194 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



September, 



Remember the bis National conven- 

 tion at St. Louis, the 27 th to 30th of 

 tliis month, in Endeavor hotel near 

 south entrance to fair grounds. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Mr. Leo F. Hanegan, the hustling 

 general manager of the St. Croix Val- 

 ley (Wis.) Honey Prodiicer's Associa- 

 tion,' is endeavoring to arrange for a 

 THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co, tourist ear and bee^-keepers enough to 

 PROPRIETORS. fill it, from St. Paul to the St. LouLs 



H. E. HILL, - EDITOR, couventlon. 



FORT PIERCE, FLA. ■ 



• Comb honey producers who tind 



Terms. Cuban competition an obstacle in the 



o^nt!*^'?''^"**-'^ ^*i%A '"i?*^'''",''*'' - ''^P'" ^-^ ^'^■a.v of successful future operations 



cents. 3 copies $1.20; all to be sent to one • \ t. a ^ -i. i • i i 4. .t +i • 



postoffice. ^ ^ ' ^ '■'^ ""^ might iind it advisable to convert their 



Postage prepaid in the United States and holdings into cash and join the ranks 

 Canada; 10 cents extra to all countries in the of the speculators at Havana. Buv it 

 postal union, and 20 cents extra to all other • ^i i i ^.i 



countries. u^ tli6 comb cheaper than we can pro- 



Advertising Rates. duce it, with no winter losses or foul 



Fifteen cents per line, 9 words; $2.00 per brood tO Contend with. 



inch. Five per cent, discount for two inser- 



tions; seven per cent, for three insertions; Brother Adelsbnuo-h of the Western 



twenty per cent, for twelve insertions. cioiuei .^uetsuaugu, or nie \\ l hceili 



Advertisements must be received on or be- Bee Journal proves to be a veritable 



fore the 15th of each month to insure inser- shark in the iournalistlc swini. Not COll- 



tion in the month followine. . . ..i , " ^^■ ., n -i. ..^j. ^ 



Matters relating in any way to business **'"* With handling the PacitlC States 



should invariably be addressed to Bee .Journal, he swallowed the Kiicky 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, ^ Mountain Bee Journal a few months 



Articles for publication or leUers ^cb,' ^' =^-»' '^"^1 "^W lias taken in the South- 



for the editorial department may be addressed h\nd Queeu, Of Texas. So far as OUr 



*o H. E. HILL, knowledge goes, he now has a corner 



Subscribers receiving their"'' pa^jer"in ^'blue "" western bee journals. SuCCeSS to lliS 



w_rapper will know that their subscription ex- enterprise. 



pires with this number. We hope that you 



will not delay favoring us with a renewal. „,. ^, , , . . , ^, 



A red wrapper on your paper inaicates that W. Iv. MoiTlSOn. lU la,st Gleanings 



you owe for your subscription. Please give corroborates his former Statement that 

 t he matter your earliest attention. America has nothing to fear from for- 



eign competition, and Editor Root con- 

 curs. A letter from an Indianapolis 

 dealer dated August 16, concludes; 

 "Comb honey situation very much de- 

 moralized here on account of a lot of 

 Cuban honey which sells at eleven and 

 three-fourths cents." The 'future" 

 may be all right — we don't know as to 

 that — but heaven knows the ])reseiit is 

 bad enough, from the standpoint of the 

 American honey producer. 



Adultoration is a universal evil, 

 with which the producer of all lands 

 has to contend. 



As a result of the persistent visits 

 of Deacon Hard.scrabble and the bat- 

 tery of cameras which have been setfor 

 him for some weeks, our readers are 

 this month given a glimps-e of our 

 private sanctum and the fountain head 

 from which this department of Tlie 

 Bee-Keeper emanates. 



Tlie bee-keeper who extracts green, 

 raw honey for the market is a foe no 

 less to be dreaded than the adulterator. 

 Seeking a personal gain in quantity, a 

 victim of his own ignorance, he deals 

 himself the hardesr blow; for while his 

 own crop is not perceptibly increased, 

 the quality i.s such as to preclude a sec- 

 ond .sale to a customer; and the ten- 

 dency is to disgust those who might 

 otherwise become habitual users of our 

 product. 



