THE BEB-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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Quality, 



Promptness, 



We have the best mechanics that mon- 

 ey can hire; the best machinery that mon- 

 ey can buy. We use the liollow-ground, 

 smooth-cutting, rip and cut-off saws and 

 the work is fine. We have many special 

 machines adapted to securing the best 

 possible finish with the least possible 

 labor. We buy the best grade of 

 of lumber direct from the mills. We 

 make every device the bee-keeper invents 

 for profit and ease in manipulation of 

 bees. We carry large stocks all the time. 

 We want your trade. We want to hear 

 from you whether you buy or not. No 

 trouble to answer questions. Please 

 write us. 



We are very prompt shippers. We 

 know that you order goods because you 

 want them". We make up a large supply 

 during the winter and pack them in 

 standard packages. 500 sections in a 

 crate and 5 brood chambers in a package, 

 5 supers in a package. In this way we 

 can handle a large business in a short 

 time. No annoying delavs. 



The business out-grew its humble 

 quarters, and, in iH^J, a stock company 

 was formed and the business moved to 

 H.idson, Wis., where the 560,000 plant of 

 a defunct furniture company was bought 

 at a bargain, thus .securing abundant pow- 

 er, room and machinery. 



The floor space of our factory is 15,620 

 square feet. One ware house has 30,000 

 square feet all under roof. 



With the view to making it an object 

 to Wisconsin and Minnesota bee-keepers 

 to trade witli us we have revised our 

 prices, and call your attention to the fact 

 that we are ofTering you as good a class cf 

 goods at a price delivered at your railroad 



Price. 



station as other dealers will ask you at 

 their home office. By a comparison of 

 catalogs you will be able to verify this 

 statement. The reasons why we can do 

 this are many. We are in a timber region 

 where lumber is cheapest. We conduct 

 our business personally, and have no high 

 salaried officers. We have no branch 

 houses or agents with their attendant ex- 

 penses. We sell the goods to you as near 

 the cost of production as good business 

 will allow. Our competitors in St. Paul 

 and Minneapolis are buying their section 

 lumber in Wisconsin and their bee-hive 

 lumber in Canada, Michigan or Wiscon- 

 sin as the case may be, and paying freight 

 on the raw product to their eastern 

 and southern factories, the result is 

 that their section lumber is costing 

 them 53.00 to I5.00 per 1000 more than 

 ours is costing us; and their bee-hive lum- 

 ber is costing them 54.00 to 58.00 more 

 per 1000 feet than ours is costing us; then 

 they carload the stuff to their branch 

 houses and have to add the freight and 

 cartage to and from their store-houses and 

 pay an agent his commission, all of which 

 expense we do not have. 



Hudson is the land of saw mills and 

 cheap lumber, and the best quality of 

 white pine, for hives, and the choicest 

 of white winter-sawed basswood for sec- 

 tions can be bought at very low prices. 

 The Interstate Box & Mfg Co. also makes 

 boxes and crates and is thus able to utilize 

 the dark lumber and waste. A dry kiln 

 insures a supply of thoroughly seasoned 

 lumber. 



On all Orders of $10.00 or More 



We Pay the Freight. 



INTERSTATE BOX & MFG CO., Hudson, Wis, 



