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(;LEANIN(i.S IN MICE CULTURE 



May 



I was guilty of mixing ray honey half and half 

 with something else. When my neighbor asks 

 me if I don't mix a little, I would say, " No, 

 sir/" When my customer says, " Is this all 

 honey?" I would say, " Fes, sir. I have no ot?i- 

 er kind for anybody." When the inspector of 

 foods, the attorney for the inspector, the justice 

 of the peace, where they bring all their cases, 

 say, ■' You had better plead guilty, it will save 

 you lots of bother, expense, publicity, you had 

 better pay your tine, for we hsall have to fine you 

 whether you are guilty or not," answer, "I am 

 not guilty, and 1 will not plead guilty, for that 

 would be a lie. which is worse than adultera- 

 tion. You can not fine me legally until I am 

 proven guilty by proper evidence, and I demand 

 a jury of twelve men who shall hear the evi- 

 dence, and decide impartially whether I am 

 guilty or not guilty. But I will never, for the 

 sake of peace, tell a lie and pay an unjust fine, 

 even though advised to do so by those who 

 s?ioittd, uphold justice and right between man 

 and man." 



I believe Mr. Buchanan made a great mistake 

 when he paid that fine. He did not know, as 

 I do, that it seems frequently to be to the inter- 

 est of those who administer the law in our 

 (justice) people's courts to have those who are 

 accused fined and disposed of as speedily as 

 possible, without regard to the right of the case. 

 The justice before whom the prosecutor brings 

 all his cases frequently comes to think the one 

 accused Is always guilty. The mistake was in 

 advising or listening to the three men who were 

 interested in having him proven guilty, for they 

 would deem it a reflection upon their judgment 

 to have the accused proved innocent. When 

 friend Buchanan heard the justice of the peace 

 say, '"Mr. Buchanan, I shall be obliged to fine 

 you, whether you are guilty or not," it was his 

 right and duty to say, ''Mr. Justice, I want a 

 change of venue;" and by swearing that he be- 

 lieved he would not have a fair trial, he might 

 have had his hearing before another justice who 

 did not receive the food commissioner's fees. 



These things look, to an outsider, to be harsh 

 statements; but any one knows what human 

 nature is. and justices are but men, and inclined 

 to favor those who patronize them. 



Friend Buchanan says, in his last letter. 

 Gleanings, April 15, " It might be that these 

 men's opinion was given that they might get 

 their fees without any labor on the case." I am 

 convinced that this is an exact and truthful 

 statement of the reasons for their action. I am 

 sorry to be obliged to say so; but self-interest is 

 the strongest motive that guides the affairs of 

 men. Will Bro. Buchanan say what guarantee 

 he has that these men will not get him fined 

 every week or every month? No, friend B., 

 our motto must be, not " any thing for peace," 

 but "any thing for right." At this distance 

 friend B. will not accuse me of interested mo- 

 tives when I tell him, "Always get the best 

 lawyer in reach when your life, lib^'ty, or rep- 

 utation is attacked, and tight to the death." 



Some, who have given the subject no thought, 

 will say, as friend B. does, " I have nothing to do 

 with law, and am not posted." Dear friend, no 

 one can live and breathe and work for himself 

 and family without be^ng afifected by the law. 

 You can't get away from it any more than you 

 can from the air you breatlie or the earth you 

 tread. When you are sick you call a doctor; 

 when you build a house you hire a carpenter; 

 when you begin to keep bees you consult one 

 skilled in bee culture; and let me advise you, 

 when your reputation, which is dealer than life, 

 is attacked in court, hire one who is skilled in 

 the courts to defend you. and never yield to 

 wrong and injustice while life lasts. We must 

 remember our whole life is a tight against wrong. 



Here in Chicago our fight is against saldons, 

 gamblers, boodlers, and thieves in high office. 



My excuse for saying so much is, that any one 

 of our 50,000 bee-keeping friends may find him- 

 self in friend Buchanan's situation, and I hope 

 to guide him safely over this pitfall. 



Hkkman F. Moore. 



Chicago, April 23, 1893. 



THE ALLEGED ADULTERATED HONEY FROM 

 J. A. BUCHANAN. 



a statement from s. t. fish & CO. 



Mr. Root: — On April 4th we received a letter 

 from J. A. Buchanan & Son, Holliday's Cove, 

 W. Va., which in substance stated: 



We are gettinp- into trouble with lioney we Ijoug-ht 

 from a party in Florida, as it was analyzed and pro- 

 nounced adulterated with glucose. Now, we can 

 prove that we put up tlie lioney we buy, just as it 

 comes to us; and as we have lielpers to do this part 

 for us, we easily clear ourselves of the charge; but 

 when sold in Ohio, tlie law of tliis State holds the 

 party good for the offense who sells to the consumer. 

 Did you ever, to tlie best of your Ijnowledge, sell us 

 any clieap off grades of honey, or honej^ tliat you 

 had the least idea as being adulterated? Was the 

 honey we got of you this last fall atl pure ? or have 

 you any way of knowing? We want a brief state- 

 ment of facts from eacli one who lias sliipped us 

 lioney, as shown on tlie books at our station. Envi- 

 ous competitors are trying to drive us out of the 

 field. We await your response. 



Though the above letter was more lengthy, 

 this is it in substance. We responded, April 5: 



We note yours of April 4th; and, to begin with, 

 would state that any extracted honey we have sold 

 you has been strictly pure and unadulterated We 

 are willing to furnish you with an ;iffldavit to this 

 effect; and any documents you wish, call upon us 

 and we will promptly f urnisli. We are going to do 

 more than this; we are going to send a copy of your 

 letter to Gleanings, and, if necessary, attach an 

 affidavit as to the purity, and give you the best ad- 

 vertisement you ever had. Don't hesitate to call 

 upon us, as we hold you in high esteem as business 

 men, and can speak of you only in praise. We 

 await your further demands for our services. 



This correspondence thus far explains itself. 

 April 37th we had another letter, advising that 

 the above firm are progressing satisfactorily 

 with their difficulty. They also inclose a clip- 

 ping from their home paper, which article con- 

 tains affidavits of proof as 10 their honesty in 

 the above charge. In that article they speak 

 of us as the most extensive and reliable firm in 

 this country, and we therefore ask for space in 

 your valuable paper to add a few remarks. 



Our advertisement with you some issues ago 

 states, "We refuse to handle adulterated hon- 

 ey;" and we repeat herein that we do not want 

 any thing but pure honey, be this honey poor or 

 good; and if we are deceived in any instance, 

 and become aware of such fact, we shall pros- 

 ecute such parties to the full extent of the law. 



The honey we sold to above firm was such as 

 we received directi from bee-keepers, and in 

 their instance it was stock that we directly pur- 

 chased in cai'load lots, and from a territory 

 where adulterating is an exception. We are 

 "cranks" on the adulteration of honey, and 

 only regret that our power i<; so limited in this 

 vast territory, and that your valuable paper 

 does not assist the cause and remedy the present 

 state of affairs. 



Atone time we surprised you with our state- 

 ment of the amount of adulteration done in 

 this city. We hope the coming convention will 

 be the opportunity for deciding on the topic of 

 adulteration. 



We hav(i private families who- occasionally 

 come here for pure honey, but we refuse to sell 



