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only to let another crowd form a few moments afterward. I witnessed this 

 scene over and over again . 



This "word-picture" gives us a striking lesson — to exhibit and display 

 our honey, and thus educate the masses who by thousands carry home the 

 small quantity to delight their families, and give them health and strength, 

 both of body and mind, by the use of this God-given sweet. How much 

 better to do this than to feed our sweet babes and tender off-spring upon 

 vile glucose in the form of syrups, candies and condiments, arid thus send 

 them to an early -grave, or sow disease in their little systems, by permitting 

 them to use the vile stuff made from old clothes, boot heels and dirt, which 

 greedy conscienceless men have made solely for the purposes of adultera- 

 tion. ^ - 



Yes; let us use ever>' means to introduce honey to our neighbors — to 

 tempt them with its beauty and beguile them with its sweetness. Let us 

 take possession of every State, county and local fair, in the name of 

 humanity, and educate the people with such magnificent exhibits of honey 

 that they never can forget it. Distribute to the admiring crowd the evidence 

 that honey is good, not only for food — giving warmth to the system, vigor to 

 the vital functions, strength to the body, and force to the mind — but that it 

 is good for medicine, healing many forms of disease and prolonging life. 



Mr. Newman remarked that he had spent thousands of dollars to help 

 open up the markets of the Old World to honey, and notwithstanding the 

 fact that he had been roundly abused by short-sighted men for so doing, 

 who feared that it would be an injury rather than a benefit, yet he was glad 

 to see that the beneficial results were being noticed. Europe is holding out 

 her hands to us and- demanding tons of honey, when we have not a pound 

 to "^pare — our home markets taking all we can produce with our limited 

 number of bees and poor honey crops, but sweetness enough is going to 

 waste to produce billions of tons, and the speaker said the time was coming 

 when a revenue of millions of dollars would be received annually from 

 foreign lands for honey that was now not gathered. He knew that intelli- 

 gence and energy, coupled with improved implements and the "coming 

 bee," would overcome all obstacles, and contribute a supply of superior 

 honey to all the markets of the world. 



Following Mr. Newman's address the question was put and prevailed. 

 ' Motion by C. E. Yocom that a committee ot three (amended by mak- 

 ing it seven) be appointed by the chair to present the last named memorial 

 to the Legislature. Prevailed. 



Committee as follows: ' - 



Thomas G. Newman, C. P. Dadant, Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, Col. Chas., 

 F. Mills, S. N. Black, Hon. J. S. Lyman, and A. N, Draper. (For report 

 of this committee, see appendix). 





