1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



505 



at least $500 in the treasury before any attempt Is made to 

 prosecute adulterators. Yes, $1,000 would be better. 



It seems to us that If bee-keepers want to see the fipht 

 begun, they should first roll their dollars into the treasury so 

 that General Maiiager Secor could feel safe in goine ahead. 

 If In the next oO days 500 bee-Ueepers should join the New 

 Union, vye believe they would very soon have the satisfaction 

 of knowing that a few honey adulterators had been put wtu^re 

 they won't repeat the oflense. 



Just as soon as the New Union Is ready to begin the tight, 

 we will procure samples of the stuff sold for •' pure honey " 

 here in Chicago, and turn them over for analysis as we may 

 be directed. 



But let's /irst raise that fund for prosecution. Send in 

 your .Sl.OO membership fee now — to us If you prefer — and wo 

 will turn it over to the proper officer of the New Union. Then 

 perhaps ininiedlately after the Buffalo convention the war can 

 be commenced. We are ready to furnish our share of the 

 ammunition that shall put a quietus on the mixers of honey 

 with glucose or other adulterant. What say you, reader'? 

 Will you join hands with us in this matter ? 



Xlie Langstrotb nionutuent Fund is again 

 brought up in Gleanings for Aug. 1. Mr. A. I. Root suggests 

 that each bee-keeper send in at least 10 cents — but more If 

 possible. We will agree to receive any amounts that may be 

 forwarded to us, acknowledge them in the Bee Journal, and 

 then forward for the monument. 



As this has been a fairly good honey season for most bee- 

 keepers, why not send 5 cents for each colony owned, spring 

 count? If that were done, there would soon be ample funds 

 for erecting a tine monument to mark the spot where lies all 

 that was mortal of the loved and loving Langstroth. 



Mr. Root also suggests that an inscription should be pre- 

 pared in advance, so that when the time comes to use it, it 

 will be ready. Here Is what he says about this : 



And It occurs to me just now that some of our able men, 

 friends of our benefactor, should meet together and suggest a 

 suitable inscription. I have not consulted any one in regard 

 to the matter, but I should like to have Dr. Miller and Mana- 

 ger Secor, and anybody else whom they might choose, get 

 something appropriate for the tombstone. The whole wide 

 world knows more or less of Langstroth ; and people who visit 

 the cemetery at Dayton, Ohio, will look up the place and will 

 read with interest the inscription. When I was down East it 

 gave me a rare thrill to be shown the burylng-place of Noah 

 Webster, the father of our old "elementary spelling-book." I 

 cannot remember just how expensive a stone It was; but I 

 was not only delighted to see It, but to tell the friends aftpr I 

 got home that I stood by the tomb of this, that, and the other 

 great men whose memories we love and revere. 



Tl?e Weekly Budget. 



Mr. W.M. McEvov and Wife, of Ontario, Canada, expect 

 to be at the Buffalo convention. While they will represent 

 the Canadian beekeepers most admirably, still we hope to see 

 a whole lot of the bee-folks from over there. Mr. McEvoy 

 has a good many very warm friends in the United States ; 

 and you can safely take our word for it that Mrs. McEvoy 

 deserves just as many as her worthy husband has. We hope 

 Mr. McEvoy will not forget to bring J. B. Hall along with the 

 rest of the crowd. 



Gleakings in BeeCdlture has just been "changing it-; 

 dress" — comes out in brand new type of bewitching " face " 

 and "form." A new .S2,500 printing press has also been 

 added, upon which to reel off '2,200 impressions per hour. All 

 of which bespeaks prosperity. Well, we're not so hard- 

 hearted that we can't rejoice with those who do rejoice. The 



deserved success of others will not discourage us. Some day 

 it will be otir turn to take another advance step. We'belleve 

 in making progress, but always want to be sxvre we can retain 

 a position before we assume It. Of course, our excellent 

 contemporary can enslly do that, and very truly says : " While 

 Gleanings does not claim to be the best bee-journal in the 

 world, it has a right to claim that It ' keeps up with the pro- 

 cession,' both In subject-matter and In letter-press work." 



Editor R. F. Holtekmann, of the Canadian Bee Journal, 

 writes us that on account of the exhibitions It will be Incon- 

 venient for him to attend the Buffalo -neetlng, but he thinks 

 he has arranged It all right, and now expects to be there. He 

 reports that several others in his locality also expect to be 

 present. Good. We hope Canadian bee-keepers will be sure 

 to get there, even if they have to swim the Lake over and 

 back each day ! Yes, there'll no doubt be a good showing of 

 our cousins over the line. It looks now as if it were going to 

 be a monster bee-convention. Mr. Hershiser will have his 

 hands full to care for us all. But he'll do it all right. Just 

 let everbody go, and help show to the world that American 

 bee-keepers can do even better than those of Germany in the 

 convention line. 



Editor W. Z. Hutchinson, of the Bee-Keepers' Review, 

 wrote us a kindly letter July 30, from which we take these 

 sentences : 



I have been, and am yet, very busy. I have had quite a 

 local supply trade this year, which has enabled me to close out 

 about all of the sections and foundation I had on hand. I am 

 thinking of going to the fairs again this fall, and that requires 

 thought and work to get ready. 



Yes, the wife and daughter are improving, and I am en- 

 joying myself more than I have before in months. 



All will be glad to know that Mrs. Hutchinson and daugh- 

 ter are improving, and that Mr. H. himself is getting back to 

 his normal condition. He expects to be at the Buffalo conven- 

 tiou, of course. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott, editor of the Busy Bee, writ- 

 ing us July 29, said : 



My Dear Bro. York :— I will try to do what you wish 

 at the Buffalo meeting. I have just gotten out of bed again. 

 I got over-heated unloading a car about two weeks ago, and it 

 came very nearly doing me up. I am gaining all the time 

 now, and hope to be In trim before the time to go to Buffalo. 

 While I was In bed one of my sisters, who lived at home with 

 father about three blocks from us, died, so that Mrs. Abbott 

 had her hands and heart more than full. I was not able to 

 get out and see her before she was laid away, which seemed 

 very hard when I was so near to them. 



We felt pretty certain Mr. Abbott would comply with the 

 request to respond to the address of welcome to be delivered, 

 at the bee convention by the Mayor of Buffalo. 



Mr.s. Mate Wili.ia.ms, of Minnesota, we learn from the 

 last number of Farm, Slock and Home, has been put In charge 

 of Its apiarian department. She Is virtually the honored suc- 

 cessor of the late B. Taylor, who.»e thoroughly practical arti- 

 cles were of such interest to readers of bee-papers during his 

 latter years. Mrs. Williams Is introduced as the new conduc- 

 tor of their bee-department, by the publishers, in these happy 

 words : 



" Mrs. Mate Williams is a lady whose recent frequent com- 

 lunli-ations have shown that what .-he knows of bee-keeping 



head, heart and hands. It is hoped that the new bee-editor 

 will awaken an Increast Interest in her art in the breast of 

 thousands of her sister readers of Farm, Stock and Home, 

 and ihat they in turn will do what they can to strengthen her 

 In the work she has undertaken, liy suggestions, counsel, and. 

 If necessary, an occasional exercise of charity for some real or 

 fancied error of judgment." 



