tables of the land. 



Mr. Harmer — I ■ endorse fully the 

 house to house canvass in selling 

 honey. I have canvassed one city 

 for twenty- seven years, and I have 

 never had enough honey yet; so I 

 would encourage that kind of sale. 



The President — We have some re- 

 ports of Committees, and invitations 

 have been sent in for the next place 

 of meeting. Shall we receive these 

 invitations here, or shall they be sent 

 to the Executive Committee? What 

 is the desire of the Convention? 



Mr. Pressler — There is no reason 

 why the invitations should not be re- 

 ceived here. 



The President — Shall we take the 

 time to receive the invitations here, 

 or shall they be turned over to the 

 Executive Committee"? 



Mr. Holekamp moved, duly second- 

 ed, that these invitations be receiv- 

 ed here and then turned over to the 

 Executive Committee. 



Mr. France — I would suggest that 

 later on other invitations that may be 

 given be also forwarded to the Exec- 

 utive Committee for consideration. 



The President put the motion, 

 which, on vote having been taken, 

 was declared carried. 



Mr. Holterman — I believe that the 

 thought has been advanced at differ- 

 ent times that the National is not 

 international. It is an international 

 Association and takes in the Dominion 

 of Canada, and there have been a 

 number of bee-keepers who have 

 spoken of the desirability of having 

 the National meet in Canada, and I 

 am quite sure it is in accordance 

 with the wish of the Canadian Bee- 

 Keepers that it should meet in Can- 

 ada. Therefore, on behalf of the 

 Canadian Bee-Keepers, I would ex- 

 tend an invitation for the National 

 to meet in Toronto next year. We 

 can promise to you a good free hall 

 if you will come there and one which 

 will be entirely built and constructed, 

 where the carpenters won't be ham- 



mering and sawing while the Con- . ; 

 vention is going on. (Applause.) ] 



Mr. Davis — I second Mr. Holter- 

 man's proposition. 



Mr. Hershiser — Mr. President, I ] 

 wish to read a letter here on behalf \ 

 of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce. 

 This letter was sent to me unsolicited. 

 (Reads letter extending invitation to 

 hold next Convention at Buffalo.) 



The Convention Hall there mention- 

 ed is a hall considerably larger than 

 this one, and it would not be a very 

 suitable place to hold a Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention, but there are lots of halls ; 

 in Buffalo. I think you all know that 

 Buffalo is a nice place to meet, and 

 any further remarks from me would - 

 be superfluous. 



Mr. Muth — Mr. President, The Cen- 

 tral Tennessee Bee-Keepers Associa- ; 

 tion, of Nashvjlle, Tenn., is a body of 

 Bee-Keepers that are very much alive 

 and up to the minute. They extend 

 to you an • invitation to meet, in that „ 

 beautiful southern city of Nashville. 

 Nashville is a very interesting city, 

 and the hospitality that is extended to 

 everybody by the southern people is 

 well known and cannot be excelled. 

 I have a communication here from the 

 Central Tennessee Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, and I have .also a communi- 

 cation dated October 1st which was 

 sent to me by the Nashville Board of 

 Trade, which I will read to you. 

 (Reads letters.) 



I might say that at the Tennessee 

 State Fair this last September, and 

 September a year ago, the Tennessee , 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association had, I 

 believe, about the prettiest exhibits of 

 honey and bee supplies and showed 

 more enthusiasm than I think I have ' 

 ever seen at any place to which I ' 

 have gone. I have seen exhibits at 

 different fairs, but this toojt my fancy 

 very much. I assure you that they 

 would make you feel very much at 

 home, and when your Executive Com- - 

 mittee decides the matter I trust they ;: 

 will give Nashville their sincerest 

 consideration. This part of the 

 country has had many Conventions, ' 

 but in this part of the south you will ; 

 find you will receive better treatment . 

 than you did in Texas, and it is nearer J 

 home. 



Mr. Hershiser — Mr. President, I 

 want to say a word or two about con- | 

 ventions and people who attend them \ 



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