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tenance adding glucose to dark honeys, 

 where would we be coming to? Verily, 

 the foundations of the bee-keeping in- 

 dustry would bfe threatened. Such a 

 state of affairs must not come, and will 

 not, because we believe that neither Mr. 

 Heddon nor Prof. Cook would be willing 

 to hazard the industry, or even run the 

 risk of doing so. Surely Prof. Cook and 

 Mr. Heddon will reconsider. 



The suggestion and attempted defense 

 of sugar-honey production was bad 

 enough, but this championing of the 

 criminal work of adulteration is i)ifinitely 

 ■worse ! Indeed may it be asked, "Where 

 are we at?" If such things continue, 

 reputable bee-keeping will be at the 

 door of Destruction. Such wild asser- 

 tions as are enclosed with quotation 

 marks in the foregoing paragraphs from 

 Oleaniiigs, are the rankest kind of 

 heresies, and that such should be ad- 

 vanced by those prominent in the coun- 

 cils of bee-keepers themselves, is the 

 most stupendous outrage of this apiarian 

 age. 



If there are any persons on the fair 

 face of this earth to-day, who should 

 make the most humble apologies, and 

 earnestly beg the pardon and forgive- 

 ness of honest honey-producers all over 

 the world, it is those who have so un- 

 wisely, so unfortunately — yps, so disas- 

 trously defended the adulteration of 

 honey. 



The question is, Will they be manly 

 enough to make the amende honorable ? 



Bee-Keepers — Xo W^ork !— 



Mr. Jas. A. Stone, Secretary of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 wrote us thus on Jan. 25, 1893 : 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation Legislative Committee have in- 

 troduced (in connection with the State 

 Horticultural and State Dairymen's As- 

 sociation) a Bill in the Senate, and also 

 in the House of the 38th General Assem- 

 blyi for an appropriation to enable them 

 to make a competitive exhibit at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition. 



This week there will be presented by 

 the Legislative Committee (Hon. J. M. 

 Hambaugh, S. N. Black, and J. A. 

 Stone) of the Illinois Bee-Keepers' Asso- 



ciation, Bills to prevent the spraying of 

 fruit trees, etc., while in bloom; for an 

 appropriation to publish a report ; and 

 one to compel the adulterators of honey 

 to label their manufactured articles with 

 the true name of their components 

 (whether sugar, glucose, or other sweets 

 not gathered from the flowers), with the 

 names of manufacturers. 



Let every man or woman interested 

 in the keeping of bees, who can influence 

 their representatives to favor these 

 " Bills," work upon them by letting 

 them know of the importance of the in- 

 dustry of bee-keeping in this broad State 

 of owrs ; and that, no matter how much 

 our interest is extended. It does not take 

 the acreage from some other product, 

 as would that of corn, wheat or oats, 

 etc., wherein the increase of one results 

 in the diminishing of the others' ; but 

 on the contrary, the increase of bees 

 assists the horticulturist and farmer, in 

 causing their products of fruits and 

 seeds to be increased. 



We wish to say further to bee-keepers, 

 that nothing helps more before the 

 Legislature than a large list of members 

 to the State Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Jas. a. Stone, Sec. 



Bradfordton, Ills. 



These are indeed important matters, 

 and we trust that every bee-keeper in 

 the State of Illinois will at once comply 

 with the urgent request of Secretary 

 Stone. He and the other members of 

 the bee-committee are doing their utmost 

 to aid the pursuit of bee-keeping, and 

 they should have the hearty support of 

 every one at all interested in the indus- 

 try. Let all encourage them in their 

 good work by helping them to be suc- 

 cessful in their efforts. 



t,iterary Chicagfo. — An article 

 that will be read with great interest in 

 every literary center In the East, and in 

 every refined circle in the East and 

 West, is William Morton Payne's article, 

 " Literary Chicago," which opens the 

 New England Magazine for February. 

 The article is well illustrated, and con- 

 ^ tains portraits of Francis F. Browne, 

 Dr. Paul Cams, Gen. Alexander C. Mc- 

 Clurg, Horatio N. Powers, Benjamin F. 

 Taylor, Eugene Field, Harriet Monroe, 

 Blanche Fearing, George P. Upton, Dr. 

 J. W. Foster, Elwyn A. Barron, Joseph 

 Kirkland, Dr. William F. Poole, and 

 George Howland. 



