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on, I am willing to leave it off. There are cases like Mr. 

 Meredith says, where men will want the name on, but the 

 majority of cases don't want it, and if you don't want to 

 sell to a man of that kind, don't sell to him. You are not 

 obliged to. This thing of saying the middle man is dishonest 

 because he scrapes the name off — you are off, decidedly. 

 As to the matter of articles like extractors, etc., the man 

 that puts his name on, put it there for the sake of adver- 

 tisin<y.. and the man that buys it buys it with that under- 

 standing, and it is a fair thing. They don't always put it 

 on. You will find that on some of these things the manu- 

 facturer's name is not on. You will find a Singer sewing 

 machine having Montgomery Ward's name on it, or a 

 Fairbanks' scale will have some prominent farmer's name 

 on it. It is an understanding of bargain and sale. I wish 

 we could get rid of the idea that there is any dishonesty 

 going on. We will go through life happier if we believq 

 that there are honest men — and outside of Cincinnati, too! 



Mr. Meredith — In putting un horse-radish, according 

 to law, I am compelled to label the contents of that jar. 



Pres. York — You must mention the contents on the label, 

 not your own name. 



Mr. Meredith — If it is a combination of horse-radish and 

 vinegar. 



Dr. Miller — Are you compelled to put your own name 

 on? 



Mr. Meredith — I must put my own name on together 

 with the contents of that bottle. 



Mr. France — That part is simply to protect the public in 

 view of the pure food law in case of adulteration, that the 

 inspector may know where to go. 



Mr. Baldridge — Wouldn't that apply, though, to section 

 honey? To oblige them to stamp it? 



Mr. Wilcox — If there is such a law in Illinois. There 

 is not in Wisconsin, and I can't understand how they can 

 enact such a law. It certainly must apply to food products. 



Pres. York — Comb honey isn't a manufactured article. 



Mr. Wilcox — There might be a statute applying to 

 manufactured food products. 



WHY USE 8-FRAME HIVES. 



"Will Dr. Miller please tell us why he uses 8-frame 

 hives?" 



Dr. Miller — As nearly as I can tell the principal rea- 

 son is because I have them. One great reason, a fery 

 strong reason with me — it wouldn't be a strong reason with 

 everybody — but if you were an old man as I am expecting 

 to be within the next fifty years, and you had no help ex-< 

 cept a weak woman, you would want things as light as 

 oossible. That is a strong reason in favor of that hive; 

 it is light to handle. Another reason is, I think, I can get 

 more comb honey with the 8-frame hives than with the larger 

 size. 



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