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the higher price for was all right. I think every bee-keeper 

 ought to do the very best he can, not be slipshod, not have 

 dirty-looking sections, not have one full of holes all around, 

 or perhaps not filled at the bottom of the section at all. 

 Produce the best article you can, and make people believe 

 it is all right, and set your own price. 



Dr. Miller: — I suppose that nearly all here have been 

 taught to believe by the newspapers that they need a biscuit. 

 Pick up any newspaper and "Uneeda biscuit" will stare you 

 in the face. Thousands and thousands of dollars are evi- 

 dently spent in advertising that one style of biscuit. Those 

 men are not spending money for fun; they are not wasting 

 money, either ; they are level-headed men, with a standard 

 article that needs money spent in advertising it. Is there 

 any question that a proper amount of advertising of honey 

 would bring in returns. Is Mr. France here? I was just 

 wondering whether he would agree with my statement or not. 

 Yes, there he is. Mr. France, I want to see if you will agree 

 with me. If the money that has been spent by the National 

 Association helping to settle quarrels were spent in adver- 

 , tising honey in the public press, somewhat in the same way 

 that "Uneeda Biscuit" is being advertised, I believe it would 

 do more good, just a little more, at least, towards raising the 

 standard of honey all over the country. Now if you don't 

 believe that, Mr. France, say so. 



Mr. France — I endorse it. 



Dr. Miller — Good for you. I believe that is a point in 

 the right direction. You ask what can this Association do? 

 If this Association could get enough money into its treasury 

 to help in that same direction that would be a good thing. 

 For at least this Association is helping to make the National 

 what it ought to be, and I am speaking for one only when 

 I say that I believe there is a great work for the National 

 before it to advertise honey, to put a lot of money in. It 

 will take a lot of money. But if the thousands upon thou- 

 sands of bee-keepers in the country could be got into it there 

 would be money enough to do some good. I know very well 

 some of you will say it will take so much money you need 

 not try it at all. If you can suggest something better I will 

 take that back. 



Mr. Moore — There is a thought that occurs to me, dif- 

 ferent from anything that has been expressed by anybody 

 else. I was one of those who went to the Illinois Legislature 

 and helped them to get a law two years ago for bee-keepers 

 — and an appropriation. In the midst of other things this im- 

 pressed itself upon my mind : The faith and confidence that 

 the Legislature and the public at large have in associations. 

 There is so much crookedness in the world at large that 

 people are skeptical about anything they don't know anything 

 about. For instance, take this question of manufactured 

 comb honey: The public at large do not know any more 

 about comb honey or foundation than a week-old baby does 

 about arithmetic or the dictionary, until they are taught by 

 the specialist, and they decide the worst possible thing out 



