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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, JANUARY 12, 1893. 



NO. 2. 



The Honey Almanac for 1893 

 will be issued about Jan. 20tli. 



Sug'ar-Money production cannot 

 be condemned any too strongly. Don't 

 " monkey " with that " gun." It's loaded. 



Xhe Voting: Blank of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Union, on page 4 of 

 last week's Bee Journal, you should 

 cut out, fill up all the blanks, and send 

 it with $1.00 to Thomas G. Newman, 

 as directed in the Blank. This must be 

 done before Feb. 1st, if you want your 

 vote counted. Better do it now, before 

 you forget it. 



Mr. Bugfene Secor and wife 

 passed through Chicago last Friday on 

 their way to their home in Forest City, 

 Iowa, from the Washington convention. 

 Mr. S. reports that it was one of the 

 very best meetings ever held by the 

 Association, particularly on account of 

 the presence of Hon. Edwin Willctts, 

 Professors C. V. Riley, and H. W. Wiley, 

 and Mr. Frank Benton. 



Paddock Pure Food Bill.— 



Since Prof. Cook suggested that the 

 editor of the Bee Jouknal, examine the 

 Pure Food Bill introduced into Congress 

 by Senator A. S. Paddock, for the pur- 

 pose of prohibiting the adulteration of 

 food products, we have investigated the 

 matter, and would report that the Bill 

 as it now reads is general in its inhibi- 

 tions, as to all sophistications, adultera- 

 tions and manipulations of every kind 

 and nature calculated to debase any and 

 every edible product, manufactured or 

 otherwise, and the branding and selling 

 of the same as the pure and genuine 

 article. 



The Paddock Bill is much stronger in 

 its provisions, from the very fact that it 

 mentions no particular food, but em- 

 braces them all in its very general terms. 

 This is a point greatly in its favor, as it 

 can be applied to the adulteration or 

 mixing of honey as well as to any other 

 food product that may have been tam- 

 pered with by the criminally inclined of 

 this or any future perverse generation. 



It seems to us that if the passage of 

 Senator Paddock's Bill can be brought 

 about, it will be to bee-keepers a great 

 weapon to use against those who prac- 

 tice the adulteration of honey without 

 plainly indicating such adulteration or 

 mixing when attempting to sell the 

 same. 



This Bill is now on the calendar, in 

 the House of Representatives, and it is 

 believed that with proper pressure it 



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