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ONIl DOI^I^AR FEB YEAB. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN^ EDITOR. 

 GEO. W. YORK, ASSISTANT EDITOR. 



Vol. XXIX, Mar, 31, 1892, No, 14. 



Editorial Buzzipgs. 



Xhe Hditor's Health has been 

 so much impaired by three annual at- 

 tacks of La Grippe, that if some radical 

 improvement is not made very soon, a 

 collapse is imminent. His physician 

 prescribes "a complete rest and change 

 of air." Accordingly, he will leave the 

 city next week for a month's rest. The 

 drudgery of desk-work has brought on 

 neuralgia and brain troubles. A vigor- 

 ous constitution, and strong will-power 

 have contributed in no small degree to 

 his holding out so long against the in- 

 siduous working of that dire disease 

 and its results. 



Meanwhile, the editorial work on the 

 Bee Journal will devolve upon the 

 Editor's assistant, Mr. George W. York, 

 who has been connected with the office 

 for several years, and is thoroughly con- 

 versant with the duties of that depart- 

 ment. 



Bounty on Honey is a subject 

 that has been pretty well discussed in 

 Oleanings and some other bee-periodi- 

 cals. Mr. Baldridge also had an article 

 on the subject on page 220 of the 

 American Bee Journal. The idea was 

 started at the Northwestern Convention 

 last November, but it was so absurd that 

 we then paid no attention to it in the 

 American Bee Journal,. 



Instead of asking Uncle Sam to pay a 

 bounty of 2 cents per pound on honey, 

 we should join others in demanding that 

 the bounty on sugar be repealed. It will 

 surely be done in the near future. The 

 figures are enormous, as will be seen 

 by the following from the daily press : 



The U. S. Treasury issued a statement 

 to March 1, showing that 2,523 claims 

 for bounty have been received, amount- 

 ing to about $7,000,000. Of these, 

 925 claims have been paid, involving 

 about $3,000,000 — $2,700,000 of 

 which was on cane sugar alone. 



Seven millions of dollars taken from 

 the pockets of the poor and given to the 

 rich ! There is neither right nor justice 

 in it ! It is oppressive and burdensome, 

 because at a time when there is a deficit 

 in the public revenues, it will take ten 

 millions annually from the already- 

 burdened tax-payers, and give it to rich 

 sugar-producers. It is also contrary to 

 the Constitution, and violates every 

 principle of our Government. Those 

 who enacted it knew this, and therefore 

 made a permanent appropriation for the 

 payment of this sugar bounty for 14 

 years. But few of such instances are on 

 record, and let us hope that there will 

 be no more of them. 



Honey-producers would spurn the idea 

 of such an enactment — of such a ques- 

 tionable transaction ! They want no 

 bounty — only a fair field, a good crop, 

 and the stoppage of adulteration. Then 

 there would be a good market for all 

 that can be produced, and at fair prices. 



We fully agree with the decision of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States, 

 given by Justice Miller, that "to lay 

 with one hand the power of the Govern- 



