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nals, or the majority of them, say lit- 

 tle or nothiiifjof the association of bee- 

 keepers in New York which is buying' 

 goods for its members at a lower 

 rate than the regular retail price. 

 The Bee-Keeper intimates that this 

 silence comes from sjMiipathy with the 

 manufacturers anil dealers in supplies 

 — or that the dealers control the journ- 

 als. So far as the Review is concerned 

 the sympathy is with men who co- 

 operate to better their condition. It 

 has said so repeatedly, and it is not 

 necessary to say it again that its read- 

 ers may know its views. The trouble 

 with the co-operative movement in New 

 York was that it was linked or com- 

 bined with an attempt to overthrow or 

 injure the National Association, on the 

 assumption that it was controlled and 

 managed in the interests of the dealers 

 or manufacturers. Not only have the 

 New York Associations withdrawn 

 from the National, but they have used 

 every possible influence, and have suc- 

 ceeded in some instances, to induce 

 other State Associations to withdraw. 

 The New York bee-keepers have been 

 successful in buying their supplies 

 cheaper through co-operation, and then 

 turned around and dimmed the luster 

 of their achievements by an attack up- 

 the National. Not one in a thousand 

 of the members of the National is a 

 dealer in supplies. Of its 16 officers, 

 only three can be called dealers. To 

 talk about the dealers dominating this 

 body of men to their own interests 

 versus that of the producers, seems the 

 height of folly. If there /^ really such 

 a feeling as this, and it is sufficiently 

 wide-spread, it might be advisable to 

 make a change in the constitution pro- 

 hibiting the election to office of a sup- 

 ply dealer or manufacturer of supplies. 

 There is a need in this countr}' of a 

 National organization devoted exclu- 

 sively to the interests of honey pro- 

 ducers, and I have always believed the 

 National to be such, but, if there is 

 any chance whatever for a doubt in the 



matter, then let's change the character 

 of its constitution sufliciently to re- 

 move the doubt. 



How to Ship Honey With no Danger of 

 Loss to Strangers Who Don't Pay 

 In Advance. 

 Men who are advertising honey for 

 sale, as I iim now doing, are quite 

 likely to receive orders from strangers 

 who do not send the money in advance, 

 and the question arises, what shall be 

 done ? It certainly is not good "busi- 

 ness" to fill such orders without taking 

 some precaution for securing" the pay- 

 ment for the honey. A min can go to 

 a bank and see what "rating" is given 

 his customer. If his rating and credit 

 are good, it is usually safe to ship 

 goods and send a bill. If his rating 

 and credit are not satisfactory, or if he 

 has no rating, a man can write and 

 ask for cash in advance, or else for re- 

 ference, but all this takes time, and 

 sometimes results in a loss of the sale, 

 and it is well to know that there is a 

 method of overcoming these difficulties, 

 providing the customer lives near a 

 bank; and that can be learned by in- 

 quiring at any bank. The plan is that 

 of sending the bill of lading with 

 draft attached, to the customer's bank, 

 with instruction to deliver to him the 

 bill of lading when he pays the draft, 

 and the possession of the bill of lading 

 enables him to secure the honey — other- 

 wise he cin't get it. Let's go a little 

 more into detail. When you take your 

 honey to the railroad depot, ship it to 

 yourself, and just below your name 

 and address, write: "Notify John 

 Jones," or whoever your customer 

 may be; then, on the back of the bill 

 of lading write: "Deliver to John 

 Jones," and sign 3'our name. When 

 you get your bill of lading, go to 

 your bank, and ask that this 

 bill of lading be forwarded with a 

 draft attached for the amou'it . 

 the sale, to the bank where your 



