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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



December, 1919 



the opinion of T. W. Burleson. F. W. Lesser 

 thinks ' ' associations doubtless help, but 

 the law of supply and demand is the main 

 thing; let associations take the place of 

 speculators and some of the jobbers, as the 

 speculators gouge the producer some of the 

 time and the consumer all the time." N. E. 

 Miller says, "No." N. E. France says: 

 "No — location and pasture change price." 

 "Uniform prices can be obtained thru bee- 



And tlie bn 



keepers ' associations, ' ' sav Fred Leininger 

 & Son. 



Edw. Hassinger writes: "I do not think 

 uniform prices can be established except for 

 local communities by price committees, rep- 

 resenting honey-producers ' associations. I 

 do believe that minimum prices can be es- 

 tablished in accordance with sujjply and de- 

 mand. Supply and demand will make the 

 l^rice and take care of itself in time. ' ' 



They set together in sliort order, and — 



Morley Pettit thinks: "If the orange- 

 giowers, the raisin-producer and the cran- 

 berry-producers can associate and form a 

 producers ' association as has been done, 

 there is no reason at all, why in the course 

 of time the honey-producers cannot do the 

 same, and then uniform prices should be 

 easily established. ' ' 



Jay Smith of Vincenncs, Ind., comments 

 on only this one question of honey-produc- 

 ers ' associations establishing uniform prices, 

 and says: "I have had in mind for a good 

 many years a kind of Utppian dream on thig 



subject. I would not have told what this 

 dream is only it seems to me now that things 

 are working that way. I believe that if 

 honey-producers ' associations will all co- 

 operate in one grand National Honey-pro- 

 ducers' Association (as the movement at 

 present is in that direction) that by a sys- 

 tematic drive to get all honey -producers to 

 join an association which belongs to the 

 National, we could then take a cent or one- 

 half cent per pound for all honey handleil 

 thru this affiliated association and carry on 

 an advertising campaign thru the big peri- 

 odicals such as was never dreamed of be- 

 fore. One-half cent a pound would bring 

 us millions of dollars for advertising, and 

 honey would be in sharp demand at a great- 

 ly advanced price. I should think at least 

 25 to 80 cents wholesale. No longer would 

 we have Government reports publishing, 

 ' ' Moving slow. ' ' It would be, ' ' Great de- 

 mand. ' ' We know that a large number of 

 companies are putting out other kinds of 

 food and getting high prices for it, not on 



Mr. Beekeeper gets a check. 



the merit of the food itself, but on the 

 merits of their businesslike and extensive 

 advertising campaign. If the honey-pro- 

 ducers can get together and associate as I 

 have mentioned, they could carry on an ex- 

 tensive, businesslike advertising campaign, 

 and, in addition, they would be offering to 

 their customers an article of food absolutely 

 unsurpassed in quality. This might not be 

 carried out in the immediate future, but if 

 we all pull together it can be quite soon. 

 .Join vour association and get others to do 

 so." ' 



W. E. Elam says: "I believe honey-jn-o- 

 ducers ' associations could have a wholesome 

 effect on the market, if they could enforce 

 proper care in producing and extracting hon- 

 ey. Personally I would not care to ship 

 my honey with the man who is not clean in 

 his extracting work. If an association could 

 handle enough honey to prepare it for the 

 retail trade, that is, establish re-packing 

 plants in the different territories to be sup- 

 plied, it might build up a stable business. 

 It is doubtful if this could be accomplished, 

 as so many jirodueers have their own local 

 trade that they would not give up under 



