The advocate., 1892-01-06

AlAAo AakhS Lndu0 several ue0U0RS OF Gne DOAtO
necessary, and the secretary was instructed
to send to all the State Alliances state
ment of the condition of their account with
the national early in August, in order that
they should have full information as to
what they were in debt and when payment
was due during the regular annual session,
and make provision for payment. The
present regulations governing the reports
and remittanCes of state secretaries do not
give sufficient time for the reports of
county secretaries to be received prior to
the time designated for state secretaries to
report and remit to the national. All this
confusion and trouble about the dues may
be obvisted if you will require the 1st Of
November report and remittance of the
state secretaries to be based on their men,
bership as shown in the next previous July
reports of the county secretaries to them,
and then to provide a complete check upon
all the secretaries, national, state and
county, require the subordinate secretaries
to report their membership once year to
the National Executive Board. This one re-
port year from the subordinate Alliances
would be a check upon the business that
would be of great service in settling with
secretaries both state and national.
The books of the secretary-treasur have
been carefully audited, every single entry
for the entire year has been carefully veri-
fied since the 18th inst, and they are found
to be absolutely correct to cent. He de-
serves great credit for the efficient manner
in which his books are kept and his bust
ness managed. The balance sheet he has
presented you is correct and exhaustive
statement of the financial condition of the
order as far as he has been able to get re-
ports from the state secretaries. The our
rent expenses for the last year including
the expense of the Ocala meeting, and all
salaries and expenses of every kind, has
been $26,035,3l; the year before the same
total expenditure was $19,551.65. The rate
of expenses has exceeded the income from
fees and dues, and while there is an appar-
ent gain in the financial condition since the
report of one year ago, it is only apparent
and not real, because at that time the sec
retaries had not reported much of the dues
for the previous year, and therefore it
could not be charged to them, and the ma
tiOnal only seemed to be in debt because
the debts due it were not included in the
calculation, but since then those reports
have been made and accompanied by proper
remittances and footing up to a grand total
of $28, 1887. They have met the expenses
of the year and only left in the hands of the
secretary 81, 1882, all of which ia invested
in supplies and Office fixtures, and the COM
ing year must be accompanied with grad
ually increasing deficiency since there IS no
possibility of the income being equal to the
deficiency.
The great demand for reform literature by
the public has been peculiarly apparent to
this board for the last year, and that subject
is respectfully suggested for your consider
bpAOAs VO hOO OOOh hOlO w SOU hblu6
one-fourth of the gross receipts for lectur-
ing purposes as was suggested by the Su-
creme Council at Ocala, because the funds
as fast as received were all required to meet
the running expenses. This board, however,
in connection with your president and sec
retary, suggested to the public propagsn-
ds fund as a means of supplying reform
literature and speakers, and it has been very
favorably received by the order and the
public, and has done much good. Brother
J. F. Tillman, secretary of this board, has
devoted much Of his time to the distribution
of the literature and the management of
the lecture bureau, receiving no pay there
for and less than his actual expenses. It is
believed that some action from this body
indorsing some measure of this kind would