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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



study, I accompany the same with 

 comments showing why we adopted 

 particular rules. 



For the purpose of getting to worli 

 immediately, the existing marketing 

 organizations are sufficient, and I sug- 

 gest that they appoint delegates to 

 form a central body, and that these 

 delegates constitute the National Hon- 

 ey-Producers' Branch of the National 

 Association without further machin- 

 ery, electing their officers, annually, 

 Including their Manager, from their 

 own number, and adopting or refer- 

 ring back, as they see fit, the Consti- 

 tution and By-Laws proposed by the 

 present committee of the National As- 

 sociation; that whenever in the future 

 another marketing association shall be 

 formed, it shall have the opportunity 

 of joining this National Branch by ap- 

 pointing delegates and conforming to 

 its by-laws, and it shall at the same 

 time affiliate with the National Asso- 

 ciation on the present fifty-cents basis, 

 and that the location of the central of- 

 fice be left to the Board of Directors 

 of the National Branch. In this way 

 only can there be that local confidence 

 in a central office which is essential 

 to success. By this method alone can 

 we get to work immediately, and yet, 

 be sure of not wasting our energy on 

 some hasty, ill-considered, and wholly 

 untried scheme. By this plan the Na- 

 tional Branch will need no capital, 

 providing the local associations have 

 duly provided for their own capital on 

 a solid basis as we in Colorado have 

 done, and set aside a portion of the 

 same for the expenses of the central 

 business, which portion shall be in 

 proportion to the business done by 

 each local association through the 

 National branch. 



For the future it might be well to 

 be considering the advisability of mak- 

 ing the National marketing branch a 

 stock company, since this is practical- 

 ly the only method of raising suffi- 

 cient and unlimited capital for all pos- 



sible and desirable developments, 

 wholesale and retail. But now, the 

 first thing to be considered is ele- 

 mentary co-operative education. 



.\RTlCIvES OF INCORPORATION OF THE 



COI,ORADO HONEY PRODUCERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



Article 1.— ^he corporate name and 

 style of our said association shall be 

 "The Colorado Honey Producers' As- 

 sociation." 



Art. 2.— The object for which our 

 Association is formed and incorporated 

 is for the purpose of promoting the in- 

 dustry of apiculture, of conducting a 

 general buying, selling and commis- 

 sion business in apicultural products 

 and supplies of all kinds, of maintain- 

 ing a uniform system of grading, 

 packing, and marketing under a com- 

 mon brand and of acquiring, holding 

 and selling any and all necessary fix- 

 tures, appliances and property, person- 

 al and real, for the conducting of said 

 business. 



Art. 3.— The capital stock of our said 

 Association is ten thousand ($10,000) 

 dollars, to be divided into one thous- 

 and (fi,ooo) shares, of ten dollars for 

 each share, and said stock shall be as- 

 sessable not to exceed the amount of 

 stock held by each stockholder when 

 each assessment is made. 



Art. 4.— Our said Association is to 

 exist for the term of twenty (20) years. 



Art. 5.— The affairs and management 

 of our said Association is to be under 

 the control of a board of seven (7} di- 

 rectors, and W. L. Porter, R. C. Aikin, 

 Frank Rauchfuss, V. Devinny, J. N. 

 Pease, H. Rauchfuss, J. B. Adams, 

 are hereby selected to act as said di- 

 rectors and to manage the affairs and 

 concerns of said Association for the 

 term of one year, and until their suc- 

 cessors in office have been elected and 

 qualified. 



Art. 6.— The operations of our Asso- 

 ciation will be carried on in the Coun- 



