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R. B. Leahy, editor of the Progressive, 

 made us a pleasaut call ii few days ago while 

 oil his way home from the east where he had 

 been to visit the home of his childhood. He 

 visited G. M. Doolittle, the American Bee 

 Keeper folks, the Roots at Medina, and from 

 here went to Chicago where he expected to 

 call on the editor of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal; from there he expected to go up in 

 Wisconsin and visit the Page and Ljou 

 folks. He reports the bij^gest business this 

 year of any year since the Leahy company 

 started. Mr. Leahy begun business a little 

 before the Review started — started with 

 nothing but his hands and lots of pluck, and 

 now — Will, he did not tell me how many 

 thousands of dollars he was worth, but he 

 (/(■(/ tell me one thing — I don't suppose he ex- 

 pected that I would tell of it, and maybe it 

 isn't the proper thing to do, but it certainly 

 is something to be proud of. In all these 

 years of " hard sledding " he has never been 

 dunned nor drawn on through a bank. 

 Sime will say, said Mr. Leahy, "Suppose a 

 man hasn't the money, how is he going to 

 meet his bills?" Go and borrow it. The 

 dii^connts obtained by paying cash amount 

 to 12 to 14 per cent., while money can be ob- 

 tained for at least S percent. Mr. Leal y 

 says that they make s4(X) or $.tOO a year by 

 discounting their bills. 



