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ing that his honey is of light-weight — that is, the sections do 

 not quite weigh a pound each, and there is more profit in 

 their sale. 



Mr. Becker — I have seen that done, but I always sell by 

 weight. 



Mr. Moore — I found, in Indiana, merchants who were 

 selling 2,000 or 3,000 pounds of honey each year. I found 

 that tiiey did it by keeping it in sight — put up in nice show- 

 cases. Sell honey close at home, then it will not be smashed. 



Mr. Duby — I have sold as much as 1,000 pounds of honey 

 at a fair, and I find it an excellent place to advertise. 



Mr. Meredith — At Mill Park, where there were excur- 

 sions from schools, I have sold as much as 400 pounds of 

 honey in one day. 



Mr. Wilcox — First decide at what price honey will sell. 

 Put it up in the best style. Sell it near home. If not pos- 

 sible, then put it in the hands of commission men. 



Next came an address by Prof. E. N. Eaton, State 

 Analyst of the Illinois Food Commission, on 



FOOD FRAUDS AND FOOD OFFICIALS. 



Again I have the privilege and the honor — and I assure 

 you it is a privilege and an honor — of appearing before the 

 Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association. I believe 

 I feel as much interest in your Association, its members and 

 its meetings, as I would had I as large an apiary as Mrs. 

 Stow, or as much knowledge of the bee as Dr. Miller, in- 

 stead of no knowledge of the ways of the bee except as a 

 warrior, and no earthly possessions in that line — not even a 

 bee in my bonnet. Last October I read before the National 

 Association a paper on "Food Frauds," laying special stress 

 on the misrepresentation of comb honey, and the damage such 

 misrepresentation has done to the sale of that commodity. 



Mr. York has suggested that I bring the same subject 

 before this Association, inasmuch as there are many in at- 

 tendance at this convention who were unable to get to the 

 National, and the records of that convention will not be 

 available for some time. 



Many years ago Dr. Wiley, now chief chemist of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, stated that comb 

 honey was being made artificially, comb and all. That story 

 went the rounds of the press, and, despite frequent denials, 

 appears in papers to this day, even in such reliable publica- 

 tions as the Ladies' Home Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and 

 the Philadelphia Press. When cornered Dr. Wiley claimed 

 that the statement was "a scientific pleasantry," and that the 

 bee-keepers — simple children of Nature — ^were too obtuse to 

 see the joke. The public and the public press, however, took 

 it as seriously as did the bee-keepers, and consequently Dr. 

 Wiley's reputation as a joker suffered a serious relapse. 



There have been many variations of "the Wiley lie," as 

 the statement has been referred to by bee-keepers. State 

 Food Commissions have said that bees entered the conspiracy, 

 and were fed glucose to produce honey. Other Food Com- 



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