•^ Chicago, III., Oct. 6, 1903. 



rm We have just been informed by the Post-Office Department that expired 



^ subscriptions to a newspaper or magazine do not constitute let^itimate sub- 



ja scriptions so as to maintain the second-class rate of postage, but if such are 



rm mailed with paid-in-advance subscriptions it places the whole edition under the 



^ third-class rate, which, in the case of the American Bee Journal, is about 14 



jn times higher than the second-class rate. In other words, if the third-class 



r^ rate of postage were enforced on the Bee Journal, we would have to raise the 



^ subscription price to $1.50 a year at once. This we do not want to do. But 



ja we are compelled to show that every subscriber who gets the American Bee 



r^ Journal is a paid=in=advance subscriber, in order that all may be mailed 



^ under the second-class rate. And the only way we can do that is for each one 



jn now in arrears to pay his or her subscription, not only what is past due, but 



r ^ also an advance subscription. 



^ In order that ALL who are in arrears may put their subscription credit 



jn in advance right away, we wish to make the following offers : 

 r^ We will credit any subscription sent us — 1 year for $1.00 ; 



^ 2 Years for ■$! 80 : 3 Years for $2.50 ; or 5 Years for $4.00. 



^^ Of course, these prices are not limited to those who are in arrears, but 



^'i if any others wish to take advantage of them the)^ may do so. 



^ Very Special Notice to those in Arrears. 



jU In order to comply with the requirements of the Post-Office Depart- 



rm ment, we will be obliged to discontinue sending the Bee Journal to all who are 



^ now in arrears on their subscription. We know this is a very sudden notice, 



jff but it is not our fault, as this is the first chance we have had to say anything 



rm about it since we learned of it from the Post-Office Department. 

 ^ But all who are in arrears can easily start a remittance to us in time so 



jn that it shall arrive at our office before the end of this month, and thus it will 



r ^ not be necessar}" to miss a single copy of the old American Bee Journal. 

 ^ We are planning some great things for our readers for 1904, any one of 



jn which will well be worth the yearly subscription price of the Bee Journal. But 



rm by paying for 5 years at one time, it will cost you only 80 cents a year. That 



/\ is only a trifle over I'A cents per copy ! 



jn Let us have a prompt response from all who are in arrears, and also 



r ^ from those who will soon be in arrears, so that all our readers may continue 



^ right along without a single break. 

 jn It may be that some can also send along the names of one or more new 



^w subscribers with their own renewals, and thus help increase our list of readers. 



^ We are offering some handsome premiums for such work. 



jn Trusting that all our readers had a good year with the bees, and hoping 



^w that we shall be favored with a general response by wa}^ of paid-in-advance 



^ subscriptions, we remain. Yours for the best bee-Uterature, 



a GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



\ 144 & 146 E. Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



■^w ysS- p. S. — If your wrapper label reads "dec02" it means that your subscription expired with Decem- 



^£ ber, 1902; if it reads "jun02," it expired with the end of June, 1902. And so with any other month and 



'^ year that may be shown on your wrapper-label. 



