THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



517 



Too Much Tare— Is It Just ? 



A California Exchange says, that 

 there is much complaint among a^- 

 culturists and not without just reason, 

 tliat dealers are in the habit of extort- 

 ing too much tare, that tliey are not 

 satislied with lareage of cases alone, 

 but require the cans also. It says : 



Look at the facts and see if there is 

 not good reason for complaint. AVe 

 liave weighed many cases and lind 

 tlieni to run from 10 to 12 pounds, an 

 average of aliout 11 pounds, and cans 

 at 1?4 pounds, often less. The tare 

 exacted from 16 to IS pounds, when 

 injustice to the producer it should 

 not be more than the weight of the 

 cases alone. Sixty pound screw'-top 

 cans, new at the shop, cost from 35 to 40 

 cents each, and cases 30 cents each ; a 

 case with cans SI. 00. It is an estab- 

 lished practice among dealers of 

 canned goods, in buying or selling, to 

 deduct the weight of the case alone. 

 Now why, we ask, should honey be 

 made an exception? Is it just? 

 When the apiarist purchases a can or 

 case of coal-oil or lard, or other canned 

 goods from a groceryman, the weight 

 of the can or cans is not deducted, but 

 if he should ever return the same cans 

 filled with honey, the groceryman will 

 deduct the weight of the same cans, 

 thus reqtnrine the apiarist to give 

 them back to liim, and when empty, 

 will again sell tliem back to the api- 

 arist. jSTew cans made expressly for 

 honey, when sold by weight with the 

 honey, bring more than half their cost. 

 Apiarists have good and sufficient 

 cause for complaint, and should 

 remedy this evil, refusing to submit 

 to such extortion. 



A Brief Sermon on Cranks. 



The Burli-ngton Saiikeiie publishes 

 a great deal of Tionsense, but some- 

 times in its amusing way it states 

 indisputable facts. The following is 

 from a very recent issue : 



What would we do were it not for 

 the cranks V How slowly the tired 

 old world would move, did not the 

 cranks keep it rushing along ! Colum- 

 bus was a crank on the subject of 

 American discovery and navigation, 

 and at last he met the fate of most 

 cranks, was thrown into prison, and 

 died in poverty and disgrace. Greatly 

 venerated now ! Oh, yes, we usually 

 esteem a crank most profomidly after 

 we starve him to death. Harvey was 

 a crank on the subject of the circula- 

 tion of the blood ; Galileo was an 

 astronomical crank ; Fulton was a 

 crank on the subject of steam naviga- 

 tion ; Morse was a telegraph crank. 

 All the old abolitionists were cranks. 

 The Pilgrim Fathers were cranks ; 

 John Bnnyan was a crank ; any man 

 who does not think as you do is a 

 crank. And by and by the crank you 

 despise will have his name in every 

 man's mouth, and a half completed 

 monument to his memory crumbling 

 down in a dozen cities, while nobody 



outside of your native village will 

 know tliat you ever lived. Deal gently 

 with the crank. Of course, some 

 craidis are craidvier than others, but 

 do you be very slow to sneer at a man 

 because he kiiows only one thing and 

 you cannot understand him. 



Traveling Sweetness- 



Under this head the Augusta, Ga., 

 Evening Nncs gives the following 

 account of the shipment of bees to the 

 Xorth from that place : 



A large lot of boxes for shipment 

 in the Soutbern Express office attract- 

 ed the attention of tlie Evening News 

 this morning, and upon investigation 

 found them to be bees from the apia- 

 ry of Dr. J. V. II. Brown, of this city. 

 There were seventeen boxes in all, 

 and each box so arranged as to. hold 

 four colonies of the Httle sweeteners 

 in separate apartments. Capt. Boyle, 

 agent of the Express Company, tells 

 us that Dr. Brown ships large quanti- 

 ties of bees to different parts of the 

 country, but the present one is the 

 largest shipment ever made by express 

 from this section. The Doctor is 

 authority on bee-culture in the South, 

 and bears a well-earned reputation in 

 this line over the United States. He 

 makes a specialty of Italian bees, 

 which is one of the best and most pro- 

 lific kind, and his methods of hiving 

 and shipping are attended with per- 

 fect safety to the bees. 



1^ T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., will issue, in a few 

 days, a cheap edition in book form, 

 for the million, of Mrs. D. E. N. 

 Southworth's Last and Best Work, 

 "Self-Raised, or, From the 

 Depth.s," which will prove to be the 

 most popular work ever published in 

 book form. It is in a large duodecimo 

 volume of 6-58 pages. Price 7.5c. 



^ The Western New York and 

 Northwestern Pennsylvania Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 semi-annual meeting at Jamestown, 

 N. Y., on Sei)t. 1 and 2. A general 

 invitation is extended to all bee- 

 keepers. W. A. Shewman, Sec. 



^g" The bee-keepers of Decatur 

 and surrounding counties are cordial- 

 ly invited to meet on Saturday, 

 August 10. 1 o'clock p. m., at the res- 

 idence of R. R. Cobb, one mile east of 

 Greensburg, Ind.. for the purpose of 

 organizing a bee-keepers' society. 

 Henry Carter. 



^ The Ohio bee-keepers will hold 

 meetings in which they will have 

 lectures, essays, and reports from bee- 

 keepers, during the Ohio State Fair, 

 which will be held at Columbus, O., 

 Sept. 1 and -5 inclusive. All interested 

 in bee-culture are cordially invited 

 to attend. C. M. Kingsbury, 6'ec. 



Dr. II. Besse. Pies. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office or Thk Auehican Bee JotiKNAi., ( 

 Monday, 10 a.m.. Aug. 11. nl-<4 i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONE v.— The demand for extracted Is fair, 

 and to all aTipearances. tzradually impruvlns. It 

 brines 6!-7.!ic per pnvind on arrival. There is a 

 small demand fi>r comb boney. but we had small 

 off.TS only, and a noud deal could be sold. It 

 brinus 14c per pnnnd <in arrival. 



BKUSWAX-Offerlni-'s plentiful at 3n®:VJc on 

 arrival. C K. MUTU. Freeman & Central Ave. 



NEW YOEK. 



HONEY— Sales of comb honey continue slow. 

 As yet there are no :irrivals <jf this season's crop. 

 We have received several small shipments of new 

 e.Ytracted honey, wlm.-h sold readily. For prices 

 on this year's crop, we quote : Fancy white, I -lb., 

 16^18c; fancy white, 2-lb., I5(anic; fair to good, I 

 and I'-lb., 12f<!;l4<-: fancy buckwheat, l-lb., I::"!.l3c: 

 2-Ib.. ll(*12c. E.xtracled, white clover, in kegs or 

 small barrels, 8t.."kMc: dark erades. 7"i-7!^c, 



BEESWAX-Prime yellow, :i"ra:ec. 



McCAUL & HILDKETH, 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— New honey Is coming in. and selling 



at Hi''nI8c. for best white land 'J-pound sections. 



New extacted, 8<nie. Honeyin unbiassed sections 



sells the mostreadily. Old comb honey all gone. 



BEBSWAX-3.'>c. 



Blake & kiplet, 57 Chatham Street. 



CHICAGO. 



HONBT— This week we have had liberal receipts 

 of comb honey, and the prices are irregular. Asa 

 rule, the honey is of tlrst quality, and put up in 

 good shape: agradual improvementis noted in this 

 respect. Prices range from 14'(tl6c for the best; 

 occasionally a case sells for more than that, but it 

 is in a retail way. The extracted honey is still 

 sluggish, at nominal prices -6(aj>^c per pound. 



BEESWAX-Fair receipts; prices, .'lU:a}37c. 



K. A, BtiKNKTT, Itjl South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— The market is in bad shape for the 

 selling interest, there being no shipping demand, 

 and next to nothing doing on local acctjunt. To 

 make matters worse, offerings are being urged on 

 buyers by too many parties, s'>me of whom have 

 little or no knowledge of the honey trade, and are 

 not in a positi-n to be able to do it justice Qu'ta- 

 tions are largely nomoial. White to extra white 

 comb, liI'mKii-^c; dark to good, 9^\\c; extracted, 

 choice to extra while, ,'-n<t,5!*c;darkundc.indied,4c. 



BEESWA.X -Wholesale iic. 



STEARNS 4 Smith, 433 Front Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY— Choice new :2-lb. sections are now 

 bringing I7(ai8c, and l-lb. isauio, ^^-Ib, Isia^Oc. 

 Extracted in fair demand at 7'a8c, extra choce 

 would bring 9c in barrels. No other packages 

 wanted in this market. 

 BEESWA.X -Nominal, 3nf5i3.5c, 



JEKO.ME TwiCHELL, 514 Walnut Street. 



8T. LOUIS. 



HONEY — Steady; demand and supply both 

 small. Comb, 12(9l4c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted fita.fi^C, 



BEESWAX- Firm at 32®32Xc. for choice. 



W. T. ANPEHSON & Co.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— We are glad to be able to give more 

 definite quotations on honey, S.tles have been 

 made during the week in a small way at ]i^"tl7c 

 for best, white l-lh, sections; l.">'^u5c for second 

 shade. Of lower grades and 2-lb. secti -ns, tiere 

 has been no movem 'nt, but it might be quoted at 

 14'i!1.5c. There are a good many little lots scat- 

 tered about our market, retarding the ready 

 movement of large lots. Extracted honey, dull. 



BElSSWAX-3(lc. 



A. C. KENDEL. lis Ontario Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— We quote comb honey in 2 lb. sections, 

 15c; extracted. 7(S.7'.«c. ,. . c» 



GEO, W, .MEADE & Co,. 213 Market St. 



Emerson Binders— made especially 

 for the Bee Journal, are lettered in 

 gold on the back, and make a very 

 convenient way of preserving the Bee 

 Journal as fast as received. They 

 will be sent, post-paid, for 7.5 cents. for 

 the Weekly ; or for the Montblv. ."iO 

 cents. They cannot be sent by mai] 

 to Canada. 



