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apiculture. We refer to the attempt 

 to " lionize " a few at the expense of 

 others, and still they prochiini: "Honor 

 to whom honor is due." Was there 

 ever a Qiiinby V or a Wagner V 



Fellow a])iarists, when I read that 

 address and the action t.iken upon it, 

 it makes the very blood chill, as it 

 courses through my veins. O ! where 

 is the true American apiarist that can 

 digest that action and withtiold the 

 emotions caused by honest inward 

 feelings V Does it not bring you f:ice 

 to face with the discoveries, the in- 

 ventions, tiie practical teael)iiigs, tlie 

 benevolence and the immortal f.iraeof 

 our beloved and hunented M Quinby, 

 the father of American ai)iculture V" 



As Friend Iletherington h;is truth- 

 fully said, '• Thousands are to-day en- 

 joying a delicious and wholesome 

 article of food that would liave re- 

 mained ungathered, except for his 

 earnest advocacy of the business as a 

 source of revenue to the Nation, and 

 prolit to the bee-keeper," and thou- 

 sands of bee-keepers will blush with 

 shame to tliink of the injustice done 

 him at Lexington, Ky. 



Gentlemen of the North American 

 Society ; you that were participants of 

 that farce ; can you, upon taking a 

 sober, second thought, say to your fel- 

 low apiarists that your considerations 

 were fairly and iuiiiartiMlly rendered, 

 with justice indiscerpibleV' 



Allow me to quote from Mr. Bing- 

 ham's address. He says : " The sys- 

 tem I have denominated tlie Ameri- 

 can, is the substitution of absolute 

 control, for the 'happy-go-lucky' 

 methods previousiy [lursued. The 

 early writings of the lamented M. 

 Quinby, called the ' Mysteries of Bee- 

 Keeping,' which were among the most 

 conspiciousof the closing era, may be 

 appropriately called its closing chap 

 ters ; while the writings of the Rev. 

 L. L. Laiigstroth, and the invention 

 «f the movable-comb hive, may be 

 justly called the opening chapter in 

 improved bee-cultnre, and the foun- 

 dation of the American system." 



Reader, pause, and ponder well, lest 

 yon render an unjust decision. Where 

 is the intelligent bee-keeper that 

 can endorse this taking from one and 

 giving to another V I for one am wil- 

 ling to go on record as denouncing i 

 tliis heinous offense. The sun may 

 cease to give us light. The diurnal 

 revolution of the earth may stop; but 

 never will the bee-keei)ers of America 

 submit to such an unjust discrimina- 

 tion. 



But further on Mr. Bingham says : 

 " Is it of any value to bee-keepers of 

 to-day, or the bee-keepers of the 

 future, that tlie memory of the in- 

 ventor of themovable-coivib bee hive, 

 and the honey extractor, and comb 

 foundation, should be revered and 

 perpetuated ?" 



O ! Father of the Heavens \ Is this 

 "Honor to whom honor is due?" Is' 

 there no Frederick Weiss? Can it 

 be there was never a Ilerr Hruschka? 

 Brother apiarists, shall we submit to { 

 such an injustice ? No, uercr .' but we I 

 appenl from the action of that body to 

 the apiari.sts of the world, remember- j 

 iiig that "Truth crushed to earth shall 

 rise again." 



I wish to call the reader's attention 

 to the last three paragraphs of tliat 

 address as published in the Ameui- 

 CAN Bee Jouun.xl, page 33.5. Vnu 

 you not discover the shadowing of the 

 "Patented .Smoker?'' Can you fail 

 to notice the plea for protection to 

 that implement? and the attempt to 

 wrestthat iinention fnnn its inventor? 

 Every one of common sense knows 

 that if he had a valid patent, infringe- 

 ments could be abolished by lawful 

 liroceedings. Perhaps they will be, 

 for we read that we must use noother, 

 if we wish to be exempt from prose- 

 cutionin using them. This may have 

 its effect with the ignorant, but we 

 don't believe, at this enlightened age, 

 that " bull-dosing '' will work. 



Notwithstanding all this, the North 

 American Society in convention 

 assembled at Lexiiigton, Ky., and the 

 7tli day of October, 18S1, did there and 

 then cause to be recorded the follow- 

 ing? motion, which, according to the 

 minutes, was passed with great 

 unanimity : 



"Moved, that the sentiments ex- 

 pressed by Mr. Bingham be endorsed 

 as the views of this Convention."' 



Verily, verily, if such a course is 

 Mllowed to obtain without notice, our 

 National Association will surely die, a 

 disgrace to American apiculture. 



Fayetteville, N. Y. 



This called forth much discussion 

 upon the subject of smokers, for Mr. 

 House had criticised the action of the 

 National Convention in indorsing the 

 smokers of Mr. Bingham, and claimed 

 that the entire merits of that smoker 

 was due entirely to M. Quinby. 



Mr. Clark, who had just entered, 

 thought the Convention should not 

 fritter away its time by trying to 

 decide as lo whom invented the 

 smoker. lie said, liowever, that lie 

 would not use the Bingham smoker 

 under any consideration. He did not 

 tiiink that Bingham slionld be upheld 

 ill using the inventions of Quinby. 

 Because the true iiiventer.Mr. Quinby, 

 did not geta patentand Bingham did, 

 we are obliged to pay for it. 



Mr. King — 1 have carefully ex- 

 amined the Bingham patent and I 

 have found that his i)atent covers 

 everything and nothing. I have man- 

 ufactured smokers right along and I 

 liave not infringed on any patent. I 

 do not hesitate to say that Quinby 

 was the first inventor. 



Mr. Locke— I believe in right and 

 justice every time. M. Quinby is 

 revered and loved by all apiarists. We 

 ought to denounce any injustice that 

 has been done to Mr. (Quinby. 



On motion of Mr. Betsinger, a com- 

 mittee was appointed to draft resolu- 

 tions condemning the unjust resolu- 

 tions passed by the National Conven- 

 tion. The President appointed as 

 such committee JSIessrs. Van Denseii, 

 Clark and Bacon. 



Secretary House then read the fol- 

 lowing address on 



Co-Opera' ion: 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: — 

 When we look about us we cannot 

 fail to notice the wonderful achieve- 

 ments accomplished by associated 



action. At this enlightened age no 

 branch of business can successfully 

 conniete with its adversaries without 

 a coiubination of interests. Co- 

 operation and concerted action have 

 wrought wondrous changes in every 

 conceivable branch of indu.stry. Think 

 of the vast strides and the great im- 

 provements as tliey have advanced 

 during the past twenty years; not 

 alone in invention, mechanism, agri- 

 culture and the press, but also in api- 

 culture. To-day we see associated 

 system of dairying, in manufacturing 

 and marketing their products, and in 

 breeding the various kinds of stock. 



We see a combination or interest in 

 mining, in transportation, and in buy- 

 ing and selling stocks, grain and all 

 the leading staple products. We see 

 combined action in luanulacturing, on 

 the [lart of the tradesmen as well as 

 the capitalists. We have " Boards of 

 Trade," Protective Unions, Mutual 

 Life Assurance Associates, and so on 

 through the category. Co-operation is 

 the key to all. 



It is true we have kept pace with 

 kindred pursuits, as far as knowledge, 

 invention and production are con- 

 cerned. But it is also a fact that the 

 protectives of our interests have been 

 sadly neglected. Seemingly but a 

 comparatively few recognize the value 

 of the contemplated action, I see no 

 reason why we should not put busi- 

 ness into our Association. Many 

 benefits may be derived from such 

 action. Not alone in keeping pace 

 with other industries, but in the ad- 

 vancement of our science and the 

 protection of our interests. The lum- 

 ber we buy for our necessary build- 

 ings, hives and boxes, the tools we 

 use in making them, the nails used for 

 putting them together, and the glass 

 we use in preparing our honey for 

 the market, are all protected in their 

 prices by strong combinations. Then 

 why should we hesitate in adopting 

 anything that may prove an advantage 

 anil a protection to our business. By 

 purchasing our supplies, such as hives, 

 boxes, crates, glass, foundation, im- 

 plements, literature, etc., at whole- 

 sale or in job lots, we can obtain manu- 

 facturers" prices, and secure to the 

 average producer a saving of from 

 fifty to one hundred dollars annually. 

 This is no small item when we take 

 into consideration the competing ele- 

 ments that now seem to be damaging 

 to a certain extent. 



By careful investigation from actual 

 transactions, I can authoritatively say, 

 that under efiicient management the 

 contemplated associated action will 

 prove a clear gain of one per cent, for 

 every pound ot comb honey produced. 

 Therefore, during such seasons as 

 was 1S78, or at any time when our 

 larger markets are crowded, we can 

 sell our inciducts for the one cent per 

 pound under the market, and at the 

 same time realize as much as those who 

 do not enjoy such privileges. Many 

 are the ways in which we might be 

 benefited hy co-opemlion and a unity 

 of action. We should remember in all 

 our transactions that " A dollar saved 

 is a dollar earned." 



With a unity of action we can bring 

 into use a uniform style of package; 



