136 THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



All this makes "A condition, not a theory." If we allow it to 

 continue, the honey business will go to smash. 



Can We Remedy the Conditions? 



Can we market our own normal production, and absorb the 

 California surplus, and the immense imports that are being 

 thrown into this market without suffering a severe decline in 

 price and a demoralized market? I believe we can, and I am not 

 alone in this belief. To do this, we will have to increase the con- 

 sumption of honey about 20 per cent. There is not a local bee- 

 keeper in the country who can not do this in his own neighbor- 

 hood, and do it easily. He can easily sell all his own honey, and 

 then buy as much more of some of his less fortunately situated 

 neighbors, and help swell the aggregate. There is no grocer who 

 with a little encouragement can not sell twice the usual amount. 

 There is no woman or man out of a job who can not make a nice 

 living from a honey route in their own town. It will be our bus- 

 iness to set the machinery in motion to bring about these things. 



As the National has decided that it can do more good in 

 promoting the educational and scientific phases of the business, 

 and the National Honey Exchange is not quite ready to take this 

 on, as nothing better offers just now, I have been asked to volun- 

 teer my services in arranging a campaign for this purpose. This 

 is a pretty big undertaking, with no money, no organization to 

 stand sponsor for it. However, I am going to tackle it, and get 

 it started, and when it gets too big for me to handle, I will willing- 

 ly turn it over to some abler man to finish. This is a matter 

 that requires the co-operation of a majority of the honey producers 

 of the country. No one man's job, nor any one organization job, 

 but a union of all. 



Shall We Form a "Booster's Club?" 



We want the active help and co-operation of every producer 

 in the United States. We will enroll every person who wishes to 

 assist, and as some sort of an organization is necessary, we will 

 elect directors and a vice president in every state to carry out and 

 enlarge the sphere of usefulness of the "club." This must be 

 done rapidly. I want every producer who reads this to sit right 

 down and forward his enrollment. There can be no fees or dues 

 except voluntary contributions. There will be matters coming 

 up that will require voting to decide. It has been suggested that 

 one vote be allowed for each dollar contributed to any of the 

 funds called for. 



