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atlons, together with any suggestions as to the best remedy 

 for the evil. 



1. Do you know of any new adulterant? If yes, state 

 what, and how used. 



-. Would a national food and drug law assist in prevent- 

 ing adulteration ? 



0. Would uniform food, drug, and pharmaceutical laws 

 tend to promote efficiency and purity ? 



4. Please suggest what would best promote the interests 

 of consumers and legitimate manufacturers and dealers. 



5. What is your opinion as to the extent of damage done 

 legitimate business by imitation of brands, packages, etc.? 



• >. To what extent do sophistication, misbranding, and 

 injurious adulteration exist? 



1. Have State laws aided in preventing adulteration ? To 

 what extent ? 



8. Would a national law assist State ofiBcials In properly 

 executing the local laws? 



y. Have adulteration, sophistication, and misbranding 

 increast or decreast ? 



Prompt replies to the above, together with any other in- 

 formation or suggestions, will be highly appreciated. 

 Yours respectfully, 



A. J. Wedderburn, Special Agent. 

 Approved : — James Wilson, Secretary. 



We are rejoiced to know that the Government is to take 

 up the subject of adulteration, and we trust it will make the 

 investigation very thorough. We believe it will be surprised 

 at the extent of the evil, and the danger to the health of the 

 people. We canuot understand how any really honest man 

 can but be awfully against all kinds of adulteration of food 

 products. 



We are free to say that we sincerely believe that were it 

 not for the evil of adulteration, twice the amount of pure 

 honey would be consumed by the public. This may seem like 

 a strong utterance, but in view of the common fear that we 

 know exists, that honey is so generally adulterated, we feel 

 that we have only given the fact. 



Let every bee-keeper sit right down and reply to those 

 nine questions, and thus show the Government's special agent 

 that at least one class of honest producers is in hearty accord 

 with the effort being put forth. We can all hope that some- 

 thing tangible may then result therefrom. 



Honey Apple>Butter.— Mrs. R. C. Aikin, of Col- 

 orado, gives the following recipe for making honey-apple- 

 butter, io Gleanings: 



"One gallon good cooking apples ; one quart honey ; one 

 quart honey-vinegar ; one heaping teaspoonful ground cinna- 

 mon. Cook several hours, stirring often to prevent burning. 

 If the vinegar is very strong, use part water." 



The BufTalo Coii-vention Report we had 



hopedjto have begun several weeks ago, but so far we have 

 not received it from the Secretary. We trust that it may be 

 received at this office very soon, so that we can complete it 

 before Jan. 1, 189S. 



Honey as^Food is the name of a 2'i-page pamphlet, 

 3 >'4x6 '4 inches, which we are now printing for general dis- 

 tribution among those who should be users of honey. It is 

 just the thing for bee-keepers to hand to every one of their 

 customers, and also to those whom they would like to have as 

 customers. It is very handy in size — just right to go into an 

 ordinary business envelope. It contains 12 illustrations, five 

 of which are somewhat comic, and help to make it attractive. 

 There is a blank space for your name and address. About 

 Ji of the pamphlet was written by Dr. Miller, and then we 

 added thereto many new and valuable honey recipes — for 

 cooking and for medicinal purposes. In all, It makes a neat 

 little pamphlet. Send name and address and we will mail you 

 a sample of," Honey as Food." 



Prices for quantities, postpaid — 25 for 30 cents; 50 for 

 50 cents ; 100 for 85 cents : 200 for SI. 40. By express, 

 not prepaid, 500 for §3.00; 1,000, $5.00. 

 -" Now let the orders come in, and we will do our best to fill 

 them promptly. Remember, a sample copy is mailed free. 



Ti?e Weekly Budget. 



Miis. E. H. Stewart, of Ontario, Canada, wrote us Oct. 

 18, that her " bees are in fine condition for winter." 



Mr. W. A. Selser, Wife, A^D Baby, of Pennsylvania, 

 are shown in Gleanings for Oct. 15. They are a fine trio. 



Mr. J. T. Calvert — business manager of The A. I. Root 

 Co., called on us Friday, Oct. 22. He reported a very satis- 

 factory year's business for 1897. 



Mr. a. L. Shirck, of Peoria Co., 111., wrote us as follows 

 Oct. 7 : 



" I cannot get along without the American Bee Journal. 

 I took it eight years iu succession up to last February, at 

 which time I had it stopt. But send it along again." 



Messrs. G. B. Lewis Co., of Wisconsin, were recently 

 represented in Chicago by Mr. Lewis, Jr., and Mr. Martenson, 

 the manager of the firm. We were favored by a short call 

 from the two gentlemen, who informed us that allho they had 

 had a prosperous trade this year, they anticipated a larger 

 one in 1898. We hope they may have it, for we believe there 

 are no better manufacturers of and dealers in bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies than The G. B. Lewis Co. 



Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson reacht his home it. Michigan 

 about Oct. 15, after haviug made his annual rounds of the 

 State Fairs again. Writing us one week after his return, he 



said : 



"I stopt to see Mrs. Hutchinson on my way home. She 

 was better than I had ever hoped to see her. Of course, 

 there is a possibility of her recovery — there is at least a ray 

 of life. Ivy is as well as ever." 



Of course, all of Mr. Hutchinson's friends will be pleased 



to learn these encouraging words. 



The Frank B. White Co., of Chicago, gave their sixth 

 annual banquet at the Auditorium, Thursday evening, Oct. 

 21. Plates were provided for about 200 guests— publishers 

 and editors of agricultural papers, and also the advertisers 

 who patronize the columns of those periodicals. The White 

 Co. are specialists in their line of placing the advertising for 

 others in the best mediums circulating among the farmers. 

 And they are a great success at the business. They have just 

 recently taken offices in the Fischer Building, on the 17th 

 floor. They are "up in the world " in two ways now. They 

 deserve success, hence they have it. 



Mr. a. I. Root, the senior editor of Gleanings, seems to 

 have discovered that "kind word" that Henry Alley felt 

 called upon to say concerning our esteemed contemporary, 

 and which we referred to on page 665. Under the heading, 

 "Everything in the Bee-Llne Worth Printing," Mr. Root 

 wrote thus about it: 



"On page 721 of our Oct. 1st issue, our old friend Henry 

 Alley was permitted to say In the Kind Words department 

 that Gleanings contains about everything in the bee-line 

 worth printing. Of course, he gave this as his opinion. I 

 have said once before that I did not mean to let anything of 

 that kind appear in print again. No doubt Friend Alley meant 

 exactly what he said ; but it was in a private communication, 

 and not intended to be put into a public journal. Had the 

 writer not been off on one of his wheel rides when said pages 

 were made up, there would have been at least a modification 

 of that kind word, for it is certainly not true. Neither Ernest 

 nor myself believe it, and it would be unkind and discourteous 

 to the editors of other bee-jouruals to even insinuate that ours 

 is the i)cst one of the lot." 



