. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 430 Suppose that a dealer of New York sells ?ure glucose honey to a grocer of Hamilton, 'he law gives me the right of prosecuting the grocer for selling an adulterated article andthe grocer will be fined, but the rascal who wholesaled or manufactured the adulterated article, will be free, on account of the ditiiculty and cost of prosecuting him in another State ! The innocent sustains the loss guilty goes free. It would be altogether diiferent with a law made made by Congress, and the watch- ing of food inspectors. Every transgressor would f
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 430 Suppose that a dealer of New York sells ?ure glucose honey to a grocer of Hamilton, 'he law gives me the right of prosecuting the grocer for selling an adulterated article andthe grocer will be fined, but the rascal who wholesaled or manufactured the adulterated article, will be free, on account of the ditiiculty and cost of prosecuting him in another State ! The innocent sustains the loss guilty goes free. It would be altogether diiferent with a law made made by Congress, and the watch- ing of food inspectors. Every transgressor would fear to be prosecuted andthe adultera- tion would be stopped. But to obtain such a law we need the help of every one ; so get the petition signed. Not one of us should be without a copy; obtain signatures of all our neighbors, and return it filled with names. Send a postal card at once to get one. Again, Mr. Root says : "It is a singular fact that although glucose is a liquid and grape sugar a solid, the latter contains a much larger per cent, of water, held by a curious law in chemistry, in a solid state. If we produce the grape sugar by adding more chalk, as friend Badant suggests, I am afraid we should soon come to grief, for chalk is an insoluble compound, and the first lump of sugar our purchaser puts into his mouth would reveal the cheat. I know, by the letters received, that there are those so thoughtless as to suppose that it is possible to add chalk. Will those people please dissolve a lump of grape sugar in a little warm water and see if it does not all dissolve perfectly ?" After giving such proof of his knowledge in chemistry and common sense, the editor continues : " I might have published the article, it is true, and it mav be my duty to give everybody a hearing, even should they send in a paper claiming that the moon •was made of-chalk ; but would it be profitable to occupy space thus ?" I answer, chalk is carbonate of lime. In the tank, wher
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