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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., JULY 9, 1884. 



No. 28 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Eorror and Proprietor. 



Another FalBehood Exposed. 



It will be remembered that ilr. Mar- 

 grave, on page 424, referred to the 

 statement of a St. .Joseph grocer, 

 that he had bought manufactured 

 comb honey of Mr. Twicliell, of Kan- 

 sas City. \Ve invited Mr. T. to reply, 

 and here is what he has sent to us 

 about it : 



Dear Editok.— I was somewhat 

 surprised as well as amused in glanc- 

 ing over the IJke .Journal, to And, 

 on page 424, an article by Mr. Mar.- 

 grave headed " Manufactured Comb 

 Honey," in which he stated that a St. 

 Joseph grocer told him positively that 

 I had been selling mainifactured comb 

 honey, and that I had sold it as manu- 

 factured hone;/. Well, I hardly deem 

 it necessary io make a long argument 

 in self-defense on so absurd a charge, 

 because I think that most bee-keepers, 

 like myself and Mr. Margrave, con- 

 sider the successful imitation of comb 

 honey (except perhaps at a great ex- 

 pen.se) to be almost an impossibility. 

 I must thank the St. .Joe groceryman, 

 however, for this much, that he gave 

 me credit for selling the article for 

 what it was, and not for pure honey, 

 which is but just, for I assure my 

 friends that if I am ever tempted to 

 sell manufactured or adulterated 

 honey of any kind, I will certainly 

 sell it for what it is, and not misrep- 

 resent it. But I deny in the most 

 empliatic terms, having ever sold to 

 a St. Joseph merchant, or any one 

 else, any manufactured or adulterated 

 honey, and I am much indebted to 

 Mr. Margrave for his kindly words in 

 my defense. I would be pleased to 

 have the name of the St. Joe grocery- 

 man, but do not care for the names of 

 any of the witnesses, as Mr. M.'s 

 word is sufficient. 



I guess a good many readers of the 

 Bee Journal have seen my affidavit 

 as to the purity and genuineness of the 

 honey I sell, but I herewith enclose a 

 copy which can be inserted if neces- 

 sary. 



There are a great many persons 



who can hardly realize the perfection 

 to which bee-culture has risen, and 

 the almost absolute control tlie apia- 

 rist has over the little workers ; and 

 when they see a beautiful white, 

 smooth, well-tilled section of comb 

 honey, they with the general and 

 widespread distrust of everything 

 and every body, hastily pronounce it 

 a fraud. I liear this nearly every day, 

 and I almost lose my temper at times, 

 and want to tell them what I think 

 of people who are so suspicious of 

 every thing. As a rule they need 

 watching themselves. I explain to 

 them as well as I can how comb foun- 

 dation is made and used, and how 

 that, in a great measure, gives rise to 

 the impression of manufactured 

 honey. 



I know no way to overcome this 

 impression except to live it down, and 

 let each of us try to establish a repu- 

 tation for honesty and pure goods, 

 that when we are assailed in the pres- 

 ence of any who knows us, we can 

 feel sure of a generous defense. 



I spare no pains and lose no oppor- 

 tunity of setting people's minds aright 

 on this matter, and also to explain 

 why extracted honey is not neces- 

 sarily adulterated, because it is so 

 much cheaper than honey in the 

 comb. I enclose a little circular I 

 had printed giving the latter explana- 

 tion, and I would suggest to iJr. 

 Newman that he get up a plain but 

 brief explanation of how comb foun- 

 dation is used, and how impossible it 

 is to manufacture and fill the combs 

 in competition with the bees, etc., 

 etc., and place a reasonable price per 

 1,000 on them to his subscribers, that 

 each may order a few for distribution 

 and publication in as many news- 

 papers as will give it space. This in 

 connection with an honest reputation 

 among honey-producers and dealers 

 will go far toward correcting the evil, 

 and in time, I trust, wipe it out alto- 

 gether. Jekojie Twiciiell. 



Kansas City, Mo., July 3, 1884. 



The above puts the matter to rest 

 so far as Mr. Twichell is concerned ; 

 but it will be only a few days until 

 the scandal-mongers will endeavor to 

 hitch it upon some other person or re- 

 assert it as trutli, as though it had 

 never been refuted. 



Xot long ago a person in this city 

 asserted that machinery to make 

 parafflne combs and fill tliem witli 

 glucose were in use at the office of the 

 Bee Journal. Tlie person to whom 



this " news '" was told, was Mr. J. L. 

 Harris, of Wheeler, Ind. As he knew 

 there was not a particle of truth in 

 the assertion— nor anything upon 

 which to found such an idea— he told 

 the scandal-monger he would give 

 him $1,000 if he would show him the 

 machinery, and offered to go to the 

 Journal office with him. Of course 

 this non-plused the " informer " some- 

 what, but he had no time or inclina- 

 tion to verify his statements. In fact 

 it would spoil a good " story " to be 

 convinced of the contrary. 



Concerning the assertions relative 

 to Mr. H. of Linn County, Iowa, Chas. 

 Dadant & Son writes us on July S, as 

 follows : 



We would say on behalf of Mr. H.. 

 that he has bought large quantities 

 of honey from us last winter, and that 

 we think if he fed his bees glucose 

 and sold glucosed honey, he certainly 

 would have little desire to buy honey 

 at honey prices. 



If it is desired, we will get up 

 another Leaflet on the subject pro- 

 posed by Mr. Twichell. We will 

 think it over, aud others can do so, 

 and if it is demanded, it will be forth- 

 coming. 



Mr. Twicheirs affidavit is, " That 

 every pound of honey, in any shape, 

 sold by me, is absolutely pure and free 

 from adulteration." Even that, how- 

 ever, is not enough to still the tongue 

 of the slanderer. 



1^ Our little grand-child, Maud 

 Newman Cook, died at our residence 

 in Chicago, on Julyl, of marasmus. 

 She was a great sufferer, but had a 

 sweet disposition, and bore her agonies 

 heroically. She was buried on Wed- 

 nesday last in Oak Hill Cemeterj% 

 Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



(^ The Seed Time and Harvest for 

 July says that " The attractive ap- 

 pearance of the ' Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention Hand-Book' is a sufficient 

 recommendation to any bee-keeper 

 desiring to secure a nice pocket com- 

 panion." 



