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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 





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J^educe Your Living' ^ 



Expenses 25 Per Cent. 



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DOES reduce the cost of living; practical co-oper- 

 ation (as first introduced and successfully applied 

 by us in America) is the solution of the problems 

 of high prices and points the wav to better liv- 

 ing and cheaper living. Already" it is success^ 

 ful. 



The Co=Operative System 



enables the consumt rs — the users of goods— to 

 practically own their own stoie: to purchase 

 all their requirements direct from the pro- 

 ducers without the intervention of the end- 

 less chain of middlemen (wholesal rs, jobbers, 

 retailer.s, agents, etc.) each one of whom makes 

 a profit on every transaction Hiid thereby in 

 creases the prict.s to you. Th'out>h Co=Opera= 

 tion you avoid paying profits to any one: the 

 savings efl cted flow back into your po. ket in 

 the shape of lower pi ices and hardsome divi- 

 dends from the general trade, divided among 

 our shareholders. 



We Have Several Thousand Shareholders 



representing every state of the Union and nearly 

 every civilized land; men and women from everj 



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f^\^>J' Co- Operative SaciGty,"*^ 



walk of life-all enthusiastic with the practical 

 results of co-operation. 



We Want You to Join Us 



and ask you to write for our complete "Book of 

 Informat'on" which we will send to any one fre- 

 of all charges on request. The book .sets forth 

 our wonderful plan of doing bujsiness direct by 

 mail on the Co=Operative Plan with over half a 

 million customers throughout the world; shows 

 how we save ihem from 25 to -10 per cent 

 on everything they eat, wear, and use; gives 

 statLsucs showing that the famous co operitive 

 -stores in England leturned to their shareholders 

 last year 



40 Per Cent. In Dividends on Their Capital 



bcMdes saving them an enormous amount of 

 money on the r purchases, which aesreeated 

 $130 000,000 The bock is a wonderfu?m?ne of 

 busmess informati n, and is sent you free to- 

 gether with Bank and Mercantile references a 

 istof sharehoders and scores of enthusiastic 

 lettersof endorserrent from bankers lawyers 

 manufacturers, merchants, mechanics, farmers' 

 laborers, housewives, etc. ' 



REFERENOES-Metropolitan Trust and 

 Savings Bank, Chicago, Registrar-; 

 Mi-s-srs. Eord & Thomas, Aclvfrtising 

 Agency; Duu s or Bradstreet's Mercan- 

 tile Agencv; any railroad or exi>ress 

 conap.my. The publishers of this or 

 any newspaper or magazine. .Any bank 

 or ri'putable business house in Chicago. 



Representatives Wanted. Write for Particulars. 



Established 1885. Re = Chartered 1903. 



Capital FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. 



Nearly a Million Customers. 



:First National: 



(Cash Buyers Union; 



345 Casli Buyers \i/ 



Bid., Chicago, Ill.V/ 



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