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the work that he has done, on the 

 appropriation or the money he re- 

 ceives from the membership fees and 

 on the allowance he gets for his own 

 time, is more than I can understand, 

 because it is a tremendous work that 

 Is being done, and the possibilities 

 for more work are so great, and of 

 the dollar-and-cent income to the hon- 

 ey-producers of the country the possi- 

 bilities are so great that the invest- 

 ment of a mere five or ten or fifteen 

 dollars membership in the National 

 would be as nothing to the benefit 

 that might be received from' this 

 work. (Applause). 



Mr. Wright — We are very glad to 

 hear from Mr. Pettit; we know the 

 Canadiians are wide-awake. 



Mr. Stone (Illinois) — I will state a 

 little circumstance that resulted in a 

 good deal. At our State Fair at 

 Springfield there were three exhibit- 

 ors; they all had about the same price 

 for their jars of honey beforehand, 

 but we found when it came to the 

 close of the Fair, a fourth man was 

 selling less per jar for the same size 

 than the others were: I had made 

 out a card that gave the size of the 

 jar, the weight of honey that was in 

 it, the price of the honey and the price 

 of the jar. by the gross, and the total 

 price of each of the jars. Just as soon 

 as the other men found I had that, 

 they all got it, and that is the estab- 

 lished price for extracted honey in 

 Springfield today; and there is no 

 honey sold in the jar but what is sold 

 at that price. The commission mer- 

 chants can't sell extracted honey at 

 all. There was one of them who had 

 some shipped in, and he offered it at 

 eight cents a pound. It was fine alfal- 

 fa honey. He couldn't sell it at all. 

 The extracted honey that is sold there 

 is sold) by the bee-keepers that live in 

 that vicinity. The comb honey we let 

 the commission merchants brin,g in 

 and sell. Whatever the established 

 price is throughout the United States, 

 the regulated price, it doesn't interfere 

 with our extracted honey; we sell 

 that at fifteen cents a pound, and add 

 the price of the jar to the honey. 



A. C French — I attended the Valley 

 Fair; we had three exhibits there, 

 and each one who sold honey had to 

 take out a license and pay $5. Now, 

 ■each one at the Fair sold honey at 

 the same price, no cut, and an honest 

 pound in each jar. We got 25 cents a 



pound retail, and 20 cents wholesale. 

 Quite a number of merchants were 

 ready- to pick it up at that price. One 

 Boston merchant came there and 

 wanted to know how much sugar I 

 put in. I told him about ten pounds 

 to a gallon. I thought that was suffi- 

 cient. He said: -'It looks like it." i 

 said, "now the proof of the pudding is 

 the eating. If you want to taste it, 

 pick out any jar you have a mind to 

 in the exhibit." "No," he said, "you 

 pick one out." "No," I said, "that is 

 your privilege, not mine." There was a 

 rack on the showcase where the light 

 didn't strike it, and it was dark, and 

 he picked one from that. I said, "Hold 

 that up to the light." He did so. I 

 said, "I want you to know that the 

 statement I make is ajl right." He 

 tasted it and said: "I would like four 

 cases of that." I said, "you are paying 

 a pretty good price for sugar." He 

 said all the sugar that was in that he 

 could put in his eye. We have one 

 price. If I can't get my price for my 

 honey, it stays with me. 



Mr. Garabrant — With reference to 

 the remarks of Mr. Pettit, about some- 

 one establishing the price and supply- 

 ing stores, I might say that for' three 

 years past, several times I have not 

 quite been able to get the market 

 price, but I have asked them if they 

 knew what the market price was. I 

 think in only one case have they been 

 able to find any established market 

 price, unless they chanced to have 

 bought a case of honey in New York 

 City. Some committee such as he 

 suggests should distribute some sort 

 of information to storekeepers, as to 

 the market price to pay the local 

 producer, and they would know when' 

 a man came in whether he asked too 

 much or too little. My experience 

 has been that the local producer sets 

 the price in a great many cases, 

 either high or low, as he chose to see 

 it. 



L. Zotner — When you mark it grade 

 No. 1 honey it should be No. 1, and 

 not No. 2. That is the way to estab- 

 lish a price. When you go to a whole- 

 sale man and tell him you have No. 1 

 honey, and it is put up in a good, pre- 

 sentable shape, you will get your 

 price. 



Mr. Hurlej' — I would like to say a 

 few words on the address of President 

 York. I think we all owe a debt of 

 gratitude to Mr. Hershiser for opening 



