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saj's: "we really must organize these poor 

 fellows so they will be able to hold their 

 honey for a better price." The stoic gets 

 up and asks "how much longer 100 of 

 them would hold out than one, if they 

 were all in the same fix, and must have 

 )nouty f" The dealers would laugh at 

 such a weak corner on honey as that, and 

 wait a very short time until it went to 

 pieces. The "Bulls" must have real 

 ^//'dV/^///; l)ellowing and pawing the dust 

 does not scare the "Bears" very much, 

 so the organization fails to make its cor- 

 ner effective, the officers are blamed, and 

 things are in worse shape than they were 

 before. 



THK CITRIS FRUIT EXCHANGE CAN HELP 

 THE BEE KEEPER. 



Is there no hope then for the man who 

 is too weak to hold his crop ? Yes, there 

 is still hope. The Citrus fruit growers 

 have done much to solve the problem. 

 Their product was perishable and 

 could not be held, no matter how 

 much money they had. Their business 

 got into such bad shape that they were 

 securing expense bills instead of returns 

 for carloads of oranges shipped East. 

 They had to do something or quit the bus- 

 iness, and they did it. They organized to 



sell their fruit and get honest returns. 

 They placed agents, under bonds, in every 

 large city in the United States. These 

 agents kept the head office in L,os Angeles 

 posted. Eleven million dollars worth is 

 now consigned to these agents anually, 

 and honest returns are made to the pro- 

 ducer, and the acreage of citrus fruit has 

 doubled, instead of declining. 



This organization, known as the South- 

 ern California Fruit Exchange, has be- 

 come so successful that the members have 

 all became co-operative cranks, and now 

 propose to give other producers who are 

 too weak to maintain agencies of their 

 own, the benefit of their agencies to sell 

 their products. 



The weak bee keepers in this "neck of 

 the woods" may now organize and mar- 

 ket their honey at any time of the year 

 through these agencies. The producers 

 are finding out that the consumers are 

 paying a good price for all the honey they 

 use. The speculator who is always a 

 "Bear" to the producer and a "Bull" to 

 the consumer, has overreached himself, 

 and the bee keepers now have an avenue 

 through which they may market their 

 honey without letting it pass through 

 his hands. 



SespE, Calif. 



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Ik the World doesn't suit you it is 

 ten to one that you don't suit the world. 



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T.\i,K, attempts to do something, are 

 all well enough in their way, but it is the 

 man that Joes things that we all admire. 



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The Badges at the Denver convention 

 were appropriately decorated with a cut 

 of the beautiful cleume, or Rocky Moun- 

 tain Honey Plant. 



A Recess, even if only a short one, 

 ought to be taken occasionally, during 

 the sessions of a convention. For three 

 hours at a stretch is too long to hold a 

 session. The members become tired and 

 restless. 



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Yellow Sweet Clover is attracting 

 much attention in Colorado. It blossoms 

 about two weeks earlier than the white 

 variety, and then starts out with a fresh 

 bloom along the old stalks after it is, to 

 all appearance, through blooming. 



