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will have to suffer at the expense of 

 those who do. Therefore, I think we 

 ought to be on the lookout for this 

 thing. There is honey from the south 

 and other places, and beeswax that 

 comes in here to compete against our 

 own. So I aip in favor of maintaining 

 the tariff we have on honey, and, as 

 the resolution says, increase it if nec- 

 essary or possible, because we do not 

 want our little industry to suffer at 

 the expense of such industries as the 

 steel industry. I hope that every bee- 

 keeper will be on the lookout to do 

 what he can with his representative 

 in Congress when the time comes, to 

 the end that our interests '3o not suf- 

 fer unjustly or at the expense of other 

 interests. 



Mr. France moved, seconded by Mr. 

 Holterman, that the resolution be 

 adopted. 



The President put the motion, 

 which, on a vote having been taken, 

 was declared carried. 



Mr. France — As has often been said, 

 we go, many of us, on long journeys 

 to these gatherings, not for financial 

 gain, but because of that mutual 

 friendship which ties us together, and 

 the remarks of Brother Hutchinson 

 last night reminds me of the little 

 button worn by our Grand Army men, 

 and only those who wear it can know 

 the bond of friendship there is be- 

 tween the men who served in that ser- 

 vice. So with us, I hope we feel that 

 this bee button is a token of mem- 

 bership loyal to one another. If per- 

 chance any of us get into trouble we 

 know whom to go to. We would not 

 for one moment see one of our mem- 

 bers wronged. The appreciation of 

 this was shown to me last fall at 

 Harrisburg, and those of you who read 

 the 1907 report know of the presen- 

 tation. (Gold watch, chain and a set 

 of silver spoons.) It is not its value, 

 but the token of appreciation by its 

 members will never be forgotten. 



Mr. Muth — Mr. President, we are a 

 lot of strangers in town and I think 

 if we appoint a time and you appoint 

 a Committee, that those who are left 

 after the Convention is over would 

 hire a rubber- necked wagon to see 

 the City. It would be a very nice and 

 appropriate thing for those who want 

 to see this' beautiful City. They say 

 that " in Detroit life is worth living." 

 It is just because the City Is so beau- 

 tiful. There are quite a number who 



want to see the City, and if we could 

 go around in a crowd it would be very 

 nice. 



Mr. France — As I said a little while 

 ago in regard to this qifestion of nom- 

 inating and electing our officers, we 

 all want to take a part and be a part 

 of it, but we are not satisfied with the 

 way our present constitution and by- 

 laws are adjusted. It takes a year's 

 time and we would have to wait untfl 

 the next annual meeting before any 

 suggested amendment could be acted 

 upon, so that I would move that we 

 amend our Constitution with refer- 

 ence to the election of Officers and 

 Directors. It would have to come up 

 at the next annual meeting, and the 

 members at that time could vote upon 

 the proposed amendment. 



The President — You give notice at 

 this time that at the next Annual 

 Meeting such an amendment will 

 come before the Convention. 



Mr. France — Yes. 



The President — That then becomes 

 a matter of record. 



Mr. France — As a word of explana- 

 tion, you can see where I am handi- 

 capped. We have our Annual Elec- 

 tion of Officers this coming month, 

 and I am supposed to deliver to each 

 member a full report of all the mem- 

 bers and also a financial report. I 

 confess I can't do it even though I 

 work night and day. They are print- 

 ing this week the pages of advertising 

 matter, also the membership list with 

 the crop report so far as they were 

 in before I came away, and to get 

 that out and deliver you a copy of 

 that by the time the election of offi- 

 cers com^es on is an utter impossibil- 

 ity. You have been for three years 

 receiving the Annual Report after the 

 election, for I could not get it out any 

 earlier than I did. 



Mr. Tyrrell — According to the pro- 

 gram we still have one afternoon left. 

 At the same time we have used up 

 the program so far as it has been 

 arranged. We have listened^ to some 

 excellent papers and addresses, and 

 yet at the same time tjiere has been 

 a good deal of our heari to heart talk 

 that we have had to eliminate. Some 

 time during the day th^re is to be a 

 meeting of the Michigaft Bee-Keepers 

 to finish some business which it was 

 impossible for them to finish at their 

 session on the first day of the Con- 



