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T5c on every case of honey he handles. From this he has to pay 

 cartage and all other operating expenses. 



The greatest need of the comb honey producer is to find out 

 how the dealer wants the honey graded and put it up that way so 

 that the re-grading will not be necessary. The producer receives 

 less for his honey by 15c to '^oc a case on account of this re-grading 

 being necessarv. ^^'. F. 



The Storage in Transit Privilege. 



Several hundred cars of honey, com)) and extracted, are shipped 

 from the west and south to the northern and eastern markets. The 

 west and south is the source of the shipping honey of the country. 

 This is the honey that determines the market. An intelligent dis- 

 tribution of this honey is essential to a steady market condition. 

 There is not too much honey produced in this country in the best 

 of seasons. With the present unsystematic hit-or-miss method the 

 producers are receiving from one to three cents a pound less than 

 they would receive with a careful distribution of cars of honey in 

 the large markets, as is done with oranges, lemons, etc. 



One of the greatest moves for more elasticity in the methods of 

 distribution is the storage in transit privilege. It is this: 1 ship 

 a car of honey from Colorado to Chicago. After that honey reaches 

 Chicago it develops that Buffalo presents a better market for this 

 honey than Chicago. I load the honey and re-ship to Buffalo and 

 pay the rate from Colorado to Buffalo, plus the switching and ware- 

 house charges. 



The storage in transit privilege is enjoyed by the shippers of 

 grain, lumber and coal on all trans-continental lines. The apple 

 shippers are working hard for the privilege, and there is no reason 

 why honey should not have equal advantages with apples. 



This is a matter for all honey buyers, bee-hive manufacturers, 

 honey producers and every bee-keepers" association, state and Na- 

 tional, to take up and work together on. It can doubtless be se- 

 cured, but it will cost something and will require hard and intelli- 

 gent work. \\ . F. 



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Their Subscription to the Review Gives Them Full 



National and Branch Benefits. 



Some members of the National Association have wondered why 

 they did not get the Review. Some understood that when the Na- 

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