1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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them " in that State, and we had expected to meet most of 

 them. Many of them we have not had the pleasure of seeing. 

 We returned home Thursday afternoon, feeling well re- 

 paid for having made the effort to be present. We hope soon 

 to have the convention report, giving the Interesting details 

 of the meeting. 



Oh, yes, we almost forgot to say that the Association is in 

 great need of funds to defray the expenses incurred by attempt- 

 ing to get the Foul Brood Bill past; also for postage, print- 

 ing, etc. Secretary N. E. France (of Platteville, Wis.), 

 can't pay all that out of his own pocket, and he should not be 

 expected to do it, when the membership fee is only 50 cents 

 a year. Now, every Wisconsin reader of the Bee Journal 

 send Mr. France your little 50 cents at once, and help your 

 State organization. If you can't attend the annual meetiugs 

 you can aid by sending your money. Do it right away, and 

 thus encourage Sec. France, who is working hard. 



more Honey-Conmiissioti Frauds.— It seems 

 that Horrie, Wheadon & Co., stre having successors in their 

 line of fleecing bee-keepers, not only In Chicago, but also in 

 other parts of the country. 



In a recent issue of the Chicago Tribune appeared the fol- 

 lowing paragraphs referring to John A. McCutcheon &. Co., 

 who, by the way, are still advertising in the Progressive Bee- 

 Keeper, as shown by the February number lying before us : 



'• There is a patllock on the front door of No. 222 South 

 Water street, a store until recently occupied by the commis- 

 sion firm of John A. McCutcheon & Co., and there is nothing 

 but atmosphere and an odor in the store room formerly filled 

 with poultry and other farm produce. 



"When McCutcheon left town about two weeks ago he 

 was accompanied by Miss Emma Wichman, a handsome young 

 woman who has been his book-keeper and cashier for four 

 years. The girl's mother does not know whetLer the couple 

 is married or not. No one else seems to know, either." 



We are told that McCutcheon & Co. swindled their bank 

 out of $500, by overdrawing their account. Their advertise- 

 ment in the Progressive reads thus : 



" In shipping honey to the Chicago market one of the 

 most urgent points to be followed is to know that you are con- 

 signing or selling it to an old and responsible house. We 

 handle honey quite extensively, but not exclusively. We 

 claim to be in better position to net you better results than 

 such houses who make a specialty of honey, for the reason 

 that we cater to the best class of retail merchants In our city ; 

 they all handling honey find it to their advantage to purchase 

 of us while buying their other supplies. It will be to your 

 interest to correspond with us before making disposition else- 

 where. Write for stencils, prices, etc. We also handle bees- 

 wax extensively." 



We are also informed that McCutcheon is one of that 

 whole gang of commission frauds — Terrill Bros., Horrie, 

 Wheadon, Bartling. etc. 



The next fraudulent outfit we wish to call the attention of 

 bee-keepers to is the Williamson Produce Co., of New York 

 City, supposed to have been backt by E. A. Williamson, and 

 managed by his brother, F. W. Williamson, who now has gone 

 on a "vacation," and can't be found. Mr. H. Root, of Onon- 

 daga Co., N. Y., lost nearly SlOO worth of honey by this con- 

 cern. He his tried to get a settlement of his claim through 

 the'courts, but all to no avail. The firm in whose hands he 

 put his claim for collection, after a fruitless attempt, wrote 

 him as follows : 



- " We have done all in our power to bring them [William- 

 son Produce Co.] to terms Their sign is taken from their 



place of business. This was one of the fake concerns (of 

 which there are more), and you are not the only sufferer. We 

 are very sorry that you should be the loser, hut if beekeepers 

 will continue to ship to parties of whom they know nothing, 

 they must take the consequences." 



And the latter part of that last sentence is just the plain 

 truth. When will beekeepers learn not to ship honey to new 



firms, unless such firms have undoubted recommendations? 

 And why they do not, before shipping, enquire of the pub- 

 lishers of the bee-paper they take and read, is beyond us. But 

 perhaps the majority who have recently been "caught" don't 

 take a good bee-paper, thinking that they " know it all " any- 

 way. Well, it may be heartless in us to say it, but, really, if 

 some bee-keepers would rather give lots of their money 

 (honey) to fraudulent commission-men than to pay a small 

 subscription price for the bee-paper, they simply "must take 

 the consequences." 



Still another concern is heard from, and seems to deserve 

 a little free advertising. Wm. H. Unger, operating under 

 the firm name of Unger & Co., Michigan St., Buffalo, N. Y., 

 is anything but a straight commission man, so reports Glean- 

 ings. It ought to be needless to caution bee-keeepers not to 

 ship honey to people who are not well recommended. Far bet- 

 ter to donate your honey to some orphanage and be done with 

 it, than to give it to dealers of no reputation, or that are not 

 well known. 



Result ol the National Union "Vote.— The 



whole number of votes cast were 167. All the old officers 

 were re-elected for 1S97, as follows: 



For President— Hon. R. L. Taylor, 127 votes. 



For Vice-Presidents— G. M. Doolittle, 137 ; Prof. A. J. 

 Cook. 132; Hon. Eugene Secor, 114; A. I. Root, 104; and 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, 95. 



For General Manager, Secretary and Treasurer— Thos. G. 

 Newman, 131. 



On amalgamation — Against, 106; for, 51. 



Evidently the majority of the members of the National 

 Union want no change in any way. All right. That settles it. 



Tl?e Weekly Budgets 



Mr. Wm. Stolley, of Nebraska, called at our oEBce Feb. 

 3, while we were at the Madison, Wis., convention. We re- 

 gret very much not seeing him, as it is the second time he has 

 called and we were away. Perhaps the third time will be 

 more successful. 



Mb. Wm. Iden, of Kosciusko Co.. Ind., when sending his 

 subscription for another year, Jan. 31, wrote thus: "lam 

 out of the bee-business at present, but I feel like helping you 

 along in your war on swindlers. The American Bee Journal 

 is doing a good work for honey-producers." 



Mr. C. W. Learned, of Michigan, when sending his second 

 order for our alfalfa honey, offered on another page, said this, 

 Feb. 11: 



"There is no call for any better honey than this ; it sells 

 the best of any I ever handled. I intend to keep it on hand 

 always. I sell at 12)^ cents per pound, and there is no fault 

 found." 



Mr. Wm. G. Hewes, of California, suggests in Gleanings 

 that bee-keepers " make an effort to have Congress place an 

 internal revenue duty on glucose of two or three cents or up- 

 ward." He thinks that would help to remove it from the list 

 of honey adulterants. Guess he's about right. And that 

 would be a good way to raise necessary revenues. We just 

 wonder if Mr. H. always cuts to the line as close as he 

 "Hewes" in this. 



Mr. Geo. W. Brodbeck, of California, we regret to learn, 

 reports that he past through a severe siege of the grippe in 

 January. He wrote, Jan. 28. that his bees (in Los Angeles 

 Co.) "were dumping over each other in their scramble to get 

 into the hive." He brought them down from the bee-ranch 

 to their present location last fall, very weak, be says, "but 

 since the eucalyptus has begun to yield nectar they are build- 

 ing up fast, and from now on until July 1, means work, from 

 morning until night, and by and by, when the days get hot, I 

 make the drive back and forth from the apiary (35 miles) at 

 night. So you see there is not much play in connection with 

 California bee-keeping." 



