American Hee Joarnai] 



December, 1909. 



last month's American Bee Journal. 

 The following is a brief report of our 

 second and third trips: 



Walter S. Pouder 



Oct. 15th we left Chicago, stopping 

 first at Indianapolis to see Walter S. 

 Pouder, at 8-59 Massachusetts Ave. We 

 found him in his magnificent new store, 

 but of course not busy with bee-sup- 

 plies, as the season was over some 

 weeks before our arrival. But he was 

 in the honey business " good and 



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plenty," assisted by his faithful helper, 

 O. I. Masten, who has been with him 

 for about 1.5 years. Mr. Pouder has 

 been in the bee-supply and honey busi- 

 ness for 20 years, and, by reason of his 

 transparent honesty of dealing, and his 

 determination to give entire satisfac- 

 tion, he has built up a splendid trade 

 in both bee-keepers' supplies and 

 honey. 



The C. M. Scott Co. 



f~ This bee-supply and honey firm is 

 also in Indianapolis, at 1009 E. Wash- 

 ington St., Mr. E. A. Dittrich being 

 its chief moving spirit. We met him 

 in the evening at the Pure Food Show 

 being held in Tomlinson Hall. A pic- 

 ture of his exhibit appears herewith. 



Mr. Dittrich not only had a fine dis- 

 play of both comb and extracted honey, 

 honey-vinegar, etc., but also gave live 

 bee demonstrations in a wire-screen 

 cage to the wondering multitude. We 

 authorized him to offer any lady .50 

 cents who would enter the cage with 



HONEY-BOO'IH Ol- I Hi: C. M. .SCO 11 Co. 



him, but there were no takers. It 

 created much interest. 



C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



We left Indianapolis for Cincinnati 

 at about 4:30 a.m., and arrived about 

 7 a.m. After a restaurant breakfast we 

 took a street-car for the big store of 



C. H. W. Weber & Co., at 2146 Central 

 Ave., now managed by Mr. Chas. H. 

 Weber, who is a hustler ?'« business 

 and /or business. He is ably aided in 

 the ofBce by his alert sister "Alma," 



he had in stock, in both 5-gallon cans 

 and in barrels, but it looked as if there 

 was enough to sweeten half of the 

 country. There is no question but that 

 The Fred W. Muth Co. does its share 





Interior View of Walter S. Pouder's Honey and Bee-Supplv Office. 



who doubtless will be surprised to see 

 her photograph in these columns. 



As most of our readers will remem- 

 ber, Mr. C. H. W. Weber passed away 

 about a year ago. He succeeded the late 

 Chas. F. Muth in the bee-supply and 

 honey business. Mr. Muth was a sturdy 

 German, honest and enterprising as a 

 man could be. And his successor was 

 every bit his equal in these regards. 

 Mr. Weber maintained the business in 

 e.xcellent style, and his son " Charles " 

 seems to be a " chip off the old block," 

 as the expressive saying goes. He is 

 not only a pushing bee-supply dealer 

 and seedsman, but is the champion 

 rapid honey-bottler of America, we 

 verily believe. His daily capacity is 

 240 two-dozen case tumblers, ready for 

 shipment, all the work being done by 

 only four men. 



Mr. Weber had a small quantity left 

 of a car of the most beautiful sage 

 comb honey, from Southern California, 

 that we ever saw. We believe it was 

 his seventh or eighth car of all kinds 

 of comb honey for this season, besides 

 perhaps several cars of extracted honey. 

 We said Mr. Weber is a hustler, and it 

 is easily proven, as will be seen from 

 the foregoing. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Mr. Fred W. Muth is a son of the 

 late Chas. F. Muth, to whom we re- 

 ferred above. His firm has built up a 

 large business in bee-supplies and 

 honey. We think we are safe in say- 

 ing that "Fred" has traveled more 

 thousands of miles in the interest of 

 honey sales than any other living man. 



His firm occupies three large floors 

 at 51 Walnut St. We wouldn't dare es- 

 timate the number of carloads of honey 



of the honey business, and also of bee- 

 supplies, as well. 



The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. 



Before landing in Falconer, N. Y., 

 where the great W. T. Falconer Mfg. 

 Co.'s plant is located, we had spent a 

 few days in eastern Ohio, visiting our 

 aged and beloved mother, also sisters 

 and brothers. As we wanted to spend 



Miss .Alma Weber. 



Sunday with friends in Buffalo, and it 

 being Saturday when we arrived at 

 Falconer, we could remain only two or 

 three hours. But Mr. Leslie Martin, 

 who has charge of the bee-supply end 

 of the business, was very kind to us 



