THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



83 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



JSlDXTOlEt,. 



mnill. Fen, 9, 188], N0,6. 



Iiocatiiig the Parafflne Combs !— The 



stupid advocates of the " Wiley lie " about 

 the tnanufacture of comb from parafBne, 

 fliling it with glucose and sealing it over 

 with a " hot iron," are still industriously 

 engaged in trying to find the place where it 

 is said to be manufactured— but each time 

 are foiled in the attempt I Bro. Root, in the 

 last issue of Oleanlngs, gives the result of 

 another '* hunt," in the following language : 



A short item appeared in the Pittsburgh 

 West-End Bidktin, to the efteet that there 

 ■was an establishment in Pittsburgh making 

 <!Orab honey, etc. Our good friend W. H. 

 Ferguson, of Bloomsdale, 0., while in the 

 above city, took the pains to follow it up. 

 Tlie editor of the paper declared there was 

 no mistake about it, and gave the street and 

 number. When our friend got there they 

 said it was a fact, but that it was otf some- 

 where else, up three flights of stairs, and so 

 on. What do you think they found ? Why, 

 ■a man who makes cement and sealing-wax ; 

 and it happened that this worthy tradesman 

 also put up very neat little cakes of wax for 

 the sewing-table— just that, and nothing 

 more. 



The persistence of these scoundrels would 

 tie praise-worthy in any laudable undertak- 

 ing, but when trying to defend that lie of 

 Wiley's, by finding an apology for its utter- 

 ance, is very disgusting. Poor fools I they 

 ■will always have "their labor for their 

 pains 1" 



Rat-Tat-Tat- Battle the drums I for we 

 have received the following positive Order 

 from a self-appointed Supreme Dictator : 



RossviLLK, .Ian. 29, 1887. 

 Editor of American Bee Journal :— 

 Stop "bee-legislation" in the Bee Jouknal,. 

 It is no matter for discussion. It is undebat- 

 able— unsensible — unnecessary — un-Ameri- 

 can-tending to anarchy. Now stop it, and 

 let "the survival of the Attest" settle the 

 subject forever 1 M. F. Tatman. 



Isn't that sublime ? Who appointed him a 

 dictator to the three hundred thousands of 

 bee-keepers of America? By what authority 

 or law does he decide for hundreds of thou- 

 sands that the subject shall not be debated ? 

 Who appointed him a dictator to issue the 

 Order—" Now stop it "? 



The only excuse that can be offered for 

 such sublime assurance is the thought that 

 our would-be dictator is a crank 1 No one 

 in a sane condition would assume the pre- 

 rogative he so boldly claims I His friends 

 should seek some quiet retreat where he 

 may regain his mental equilibrium ! 



We have had nothing to say as yet on the, 

 merits of the question of " bee-legislation," 

 but when we have anything to communicate 

 we shall not think of asking permission of 

 the would-be Dictator for our doing so. And 

 If our correspondents desire to "discuss" 

 the subject, that fulmination cannot shut 

 them out of the American Bee Journajl. 



Tlie Bee-IiaivBuit against Mr. C. C. 

 Richardson, mentioned on page G91 of the 

 Bee Journal for last year, has terminated. 

 The suit was dismissed by the judge. The 

 attorney's fees amount to $20. of which the 

 Union pays one-half and Mr. Richardson the 

 other half. 



This is another triumph for the Union, 

 which backed up the defendant in such a 

 way as to show that the pursuit cannot be 

 attacked with impunity. 



As there is Another firm in Chicago by 

 the name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal " on the envelope when writing to 

 this offlce. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commission 

 house), causing vexatious delay and trouble. 



The Union Convention at Albany, N. 

 Y., a condensed report of which will be 

 found in this issue of the American Bee 

 Journal, was a decided success, and a very 

 harmonious body. The Bee-Keepers' Maga- 

 zine speaks thus of it ; 



The convention at Albany was quite a 

 success. There were present bee-keepers 

 from Virginia, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, 

 Vermont, Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan, 

 and several other States. The one notable 

 feature was the entire absence of any fric- 

 tion between the members— everything 

 moved in such perfect harmony. Under 

 the exceptionally able guiding of President 

 W. E. Clark, not a clash occurred, and every 

 proceeding was carried on with order and 

 decorum. Mr. Clark, to our mind, makes a 

 most capital presiding ofBcer, being im- 

 partial, dignified and decided. 



There were present on the platform at the 

 time the presidents of four different bee- 

 keepers' associations, viz : New York State, 

 Eastern New York. New Jersey and Eastern 

 and the Philadelphia Association. We do 

 not remember of such a thing ha\'ing oc- 

 curred in the annals of bee-keepers" conven- 

 tions in America. Perhaps our statistical 

 friend. Editor Newman, will correct us, 

 however, on this point. 



We have no desire to criticise nor " cor- 

 rect "the Magazine, hut being called on we 

 will say that there were four or more 

 " presidents " on the platform at the Detroit 

 and Indianapolis meetings. At the Cincin- 

 nati convention of 1880, there were three 

 editors of bee-papers, five presidents of bee- 

 societies, and three ex-presidents of the 

 society on the platform. We rejoice to 

 notice such harmony, and hope it may long 

 continue. 



Concerning another visitor the Magazine 

 remarks as follows : 



We had with us at the meeting on the sec- 

 ond and third days, Mr. Jas. A. Abbott, of 

 Southall, England, who, up to a late day, 

 was in partnership with his brother in one 

 of the largest bee-keepers' supply business 

 in England, but who is now about to start 

 another house himself. This gentleman is a 

 man of close observation. and when he talks 

 " bee-business " he knows what he is talking 

 about. 



Tlie Union has Lost None !— Of all the 



suits against bee-keeping In the United 

 States, which the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union have deemed expedient to defend, not 

 one has been lost ! 



The "Freeborn" case In Wisconsin was 

 presented in such a manner, backed up by 

 the Union, that the judge kicked it out of 

 court I 



In the "Bohn" case In California, the 

 united resistance of the bee-keepers of the 

 Nation was too much for the fruitgrowers— 

 and that trouble, which was proclaimed by 

 a Nebraska apiarist to be " too much for 

 the Union to compete with," is now all 

 conquered I the ^raisin growers [admitting 

 that they were mistaken I 



The "Darling" case in Connecticut was 

 dismissed as soon as it was discovered that 

 he was "backed up" by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union I 



Now, the "Richardson" case injindianahas 

 been dismissed by the court I This is the 

 "case" which was so badly misrepresented 

 at the Indianapolis convention, by an offi- 

 cious neighbor, and it is with much satisfac- 

 tion that we are now able to say that the 

 "Union" was too much for the enemies of 

 the pursuit of bee-keeping I 



Several "suits" have been allowed to go 

 by default in justices courts, so that we 

 could "appeal" them, and thus^have the 

 decision from the higher courts. This plan 

 has been eminently successful, and pro- 

 ductive of good. 



The four cases enumerated in the fore- 

 going matter are all, that Shave been Anally 

 decided, and it is a record for every member 

 to feel proud of— not one:)case has been 

 decided against tlie bees ! I ! 



This shows the valuelof united action, and 

 the moral weight of the "backing" of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union I Cannot all 

 now see that the Union should have thirty 

 thousand members, instead of three 

 hundred I 



Catalogues for 1887.— Those on our 

 desk are from 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga.— 18 

 pages— Apiarian Supplies, Bees, Queens, etc. 



J. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville, Iowa— 8 

 pages — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



John A. Thornton, Lima, Ills.- Bees, 

 Queens, etc. 



George Pinney, Evergreen, Wis —10 pages 

 —Forest Trees and Tree Seeds. 



A. C. Nellis, 04 Cortlandt St., New York. 

 —Seeds. 



If One has a Good Thing, which the 

 people really need, the more widely he 

 makes it known, the larger will be his sales; 

 he will gain nothing by economizing in this 

 matter, provided he advertises with good 

 judgment. 



Just as the forms of this issue of the Bee 

 Journal are ready for the press, wo learn 

 that the Canadian bee-lawsuit, mentioned 

 on page .35, has been decided against Mr. 

 Harrison. This was a neighborhood quar- 

 rel about the removal of a pig-pen, and bad 

 temper was very evident on all sides. The 

 Canadians raised a fund of $.50 to defend 

 the suit, but what action (if any) was taken 

 for its defense, our correspondent does not 

 state. 



