ALEXANDER’S WRITINGS ON PRACTICAL BEE CULTURE 65 
tering problem is quite well solved, I know of nothing connected with 
bee-keeping of so much importance as that of organizing for the pur- 
pose of securing a more uniform price for our honey. So long as we 
continue to sell as we have done in the past for at almost any price 
that is offered, we are doing an injustice, not only to ourselves, but to 
all other producers. Like the drifting derelicts at sea, which cause 
loss and trouble wherever they go, so we, in disposing of our honey, 
sell for this and that price until we have spoiled the market and caused 
trouble to come to those who otherwise would be able to sell at a fair 
price. 
For a long time I have been in hopes that this subject would 
receive special attention; but we don’t seem to have any man who has 
the natural ability to organize us on this particular line. I have never 
taken any interest in organizing for the purpose of paying each other’s 
lawsuits, for I never had a lawsuit in my life; neither do I take any 
interest in organizing for the purpose of getting supplies cheap, for 
I think the supply-dealer should have a fair profit on his business, 
especially the men who are spending both time and money in testing 
new methods, and are working with us to advance modern bee-keeping. 
May, 1907. 
