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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 2 



GEORGE W. YORK. Editor. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



[Entered at the Post-Offloe at Chicago as Second-Class Mail 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 of honey; and 

 to prosecute the dishonest honey-commlsaion men. 



Alembershlp Fee—91.00 per Aliaum. 



BXECnTlVE COMMITTEE-Pres., George W. York; Vice-Pres., W. Z. Hutchinson ; 

 beeretary, Dr. A. B. Mason, Station B, Toledo, Ohio. 



^°4JF!,°J? DIBECTOBS-E. R. Root; E. Whitcomb; B. T. Abbott; C. P. Dadant; 

 W.Z.Hutchinson; Dr. C. C. Miller. 



GENERAL MANAGER AND Treasdreb— Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



VOL. 38. 



JUNE 2. 1898. 



NO. 22. 



Note. -The American Bee Journal adopts the Orthography of the following 

 Rule, recommenrted by the Joint action of the American Philological Asso- 

 ciation and the Philological Society of England:~Change "d" or "ed" anal 

 to t when so pronounced, except when the "e" affecU a preceding sound. 



" If Bees made glucose some dealers would adulterate 

 it with pure hooey." So reads an "ironical if" In a daily 

 newspaper. It expresses the thing about rl(?ht, too. 



Rates to Oiuataa.— We have received the fnllowiup, 

 dated May 25, from Commissioner E. Whitcomb, of the Trans- 

 Mississippi and International Exposition, now In operation at 

 Omaha, Nebr. : 



Friend York :— The rates have already been fixt for both 

 the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, as well as for the 

 G. A. R. reunion to be held at Cincinnati, and there doesn't 

 appear to be much difference In them. 



I have opened up an office in the Apiary building, where I 

 am to be found at all times. Mrs. Whitcomb will be here to- 

 morrow with her large display of wax work, which will by far 

 outstrip anything before placed on exhibition in that linq. We 

 are a little late In getting the Apiarian Building ready, and 

 will be able to extend the time for placing exhibits to July 1. 

 Mr. Stilson is here and engaged In placing Nebraska's ex- 

 hibit, and it will be a fine one. 



The building and its inside arrangements are the finest 

 ever opened to the bee-industries anywhere, and everything 

 has been granted that has been askt for ; at this time. If there 

 Is anything lacking, it is because we haven't askt for it. 



Yours truly, E. Whitcomb, Covimissioner. 



We may have been misinformed, but we understood some- 

 time ago that the round-trip rate froin Chicago to Omaha dur- 

 ing the Exposition would be $20. That Is about double the 

 Grand Army rate of one cent a mile. 



We regretted very much to notice that the Omaha Expo- 

 sition management had decided to keep it open Sundays. We 

 were hoping that they would not make the same mistake the 



World's Fair people did, and offend those visitors who believe 

 in observing Sunday in the right way. No doubt many will 

 remain away from the Omaha Exposition when they learn that 

 it is to be kept open on Sunday. It might do over in Spain, 

 where they glory In Sunday bull-fights, but in the United 

 States — well, when the Sunday of our honored forefathers is 

 gone we think that our people will realize they have lost a 

 good deal. We propose to do our part toward holding on to 

 Sunday as a day of rest and worship. 



We hope the Apiarian Building will be kept closed on Sun- 

 day during the Exposition in Omaha. 



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Xhe Ne-w Union's 'Worlt..— There are now some- 

 thing like 400 members of the United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, but there ought to be 4,000. We recently askt the 

 Board of Directors to offer any suggestions that they felt like 

 making In reference to the New Union, and here Is what Edi- 

 tor Root, of Gleanings, has to offer : 



Editor York : — I notice on page 233, you would like to 

 hear from the Board of Directors with regard to the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union. You know, of course, just how I 

 stand ; but as for complying with your request, I wish to offer 

 nothing but encouragement ; and the only suggestion I make 

 Is that General Manager Secor blow his horn a little more — 

 that is, tell of some of the things he has done. A recapitula- 

 tion of his works since he became General Manager would 

 have good effect, in my judgment. You will see by Gleanings 

 that he has settled a very difficult case. 



Yours truly, Ernest R. Root, Director. 



The "difficult case" referred to by Mr. Root is described 

 as follows in Gleanings for May 15 : 



GENERAL MANAGER SECOK AS AN ARBITRATOR. 



Some time ago I referred to a difficulty between a bee- 

 keeper and a commission-house to the Manager of the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union. The case was a particularly diffi- 

 cult one, especially one where collection seemed well nigh out 

 of the question. As a last resort, and with a feeling, I must 

 confess, that nobody could do anything, 1 referred the matter 

 to Manager Secor. The commission-house in question does a 

 large business in one of our large cities. For certain irregu- 

 larities we never admitted their quotations. Well, what was 

 my surprise when I found that Mr. Secor had actually com- 

 pelled them to pay up I and the bee keeper who, I think, had 

 also given up his case, was so pleased that he turned In $2.00 

 to the Union for payment of membership in advance, saying 

 that, if that was the way the Union was going to champion 

 the rights of members, he was going to support it. 



Manager Secor is a good arbitrator ; and If he could bring 

 about a satisfactory settlement in a case that seemed practi- 

 cally hopeless, as was the above, he is a captain. 



For years back we have been acting as third party, or 

 arbitrator, between commission-men and bee-keepers ; but on 

 many accounts the Union can and should do far better work, 

 and at the same time bring to bear its moral prestige and 

 strength; and I would suggest, therefore, that in future all 

 cases be turned over to General Manager Secor, of Forest City, 

 Iowa, for I am sure he will handle them with discretion and 

 ability. But there is one thing you must not forget to do, and 

 that is to become a member of the Union before you get into 

 trouble. It is hardly fair to expect that the Union would 

 come to your support if you are not already a member. 



Every one of our subscribers ought to be allied at once to 

 this organization that stands for the best Interests of the bee- 

 keeper and the championship of his rights. Do not wait till 

 you forget about it, but plank down your dollar at once. 



It has always been beyond our comprehension why bee- 

 keepers hold back so from joining an organization like the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union — one that is managed 

 wholly in their interest. It hardly seems possible that it can 

 be on account of a financial lack, for the membership fee Is 

 only .SI. 00 a year. That may be the reason (and a good one) 

 in some instances, but any one who pretends to do anything 

 at all with bees ought to be able, and very glad, to help in 

 such a wise effort as Is being made by the New Union in the 

 interest of its individual members, and thus to the whole bee- 

 keeping industry itself. If we as bee-keepers will not look 

 after our own interests we may be sure no one else will, and 



