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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Fel. 10, 



V?ie 



Ejournal 



CB0R«SE: NV. YORK, . Editor. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 

 US Aficliig-ali St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



$1.00 a Year— Sample Copy Sent Free. 

 [Bntered at the Poat-Offlce at Ctaicaeo as Second-Class Mall-Matter.] 



United States Bee-Keepers' Union. 



Organized to advance the pursuit of Apiculture; to promote the Interests 



of bee-keepers : to protect its members ; to prevent the adulteration 



ol honey; and to prosecute the dishonest honey-commission men. 



Meivibership fee— $1. go Per Annum. 



Hxecuttve Committee, 



President— George W. York. Vice-Pres.— W. Z. Hhtchinson 

 Secretary— Dr. A. B. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Board of Direotors, 



E. R. Root. E. Whitcomb. E. T. Abbott. 



W. Z. Hdtchinson. Dr. C. C. Mfller. C. P. Dadant. 



General A/anag-er and Treasurer, 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Vol. inVIII, CHICAGO, ILL., FEB, 10, 1898, No. 6. 



Ctaicag:o Food and Health Exposition.— 



As a good many know, such a show embraces the exhibition of 

 various kinds of table food, free samples or " tastes " of which 

 are given to thousands of visitors who call to Inspect them. 

 This particular Exposition was under the mangement of the 

 Chicago Journal, one of the daily newspapers here, with a 

 gentleman by the name of A. E. Miller In charge. It was held 

 during the mouth of October, 1897. 



Battery D, on the Lake Front, was the place which was 

 divided into compartments or booths, and the illustration on 

 the first page this week shows the booth we put up to exhibit 

 pure honey. It was in charge of Mrs. W. H. Harris, an esti- 

 mable Chicago lady, whose likeness is shown in the picture, 

 tho the flash-light with which the original photograph was 

 taken seemed to pretty efltectually close her eyes, and give 

 her the appearaoce of being somewhat sleepy, but that is 

 far from her real disposition. 



Perhaps right here we may as well let our friend "Emm 

 Dee" give his impression of the show, after having made a 

 careful inspection : 



THE FOOD SHOW. 



The exhibition, in Chicago, of thousands of varieties of 

 health-giving foods has been of greater practical interest this 

 year than ever before since its organization. Indeed, the 

 recognized importance of this exhibit has become so fully 

 appreciated by the increasing attendance that It has not only 

 been extended a week longer than the allotted time, but a 

 strong influence is being exerted to hereafter make it one of 



the great features of an annual industrial exhibition, such as 

 proved so attractive some years ago. 



It is impossible to enumerate all the discripttons and 

 qualities of food and other useful articles exhibited at this 

 exposition. Many were of great interest as eucouraging, in 

 an inviting manner, the substitution of foods long in use for 

 more healthy and palatable ones. Conspicuous among the 

 gaily-adorned booths was York's honey display, of both comb 

 and extracted honey, presided over by a lady of gentle man- 

 ners and persuasive charm — Mrs. Harris. Many will know of 

 and appreciate the great value of honey as a food since chat- 

 ting with the fair saleslady. Editor York is evidently very 

 alive to the interests of the bee-keepers. E.mm Dee. 



The following paragraph appeared in a local suburban 

 paper, called The Lake Breeze, and publisht where we reside : 



" Those who have beep so fortunate as to visit the Pure 

 Food Show at Battery D, will not soon forget the honey-booth, 

 and surely will never forget the honey itself. As the proprie- 

 tor of the honey-booth, George W. York, Is a Ravenswood 

 man. It is not strange that Ravenswood has been well repre- 

 sented at the show, and Mr. York and his honey have made 

 many friends there. Mrs. Harris, who has presided over the 

 booth during the show. is also from this suburb, and her friends 

 have not failed to sample the excellent bee-product kept in 

 stock." 



Now we might write several pages on our experiment 

 along the line of an attempt to educate the public by whole- 

 sale as to the value of pure honey as a daily food. But we 

 can only say here that thousands of people at least for once 

 in their lives knew what it was to taste pure extracted bee's 

 honey — a thing to which Chicago people have been almost 

 strangers. We also gave away great numbers of the " Honey 

 as Food " pamphlet, which must result in untold good, pro- 

 vided those who took copies of it will read its truthful con- 

 tents. 



We feel that we did at least somathing for the future of 

 honey in this city, by our month's exhibit at the Chicago Food 

 and Health Exposition. It was a pretty big undertaking, and 

 finaqcially we can hardly say that it proved a success for us ; 

 still, " York's Pure Bees' Honey " became quite well known, 

 and for awhile In Chicago many grocers "caught on" toils 

 popularity, and kept it for sale. Since then country bee- 

 keepers have come in and cut the prices, and the glucose- 

 mixers have also gotten in their criminal work, so that it is 

 quite difficult to try to do even a fairly profitable business in 

 pure honey here. What is needed Is a vigorous enforcement of 

 our Illinois anti-adulteration law, and then following up of 

 every grocer with pure honey, both extracted and in the comb. 



While our honey exhibit was practically a financial fail- 

 ure to us, yet we believe for the bee-keepers who ship their 

 honey to this market it will eventually prove a good thing, 

 because of the advertisement pure honey received, thus creat- 

 ing a greater desire on the part of consumers for the genuine 



bee-product. 



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Call for a Pure Food Congress.— A call for a 

 Pure Food and Drug Congress has been Issued, signed by 

 Alex. J. Wedderburn, as Secretary, who is also the special 

 chemist of the Department of Agriculture. It is proposed to 

 hold it March 2, in Washington, D. C. Here is the " call " as 

 printed : 



The question of the character of the food, drink and 

 drugs consumed by a people is unquestionably one of the most 

 important that can be discust by them. Adulteration, mis- 

 branding, sophistication, substitution, and imitation un- 

 doubtedly exist to an alarming extent, to the detriment of 

 health, legitimate business, and sound morals, and it becomes 

 needful to secure legislation that will check this growing evil 

 and permit an honest man to do an honest business. 



The extent of adulteration can only be estimated by the 

 number of industries engaged in producing food, drugs and 

 liquors, for no sooner does a legitimate business succeed than 

 illegitimate imitators follow in its wake. These unfair prac- 

 tices have become so general that remedial legislation is de- 

 manded to protect the health, morals, and business interests 

 of the people. Our foreign trade is threatened, and unless 



