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. 



