Agents

Please, some tell me there are honest agents out there and if possible, how to contact one, I have never met a more dishonest group in all my life. For more then a year now I have been addressing letters to agents, introductions, sending a chapter and all I find are creeps who want more then $1,000 - $200.00 up front, what a waste of time and money. Most of my manuscripts have been edited or reviewed by editors, I know the work is good and market able its finding that one honest agent, and there is where the problem rests, honest, to take on the work. Seems strange that these dishonest lot have so much power, talk about raping the business.