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THE BRE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



in a big way, and their combination 

 of wealtli and co-operation gave them 

 power that had to be met by organ- 

 ized power on the part of those who 

 suffered at their hands. 



SEI^F-DEFENSE DEMANDS ORGANIZATION. 



Between the producer and consumer 

 of honey there is vast commission, and 

 wholesale operators, and transporta- 

 tion companies; and these betweens 

 are grinding each other in competi- 

 tion which, together with covetous de- 

 sire for gain, causes the unorganized 

 producer to be squelched. You see 

 self defense requires that we com- 

 bine. 



HOW ORGANIZATION CHEAPENS PRO- 

 DUCTION. 



Then there are yet great and 

 weighty reasons, besides, why we 

 should combine and co-operate; very 

 many of them. Let me illustrate: 

 Take two great railway concerns oper- 

 ating in competition and under sep- 

 arate managements. By combining 

 and having but one board of manage- 

 ment instead of two, and by elimin- 

 ating competition and other expenses, 

 the same volume of business can be 

 done at a saving, which means more 

 profits. Suppose we divide the great 

 postal system of the United States 

 into, say, five different companies or 

 corporations, would we get the same 

 service, and at prices now enjoyed V 

 All reason says no. 



Suffice these illustrations to give a 

 slight indication of the need of com- 

 bination. We want to combine to 

 cheapen the conduct of our business, 

 to stiffen and make it more stable, and 

 to make it infinitely more effective 

 and far reaching. Such combination 

 unquestionably gives power, and that 

 is one thing we need and must have. 

 Power is a dangerous thing unless 

 tempered or safeguarded by moral and 

 spiritual influences mixed with it, and 

 this must not be overlooked. We want 



to be able to maintain fair and just 

 prices, and yet do not want to make 

 our combining result in simply a maul 

 to hammer to the death other inter- 

 ests; the prosperity of others is neces- 

 sary to our prosperity, and we miist 

 not forget that, either. 



PUBI^IC UTIWTIES OUGHT TO BE UNDER 

 GOVERNMENT CONTROL. 



Mr. Editor, I want so much to tell 

 how these things ought to be, every- 

 thing of public utility, under govern- 

 ment control and management, as is 

 the postal system, but if I start out 

 on that line the discussion will drift 

 right into a hot political or social dis- 

 pute, and that we cannot settle in the 

 columns of bee journals. Neverthe- 

 less, I think when we have organized 

 into a combine, as other lines are do- 

 ing, that we will have arrived at a 

 better condition of things than we 

 now have. If all will combine, I 

 mean all kindred interests, and all be 

 fair and just, such a bettered condi- 

 tion will prevail that people will rise 

 up and call the inventor of combmes 

 blessed. Maybe, when we do all get 

 combined into kindred interests, then 

 each great combination will be 

 brought to harmonize and respect each 

 other. 



ORGANIZATION WILL CALL FOR SOME 

 CENTRAL OFFICE. 



That the National should take hold 

 of this I do believe, but it is not very 

 long since I was called reckless and 

 unwise for advocating such a thing, 

 and now some of the wise heads that 

 thought me a crank are beginning to 

 move in the same direction. The 

 argumment has been that the honey 

 buyers and supply dealers are at the 

 head of the National Association, and 

 to allow that organization to be at 

 the head of an intelligence bureau and 

 have a hand in the accumulating and 

 distribution of the honey product 



