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CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 16, 1897. 



No. 50. 



Report of the Buffalo Convention of the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union. 



BY DR. A. B. MASON. 



[Continued from page 774.] 

 [As this report is not as full as it was hoped to make it, 

 we have decided to omit all reference to particular days or 

 sessions when any paper was read, etc., and simply go ahead 

 and publish all we have on hand concerning the convention 

 proceedings. — Editor.] 



all point to one object, and that is, to advance and protect the 

 Interests represented. 



The existing state of things to-day demand just such or- 

 ganizations, and no class can stand aloof and expect to suc- 

 cessfully combat surrounding influences without organization. 

 The producing element to which we belong should be espec- 

 ially interested in the solution of this problem, but unfortu- 

 nately, we are, as yet, in a chaotic state, drifting about on the 

 sea of circumstances, hoping for the good that "might have 

 been " but never comes. 



The conditions that present themselves to the bee-keepers 

 of the United States to-day are not theories, but plain, every- 

 day facts, and you can scarcely refer to a copy of any of our 

 bee-periodicals that does not contain an article bearing on 

 some of the evils now existing. The theories adduced have 

 been more numerous than the colors of the rainbow; some 

 claiming that it is due to over-production, while another that 

 it is under-consumption, others that adulteration Is the cause, 

 while, last but not the least of all, improper distribution is re- 

 sponsible. 



The first course of a physician with a diseased patient Is a 

 proper diagnosis of the case, and we claim that the diseased 



P. H. Elwood. 



A. E. Manum. 



Mr. Geo. W. Brodbeck, of California, sent the following 

 paper : 



Co-Operation Araong Bcc-Kccpera^. 



We are living in an age when the presentation of practi- 

 cal problems is commanding more attention than at any time 

 in the world's history. We meet with evidences of this on 

 every hand ; the labor agitations, the manufacturing combines, 

 the various exchanges and other co-operative organizations. 



condition of our industry has been diagnosed minutely, and 

 every one of the symptoms rp'erred to proved to exist, and if 

 this is true, we have reacht the mostserlousstageof our indus- 

 try, for if adulteration exists to the extent claimed, and con- 

 tinued, what will be the result? If there is an over-produc- 

 tion and the output on the increase, where Is our remedy '? 

 If it Is under-consumption in one section and vice versa In 

 another, how are we going to equalize this? If over-produc- 

 tion is not more than the result of improper distribution, 



