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paigners of much responsibility, and of what otherwise 

 wise would have constituted a serious burden of work. 



The activities put forth under the auspices of this Fund 

 during the years 1917, 1918 and 1919 now will be reported 

 upon. Through diminished activities the expenditures called 

 for have been much more moderate than usual, and our 

 savings during the past two years now amount to a substan- 

 tial sum. These savings of the past rather quiet years will 

 now enable us to carry into effect certain plans for the in- 

 auguration of important protective movements in Alaska 

 and in France, where outside help is greatly needed. 



As the Founders and Subscribers are aware, we recently 

 put to a vote by them the question whether the activities of 

 this Fund should not now be extended beyond the shores of 

 North America, and internationalized. There now seem to 

 be good reasons for such a step, particularly in France, in 

 promoting the protection of food crops. 



All save four of the Founders and Subscribers who voted 

 on this matter voted for internationalization, and this we 

 accept as our authorization for the change proposed in our 

 plan of foundation. It goes without saying, however, that 

 we propose to tvaste nothing abroad, and that our activities 

 abroad always will be secondary to the needs of our own 

 country and its possessions. 



Although it has been our hope that from time to time 

 voluntary contributions will be made to the endowment of 

 the Permanent Fund, that hope has not been realized during 

 the past two years, save for a bequest entered in the will 

 of one of the Subscribers. Unquestionably the time will 

 come when an income of $10,000 a year will be needed for 

 active campaign work, and we still hope that our endow- 

 ment fund will not always remain at the irreducible mini- 

 mum of $100,000 that originally was named in 1913. 



This report will cover the whole of the three years 1917, 

 1918 and 1919. Its publication in the spring of 1919 was 



