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1891, by a group of cider-makers ; the Syndicat 

 General des Sericulteurs de France; the Syndicat 

 des Distillateurs Agricoles ; the Syndicat des 

 Eleveurs de Chevaux en France ; the Chambre 

 Syndicat Centrale des Horticulteurs; with others 

 organized by market gardeners (especially those 

 who raise early vegetables), nurserymen, the 

 growers of vines, beetroot, tobacco, and medical 

 plants, bee-keepers, etc. Such organizations seek 

 to promote the general interests of the industries 

 concerned by means alike of spreading technical 

 information, grouping purchases of necessaries, 

 facilitating the sale of products, or making joint 

 representation, in case of need, on the subject of 

 market tolls, railway rates, etc. 



No better illustration could be given of the 

 way in which combinations of this type are 

 resorted to in France than is afforded by the 

 case of the little commune of Roquevaire 

 (Provence). The place has a great reputation for 

 capers, which constitute its chief production. At 

 one time the inhabitants were content to grow 

 the capers, and sell them to wholesale merchants ; 

 but they found that these merchants were 

 mixing with the high quality capers from 

 Roquevaire others of an inferior kind from 

 Algeria and Spain, the fame of the former being 

 thereby endangered. To check this evil the 



