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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



eJ in the same light as other gifts which America 

 lias donatpil to the war-ridden countries." 



A local apple-man who has interested himself in 

 the matter, and who has figured out how it can be 

 done, says : " It is a big proposition, and will re- 

 fiuire skillful handling; but it can be done. The 

 value of the fruit alone would approximate about 

 $300,000 aboard ship at New York, for apples are 

 worth considerably more than a year ago. Of 

 course the expense of outfitting a vessel is a matter 

 that has not been fully decided upon, but the fruit 

 people have always been charitably disposed in 

 cases like this, and they will help to find the means 

 if assurances are given that the apples will reach 

 proper hands. Wc understand that there are about 

 25,000,000 men actively engaged in the various 

 armies and navies in the European war, and prob- 

 ably as many more indirectly involved. To give 

 them all an American apple apiece would mean at 

 least 50,000,000; and taking 500 apples to the 

 barrel, which would be medium-sized fruit, we shall 

 have to provide 100,000 barrels or 300,000 boxes, 

 at the lowest estimate. At present the minimum 

 market value of this fruit is $3.00 a barrel. I 

 figure the whole undertaking would cost not less 

 than $500,000; but ^Nhen we stop to figure that 

 every person in this country, no matter what his 

 nationality may be, could easily lend a hand in the 

 undertaking it is not such a difficult proposition as 

 one might suppose."' 



Apple-men hop^, to have the European helUnerenls 

 ay'ee upon a nnn day armintice when the apples arc 

 diKtribtited, and it is planned to get everything in 

 readiness for the vessel to sail on National Apple 

 Day, Oct. 19, so that the consignment may reach the 

 various fighting Jones and hospitals the early part 

 of November when Europe's scant fruit supply will 

 have been exhausted for this season. 



Every soldier in the trenches and hospitals in 

 Europe will be given an apple in the near future, 

 if plans now being worked out by a committee of the 

 apple trade throughout the United States are suc- 

 cessful. 



It is proposed to have a vessel take over a big 

 cargo of apples to be distributed free under the 

 auspices of the lied Cross, and effort, will be made 

 to get President Wilson and Secretary of State 

 Lansing to have the several warring governments 

 permit safe passage for portions of the big consign- 

 ment to the various fronts and hospitals where tlie 

 fruit can be placed in the hands of the Red Cross 

 for distribution, especially among the sick and 

 wounded. 



Apple growers and dealers who are endeavoring 

 to send over the big consignment have learned thai 

 many of the fighting men are suffering because of 

 lack of fruit juices, giving rise to scurvy and other 

 disorders. Returning surgeons who have seen ser 

 vice in the European hospitals are said to approve 

 heartily the plan to provide more fruit juices, not 

 only among the ivounded but also for the men in 

 the trenches. 



"We are working on this undertaking purely 

 from humanitarian motives," said one of the com- 

 mittee who is a leading wholesale apple distributer, 

 today. " It's going to cost a lot of money for the 

 fruit alone, and we shall call upon all the people 

 engaged in the apple industry to contribute a por- 

 tion of the expense. At first the trade did not take 

 kindly to the plan, as it was feared that vessels 

 could not be found to carry over the apples. Then 

 the idea was conceived of chartering a ship which 

 would take nothing but apples; and we believe that 

 when the purpose is disclosed to foreign govern- 

 ments none will oppose free passage of our ship, 

 for it will go ou a mibsion of charity. 



R. .T. Coyne (of Coyne Bro's, Chicago), 



Chairman Publicity Committee. 



Please notice the italics in the letter 



above. If the belligerents could agree on 

 ihis one-day armislicr. miglit it not open a 

 way toward ending- the war at once and for 

 ever? Jane Addams, who is now at the 

 seat of war, says tlie only difference be- 

 tween the men who are fighting is the dif- 

 ference in their uniforms. 



Our good friend Coyne sends with the 

 above letter a list of about 75 fruit-dealers 

 and commission men, located in as many of 

 the principal cities of the United States, 

 and, a.s I understand it, these great com- 

 mission firms, and every one "else, are going 

 to work to load a ship with apples, this 

 ship to sail Oct. 19. 



CRIME A DISEASE, ETC. 



From away oft' in Honolulu comes a 

 periodical called The Friend; and this little 

 magazine is indeed a friend of humanity. 

 See clipping below from The Friend: 



CURING CRIME. 



Mr. Osborne's splendid management of Sing Sing 

 prison is concentrating the best thought of the 

 country upon the newer methods of restoring crim- 

 inals to health as productive members of society. 

 In three and a half years Warden Homer at Great 

 Meadows, in New York, has been conducting his 

 prison farm with such success that of 1400 paroled 

 men only 40 hav^e been returned to confinement. 

 This system of treatment has been tried elsewhere 

 with like results. Hence it is not strange that Xew 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minn- 

 esota, and Virginia are already embarking upon 

 similar experiments with prison farms, and not a 

 few other states are finding that outdoor work for 

 prisoners under right conditions gives the most 

 gratifying results. Hawaii has been practicing the 

 same method for years and with great acceptance. 

 Though we have no prison farm our wardens have 

 been most successful in utilizing outdoor work as 

 a means of training men back to normal habits. In 

 this connection Mr. Ford of automobile fame has 

 rendered the country lasting service by his graphic 

 declaration of his willingness, after careful experi- 

 mentation, to attempt in his factory the reformation 

 of any criminal. Crime is now recognized as a so- 

 cial disease, no case of which can be pronounced 

 incurahle. ThtV n|9Xti stefp isi to; train social physicians 

 to become experts in the treatment of this malady, 

 and then to intrust all patients to their care. 

 Meantime side by side with this procedure social 

 hygiene must be employed to counteract the unsani- 

 tary social conditions amid which this disease is 

 generated. This is a long task, but it is as sure of 

 success as Dr. Gorgas was in rooting out yellow 

 fever from the Panama canal zone by exterminating 

 tiie sfcgomyia calopus. 



After intoxicants have been banished 

 from Honolulu and every other spot on the 

 face of the earth, a great part of the crimes 

 of the world will be banished. And if 

 criminals can then be treated by good men 

 and women in the different states and na- 

 tions we shall have gone a good way in 

 showing the world that " God's kingdom '' 

 is coming. 



The clipping above comes right in line 

 with the work done by Chaplain Kiplinger, 

 mentioned in Our Homes. 



