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39th YEAR, 



CHICAGO, ILL,, NOVEMBER 9, 1899, 



No, 45, 



Report of the Proceedings of the 30th Annual 

 Convention of the United States Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, Held at Philadelphia, 

 Pa„ Sept. 5, 6 and 7, 1899. 



BV DR. A. B. MASON, SEC. 

 [Coutiuued from pag-e 692.] 

 The secretary then read Mr. Newman's paper, entitled. 



Organization Among Bee-Keepers If Desirable, Why, 

 and How Best Accomplisht. 



This theme was assigned to me bj' your secretary, and 

 I will briefly give my views upon it. 



Is organization desirable ? Most assuredly. For the 

 past 20 years I have advocated it, and in 1877 I addrest this 

 association at some length on the subject, presenting a con- 

 stitution and by-laws which were adopted, but, unfortu- 

 nately, on account of general apathy they were never put 

 into practical operation. 



BENEFITS OF ORGANIZATION. 



Our National government 

 — a union of States — suggests 

 the benefits to accrue from a 

 perfect organization. If dis- 

 membered, the individual 

 States, acting independently, 

 might clash and antagonize, 

 but, when united, the result is 



strength, stability and harmo- 



nious action, compelling re- ftHTilflBB^I i^'*' ' 

 spect and securing to all the T§ Sl^HB'lil^- 

 enjoyraent of their rights and yy^ 

 privileges. So with apiarists, 

 their only chance for success, 

 strength and permanence lies 

 in organized efforts, unity of 

 purpose, and concert of action. 



Each bee-keeperworthy of 

 the name should unite with a 

 county or district association ; 

 this should affiliate with a 

 State organization, and that 

 in turn should be represented 

 in a national association. If 

 we had this kind of organiza- 

 tion we could ascertain the 

 yield, and control the honey 

 market, set a uniform price 

 for the crop, and have the pro- 



duct distributed judiciously all over the country. Such a 

 society would be a reliable barometer of the market, and 

 the safe-guard of the pursuit. It could grade the product, 

 g-uarantee the purity of the out-put, and destroy the nefar- 

 ious business of adulteration. A central honey-depot could 

 be maintained in the metropolitan cities, to which producers 

 could ship with safety, and receive prompt returns — to the 

 annihilation of fraudulent commission houses. 



WHY ORGANIZE ? 



Because the secret of success is to inauage the honey 

 market. This is far more important than to successfully 

 manage the apiaries, much as that is to be desired. To sell 

 the product — to secure the highest cash price, and to be 

 sure of the proceeds of the crop when sold — these are essen- 

 tial, and tower above all other considerations. The)' are in 

 fact " the key to success 1" 



Perfect organization will accomplish this when nothing 

 else will. Neither honej' nor any other product will sell 

 itself, but unity of action, brains and push, will do it. 



HOW TO ACCOMPLISH IT. 



The first successful attempt to organize for protection 

 was the formation of the National Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 which has given the pursuit a standing in court, and now, 

 after 15 years of existence, compels the respect even of the 

 enemies of the pursuit ; and defends bee-keepers in their 

 rights — for " unity is strength." 



Since that your society has resolved itself into a similar 

 organization, and as it seems unwise to perpetuate two of 





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Mr. J. Q. Smith and the North Half of the Exhibit [Comb uiul ExiyaLted Honey) 

 of J. Q. Smith & Son, at the Illinois State Fair, at Springfield, 

 Sept. 2^ to JO, iSgg. — See page 64S. 



