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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



June. 



editor's fault for not telling you of a 

 better spot." 



"If the price is small, cuss the com- 

 mission man, not your own sloppy 

 work." 



"If your life is a failure, cuss every- 

 body but yourself — you're all right." 



"The king can do no wrong" but 

 "woe unto ye Scribes and parasites, 

 hypocrites, 

 'The future'll look bright 



'When yer come to expire 

 'But don't be too sure 



'For it may be ther fire'- " 



Say, but he was "hot" wasn't he? 

 Kind of banged some of us boys, didn't 

 he? I'm glad there's somebody asides 

 me as gits riled. But say, hold on. 

 Away down at the end o' his letter he 

 writes: "Say, Deacon, you need a 

 looking glass." Hum! P'r'aps. And 

 there be others. 



Yours as ever, 



John Hardscrabble. 



COLORADO'S PURE HONEY LAW. 



HOUSE BILL 244. 

 (By Mr. Murto.) 

 AN ACT. 

 To regulate the adulteration or imita- 

 tion of bee products, govern labels 

 on packages or cases containing any 

 of such articles, and to provide pen- 

 alties for the violation thereof, and 

 repealing all ac'ts and parts in con- 

 flict herewith. 

 Be it enacted by the General Assembly 

 of the State of Colorado: 

 Section i. No person, firm or cor- 

 poration shall have in his, its or their 

 possession any adulterated or imitation 

 bee products, or substance which has 

 been stored or made by honey bees 

 from sugar, syrup, or any other materi- 

 al or substance fed to them, or shall 

 adulterate or cause or solicit any per- 

 son, firm or corporation to adulterate 

 any bee products, or to mix or com- 

 pound any substances so as to resemble 

 bee products, or sell or offer to sell, 

 or solicit others to sell or oflfer to sell, 

 exchange or give away any adulterated 

 Or imitation bee products, or any com- 

 pounds purporting to be or to imitate 

 bee products, or sell or offer to sell, 

 be used as a substitute for bee products 

 unless each and every package of such 



adulterated or imitation bee products 

 or compound articles is clearly, dura- 

 bly, and prominently either labeled or 

 marked so as to inform the purchaser 

 of tlie exact ingredients and the exact 

 percentage of each ingredient used, or 

 is labled or marked "Imiiation Honey" 

 or "Imitation Beeswax" as the case 

 may be, in heavy Gothic type of not 

 less than forty-eight points, printers' 

 measure, in size, and the words "Hon- 

 ey" or "Beeswax" shall not be used 

 upon any package of material described 

 in this section unless the same shall 

 be preceded by the word "Imitation"; 

 and no person, firm or corporation 

 shall sell such goods unless he or they 

 themselves inform the purchaser or 

 his representative of the exact ingred- 

 ients and percentage of each; and the 

 possession of such goods shall be held 

 to imply knowledge of the true charac- 

 ter and name thereof, and the intent 

 to use them in violation of this act; 

 Provided, That this section shall not 

 be deemed to apply to persons having 

 such goods in their possession for ac- 

 tual consumption by themselves or their 

 families. 



Section 2- The word "Honey" shall 

 not be used as part and parcel of the 

 trade designation of drugs, medicines, 

 confections, or any other articles of 

 trade or commerce, unless honey is 

 actually employed as one of their in- 

 gredients, and to the full extent to 

 which the use of such designation shall 

 lead the purchaser to expect. 



Section 3. Whoever shall deface, 

 erase or remove any label or mark pro- 

 vided for by this act, with intent to 

 mislead, deceive or to violate any of 

 the provisions of this act, shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor. 



Section 4- No person, by himself or 

 others, shall ship, consign, or forward 

 by any common carrier or otherwise, 

 public or private, any adulterated or 

 imitation bee products, or other com- 

 pounds provided for in this act, unless 

 it or they shall be labeled or marked 

 on each case or shipping package in 

 plain lettering, according to the provis- 

 ions of this act, and receipted for by 

 the true name thereof; Provided, That 

 this act shall not apply to any goods 

 in transit between other and foreign 

 states across the state of Colorado. 



Section 5. Whenever any state office 

 regulating the adulteration or imitation 



