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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
committee that he should come down to 
take charge. In the meantime, at the 
meeting at DeLand, one of the new com¬ 
ers to the State, a man of great energy, 
a man of a great deal of ability and a 
man who believes in this league, agreed 
to take hold of it and get a large mem¬ 
bership for the league, and while we did 
not think he could realize his hopes, we 
hoped against hope that he might do so. 
I am speaking now of Mr. Hamner. He 
did wonderful work for the league and 
we are all due Mr. Hamner a great deal 
of gratitude for the energy, brains and 
work lie put into it. 
Since the first of January Mr. Tenny 
has been absolutely in charge of the work 
of the league, and I believe I voice the 
sentiment of the executive committee ap¬ 
pointed by you a year ago, when I state 
we have passed the experimental point. 
I think the establishment of the League is 
assured. The only question, gentlemen, 
the only question, is the support. There 
is no question about the amount of work 
to be done by this league. It crops up 
in a new place every day. We have to 
have it, and we must support it. In union 
there is strength. By attempting to fight 
your battles alone, you can never accomp¬ 
lish anything; by fighting together, there 
is nothing reasonable that you cannot de¬ 
mand and attain. 
The assessment placed by the commit¬ 
tee this past year was only one-sixth of a 
cent a box. Just think how small it is! 
Yet many people have held back and not 
sent in their one-sixth of a cent a box. I 
had hoped that in all Florida there would 
be no one who would refuse to give such 
a small pittance for what they will get 
back. 
Concerning the work, I think since the 
first of January Mr. Tenny is much better 
posted to tell it to you than I can. 
Lloyd S. Tenny 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
The various questions we must present 
for consideration in connection with the 
work of the Florida Growers’ and Ship¬ 
pers’ League are so numerous, and of 
such great importance that there scarcely 
seems time for remarks of a general na¬ 
ture. Permit me to say, however, in be¬ 
ginning this, my first annual report of the 
league, that I am glad for the circum¬ 
stances that have brought me again to 
Florida—this time though, not as an out¬ 
sider to impart knowledge to you, but as 
one of you, to work out with you the prob¬ 
lems that come to us. 
The foundations of the league have 
been well established. I have read with 
the greatest interest the minutes of all of 
the early meetings that were held last 
year, leading to the establishment of this 
League. The earnestness of purpose 
manifested there, the calibre of the men 
conferring, the absolute lack of friction, 
and the perfect harmony appeal to me 
as something almost unique in the annals 
of agriculture in this country. 
It is a fortunate day for any industry 
when the members engaged in it realize 
that there are some problems that affect 
them all, and, realizing this, become will¬ 
ing to join forces in solving these com¬ 
mon problems. That day has come to the 
