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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Mr. Hill makes the collections on the cars 
of produce shipped by the members, and 
remits the same to us. I am impressed 
with the efficiency of this kind of co-oper¬ 
ation, and I cannot see why other places 
in the state cannot co-operate with us in 
the same way. Only recently the Board 
of Trade of Crescent City arranged a 
meeting for the league, and we are co¬ 
operating with them in a somewhat simi¬ 
lar way. It appeals to me that, for our 
needs, we can get local support through 
the Boards of Trade better than we can 
got it by attempting to organize some new 
association in the community which per¬ 
haps has too many organizations already. 
THE manager's ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
From the very first I have felt the need 
of having some person at each shipping 
center, whom I knew personally, and on 
whom I feel free to call for advice or in¬ 
formation in regard to conditions in his 
locality. At times it may be necessary to 
secure petitions to present to the Interstate 
Commerce Commission, or to other bodies- 
Such a person could secure these lists. 
Often we will want to know the condi¬ 
tion of crops or the amount of produce 
left to ship, acreage planted, etc. Such 
information can be secured better by the 
league if it has a personal representative 
in the different localities over the state, 
ft will be impossible for the manager ol 
the league to be personally acquainted 
with each member or to correspond often 
with each member to secure any such in¬ 
formation, and I therefore feel that there 
should he some person at each point who 
stands for the work of the league in a 
particular way. These people I shall call 
the Manager’s Advisory Committee. In 
some places I think it will be possible for 
the members of this committee to make 
the collections for the league, and to re¬ 
mit them to the central office. 
To summarize then on the question of 
organization, each member shall be a 
member of the central league itself. These 
members in annual session shall elect an 
executive committee which shall be the 
controlling body of the league. Local as¬ 
sociations may be established whenever 
there is sufficient interest to warrant such 
action. In other places the local work of 
the league may be carried on through such 
organizations already in existence, as the 
boards of trade. There shall be appointed 
from time to time by the manager an 
informal committee known as the Manag¬ 
er’s Advisory Committee, which shall as¬ 
sist the manager in whatever way assist¬ 
ance may be needed. 
SUMMARY OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED. 
Briefly I would like to outline some of 
the problems the league has under con¬ 
sideration. The work completed has not 
been great, for of necessity the first weeks 
have been largely used in getting the 
league established, and in becoming ac¬ 
quainted with the problems before us. To 
outline some of the matters already un¬ 
dertaken will* give you perhaps, however, 
a better idea of the scope of our work 
than could be gotten in any other way. 
THE S. & E. BRANCH ADJUSTMENTS. 
The new headquarters of the league 
had not been opened in Orlando before a 
call came from the vegetable growers at 
