1907. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



117 



LOWER FREIGHT RATES. 



Platteville, Wis., March 5, 1907. 

 The South Texas Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation met lately for business at 

 the residence of Pres. E. J. Atchley, 

 and by united effort on the part of the 

 officers, a reduction on freight rates 

 from $1.85 per 100 lbs. on live bees 

 in car load lots, down to 79c. per 

 100 lbs. to all points in Kansas, Miss- 

 ouri, Oklahoma, and other western 



such a manner as will not allow bees 

 to escape from cars while in transit. 

 We feel sure we will get such ruling. 

 The South Texas Association was in- 

 strumental in getting a one-third re- 

 duction on bees shipped by express 

 from Beeville to all points on Wells 

 Fargo lines, which reduction was later 

 extended from other points. There 

 are several cars of bees to go from 

 Beeville this spring. This association 



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A GROUP OF BEE-KEEPERS AT THE NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION, AT GENEVA, 

 ^<^- I'' LAST DECEMBER. 



points of the Ft. Worth & Denver 

 R. R., and 8ic to Denver and inter- 

 mediate points in Colorado. This 

 makes a bright future for the bee in- 

 dustry of Southern Texas, and to get 

 the old rate cut more than half gives 

 cause for rejoicing. We have put in 

 application to Railroad Co. to the ef- 

 fect that we want a ruling to go 

 along with the reduced freight, not 

 to allow any one to load bees for 

 shipment until such person has first 

 screened the car with wire cloth in 



also secured a lower local freight rate 

 on honey several years ago." 



N. E. France. 



Nature has given to men one ton- 

 gue, but two ears, that we may hear 

 from others twice as much as we 

 speak. — Epictetus. 



The American Bee-Keeper Three 

 Full Years $1.00. To New Subscrib- 

 ers, Three Full Years for Ninety 

 Cents. Is that Cheap Enough? 



