THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



205 



their prices and be careful to offer uoue but 

 their best iu the first or fancy grade. This 

 seasou will be oue to establish a superior 

 grade which must be attractive both as to 

 quality aud style of sections. 



Takinu iuto consideration the downward 

 tendency of prices in all lines, any compen- 

 sation by further increase of production 

 would have a tendency to lower the market 

 still more. 



We cannot afford to increase our product 

 as to lessen the cost of production, and as an 

 illustration, the reason 1 am working to pro- 

 duce a non-swarmer is to that very end. 

 And I think the trouble and annoyance of 

 swarming is fully equal to all the other work 

 during the honey season. 



Jackson, Mich. July 24, 1867. 



Dr. A. B. Mason Defends and Explains His 

 Position 



A. B. MASON. 



rv 



yDITOR Review 

 ij — If you knew 

 just how mad I am 

 at you. that even 

 temper of yours 

 might be rufHed, 

 tC^^A.W^ *iiid you might not 



^^wKF A. feel so free to drop 



—wfw ^^^^^ iuto our home "at 

 all hours of day or 

 night" for a place 

 to eat and sleep 

 and have a good 

 visit. In the Review for June 10 last, on 

 page l.>} you say, '"Thos. G. Newman I be- 

 lieve to be an hone?t man." Well, who's 

 said he isn't? / never doubted his honesty. 

 Then you go on to say, " I say this because 

 there is an item in Dr. Mason's article that 

 might be construed to the contrary." 



Well, some people are given to "constru- 

 ing" things and often make great blunder- 

 ing "insinuations." I have no recollection 

 of ever having even " iii;iiuuated " that Mr. 

 Newman is not an honest man, but honest 

 men sometimes make great big blunders. 



Now what did / say that you say "might 

 be construed into an in.-inuatiou " that Mr. 

 Newman is not honest;' Here it is. • As he 

 has shown himself unfair in a portion of his 

 report, may it not be a i^roper question to 



ask, is the balance of the report to be relied 

 on as correct?" 1 can answer that question 

 myself, and truthfully, too, by saying it is a 

 proper question to ask, and no one, not even 

 an editor, has a right to " insinuate " that I 

 believe Mr. Newmou is not honest. 



There are statements in the report that 

 seem not to be borne out by the facts, but 

 you need not say that I say, or " insinuate," 

 that Mr. Newman is not a truthful man, for 

 I don't. I believe that he thinks he is right 

 in his statements, and that he is " doi g 

 God's service." So did Saul of Tarsus when 

 he was persecuting Christians. Men may be 

 honest and truthful and still make false 

 statements. Many a scientific fact (?) has 

 been established by scientists and accepted 

 as correct by the whole scientific world and 

 "the rest of mankind" that were afterward 

 found to be absolutely without foundation, 

 being absolutely false. So, many of the 

 statements in the report are not founded on 

 fact, but I don't say that its maker is un- 

 truthful, and I believe he is sincere, but he's 

 certainly not posted, and I'm prepared to 

 make good my assertion, provided he means 

 what he says. 



On page 179 of Review for the present 

 month, July, under the heading, "A Protest 

 from Mr. Newman," he says, "I am sur- 

 prised at the malignity displayed by Dr. 

 Mason and others towards me. charging me 

 with ' dishonesty ' and heavens knows 

 what, simply out of spite and chagrin." I 

 hardly know what reply to make to that, but 

 if Mr. Newman were here by me I should 

 probably say something like this, " I haven't 

 tlie slightest malignant feeling towards my 

 deluded old friend, and have not charged you 

 with being ' dishonest.' I have not a particle 

 of ' spite ' against you or any one else, and 

 my only feeling of ' chagrin ' is because of 

 the unwise course you have pursued in this 

 whole matter," and I honestly believe I 

 voice the feelings of every other one who has 

 had anything to say or do in this matter 

 from the very beginning to the present mo- 

 ment. 



To be sure, I've generally spoken very 

 plainly, as the occasions might seem to de- 

 mand, but for .Mr. Newman, or any one else, 

 to say that 1 have had the least feeling of 

 "malignity," "spite" or "chagrin," except 

 as above indicated, is to speak without a 

 knowledge of facts, and from my stand- 

 point, having seen much private correspon- 

 dence that a kind Providence will not permit 



