Adulteration of Sweets. 



Resohitions Passed at Burlington by the 

 Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa Bee- 

 Keepers' Society, May 8, 1878: 



Resolved, Tliat under the name of com- 

 mittee against tlie adulteration of sweets, a 

 committee of three members be appointed, 

 viz., a President, a Secretary, and a Treas- 

 urer. 



Resolved, That this committee be in- 

 structed to prepare a petition to Congress, 

 and to send a copy of this petition to eacli of 

 the members of this Convention, with a re- 

 quest to have it signed by tiie bee-keepers 

 and people at large and returned. 



Resolved, That the editors of the bee 

 journals of the United States be asked to in- 

 sert this petition in their columns, with re- 

 quest to each of their subscribers to take the 

 trouble to have it copied, posted in their 

 postoffice for signature, and sent to the Sec- 

 retary of said Committee on Adulteration. 



Resolved, That said committee be in- 

 structed to have an understanding with the 

 Secretaries of all the other bee societies, or 

 bee conventions, through the United States, 

 in order to obtain of sucli Societies a move 

 in the same direction. 



Resolved, That the first exi)enses incur- 

 red by said committee be paid out of the 

 treasury of our Society, and that all other 

 societies be asked to help in the same way. 



Mr. Dadant stated that this motion was 

 put before our Society because of the enor- 

 mous amount of sweets, and especially 

 syrups, sold to the public that were nothing 

 but glucose. He had gone to the best drug 

 store in Keokuk to ask for a sample of glu- 

 cose. As they did not have any, they told 

 him that they would inquire where it could 

 be found. At his next trip to town they 

 asked him if he had found any glucose any 

 where. He had not. They then told him 

 to go to a grocery anywhereand ask either 

 for New Orleans molasses or golden syrup, 

 or even for maple syrup, and that he woula 

 get glucose. 



They informed him that he could easily 

 test it by putting a little of it in tea and that 

 it would turn the tea black. He bought 3 

 samples in different groceries. All turned 

 the tea black. This is on account of the 

 amount of sulphate of iron contained in 

 glucose. 



It was thus evident that the people were 

 being poisoned, or at least more or less in- 

 jured, by wliolesale, through this adultera- 

 tion of inoffensive sweets. This adultera- 

 tion was also practiced on honey 



He remarked that it was just as much the 

 interests of the government to stop this 

 fraud as to stop the counterfeiting of green- 

 backs; for the one injured the health of the 

 people as much as the other injured their 

 wealth. 



It is of course to the interest of bee-keep- 

 ers to have such laws established, as the 

 large sale of this spurious article in syrups 

 and honey Injured the sale of the better and 

 healthier sweets throughout the country. 



He stated that this would be only follow- 

 ing the example of England, France and 

 other nations, who very justly decided that 

 the liberty of a man ends where it is preju- 



dicial to the welfare of the community. If 

 such laws were passed, making it a crimi- 

 nal offense to offer any sweets under any 

 but their real name, and a few of the adul- 

 terators were sued and punished, this would 

 at once stop the sale of any but the real arti- 

 cles, and would permit these wholesome 

 articles to be sold at a sufficiently remuner- 

 ative price, and it would also be very bene- 

 ficial to the public health. 



C. O. D. — If all were inclined to do just 

 right, and were honest, it would be safe to 

 deal or "dicker" in any convenient way. 

 To send by express, C. O. D., seems to be a 

 very simple and honest way to order goods— 

 but, alas, for human nature, some thought- 

 lessly order heavy goods in that way that 

 should go by freight, and when they find 

 the amount charged for expressage is so 

 large, they simply lefuse to take them 

 Then we have to pay the charges both ways 

 in order to get the goods back and save our- 

 selves from further loss. All can see at 

 once the injustice of the thing— so in future 

 we shall be obliged to refuse to send goods 

 by express C. O. D. Let no one feel hard 

 with us on that account. We would like to 

 do otherwise— but dare not. 



Premium Queen.— To the person for- 

 warding to the Editor of Amekican Bee 

 Journal the largest number of new sub- 

 scribers up to the 1st day of October next, 

 I will present one of my choice Gold-Miue 

 Queens. The Editor to be the judge. 



Rome, Ga. A. F. Moon. 

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Honey Markets. 



new YORK. 

 There is no change in the condition of the market 

 during the past month, and prices are still quotable 

 as follows: 



Buckwheat Honey— comb 8 to 12c 



Strained or extracted 8 to 10c 



Clover— in comb 15 to 25c 



" extra 8 to 12c 



H. K. & F. B. Thdbber & Co. 

 CHICAGO. 

 HONEY. — The current quotations for good to 

 choice comb, are ranging at 11 to 12c. ^ lb; common 

 and dark colored lots at 8 to 10c. and choice extract- 

 ed honey at 8 to 10c. 



BEESWAX.— In fair request at 24 to 26c. per lb. for 



prime choice yellow. No new honey offering yet. 



CINCINNATI. 



COMB HONEY— In small boxes, 15®20c. Extracted. 



1 Iti. jars, in shipping order, per doz., $2.50; per gross, 



$28.00. 2 ft. jars, per doz„ $4.50; per gross, $50.00. 



C. F. MUTH. 

 CALIFORNIA. 

 HONEY.— Our honey crop will be large, and being 

 located far away from a market, we must find one 

 for our large surplus production. Welook to England 

 and B>ance for a market, and when our wheat 

 sliips move for European ports, so will our honey. 

 Prices will be establislied. The stock of extracted 

 honey is now pretty liber.al. There are small orders 

 in the market, and as prices are now more settled, 

 they probably will be filled this week. Comb honey 

 is less plentiful than extracted, but prices are settling. 

 We quote : Comb honey, white, ^ tb., UislSc. : dark 

 to medium. 8® 10c. Extracted, dark, W ft., e@7c.; 

 choice, "'^fi*8c. 



BEESWAX.— Supply and demand correspond, both 

 ight; at25@27J^c. 

 Stkabns & Smith, 423 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. 



