THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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ruary, 1900, we have expended $10,504.00 in Tariff, Leg¬ 
islation and Transportation matters alone. In addition 
lo this we have expended about $1700.00 from I lie special 
Horticultural Fund started in Portland two years ago. 
That this money has been well and wisely expended is 
beyond question of doubt. The work has been handled 
by committeemen who are all busy nurserymen, and 
who have given freely of their time, inconvenienced 
themselves time and time again to carry on this work, and 
without one cent of remuneration for their services. 
All honor to every one of these true-blue wheelhorses, 
they have always responded when called on, and they 
or $50.00 per year, how many members will we lose? 
\\ ould the few who made up such an Association consti¬ 
tute a National Association of American Nurserymen? 
It. instead of the four hundred to five hundred odd mem¬ 
bers now attending our annual meetings, our conventions 
consisted ol say a hundred or a hundred and fifty mem¬ 
bers (and I honestly believe there are not to exceed 100 
to 125 who will pay $30 to $50 annual dues) would such 
a Convention be a representative gathering of the Ameri- 
san Nurseryman? All these and dozens of other ques¬ 
tions have occurred to me in thinking this matter over. 
With the consent of the Program Committee I wish 
pWBfc.j. 
.4 group of well-known nurserymen attending the Convention at Detroit. All officers and workers for the 
American Association of Nurserymen. Beading from left to right, William Pitkin, Henry B. Chase, E. S. Welch, 
John Dayton, ./. B. Mayhew, Loyd C. Stark, John Watson. 
have accomplished great and lasting good for the nur¬ 
serymen of this country. Remember that their work has 
benefited all American Nurserymen, whether members 
of this Association or not. 
Note that our largest membership the past ten years was 
541, and that for six years of the ten the membership 
has been under 400. I am greatly pleased to see that in 
spite of this hard year just past we have not only retain¬ 
ed the membership of a year ago. but increased it 28 
members. This is evidence of tin 1 good work done by our 
Membership Committee and secretary this season. If we 
advance our dues from $5.00 to $25.00 or $30.00. $40.00 
to call for Mr. Mayhew’s paper to-morrow morning, that 
we may have ample time to consider it, and I bespeak 
for him your careful and close attention. Following his 
paper I want a full and free discussion of this question, 
and let’s see if we can get at a practical working plan 
and then try it out. 
Trade Terms 
Another matter on which I hope to see definite action 
by this Convention, is Trade Terms, and Mr. Schuette as 
Chairman of a committee appointed in Kansas City last 
December by the Western Association will report to this 
convention a schedule covering terms of payment in the 
