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CHICAGO, ILL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1905 



VoL XLV— No. 38 



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National Convention in Chicago 



We have received the following from Sec. 

 HutchlnsoD, of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association : 



THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN 

 CHICAGO. 

 Ever since the breakiog out of the yellow 

 fever in the South, have I been receiving let- 

 ters from different parts of the country, sug- 

 gesting that the place of meeting for the 

 National convention be changed to some 

 Northern city. To all, for a long time, I re- 

 turned the same reply ; " Let's wail and see 

 how things turn out. If the fever is crushed 

 out of existence, or controlled, then we can 

 go to Texas just as well as ever." 



To a certain extent the fever has been con- 

 trolled, but there seems to be no probability 

 that it will be done with before the time that 

 has been set for holding our convention in 

 San Antonio. The time has come when we 

 can wait no longer. If a change is to be made, 

 it must be made at once, that bee-keepers may 

 be planning accordingly. 



Before taking up the matter with the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, I wrote to the Directors, 

 the editors of the leading bee-papers, and to 

 several of the most prominent bee-keepers, 

 asking for their views on the subject. The 

 majority was overwhelmingly in favor of a 

 change. The matter was then taken up with 

 the Executive Committee, and every member 

 favored a change to Chicago, during the Fat 

 Stock Show the tirst week in December. It is 

 possible that some other Northern ciiy has 

 greater claims than Chicago for the holding 

 of the convention, but the meeting must be 

 held where reduced railroad rates will be as- 

 sured, and the Fat Stock Show furnishes 

 these. 



It IS possible that there is no real danger 

 from the fever at San Antonio, but the/<<ir of 

 it is reol, and would have kept away the 

 Northern people. The bee-keepers of Louisi- 

 ana and Mississippi would have been shut up 

 in their own States. Texas has had a slim 

 crop of honey this year, and, taken all in all, 

 a convention this fall in San Antonio would 

 have been a pretty slim affair. I think that 

 even the Texans themselves would rather 

 wait another year, when, if all goes well, the 

 convention could be held in San Antonio with 

 every assurance of a big crowd. 



Arrangements have been completed for 

 holding the meeting in Chicago, at the Revere 

 House, corner of Michigan and Clark Streets, 

 on the 5th, 6th and Tth of December. This 

 hotel can accommodate at least 800 bee-keep- 

 ers, and the rates are 7.5 cents for a room 



alone, or 50 cents each where two occupy the 

 same room. Meals are extra, or they may be 

 secured at near-by restaurants. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, .S'f. 



We may say that personally we regretted 

 that it seemed best, under the circumstances, 

 not to hold the National convention at San 

 Antonio, as we desired very much to visit the 

 South. But if nothing interferes no doubt 

 the meeting can be held their next year. It is 

 very unfortunate that it was felt the change 

 in place should be made, but " what can't be 

 cured must be endured." And bee-keepers 

 area very "enduring" class of people, and 

 no doubt all will be glad to bow to the will of 

 the majority who decided the matter. 



But now it is " up to " Chicago to do her 

 part in making it a great convention. It 

 comes at the same time as the meeting of the 

 Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, so in all proljubility there will be a joint 

 convention. At least the Executive Committee 

 of the Chicago-Northwestern has made such 

 suggestion to the National. 



We hope as many bee-keepers as possible 

 will plan to be in Chicago Dec. 5, 6 and 7. 

 Come and help make it a good meeting. 



A GOOD INVESTMENT 



i6 2-3 Percent Interest 



Absolutely Safe 

 A Chance for Bee-Keepers Only 



That sounds UkL- one of the fake get-rich- 

 quick schemes. When money is loaned by 

 the thousands of ioDars at 5, 4, 3 percent in- 

 terest, or less, it 1 '-S look as it there must be 

 something rotten ;u a proposition that promi- 

 ses an annual ra^o uf interest of 1*',-';; percent, 

 especially when i>aited with the specious 

 claim that the uince is " for bee-keepers 

 only." 



But there's rmthing rotten about it. To 

 say that bee-keii>-rs have a chance to invest 

 money at the ni'' uf lO-a percent annually, is 

 only to put in itner words the well-known 

 fact that beo-sii| ilies bought before Oct. 1 

 can be had at 10 percent discount. The ob- 



ject of these paragraphs is to call the atten- 

 tion of bee-keepers to what there is in it for 

 them. 



Let us see if we can make good. 



The discount is " a chance for bee-keepers 

 only," for others do not buy supplies of that 

 kind. The investment is " absolutely safe," 

 for it is just as safe to buy in September as io 

 the following May. 



Let us see about the 16'-., percent annually. 



Say a bill of supplies amounting to $100 is 

 needed. It bought before Oct. 1, 5^90 pays the 

 bill. Say the purchase might be deferred till 

 June 1. It would hardly be deferred later. 

 From Oct. 1 to June 1 is eight months. That 

 $90 invested before Oct. 1 practically gains 

 $10 in that eight months, which is at the rate 

 of $".5 in a year. That $15 is 16;-;; percent of 

 $90— and there you are. 



The question may be asked, " How can the 

 manufacturers afford such a discount ?" 

 That is their lookout. Tet it is not so very 

 hard to make a fair guess as to the answer. It 

 is the common thing to have a very large 

 number of orders for supplies come all in a 

 jam in the spring, many of them after the sea- 

 son has fairly opened. The amount of these 

 orders can not be foreseen, and the result is 

 that at the last the factories must run day 

 and night, and even then have the unpleas- 

 ant experience of receiving complaints as to 

 unfilled orders, or else have so big a stock 

 prepared in advance as to run the risk of 

 carrying over to the next year a heavy load of 

 surplus stock. So the manufacturers can 

 afford to pay a good price to stimulate early 

 orders; and the bee-keeper who has the 

 money has the chance to secure the 16-a per- 

 cent interest, and at the same time to avoid 

 the unpleasant predicament of having to wait 

 an unpleasantly long time to have his orders 

 filled if he sends them at a time when the 



rush is on. 



♦- 



The National and Advertising Honey 



On the next page some of the leading bie- 

 keepers mentioa several things that the 

 National Bee-Keopers' Association might at- 

 tempt to accomplish. While there is suffi- 

 cient variety in the work mentioned, there 

 seems to ! e a fair unanimity in the sugges- 

 tions tha: favor advertising honey. 



For se feral years we heve urgel the impor- 



