. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ESTABLISHED '"laei ^'^^'i Vhe'0LDE5T bee-paper"-amer I*ub7fslied ^.VGG^cly, at ^1,00 p&r annum. Sample Cojyy sent on ;i>liaation, 36th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., FEB. 6, 1896. No. The New " California ; BY PROF. A. J. COOK. In response to the request of subscribers to the American Bee Journal, I append the following regarding the proposed California Honey Exchange. The honey-producers of California feel that they have a serious grievance. They can produce honey of quality The retail prices remai
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ESTABLISHED '"laei ^'^^'i Vhe'0LDE5T bee-paper"-amer I*ub7fslied ^.VGG^cly, at ^1,00 p&r annum. Sample Cojyy sent on ;i>liaation, 36th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., FEB. 6, 1896. No. The New " California ; BY PROF. A. J. COOK. In response to the request of subscribers to the American Bee Journal, I append the following regarding the proposed California Honey Exchange. The honey-producers of California feel that they have a serious grievance. They can produce honey of quality The retail prices remain practically the same, whether the sea- son is very poor, fair, or excellent. There are but two explanations to this anomalous condi- tion. Either a large supply irrespective of the actual amount produced, or else the dealers and commission men manipulate prices to suit their greed for gain, paying no heed to whether the producer has any margin of profit or not. This state of affairs has become simply unbearable; and the California bee- men are aroused to the necessity of a complete revolution. Like the producers of nearly all our farm products, they have no voice as to what they shall pay or receive as they visit the markets to buy or sell. They see no reason why they should not have a voice in determining prices on their own products. Could they but work in concert, act as one man, some- thing after the manner of the Standard Oil Company, then they could adjust prices of their honey according to the amount, and the cost of production. This is just what they are hoping. They believe that they have confidence enough in each other to thus act, and intelligence enough to adopt and make operative the best scheme of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant &
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