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12. All officers should be under 

 heavy bonds for honesty and square 

 dealing. 



The above suggestions can be ar- 

 ranged in their proper places if adopt- 

 ed by the balance of the committee. 



It is my desire that, as each member 



of the Committee receives a copy of 

 this set of plans, he will study 

 them carefully and make his criticism 

 upon separate paper, by adding what- 

 ever is thought best by him and re- 

 turning to me for a second writing. 

 Ilanford. California, Oct. 22, 1902. 



BENEFITS OF GO-OPERATION. 



BY E. A. DAG G ITT. 



Some of the Losses that 

 Their Lack of 



Agriculturists Suffer from 

 Organization. 



The following article was not writ- 

 ten for publication. Last spring I had 

 some correspondence with Mr. Dag- 

 gitt along the lines of co-operation, 

 and the following is one of the private 

 letters that he wrote me at that time. 

 It bears so closely upon the subject of 

 co-operation that we are now discuss- 

 ing, that I feel sure Mr. Daggitt will 

 pardon its publication. Among other 

 things. Mr. Daggitt said: 



BEE KEEPING IS PROFITABLE ONLY 



WHEN THERE .\RE SPECIAL 



ADVANTAGES. 



Bee-keeping is a branch of agricul- 

 ture, and, like many other branches, 

 seldom pays in a true commercial 

 sense, unless there is some advantage 

 in location, market, or some advantage 

 not within the reach of everyone en- 

 gaged in the business. 



AGRICULTURE DEPRESSED IN THE EAST. 



Agi-icnlture is depressed. There have 

 been, for some time, abandoned farms. 

 The area of impoverished land keeps 

 growing larger and larger as time rolls 

 on. and, unless a change comes in the 

 near future, impoverished land will 

 be the rule, and good land the excep- 

 tion. Out here on the Alantic slope a 

 great change has taken place for the 

 worse in the last 25 years. In fact, 



a change of this kind has taken place 

 in the last 15 years. We have big cit- 

 ies, but poor markets. Drouths and 

 floods, and long spells of dry and wet 

 weather prevent the growth of crops, 

 or damage them when grown. The 

 more fertile parts of this country are 

 crushing the poorer parts. The soil of 

 our country is being robbed of its fer- 

 tility many times faster than it is be- 

 ing enriched. The farmers produce 

 wealth but fail to get their proper 

 share of it. The lion's share of it is 

 absorbed by those who distribute it. 

 by those who are only accessory to 

 its production, and the farmer gets the 

 little that remains. lie gets only 

 what others are willing to give him. 

 The wealth that he produces is piled 

 up in the big cities and towns, and is 

 wasted in extravagance and luxurious 

 living. It goes to build the brown- 

 stone mansion, the marble palace, and 

 other city architectural structures, as 

 well as the country villa and palatial 

 country residence. The farmer pro- 

 duces it, but others enjoy the most of 

 it, while the farmer suffers in con- 

 sequence. He is fast becoming the 

 "hewer of wood and drawer of water" 

 for the commercial classes who are 

 combined against him. In fact, he is 

 about that now. Prices are fixed by 



