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gallon." As recommended by the Senate 

 Finance Committee it is "20 per cent. <«/ 

 calorern.'''' 



The compilation prepared by the Com- 

 mittee above referred to has also an aver- 

 age ad valorrm computation, which on the 

 article " Honey " is carried out as follows: 



Present duty 44.83 per cent. ; House Bill 

 22.42 per cent. ; Senate Bill 20 per cent. 



It will therefore be evident without argu- 

 ment that matters are getting no better for 

 the honey-producer in the United States 

 under tariff revision. 



Importations under the present law for 

 the fiscal year ending June 80, 1893, were 

 97,706 gallons— equal to about 1,172,472 

 pounds. 



If the duty should be reduced one-half or 

 more, it is fair to suppose that importations 

 of honey would increase. Are the bee- 

 keepers of the United States so prosperous 

 and magnanimous that they are willing to 

 divide their profits with Cuba and South 

 America ? 



But how about those articles that are 

 supposed to come in competition with 

 honey — sugars and molasses ? Under the 

 present law they are free. Under the Sen- 

 ate BiU molasses is protected about 15 per 

 cent, ad valorem, and sugars from 25 to 36 

 per cent. The raisers of cane are to be 

 protected, and the producers of honey left 

 to shift for themselves. 



" What are you going to do about it?" 

 That's the vital question. 



Every honey-producer in the United 

 States has two Senators to whom he can 

 write and tell what he thinks about the 

 matter. It doesn't matter whether he be- 

 longs to your political party or not. He 

 will feel honored in receiving a letter from 

 you. Even a postal card will do good if it 

 has the right words on it. Try it. They 

 want to know whether we have sense 

 enough to look after our own interests. 

 They will think more of us if we stand by 

 our pursuit as though we were not ashamed 

 of it. Eugene Secor. 



Forest City, Iowa, April 28, 1894. 



We trust that the Bee Journal readers 

 will write to their several Senators in 

 Washington, as suggested by Bro. Secor, 

 telling them their wishes in the matter. 

 Now, please don't write us a long article on 

 political "tariff reform," for it will only be 

 a waste of time. If you think it would be 

 a good thing to retain the existing tariff on 

 honey, just write and tell your Senators 

 so; if you think the proposed reduction 

 would be a wise thing, let them know that. 

 Of course, if you have no "think" at all 

 on the subject, like some folks that we 

 know, likely the best thing you can do is to 

 "saw wood and say nothing." 



Have You Read the wonderful Pre- 

 mium offer on page (')05 ? 



lIet1«lon'*!!> Honey.— In GfmuMtjs for 



May 1st, we find only the following para- 

 graphs about the Heddon controversy : 



In the closing paragraph on page 335, we 

 by no means intimated that Mr. Heddon 

 could not occupy further space if he had 

 important testimony to bring forward ; and 

 right in this line we are pleased to announce 

 that he has finally submitted to us the 

 "original manuscript" of testimonials 

 from men who purchased his honey, nearly 

 all of whom speak well of it. These testi- 

 monials are filled out on printed blanks 

 that Mr. Heddon placed before his custo- 

 mers, and are in answer to a series of 

 questions. 



Now, it ,s«'m.s to us we have given Mr. 

 Heddon not only a fair hearing, but the 

 advantage of his strongest points in rebut- 

 tal of the analyses; but if Mr. H. thinks we 

 have not, we have decided we will go one 

 step further: We will allow him the space 

 of one page of (rletmiiijs to bring up any 

 other new points (that is, anything that 

 will explain how tliat large amount of glu- 

 cose got into the honey he sold to us and to 

 his customers), over his own signature. 

 Certainly Mr. Heddon could not ask more 

 than this. After this we hope it will not be 

 necessary to prolong this matter further. 



1^" Mrs. C. J. White, of Minnesota, 

 writes thus on May 2, 1894: "I shall al- 

 ways take the Bee Joukn.\l as long as I 

 keep bees. It has been worth many times 

 the cost in my bee-keeping." 



Wasnei-'s Pliit I'ea. — A honey- 

 plant that will give such a yield of boney 

 as to pay big rent for the land it occupies, 

 independently of any other crop, although 

 eagerly sought after during the past few 

 years, seems now hardly to be expected. 

 High expectations have been aroused from 

 time to time, but those expectations have 

 not been fulfilled. Witness Cha^nan's 

 honey-plant, figwort, spider-plant, and per- 

 haps others. But hope has not been given 

 up as to plants which yield paying crops 

 independently of the honey-yield. Melilot 

 seems to have a hard time to fight its way 

 to recognition, but there are those who 

 stand loyally by it, and hope yet to see it 

 fully recognized as a valuable forage-plant. 



Just now our German friends are very 

 much stirred up over a new forage-plant 

 for which great things are claimed. After 

 making all due allowance for enthusiasm 

 over new things, it certainly looks as 

 though it would be worth while to give on 

 this side the water a thorough trial to the 



