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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



I remember rightly, was that supply- 

 manufacturers, supply - dealers, editors 

 and department editors, should not be 

 allowed to hold office; they are to be 

 allowed membership. You will perhaps 

 see the reason for that is that these 

 supply manufacturers and supply - deal- 

 ers are working in antagonism to bee- 

 keepers; they are getting their money! 

 And so are the editors, and so they 

 should not be allowed to have office ; and 

 the department editors are aiding them, 

 and on that account they should not be 

 allowed to hold office; and those who 

 assist them — the members in helping to 

 get subscriptions for these papers are 

 aiding these same editors — they should 

 not be allowed to hold office; and the 

 men who subscribe for those papers are 

 helping the editors, and they should not 

 be allowed to hold office. Well, I don't 

 know just how far that thing is going. 

 [Laughter]. 



Dr. Bohrer — Doctor, I suggest one 

 more alteration or amendment to the 

 suggested change in the constitution — 

 that they include everybody that pur- 

 chases or handles bees and honey, and 

 then they would have the thing just 

 right. 



Charging Different Prices for Same 

 Kind of Honey. 



"Is it policy to charge different prices 

 to different parties for honey that is 

 alike?" 



Mr. Hutchinson — Same quality ol 

 honey? 



Mr. Meredith — The meaning of the 

 question is this: Is it policy to sell 

 honey of the. same kind to 3 different 

 parties, charging one say 10 cents, an- 

 other 12 and another 15. I asked that 

 question for the reason that, I foun-d 

 there were some customers that con- 

 cluded that they wanted honey that cost 

 more than a shilling a pound, because 

 somebody else had honey that was sell- 

 ing for 15 cents a pound while my price 

 might have been 13 or 14 cents. I asked 

 if it was policy to sell honey in that 

 way. 



Pres. York — That reminds me of 

 something I heard about an Evanston 

 family — you have all heard of Evanston, 

 I suppose! They discharged their cook 

 because she did not run up big enough 

 grocery bills. Their neighbors spent a 

 good deal more money on their table 

 than she had been doing, so they dis- 

 charged her — to keep the grocery bills 



up to the same height as their neighbors. 

 They thought they ought to pay more. 

 Some people think that unless they pay 

 a large price they are not getting a good 

 article. They, feel better when they pay 

 more. I don't think that applies to bee- 

 keepers, though! 



Mr. Taylor — It might turn out to be 

 a bad policy, if they found out it was 

 the same honey. 



Mr. Moore — I have sold honey for 20 

 years. I think it is really an individual 

 matter in which the customer is not 

 very much interested. The customer 

 wants to buy fine honey, and he wants 

 to pay the price agreed upon ; but you, 



Secretary Hekman F. Mooke. 



as an honest man, must treat them all 

 alike. You may sell the same grade ol 

 honey at different prices. A man who 

 buys one pound pays 25 cents. A man 

 who buys a 60-pound can — you will 

 make more money by selling at a lower 

 figure; and a man who buys a ton, you 

 will make money by selling at a still 

 lower figure. The only thing that 

 grieves me in my honey-trade — mostly 

 a family trade — is that the millionaires 

 can not be charged enough so that they 

 will feel that they are getting something, 

 r would like to see the poor man that 

 has to look after the pennies charged the 

 small price; but I would like to charge 

 the millionaires enough to make them 

 feel they were getting something good. 



Mr. Baldridge — I have sold some 

 honey, but I never had but one price to 

 white or black, rich or poor. 



Mr. Moore — Wholesale or retail? 



Mr. Baldridge — Retail. I never had 

 but one price in my existence, and I 



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