The herald., 1896-07-12
Local, Eastern and Foreign
Commercial Dealings
WALL STREET SPECULATION
A ST. Louis Business Man Gives his
Views on Rest
The Honey Observation-Disclosures In the Lead
Fruit Gamers Using Honey Instead Of
sugar With Good Results

Although the American people are show
ing a fuller appreciation of the Importance
of rest and recreation. 1t is doubtful TX
proper attention is as yet given to the
best ways to secure rest and recreation,
says Adam Roth in the st. Louis Interstate
Grocer. ut has been said that we did not
need the extended periods of vacations
years ago that are considered necessary
now, and l believe the statement is true.
Years ago we did not do business under
such a severe strain. Our working hours
were as long, possibly, but the require
ments upon our watchfulness and capacity
were, not so great. Up to a quarter OF a
century since there was always a certain
amount of friendship and courtesy in our
transactions that made work less arduous
and our duties less oppressive. Competi-
ton hiss grown so intense that even our
vacations are taken under difficulties, and
our recreation Is often a task rather than
rest and a pleasure. There is only one
way to rest and that Is to rest. And we
can't do this unless we learn how to put
business aside with our office coats and
shut trude worries up in our desks before
turning the key. believe in hard work,
but don't believe the hardest kind Of
work can be made satisfactory and profit
able unless it Is intelligently performed,
and 1t cannot be intelligently performed
unless the mind is clear and the body heal
thy The day is therefore, coming when
vacation for business man will mean
something more than fishing jaunt or an
excursion trip.
The honey-raising industry all over the
country has acquired a new Importance
in the fact that packers of fruits are be-
ginning to use it in making syrup in
which to can fruits. II the use OF honey
for this purpose becomes anything like
general. the cultivation of the product will
take a decided step forward both in extent
and remunerativeness. The fruit Gamers
who have used honey in this fashion are
chiefly in California, but the enthusiasm
with which they laud their discovery will
probably soon induce Gamers in other
sections to adopt it also. Honey Is said
to leave nothing to be desired in the mat
ter of perfect preserving, keeping quality
and flavor.
California at present supplies the bulk
of the honey used In this country but there
seems to be no special reason why 1t should
do so. If the demand for the product in
creases. through its use in canning fruits.
other states all over the country will be-
gin to produce also.
The production of honey has been prac-
ticed for the past forty years In Califor-
MIA upon. what might be termed a very
son since the state has been extensively
stocked with bees that the output of honey
could be definitely ascertained, and for
statistics in relation to shipments we have
to depend upon figures from the various
transportation lines. The same lack of
system and uncertainty prevails in rela-
tion to the number of colonies of bees
owned, and even the number of persons
engaged in the business is left largely to
conjecture. In Southern California there
are over 1000 bee-keepers, and the product
as far can be ascertained from railroad
statistics is over 900 pounds for the
year 1S95.-Philadelphia Grocery World.