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THE AMERICA]!^ BEE JOURNAL. 



vinegar, sulphuric and hydro-chloric 

 acids ; wine, poisonous colors, brandy. 



The adulteration of butter has be- 

 come so flagrant that special legisla- 

 tion has been obtained in this State, 

 and manufacturers of the spurious ar- 

 ticle are obliged to label each package 

 with the proper name, together with 

 the proportion of the ingredients. In 

 this way the public has been warned 

 and educated to something like dis- 

 crimination, but there are other arti- 

 cles, the adulteration of which is just 

 as flagrant to decency and as injurious 

 to health. 



Of late, cheese has been put upon 

 the market and sold in large quanti- 

 ties which consisted mainly of lard 

 and potatoes, artificially colored with 

 annato. Canned meats and vegeta- 

 bles are sold every day which are 

 tainted with lead, copper, or tin from 

 the cans. The articles themselves 

 are almost invariably sweetened with 



syrup Sugar, too, suffers greatly 



at the hands of tlie adulterator. Not 

 content with mixing the brands, he 

 uses glucose in every grade, even in 

 the pulverized and granulated brands. 

 Rice flour and molasses are also used 

 with an unsparing hand, and import- 

 ers have been known to have the color 

 changed to that of a lower grade, to 

 escape the high tariif, and then to 

 bleach it to its original shade after it 

 had arrived at its destination. This 

 is but a very imperfect list, but it will 

 serve to keep the public informed as 

 to the terrible extent to which these 

 frauds are carried on, and to prepare 

 it for future articles on the same 

 subject. 



The Chicago Herald, of April 29th, 

 propounds the significant query, "Are 

 Sweets Poisoned V" and follows it 

 with the following letter from J. M. 

 Chapman, Chicago : 



A farmer bought one barrel of prime 

 open kettle New Orleans molasses, 

 but after a short use returned it, with 

 word that while it might perhaps do 

 at the South and in such a wicked 

 city as Chicago, yet for a regular diet 

 sweetened physic was a total failure 

 among farmers. A letter was sent to 

 the New Orleans shipper, asking him 

 to look up the planter who made it 

 and discover the cause of the trouble, 

 suggesting that while the business of 

 poisoning molasses for 5 cents a gal- 

 lon might not be stopped, it could at 

 least be located, and now rested upon 

 him and the planters. To this he re- 

 plied it was " straight plantation mo- 

 lasses," and certainly was not tam- 

 pered with there. 



In another case, a barrel of table 

 syrup shipped to Iowa from Chicago 

 produced burning sensations in the 

 stomach after eating, and caused the 

 death of one man who used it freely. 

 Nothing was done about it. 



One more consumer asks the ques- 

 tion : Are not syrups poisoned ? 



As the Tribune frankly admits 

 above. State legislation has proven 

 incompetent to suppress the trafH(j in 

 adulterated foods, but it has in some 

 instances succeeded in embarrassing 



it. With the above showing of adul- 

 terants, it is certainly within the prov- 

 ince of Congress to stop the greater 

 portion of the trafBo, as a needed san- 

 itary reform, and with ourfaitli in the 

 final triumph of right, we firmly be- 

 lieve the day is not far distant when 

 all articles will be sold for what they 

 are, and the component adulterants be 

 specified. 



i^The British Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold their eighth great 

 exhibition of bees and their produce, 

 hives, and bee furniture, and fair for 

 the sale of English honey, at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Gar- 

 dens, South Kensington, in connec- 

 tion with the Society's flower show, 

 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Mon- 

 day, and Tuesday, August 3, 4, 6, 7, 

 and 8, 1882. Entrance Fees: Mem- 

 bers of the Association , 2s. each entry ; 

 non-members, 4s. each entry. The 

 prizes consist of silver and bronze 

 medals, certificates, and over $200 in 

 money. Any one wishing to obtain 

 an " entry form " and schedule of 

 prizes can obtain it at this oflice. 



1^ By a notice in our advertising 

 columns it will be seen that a Ger- 

 man bee paper is to be published in 

 Louisville, Ky., at 75 cents a year. 

 Those who desire to have an Ameri- 

 can bee paper in German will no 

 doubt be pleased at the prospect. We 

 hope it may be a success. 



i^The first quarterly report of the 

 Kansas State Board of Agriculture 

 for 1882 is received, and is a report of 

 the condition of agriculture in the 

 State up to March 31. In addition to 

 the regular crop and stock reports, 

 the book contains special reports upon 

 the subjects of forest-tree growing in 

 Kansas, the raising and management 

 of sheep in different portions of the 

 State, a paper on the cultivation of 

 tame grasses, and the usual meteoro- 

 logical summary for the quarter. 

 Any one desiring a copy can obtain it 

 by enclosing a 3c stamp for postage to 

 William Sims, Topeka, Kan. 



1^ Of catalogues we are in receipt 

 of one each from G. J. Pammel, La 

 Crosse, Wis., and L. E. Douglass, 

 Whitmore Lake, Mich. 



1^" Binders cannot be sent to Can- 

 ada by mail— the International law 

 will not permit anything but samples 

 of merchandise weighing less than 8 oz. 



Removal of Our Office. 



It will be observed that our num- 

 ber is now changed to 925 West Madi- 

 son street, Chicago, 111., just one 

 block east of our former location. As 

 our mail is so very large, the change 

 will make no confusion, for the postal 

 carriers are quite familiar with it, . 

 that whether addressed to one num- 

 ber or the other, letters will reach us 

 just as promptly. 



In 1873, nine years ago, when we 

 purchased the Bee Journal, a small 

 room on the third floor was all that 

 was required. In our new location, 

 all on the first floor, the Bee Jouknal 

 and our Son's supply establishment 

 (which is also moved to obtain in- 

 creased facilities-) occupies 23 times as 

 many square feet of floor surface as 

 in 1873. 



The Fostoffice Department has cre- 

 ated anew branch postotBce within a 

 few doors of our new, location which 

 will also be very convenient both for 

 our patrons and ourselves. 



We have a telephone connecting us 

 with every part of the city, and should 

 any of our subscribers be in the city, 

 they can step into almost any store 

 and talk with us, even if they cannot 

 come and see us. 



1^ Novice has issued what he calls 

 the " Boys' and Girls' Bee Journal," 

 which he expects to issue occasionally 

 free. It is not the most friendly 

 thing to do, to copy our name. Bee 

 Journal, witliout so much as saying 

 "by your leave." 



1^- Mr. J. S. Tadlock has located in 

 Luling, Texas, and we notice that he 

 is writing short articles on bee-keep- 

 ing for the local papers there. 



1^" We have received a copy of the 

 "Verdict March," composed by 

 Eugene L. Blake. It is written in an 

 easy style, so that it can be played on 

 either piano or organ. Tlie title page 

 is very handsome, containing portraits 

 of Hon. Geo. B. Corkhill, lion. J. K. 

 Porter, and Judge W. S. Cox ; also a 

 picture of the twelve jurymen who 

 convicted the assassin of our late 

 President. Publislied at 40 cents, by 

 F. W. Helmick, Cincinnati, O. 



c^ Always forward us money either 

 by postal order, registered letter, or 

 by draft on Chicago or New York. 

 Drafts on other cities, or local checks, 

 are not taken by the banks in this city 

 except at adiscount of 25 cents, to pay 

 expense of collecting them. 



