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would bo to put ourselves into the 

 hands of the enemy. Il' the steel manu- 

 faoturies, railroads, the postal busi- 

 ness, telegraphs and many other inter- 

 ests that are combining can afford to 

 do so, so can Ave. We do not want 

 each state, county or community to 

 be organized separately, and each 

 fighting and competing with each 

 other, but we want the various organ- 

 i/.atlons to be but branches of one 

 common organization. There must be 

 but one general concern, and each lo- 

 cality have its branches, and what is 

 found at the various branch offices 

 must be speedily communicated to the 

 head office, and in turn spread out 

 among the various branches, that all 

 may know, and all harmonize and co- 

 operate to the general good. And let 

 me say again, when we help others 

 we help ourselves. 



But I am tired of writing, and you 

 will be tired of reading before you 

 finish this lengthy epistle, so I will 

 briefly state some more of the details. 

 The producer having but a little, and 

 his field to himself, should be in the 

 combine, but should sell at home. 

 Those who must ship must deliver to 

 some depot and have the goods go in 

 car lots, or wherever and how as di- 

 rected by the management who is 

 posted as to where the needs are. 

 There must be packing houses and de- 

 pots in every producing community, 

 and there the goods must be taken and 

 stored as soon as possible after being 

 produced, because the manager must 

 grade and pack properly, and he must 

 have the goods in stock so he can 

 quickly fill orders when the stock Is 

 wanted. 



Extracted honey must come under 

 the same rule. I would suggest that 

 the Association furnish cans in which 

 .0 put the honey to get it to the pack- 

 ing establishment, and all the grading 

 and packing be done only by compe- 

 tent men in charge of the depots. 



There must be a good working cap- 

 ital from which there will be always 

 sufficiiMit funds to supply the poorer 

 people who must have returns speed- 

 ily, and don't forget that this is no 

 little item in the plans and must not 

 be overlooked; again I say that when 

 we help the poorer we help ourselves. 

 Then there will be many who will 

 not take interest enough to oe in the 

 combine, yet these will have honey to 

 sell and Avill sell to somebody, and to 

 keep these from unduly influencing 

 prices the combine must buy ail such 

 as much as possible, but the price paid 

 for this outside stock should not be a 

 penny more than is paid by the aver- 

 age Individual buyer, and chere are 

 several reasons why. If a man is not 

 willing to help his neighbor, justice 

 demands that he reap the fruits of his 

 folly; not that we want to inflict pun- 

 ishment unecessarily on such, but 

 chastening will work to the bettering 

 of the chastened, and when life and 

 liberty are freely offered and not ac- 

 cepted, the rejector is the one who 

 should suffer, and not the righteous. 

 In one hand hold out the offer of bet- 

 ter conditions and a Avilling disposi- 

 tion to help, but with the other deal 

 out justice to the unwilling one. This 

 makes the arrangement co-operative 

 in principle and in practice, and this 

 idea must be in it all or we become 

 but a mercenary combination. Com- 

 bination for justice and the good of all 

 by facilitating business and getting 

 the product to those who consume and 

 need the goods, and doing this in the 

 best and most effective way is not the 

 mercenary spirit and is right, and this 

 is our motive. 



There must be a central office which 

 gathers crop reports and keeps track 

 of the entire production, knowing 

 when and where to find goods wanting 

 a market, it must also be in touch wnth 

 the consuming localities and ready to 

 put the consumer in touch with the 



