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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL. MARCH 2, 1893. 



NO. 9. 



Anti-Adulteration Bill.— Mr. 



Jas. A. Stone, the indefatigable Secre- 

 tary of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, on Feb. 6th, sent us a copy 

 of a Bill that was to be placed in the 

 hands of the members of each branch of 

 the State Legislature the next day. It 

 is directed against every form of adul- 

 terated honey and its sale, and reads 

 thus : 



An Act to Prevent the Adulten'ation of 

 Honey : 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the peo- 

 ple of the State of Illinois, represented 

 in the General Assembly, That it shall 

 be unlawful for any person or persons 

 to adulterate honey by mixing with it 

 any sweets of whatsoever kind, not 

 gathered from flowers or blooms ; or to 

 mix together any such sweets, whether 

 with or without honey, or cause it to be 

 done by any agency whatsoever, and to 

 offer for sale, or sell without labeling 

 it with the true name of its component 

 parts, with the proportion of each, and 

 with the name and location of the manu- 

 facturer. 



Sec. 2. Any person or persons con- 

 victed of a violation of any of the pro- 

 visions of Section 1 of this Act, shall be 

 deemed by the court guilty of misde- 

 meanor, and shall be fined in any sum 



not less than one hundred dollars 

 ($100), and not more than five hundred 

 dollars ($500), one-half of said fine to 

 go to the informer, and the other half to 

 the school fund. 



This a move in the right direction. 

 Once give the Bee-Keepers' Union a 

 good law to use against the adulterators 

 of honey, and there will be lively times 

 ahead for that kind of evil-doers. The 

 Bill should become a law at once, and 

 then be brought to bear upon those who 

 would tamper with pure honey. Down 

 with every form of adulteration ! Give 

 the American people what they demand 

 above all things, pure and unadulterated 

 food! 



Xlie Victorious Union. — Once 



more the National Bee-Keepers' Union 

 has fully demonstrated its great value to 

 tbe industry of bee-keeping. Whether 

 its iufluence is brought to bear upon 

 local decisions or State Legislation, it is 

 alike successful in each. The following 

 is from the General Manager, and will 

 be encouraging reading : 



FkiendYokk: — The members of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union will be 

 pleased to learn through the columns of 

 the American Bee Jouknal of the re- 

 sult of the " first round " for the year 

 1893, in the battle with the enemies of 

 the pursuit of bee-keeping. 



On Jan. 16th, as soon as the Senate 

 of Missouri got to work, Senator Sebree 

 Introduced the following, entitled, "An 

 Act to regulate the keeping of Honey- 

 Bees in Cities, Towns and Villages In 

 this State, and to provide a penalty for 



