Vol. XTI. 



OCT. 15, 1888. 



No. 20. 



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MANUFACTURED (?) HONEY. 



QUOTATIONS IN GLEANINGS IN REGARD TO IT. 



Root. 



S the business for the second evening 

 j) of the convention at Columbus open- 

 ' ed, President Mason gravely an- 

 ' nounced that some heavy charges 

 had been made against brother A. I. 

 He said he hoped that brother R. 

 would be able to explain matters satisfac- 

 torily, but that the whole thing looked very 

 dark and suspicious. Thereupon he pro- 

 duced Gleanings in Bee Culture for 

 Oct. 1. Turning to page 748, he with great 

 gravity read the report from St. Louis, 

 from W. B. Westcott & Co., dwelling with 

 much emphasis on the sentence, " Extract- 

 ed manufactured stock, 4 to 5 cts." Your 

 humble servant asked to be shown where on 

 the pages of Gleanings such a sentence 

 occurred. The president handed him a 

 copy, and there was no getting around it. 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, that has 

 been so active in months past in contra- 

 dicting slanderous reports of the newspa- 

 pers, and insisting that, at the present 

 time, very little spurious honey was to be 

 found in any of our markets, has actually 

 been quoting " manufactured honey at 4 to 

 Scents a pound," as if it were a regular and 

 reputable article of merchandise. A good 

 deal of sport was indulged in at the ex- 

 pense of the editor of Gleanings ; but up- 

 on his promise to investigate, and make 

 ample apology and correction, he was let off 



for the time being, and the proceedings of 

 the convention went on. It seems there 

 was a good deal of hurry and rush in many 

 directions just before John, Ernest, and my- 

 self got away for three days at the centen- 

 nial exhibit As the market reports are 

 usually not much more than a change of 

 figures from the preceding reports, I be- 

 lieve I skipped them. Ernest did the same, 

 and the compositors, perhaps, did not think 

 why " manufactured stock " should not be 

 all right. I at once wrote to W. B. West- 

 cott & Co. for an explanation, and here is 

 what they say about it : 



Mr. Boot;— Your favor of the 6th inst. is at hand, 

 also our postal, Sept. 22. What we meant by 

 manufacturers' stock was dark extracted honey 

 that was too dark for table use, and that we sold to 

 manufacturers of crackers, to tobacconists and 

 others, such as mead men, etc. We did not mean 

 to convey the idea that the honey is manufactured 

 or adulterated. W. B. Westcott & Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 1888. 



It was my impression, as soon as I saw it, 

 that the report alluded to means the poor 

 honey usually sold for manufacturMig pur- 

 poses as above. In view of the damage, 

 however, that has been done to our industry, 

 I think it l)ehooves us all to be careful how 

 we express ourselves. Had the above item 

 read, " Second quality, dark extracted honey 

 for manufacturing purposes, 4 to 5 cents," 

 all would have been well, and perhaps no 

 great harm has been done as it is. The re- 



