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THH HEIMvEHPERS' REVIEW. 



On^n^' 



ORGANIZATION AND GO-OPERATION. 



BY G. A. HATCH. 



A Great Undertaking if Attenipted as a National Affair, 

 But no Greater than lias been Accomplished. 



^HERE is no honev producer who 

 T^ would not admit that it \v()ul<l be a 

 fine thing to have a successful honey ex- 

 change, hut the difficulties in the way are 

 so many, and so hard to overcome, that 

 it almost staggers one to think of them; 

 and the more thought he give? to the sub- 

 ject the larger the difficulties grow. Con- 

 sider the amount of territory that must 

 be covered; for example, the California 



car and rate privileges with nearlv all the 

 railroads of the land. It would be a 

 gigantic undertaking, but no greater than 

 has been done in other lines. 



State Associations .should care for and 

 do the gathering of the surplus at some 

 easily accessible center, and perhaps look 

 after the distribution of honey sold in its 

 territory. This would serve as the con- 

 necting link bet wet n the producer and 



THK FINK,ST P.\TCH OF C.\TNIP TH.\T WE FOUND BY THE HEDGE.S. 



Fruit Exchange' territory would be as a 

 garden spot compared to a Texas stock 

 ranch. Then there is the matter of trans- 

 portation at the producers' end of the 

 line which is simplified in the California 

 Fruit Exchange by being confined to two 

 railroad lines, wheieas, to cover the whole 

 country would require negotiations for 



the National. .■Ml societies should be in- 

 corporated and placed on a financial h isis 

 strong enough to make them responsible 

 to all shippers. 



Statistics, as to the amount of honey 

 produced on a given territory, would be 

 of first importance to the central exchange 

 and it should be a part of the local ex- 



