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can be brought under consideration at 

 an early day. All can materially aid in 

 securing the passage of the Bill by at 

 once demanding their representatives in 

 the lower House of Congress to insist 

 upon the immediate consideration of the 

 Bill. Not only will it be well for all 

 people interested in the passage of this 

 Bill to communicate directly with their 

 own representatives, but also to address 

 letters and petitions to the Hon. Wm. 

 H. Hatch, Chairman of the Committee 

 on Agriculture of the House, who now 

 has the Bill in charge. 



On page 42 of the Bee Journal for 

 July 7, 1892, is a sample letter sent us 

 by Mr. J. H. Larrabee on this very sub- 

 ject. As we then urged every bee- 

 keeper to copy that letter and sign and 

 mail it to their representatives, we would 

 now again, more strongly if possible, 

 entreat them to do so at once, sending 

 the same not only to their representa- 

 tives now at Washington, but also send 

 a copy of it to the Hon. Wm. H. Hatch, 

 mentioned in another paragraph of this 

 editorial. 



For the benefit of our new readers, 

 and lest some who read this may have 

 mislaid the number of the Bee Joxjrnal 

 containing the sample letter to be copied 

 and mailed, we reprint it as follows, 

 making a few necessary alterations : 



HOK. - 



Washington, D. C. 

 Dear Sir : — I understand that the Pad- 

 dock Pure Food Bill is now on the cal- 

 endar of the House of Representatives. 

 May I urge upon you to support it in 

 the interests of, and in justice to, the 

 producers of honest food ? Bee-keepers 

 all over the land are very much inter- 

 ested in its passage, and, regardless of 

 party, urge its evident justice, and the 

 great need of it. Please consider your 

 own interests, and the interests of the 

 people you represent, and, so far as you 

 can, consistently and honorably, use 

 your vote and influence in this good 

 cause. I am, 



Respectfully yours. 



representatives, and also to Hon. Wm. 

 H. Hatch— all in Washington. This will 

 necessitate making several copies of the 

 letter, but you certainly can afford to 

 spend that much time in a cause which, 

 if triumphant, will result in such abun- 

 dant good to yourself and everybody 

 else. Please don't put this matter ofif, 

 for now is the time to act — " now is the 

 day of salvation " for the producers of 

 honest honey, or any other pure food 

 product. 



The North American Conven- 

 tion met in Washington, D. C, on Dec. 

 27th, 28th and 29th. Bro. Hutchinson, 

 who was the Secretary, and who took 

 the report of the proceedings for the 

 Amekican Bee Joubnal, writes us that 

 the meeting " was not largely attended, 

 but those present were mostly leaders, 

 and a very profitable time was passed." 

 The next meeting is to be held in Chi- 

 cago. The following are the new oflBcers 

 elected for 1893 : 



President— Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 



Ills. 



Vice-President— J. E. Crane, Middle- 

 bury, Vt. 



Secretary— Frank Benton, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Treasurer— George W. York, Chicago, 



Ills. 



The report of the convention will ap- 

 pear in full in the Bee Journal, as 

 usual, and then will be put into pamph- 

 let form. We expect to begin it in next 

 week's issue. 



We ask that each reader of the Bee 

 Journal just now copy the above letter, 

 sign your name to it, and mail it to your 



Mr. F. H. Map plierson, now of 



Windsor, Out., called at the Bee Jour- 

 nal office last week. Until about a year 

 ago, he was associate editor of the Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal, but is now publishing 

 a weekly newspaper in Windsor. We 

 enjoyed his call very much, and trust 

 he may " drop in " again when in the 

 World's Fair city. He has almost en- 

 tirely recovered from the effects of the 

 accident which befell him about two 

 years ago. 



