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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., is the new 



firm name explained in the following 

 letter : 



Fkiend York:— I take pleasure in 

 informing you that on the below date I 

 took into partnership two faithful em- 

 ployes, who thereby become the company 

 of R. A. Burnett & Co., which shall, 

 until farther notice, be the style of the 

 firm. 



Asking for a continuance to the firm 

 of the favors you have shown me during 

 the past 17 years, I am, 



Very truly yours, 



E,. A. Burnett. 



Chicago, Ills., Jan. 3, 1893. 



As heretofore, the above firm will con- 

 tinue to deal in all kinds of farm pro- 

 duce, including honey and beeswax. 

 They are represented in our market 

 quotations on another page. 



Freight Rates on Honey.— 



Our friend, and also the great friend of 

 all honest honey-producers, Mr. Chas. F. 

 Muth, of Cincinnati, O., writes us as 

 follows on the subject of freight rates 

 on extracted honey : 



Friend York : — The very exhorbitant 

 freight rates on honey have been a seri- 

 ous stumbling-block to dealers and bee- 

 keepers. It was a source of general 

 dissatisfaction that freight on extracted 

 honey should be from 40 to 50 per cent, 

 higher than on molasses or syrup, the 

 consistency, weight, nature of packages 

 and value being about the same. We 

 have written many letters to freight 

 agents, the Inter-State Commerce Com- 

 mission, and others, but the only result 

 obtained was that Gen. McLeod, freight 

 agent of the C. H. & D. R. R., told us to 

 ship our honey as "syrup," and they 

 would rate it as "syrup." The C. H. & 

 D. did it, but other roads did not; and 

 one time when the Big 4 railroad had 

 spilled a barrel of honey for us, and we 

 made our claim for damages, the agent 

 told us that our claim was not valid, 

 having shipped the honey under a wrong 

 name, etc. 



Since the Ohio State Bee-Keepers' 

 meeting of a year ago, I have endeavored 

 to Interest, for our benefit, the Commis- 

 sioner of the Freight Bureau of our 

 Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Wilson is a 

 prompt man, and he informed me on 

 Dec. 14, 1892, that the classification 

 has been made, and that the new issue 



will be promulgated without delay. So 

 honey will hereafter be rated the same 

 as syrup. This is good news, and well 

 for our bee-keepers to know. 



Yours truly, 



Chas. F. Muth. 



Friend Muth has thus added another 

 "star" for the "crown of honor" which 

 he has won in working for the interest 

 of bee-keepers. Finally, through his 

 efforts, justice in the rating of extracted 

 honey, when shipping the same, has 

 been obtained. There never was any 

 reasonable reason why such honey 

 should be classed higher by railroad 

 companies than was syrup. We are 

 indeed glad to publish Friend Muth's 

 success in thus securing for producers of 

 liquid honey what they long have de- 

 sire 1. We doubt not that bee-keepers 

 will be very grateful for this knowledge, 

 and the saving to them in freight charges 

 that will now result therefrom. 



Bee - Supply Dealers 



should 

 now begin their advertising for the sea- 

 son—let would-be customers know ivhere 

 you are, and ivhat you have for sale. 

 Write us for estimates, or consult our 

 advertising rates published on the sec- 

 ond page of each copy of the Bee Jour- 

 nal. 



One of our best advertisers has just 

 said that this is "the only independent 

 bee-paper in the United States "—we 

 presume because it is nut interested in 

 the sale of bee-keepers' supplies. Try 

 an advertisement in it now, if you have 

 never used its columns before. Those 

 who have advertised in the Bee Jour- 

 nal know its value without trying— 

 they keep an advertisement running the 

 greater part of the year, if not all the 

 time. 



The Ninth Annual lUeeting: 



of the Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at the Capitol, 

 at Madison, on Feb. 8th and 9th, 1893. 

 C. A. Hatch, of Ithaca, is President ; H. 

 Lathrop, of Browntown, Recording Sec- 

 retary ; and Dr. J. W. Vance, of Madi- 

 son, Corresponding Secretary. 



