THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS a. NEWMAN, Editor. 



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Vol. mi. Anpst 3,1887. No. 31. 



Tbe Hot Weather seems to have been 

 general this summer not only in America, 

 but also in England and on the Continent of 

 Europe. The excessive heat has dried up 

 the nectar in the flowers, and ruined the 

 honey crop for this year, not only in Amer- 

 ica, but also in Europe. 



What honey there Is, however, will com- 

 mand a good price. Last week we heard of 

 a man, who had 500 pounds of comb honey, 

 being so foolish as to offer it for sale in a 

 neighboring town for 15 cents per pound at 

 retail, when he could just as well have had 

 25 or yo cents. He was probably too poor 

 to take the Bee Journal,, and hence threw 

 away $.50 because of his Ignorance. 



Foulisb AbbreTiatlons.— When writing 

 to this oihce it is essential to Tname the 

 State you live in as well as the Post-Oflioe 

 where you get your mall. To use unintelli- 

 gable abbreviations is foolish. We often 

 have letters with nothing but M. to indicate 

 the State. Now that may mean Maine, 

 Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne- 

 sota, MissisBippi, Missouri or Montana. In 

 order to find out which is meant, we have to 

 waste valuable time to look over all these 

 States, because the same Post-Offlces occur 

 in nearly all the States— all because of a 

 foolish abbreviation which means nothing. 



Others write " la." to indicate the State. 

 This may mean Indiana or Iowa, and often 

 causes serious delay in attending to busi- 

 ness, or the loss of the papers, books, or 

 goods sent. We request all to be more care- 

 ful in this matter. 



A man was in the office some time ago, 

 and honestly propounded this question to 

 us : " What is the difference between comb 

 foundation and fdn. t We explained it to 

 him, and he was astonished : be always 

 thought that each was a distinctive name of 

 something. 



There are quite a number of other foolish 

 abbreviations. Among these we will only 

 refer to one. A double-cross is used for 

 numbers, pounds, dozens, etc. Especially 

 in orders care should be taken to make 

 everything plain, and no abbreviations, 

 dittos, or doublO'Crosses should be used. 



Wily Tricks «r Prof. Wiley.— By the 



Washington papers we are informed that 

 some more of Wiley's tricks have been dis- 

 covered and exposed. The following from 

 the Lansing, Mich., Bipublican tells the 

 story : 



Washington, D, C., July 16.— A delega- 

 tion of prominent Kansans are here for the 

 purpose of protesting against subjecting the 

 experiments in producing sorghum sugar to 

 the control of Prof. Wiley, of the Agricul- 

 tural Department. It is alleged that Prof. 

 Wiley, while conducting these experiments 

 in Kansas last year, used his best efforts to 

 promote failure rather than advance suc- 

 cess ; this in tbe interest, as charged, of the 

 beet sugar producers of Europe. 



Congress made an appropriation last 

 session of $50,000 to continue these experi- 

 ments, and the Kansaa parties say If Prof. 

 Wiley is permitted to direct the same, the 

 money will be expended to defeat the en- 

 terprise. 



The Kansas legislature, at its late session, 

 appropriated money for a bounty of 2 cents 

 per pound for the production of sorghum 

 sugar at the Fort Scott Sugar Works, but 

 the authorities decline to use this fund if 

 Prof. Wiley has any connection therewith. 



Commissioner Colman promised that Prof. 

 Wiley should not be sent out, but, it is 

 charged, has not kept faith, and the Presi- 

 dent will be appealed to, to prevent the 

 consummation of a suspected conspiracy 

 to destroy an industry which is said to be on 

 the verge of success, and capable of supply- 

 ing cheap sugar In quantities more than can 

 be consumed in the United States. 



Fortunately we have a President who is 

 noted for his integrity and honesty, and we 

 do not believe that he will allow this notori- 

 ous " Professor," while in the employ of the 

 Government, to use his position to destroy 

 any legitimate pursuit by trickery, decep- 

 tion, lying and fraud. 



This is the same Wiley who, in the interest 

 of the glucose men, undertook to injure and 

 if possible destroy the honey interests of 

 the country, by inventing a " pack of lies " 

 about the ** manufacture of honey comb by 

 machinery, filling it with glucose and then 

 sealing it over with a hot iron." He well 

 knew at the time that he wrote It, that It 

 was a falsehood from beginning to end, and 

 when cornered by the Americin Bee Jour- 

 N.vi, demanding the proof, he attempted to 

 justify himself by saying that he wrote the 

 "story "as a "scientific pleasantry," never 

 thinking that any one would take it tor a 

 truthful account. Yet, notwithstanding the 

 fact that it has been almost universally 

 quoted by the periodicals of America and 

 Europe as a "statement of facts" (which it 

 purported to be), he has never had the man- 

 hood, the honesty, or the honor to write the 

 first sentence to correct the matter 1 All 

 this, too, while he knew that the industry 

 of bee-keeping was daily being injured by 

 the repetition of the falsehoods of which he 

 was the father and inventor I 



In view of these facts, we hope that 

 President Cleveland will investigate the 

 matter presented by the delegation from 

 Kansas ; and if found to be the truth, let 

 Prof. Wiley know that the Government of 

 the United States will not tolerate such a 

 dishonest officer, or allow him to use his 

 influence to injure any honorable pursuit. 



That he is incompetent as well as dis- 

 honest, is exhibited by the fact that when 

 PURE HONEV was Sent to him at his request, 

 by bee-keepers of well-known integrity, he 

 pretended to analyze it, and pronounced It 

 adulterated in his Report published in the 

 fall of 1883. 



Mr. Ivar S. Yonngi in bis letter to us 

 and other editors says: "I am going to 

 visit the first and greatest bee-keepers of 

 the world— the Americans— in order to study 

 practical bee-keeping." We did not state 

 bis language in our notice on page 435, but 

 the Caimdian Bee Journal did so, and its 

 editor remarks thus : 



"While he may consider the Americans 

 the greatest bee-keepers in the world, we 

 hope to show him that the Canadians can 

 make a much finer display of their product. 

 Before his visit is over, we expect to be able 

 to hear him say that he should have coupled 

 Caiiada with America in the statement 

 which he has made." 



The following is just received from a sub- 

 scriber of our Canadian ootemporary, and 

 fully explains itself : 



" Friend Newman :— What is the matter 

 with D. A. Jones ? Is he jealous or crazy? 

 See page 350 of the Canndian Bee Journal 

 for July 20. Is not Canada a part of Amer- 

 ica ? His talk is utter nonsense, and tends to 

 make • hard feelings;' like the 'Canadian 

 linden honey and United States basswood ' 

 article of a year ago. I do not like such 

 talk." 



Bro. Jones Is at fault in his knowledge of 

 geography ; that's all 1 He evidently thinks 

 that Canada is bigger and of more impor- 

 tance than the whole continent of America ; 

 when in fact it is but a small portion of that 

 continent. The article about "Canadian 

 Linden Honey yg. American Basswood " was, 

 no doubt, a great blunder ! as was the nam- 

 ing of his paper ? But we must overlook 

 such little things in him. It is his nature to 

 be impulsive, and to make very Inflated state- 

 ments. We do not think he intended to be 

 discourteous to the apiarists south of the 

 great lakes, even though his language made 

 it so appear. 



That Canada obtains a good crop of honey; 

 that it is of excellent quality ; that they 

 make grand exhibits ; and that they have 

 some of the best apiarists of the world, we 

 freely admit, without even a thought of 

 jealousy, or feeling of envy 1 And when 

 Americans are referred to as " the greatest 

 bee-keepers of the world," as they are by 

 Mr. Ivar S. Young, we never think of de- 

 priving Canadians from their full share of 

 the honor ; or imagine for a moment that 

 they desire to secede from the rest of the 

 Continent, or wish to detract from the glory 

 and reputation of America, or American 

 apiarists.— No I We all say most enthusi- 

 astically- 



" No pent-up Utica contracts our powers ; 

 The whole unbounded Continent Is ours." 



Tlie Fourth Annnal Fair of the Free- 

 mont Agricultural and Driving Park Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Freemont, Mich., on 

 Oct. 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1887. Geo. E. Hilton is 

 Superintendent of the Apiarian Depart- 

 ment, in which liberal cash prizes are 

 offered. 



Union Convention at Chicago.— The 



North American Bee-Keepers' Society and 

 the Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society will 

 meet in joint convention in Chicago, Ills., on 

 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Novem- 

 ber 16, 17 and 18, 1887. This date will 

 occur during- the second week of the Fat 

 Stock Show, when excursion rates will be 

 very low. 



