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With tliese problems solved, country 

 lifo would be made more desirable 

 llian city life. Boys and girls would 

 be loth to leave the country and the 

 problem of keeping them on the farm 

 would be solved as nearly as it can 

 be, as there is no sense for those in- 

 ttMuled by nature for some other occu- 

 pation to stay on the farm. 



I will note some of the pecuniary ad- 

 vantages to farmers that will come 

 from combination. They would secure 

 the lowest freight rates in the trans- 

 portation of things needed on the 

 farms, and of those sent from the 

 farms. They could buy supplies at 

 the lowest wholesale rates, and secure 

 the best prices in selling— meeting, di- 

 rectly, a large class of consumers, and, 

 in other instances, selling direct to re- 

 tailers, thus having little or nothing 

 to do with wholesalers. In buying and 

 selling they would act through their 

 own agents. Every food product could 

 be prepared by them for the market, 

 put into suitable packages, and this 

 would largely overcome fraud and 

 adulteration. The corporations would 

 make the butter, cheese, flour, etc., 

 and consumers would have an assur- 

 ance as to the kind and quality of their 

 purchases. 



The putting of farming on a method- 

 ical and scientific basis, with each de- 

 partment under experts, would give 



ample profits without any increase of 

 price. 



Not only do I think that the farmer 

 and the bee-keeper should combine, 

 but I think that every necessary inter- 

 est should do the same. The working 

 man to provide skilled labor and grade 

 it, and have a voice in fixing its price, 

 so that the latter shall be the result 

 of two making a bargain. All inter- 

 ests ought to combine for their mutual 

 interest and protection, and that they 

 may receive the balancing of inter- 

 ests, which is the great thing needed. 



I am soon going to write an article 

 for the Review on honey, and will dis- 

 cuss the questions of production and 

 distribution. Must I stop without giv- 

 ing the remedy for the bee-keepers' ills ? 

 One good crop of honey throughout 

 our whole country would almost ruin 

 bee-keepers? The only remedy for bee- 

 keepers is co-operation of farmers; and 

 the only kind of co-operation that will 

 amount to anything is in consolidated 

 co-operation. 



Shall the commercial interests hold 

 down the farmers any longer? Shall 

 the farmers (and bee-keeping is a 

 branch of farming) continue to crush 

 one another? Shall politicians hold 

 back the great revolution? To each, I 

 say, no. 



White House Sta., n. J., Apr. 22, 1902. 



A HONEY TRUST. 



BY W. A. H. GILLSTRAP. 



A Trust, or Organization, not Necessarily an Evil, it 

 May be Productive of Great Good. 



The first thing to consider in the 

 foundation of a honey trust, as in any- 

 thing else, is the right or wrong of the 

 question. Will It injure the consum- 

 er if it is successful; cost him more, 



and how much more, than now? Is 

 the effect on society good? How will 

 it effect the producer? "Be sure you 

 are right and then go ahead." 

 Many of our best statesmen are now 



