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SEVENTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



Mr. Arnd: I sent some honey for 

 that exhibit. I received a very nice 

 letter the other day and saying they 

 ■were much pleased with the exhibit, 

 and had many inquiries as to wliere 

 they could get pure honey in Chicago. 

 It was an exhibit where no one adver- 

 tised his own honey. Each simply 

 mentioned the place where the honey 

 came from. 



Mr. Wheeler: I helped Mr. France 

 a little at the exhibit. I think it is a 

 good thing, but I think it might be car- 

 ried farther. I think a demonstration 

 of honej^ would be a good thing. Mr. 

 Hutchinson intended to bring some 

 bees, but something happened to them. 



Mr. Duff: Mr. Hutchinson said lit- 

 tle, but I think he was disappointed 

 with it. I was disappointed with it. 

 It didn't impress me very favorably. 



Dr. Bohrer: I received a communi- 

 cation from Mr. France asking for 

 honey to put on exhibition, and I told 

 him I had no honey good enough. 



Mr. Whitney: I visited that exhi- 

 bition and had a conversation with 

 Mr, France. I was disappointed at the 

 interest the people seemed to take. I 

 said I was disappointed that the exhi- 

 bition did not attrac-t attention, and it 

 is my opinion that this is no place for 

 an exhibit. If there had been an ob- 

 servatory hive of bees there, or some 

 queens, it would have been better. 



Mr. Chapman: I believe an exhibit 

 of that kind would be more attractive 

 by showing some uses of honey, as at 

 the Chicago Corn Show, where demon- 

 strations of the use of corn meal, etc., 

 were made. Few families use honey in 

 cooking. If we could have demonstra- 

 tions of honey in cooking it would 

 add to the interest. You would thus 

 open up a new field for the use of 

 honey. 



Mr. Arnd: No bee supplies were ex- 

 hibited. Mr. Boyden: Mr. France 

 came to my office on Wednesday or 

 Thursday and asked us what we want- 

 ed to do. I said "What would you 

 like us to do?" The next day Mr. 

 Mr. France and Mr. Hutchinson came 

 and asked about honey for the ex- 

 hibit. I said I would furnish what- 

 ever they suggested. It was with the 

 understanding that our name was not 

 to be used in that exhibit. I did it 

 simply to help out Mr. France and Mr. 

 Hutchinson in the exhibit: I did my 

 best to furnish good goods, so that 

 there would be no discredit on pure 



honey. Sweet clover honey in a large 

 jar will always look attractive. 



Mr. Kimmey: The exhibit of 14 x 

 14 feet was too samll. If you expect 

 to have any sort of notice taken of such 

 exhibit, you are sure to be disappointed. 

 You have to do something to attract 

 the people. Get it in the papers. 



Mr. Wheeler: The liquor exhibit 

 took all the attention because they 

 gave out samples. We should have 

 demonstrated honey. The bees that 

 were to be shown died on the way. 



Mr. Kannenberg: Once there was a 

 little boy who had a bantam hen. He 

 was quite worried over the fact that 

 she laid such small^eggs. Finally he 

 thought of a plan whereby he felt he 

 could induce her to increase the size. 

 So he procured a large ostrich egg and 

 put it up in front of the little bantam 

 hen's nest, and above it put these 

 words: "Look at this and do your 

 best." So we must keep on trying to 

 improve our honey exhibits. 



Pres. York: That was a very good 

 illustration. It was a mistake not to 

 have given out samples of honey at 

 the Food Show. 



Mr. Wheeler: Mr. France and Mr. 

 Hutchinson did a great deal of worK 

 for that exhibition. I think the bee- 

 keepers ought to remember that. 



Mr. Moore: I considered that a 

 creditable exhibit. A live bee exhibit 

 would be the most attractive and draw 

 the crowd. But I go on record as 

 against these exhibits. It is almost 

 impossible to make them pay. The 

 sentiment of this whole matter is to 

 get two pounds of honey into the 

 mouth of every man, woman and child. 

 Don't send all the honey to the cities. 



Publishers and Supply Dealers vs. 

 Honey -Producers. 



"Are the interests of publishers and 

 supply dealers antagonistic to the in- 

 terests of the producers?" 



Dr. Bohrer: I can not see why they 

 are. I think they go hand in hand. 

 A man may manufacture and put on 

 the market something that is a decided 

 fraud. If publishers advertise a thing 

 that is a fraud and push it, of course 

 it is not right. I think, however, there 

 is very little of it done. 



Mr. Wilcox: Since this convention 

 first opened I have several times heard 

 remarks reflecting on the supply-deal- 

 ers, and have read a great deal re- 

 garding the antagonistic position to- 

 ward the supply dealers and editors. 



