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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 2d, 



Mr. Sylvester— The only argument is in favor of the 

 dealer. 



Vice-Pres. Porter — The tall section is claimed to look a 

 little handsomer. I think we should work more for a general 

 standard in our supplies ; but as it is now we have continual 

 changes. I recommend a resolution to condemn this change. 



Mrs. Booth then explained her way of serving honey at 

 the table, in individual dishes, like those for butter. 



Mr. Tracy — I favor a good, strong resolution. 



The following resolution by Mr. Tracy was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion denounce the scheme of some of the supply houses of the 

 land of changing the present style of the standard Hi section 

 to any other style. 



Mr. F. Rauchfuss — Speaking of changes, here is a sample 

 of comb honey in a Ferguson section. As the Ferguson super 

 Is used in Utah, Mr. Dudley may be able to tell us something 

 of how It is regarded. 



Mr. Dudley (Secretary of the Utah Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion) — To some extent the Ferguson super is used in Utah, but 

 I do not think it will be adopted to any great extent. The tall 

 section has the advantage that you can put a greater surface 

 in a super. 



Mrs. Booth — I do not favor the Ferguson section. 



Mr. Sylvester— The Ferguson super might be all right if 

 one does not tier up. 



Vice-Pres. Porter — There is a difference in the city mar- 

 kets. Some require glast sections, and others carton's, and 

 different kinds of cases are in vogue in different places. 



LAWS AGAINST AULTEKATION. 



In the afternoon session, the legislative committee, con- 

 sisting of .T.B.Adams, H. Rauchfuss and F.L.Thompson, 

 made their report. The committee had laokt up the adultera- 

 tion law. In their judgment, the statutes already in force 

 were sufficient. Of these, an Act passed in 1887 is to be 

 found in Mills' Annotated Statutes of Colorado, Vol. I, Sees. 

 12, 13 and 14 ; or in the Session reports of 1887, pages 16 

 and 17. These, in brief, define the sale of articles of food 

 and drink mixt withsubstances injuriousto health as a felony, 

 to be punisht by hard labor in the penitentiary for not more 

 than five years ; the sale of adulterated articles of food and 

 drink, without marking the same as such, as a misdemeanor, 

 to be punisht by a fine of not more than $500, or by impris- 

 onment in the county jail for not more than six months, or 

 both ; and the sale of imitations of articles of food and drink, 

 without a statement to that effect on the label or otherwise, 

 as a misdemeanor, to be punisht with a fine cf not more than 

 §500. 



An Act past in 1898 is to be found in Mills" Annotated 

 Statutes, Vol. 3, page 9-14 and following; or in the Session 

 Report of 1893, pages 392, 393, and 391. This Act makes 

 fraudulent adulteration of food or drink, for the purpose of 

 sale, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not more 

 than one year, or a fine not exceeding !B300, and the adulter- 

 ated article is to be forfeited and destroyed ; and it goes on to 

 virtually repeat, in the main, but more in detail, the former 

 Act in somewhat different language, extending it to medicine 

 also. A general penalty clause near the end states that viola- 

 tion of any provision of any of the foregoing sections of this 

 Act shall be punisht by a fine of not more than $50, or im- 

 prisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months. 

 The last section makes it the duty of the district attorneys of 

 the State to appear for the people and attend to the prosecu- 

 tion of all complaints under this Act in all the courts In their 

 respective counties. The sections of this Act which most in- 

 terest bee-keepers are as follows : 



"No person shall mix, color, stain or powder any article of 

 food, drink, or medicine, or any article which enters into the 

 composition of food, drink, or medicine with any other ingre- 

 dient or material, whether too injurious to health or not, for 

 the purpose of gain or profit, or sell or offer the same for sale, 

 or order or permit any other person to sell or offer for sale 

 any article so mixt, colored, stained or powdered, unless the 

 same be so manufacturp<l, used or sold, or offered for sale un- 

 der its true and appropriate name, and notice that the same is 

 ini,\t or impure is markt, printed or stampt upon each package, 

 roll, parcel or vessel, containing the same, so as to bo and 

 remain at all ti;iies readily visible, or unless the person pur- 

 chasing the same is fully informed by the seller of the true 

 name and ingredients (if other than such are known by the 

 common name thereof,) of such article of food, drink or medi- 

 cine at the time of making sale thereof, or offering to sell the 

 same. 



" No person shall mix any glucose or grapo sugar with 

 syrup, honey, or sugar intended for human food, or any oleo- 

 margarine, sulne, beef fat, larior any other foreign substance 



with any butter or cheese intended for human food, or shall 

 mix any glucose or grape sugar or oleomargarine with any 

 article of food, without distinctly marking, stamping or label- 

 ing the article or the package containing the same with the 

 true and appropriate name of such article and the percentage 

 in which glucose or grape sugar, oleomargarine or suine enter 

 into its composition ; nor shall any person sell or offer for sale, 

 or order or permit to be sold or offered for sale, any such food 

 into the composition of which glucose or grape sugar or oleo- 

 margarine or suine has entered, without at the same time in- 

 forming the buyer of the fact, and the proportions in which 

 such glucose or grape sugar or oleomargarine or suine has en- 

 tered, without at the same time informing the buyer of the 

 fact, and the proportions in which such glucose or grape 

 sugar or oleomargarine or suine has entered into its composi- 

 tion." 



(In the foregoing, the word " too " in the phrase " whether 

 too injurious to health or not " may possibly be any error, 

 since the statement is made that the Secretary of State did 

 not consider himself at liberty to correct any errors of gram- 

 mar, spelling, punctuation, etc. But the word "suine" is 

 doubtless correct, and is a dissylable.) 



The subject was thus discust, after the reading of the 

 Acts: 



Mr. Rhodes — This law is sufficient. 



Mr. Tracy — How is it that a committee of dairymen are 

 working for a law, when there is a law already? 



Mrs. Booth — They want a different coloring specified, so 

 that any one can tell a package as soon as he sees it. 



Mr. Northrop — The dairymen want more money appro- 

 priated to put the law in force. 



Mr. Booth — It is easy to pass laws. One dairy commis- 

 sioner did no good. Another bought up some samples. But 

 when you do get the samples you have to have the money to 

 get them analyzed. He got a few analyzed, and a few per- 

 sons were brought up and fined. The question is how to apply 

 the law. There should be some provision for money enough 

 to pay the chemist or the prosecution. Perhaps Eastern laws 

 should be copied. 



Vice-Pres. Porter — The Field and Farm has been talking 

 about getting the Ohio Pure Food Law through. 



Mr. Tracy — Is there any provision for money in our law ? 



Mr. Thompson — No. 



Vice-Pres. Porter — The analysis should be done by some 

 reliable authority. 



Mr. Sylvester — I have noticed the disposition of city 

 officials to avoid doing their duty. I have certain knoledge of 

 a gambling case which the city attorney refused to prosecute. 

 The assistant city attorney collected evidence and prosecuted, 

 but was made to resign by the city attorney. The district 

 attorney is as absolute as the Czar. He can quash any pro- 

 ceedings commenced in the lower courts. That is what the 

 city attorney did, by means of a mandamus. 



Mr. Rhodes — The difficulty is serious. But if we connect 

 ourselves with the bee-keepers' protective union, they will 

 back us. More than an individual representation is needed to 

 be effective. The Union forces them to prosecute, whether 

 they want to or not. 



Mr. Tracy — The only way for us to do is to join the Union 

 as individual members. 



Vice-Pres. Porter — A committee was appointed some time 

 ago to collect samples. Suppose we wait until they report 

 before going on with the discussion. 



The remainder of the report, on the Foul Brood amend- 

 ments, was suspended until after the reading and discussion 

 of a paper by Col. Whipple, of Arapahoe County. 

 LContiaued next week.] 



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