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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 19, 1905. 



with what has been printed on this subject should call me 

 to account for the above statements, by referring to a 

 biographical sketch of Mr. W. K. Morrison, which is 

 found on page 554 of Gleanings in Bee Culture for July 

 15, 1S9S. This article was written by Mr. A. I. Root, and 

 submitted by him to Mr. Morrison himself. Mr. Root 

 saj's, concerning Mr. Morrison: 



"While at Washington he became intimatel}' acquaint- 

 ed with Senator Teller. Secretary Rusk, Senator Plumb, 

 and others. As he still held on to his interest in bee- 

 culture, at an opportune time, as it seemed to him. he was 

 permitted to urge that an appropriation of $5,000 be made 

 for the benefit of bee-culture in the United States, and he 

 was successful in securing this appropriation. Prof. Cook 

 took hold of it about a year after the money was given, 

 and I do not know but friend Cook had the credit of it, 

 although Mr. Morrison, if I am correct, was the first 

 mover in the matter, and the one who finally secured the 

 enactment." 



When the article was submitted by Mr. Root, to Mr. 

 Morrison, including this paragraph, the latter made as a 

 comment, over his own initials, the following statement: 



"Besides myself and the secretary, no one knew. Dr. 

 Tinker was the first to know. Secretary Rusk pledged 

 the Senate committee not to spend money on the study of 

 wild bees, but to put the money to practical purposes. 

 Prof. Riley did not like this. Secretary Rusk also 

 pledged himself in writing that I should be the first ap- 

 pointee." 



Nothing can be further from the truth than the state- 

 ments here made. There was no enactment whatever, 

 nor appropriation of $5,000, nor any other sum for api- 

 culture at the time indicated (1885-87), nor, in fact, was 



there ever a special appropriation for apiculture previous 

 to the year 1901. The following table taken directly from 

 the records of this department will show that, aside from 

 the appropriation for general work, the only specific ap- 

 propriations made were in the years 1887 to 1890, when 

 provision was made for experiments in silk culture. 



APPROPRI.\TI0NS FOR THE DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGV. 



Year ending 

 June 30 



1884. 

 1885. 

 1886. 

 1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 



Salaries 



.$7900 

 , . 7900 

 . . 7900 



. 7300 

 . . 7.'!00 

 , . 7.300 

 , . 7300 



General expenses 

 for entomological 

 investigation 



$20,000 

 20,000 

 25,000 

 15,000 

 20,000 

 20,000 

 20,000 



Specific appropriation 

 for silk culture 



$15,000 

 25,000 

 30,000 

 30,000 



It is a manifest injustice also to the memory of Dr. 

 Riley to intimate that he wished to spend the money on 

 the study of wild bees to the neglect of practical apicul- 

 ture itself. Dr. Riley was eminently a practical man, and 

 the fact that he did divert from the general sum appro- 

 priated during a series of years for entomological investi- 

 gations a certain portion to experimental work in apicul- 

 ture, is proof of itself that he was disposed in a kindly 

 manner toward this industry, and saw the possible benefits 

 which could result from scientific investigations of prob- 

 lems connected with the industry. I cannot regard as any 

 more felicitous the intimation that the first Republican 

 secretary of agriculture, whose record in other riespects is 

 above reproach, should have broken a pledge given in writ- 

 ing. 



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