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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1. 



prised and chagrined, for we thinl< there is noth- 

 ing more aggravating than to have a paper 

 Tieep coming when we have written two or three 

 times to have it stopped. We know there are a 

 number of "second-rate publications that are 

 guilty of this sort of thing; and, to add insult 

 to injury, they will threaten to collect back pay 

 by law. It is true, we run Gleanings a little 

 while after the time paid for; but we never re- 

 sort to law to collect, in such cases. We look at 

 it in this way: If we send our journal after the 

 time paid for, without distinct orders, we have 

 no right to compel payment. The habit of peo- 

 ple is such, however, that they will defer writ- 

 ing, even when they want the journal; and 

 when a subscriber does not say that he wants 

 the journal discontinued, we assume he wants 

 it, and will pay for it soon. So far we have lost 

 but very little in this way. 



But how about those cases mentioned at the 

 outset, wherein the writers had tried to have 

 their journals discontinued? In one instance 

 the man who ordered his journal stopped, re- 

 turned a copy without another word; and as 

 the wrapper was probably torn off before it 

 reached the mailing-clerk, she could not tell 

 whom it was from, nor what it meant. Again, 

 he ordered the postmaster to write us; but our 

 files show that his letter can not be found, and 

 probably it was never received. He finally 

 wrote himself, but in this case signed only his 

 name, and, as most of our readers know, our 

 list of subscribers is indexed by postoffices and 

 States, and not by names of persons. Then all 

 we could do was to wait for a complaint, and 

 the last one contained the full address and 

 name. In one other case the trouble lay in de- 

 fective addresses. But, one other instance 

 showed that the man had written the third 

 time, each time with a plain and distinct ad- 

 dress. This was clearly our fault, and we at 

 once corrected the mistake, and credited our 

 subscriber a year's subscription in advance, free 

 of charge, and humbly begged his pardon. We 

 mention all this to show that, while we do 

 sometimes make mistakes, we are not always 

 to blame even when appearances seem to indi- 

 cate that we are downright dishonest in trying 

 to push our goods where they are not wanted. 



Moral.— Please be careful, and give your full 

 address. Your mere name is not sufficient. We 

 must have your postoffice and State. 



THE NINTH ANNUM- REPOKT OF THE NATION- 

 AI, UEE-KEEPEHS' UNION 



is at hand. The amiuidments to the constitu- 

 tion, proposed in the last report, were voted 

 upon, and carried almost unanimously, says 

 General-Manager Newman; and then he goes 

 on to tell of the victory of the first battle of the 

 year. In the Missouri senate a bill was intro- 

 duced to the effect that no person should own 

 or keep bees within the confines of any city, 

 town, or village, nearer than 50 feet from the 



line of any adjacent real-estate owner; and 

 that a penalty of from ten to twenty dollars for 

 each week should be attached after the notice 

 to remove the bees had been served. "Mr. W. 

 S. Dornblaser, ex-Secretary of the Missouri 

 State Bee-keepers' Association, sent a copy of 

 the bill to the manager of the Union, and in- 

 stantly the Decision of the Supreme Court of 

 Arkansas was brought into play like a Gatling 

 gun, and copies of it were sent to the legislature 

 and to the governor." Hon. R. L. Taylor, Pres- 

 ident of the Union, backed up the General Man- 

 ager, and gave it as his opinion that the bill 

 was unconstitutional. The result was, that 

 the bill was promptly killed. 



Jn regard to sugar honey, the General Man- 

 ager gives notice that he will " prosecute to the 

 full extent of the law any who may dare to offer 

 for sale as honey any of that sugar-syrup swiu 

 die." 



Mr. J. A. Pierce, of Grand Rapids, was threat- 

 ened by 25 peach-growers, who stated that his 

 bees were eating their peaches. Again thft 

 peach-growers were supplied with the Arkan- 

 sas decision, that bees are not a nuisance per ser 

 and upon finding the legal status of the thing 

 they let the matter drop. Mr. G. B. Woodbury, 

 of California, was also threatened by fruit- 

 growers, and again the Arkansas gun was turn- 

 ed upon them, with the usual results. 



There are several other cases on hand in Wis- 

 consin, Iowa, Canada, Nebraska, and Colorado; 

 but the Manager thinks it not wise to make any 

 statement regarding them at present. The bal- 

 ance on hand in the treasury is $731.71. If the 

 Union assumes the aggressive in prosecuting 

 honey-adulterators it will need every cent of 

 this, and more. It has already, as we happen 

 to know, taken several cases under advisement. 

 The fact that the Union is watching them has- 

 made the law-breakers a little cautious. The 

 dues for 1894 are $1.00, and should besent tO' 

 Thos. G. Newman, 147 Southwestern Ave., Chi- 

 cago. Any applicant may become a member by 

 paying the same sum— fl.OO. We do not hesi- 

 tate to say that the Union ought to be supported 

 because of the valuable precedents it has been 

 establishing, and the systematic way in which 

 it turns them to good effect whenever the inter- 

 ests of bee-keepers are at stake. 



The following is the law of Ohio concerning- 

 standard time. See Our Homes, this issue. 



(House Bill No. ;.'16.) 



AN ACT 

 To establish a uniform system of keeping time throughout the 

 State of '^hio. 

 Skc. 1. Re It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 

 Ohio, that the stamlaKl of time throughout this State .shall be 

 that of I he ninetieth meridian of lontritude west of Oreenwich, 

 1)V whieli nil courts, IpmmUs, anri pulilie iilMce^. and 1(11 leff;*! or 

 oilicial i.,-.>ccr<lint,'s. s1k«11 be herc.'iltcr rctrulaled. Whenever 

 by the laws of tlii^ Sl.-ile. or iiy any l.iw. rule, onler, or proees? 

 I'f any aulluirity. crea'ed by or )iur>iiimt to tlie laws of this 

 State any act is reoiiired to lie pcr-forined at or within any 

 pres('ribod time. su(di net shaH be peilornied ai-eordintf to the 

 standard of time of the ninetieth meridian of loiig-itude west 

 from (ireenwich, known as central standard time. 

 SR(j.2. This act shall take effect nt 12 o'clock, noon April i 

 °"'> Lewis C. Laylin, 



Speaker of the House of Rep's. 



1893. 



Passed Mar. 23, 1893. 



ANPREwL. Harris, 



President of the Senate. 



