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THF BEE-KEEPERS ' REVliL W. 



The a. I. Root Co. has bought out the 

 supply business of Mr. Thos. G. Newman 

 of Chicago and secured the services of Bro. 

 York of the American Bee Journal as man- 

 ager. There is no greater shipping point 

 than Chicago, and being in the center of a 

 great honey-producing part of the country 

 the firm will probably enjoy a large trade at 

 that point. Orders sent to this branch will 

 certainly be filled with " neatness and dis- 

 patch " 



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Affliotfd Editobs— E. R. Root has been 

 " under the weather " a good share of the 

 past summer ; I have been far from well all 

 summer, at one time being confined to my 

 bed ; and when I learned that R. F. Holter- 

 mann had had a severe attack of heart fail- 

 ure, followed soon after by typhoid fever, I 

 was on the point of writing Bro. York that 

 if he expected to be "one of us " he must 

 contract some sort of an ill, when a po-tal 

 came from him saying that he was sick in 

 bed with tonsilitis. I guess we will all feel 

 better when it comes cool weather. 



CUTTING OFF DISCUSSIONS. 



Mr. Allen Pringle thinks editors often 

 make a mistake in shutting off discussion 

 "just as the fur begins to fiy. " This de- 

 pends upon the importance of the subject 

 and what is understood by " making the fur 

 fly. " If it means a sprightly setting forth of 

 facts, figures, principles and arguments, 

 well and good. It is not always clear, at 

 the beginning of a discussion, just wliere it 

 will lead and if it runs into an unpleasant, 

 personal dispute it better be cut off. I saw 

 an item awhile ago in the Ladies' Home 

 •Journal that expresses my views very clearly. 

 It reads as follows : 



" Only great things and those involving 

 principle are worth arguing about, and it is 

 always wise to avoid letting the point of 

 contest become too important. When an- 

 tagonism is aroused, that which began as 

 an argument often ends in a quarrel. " 



SUGGESTIONS FOK THE NORTH AMERICAN. 



Bro. York makes two suggestions regard- 

 ing the future meetings of the North Ameri- 

 can. One is that it be held at the time and 

 place of the G. A. R. encampment ; and the 

 other that the society pay the expenses of 



one delegate for a certain number of mem- 

 bers furnished by any State. The first prop- 

 osition has been made before and the ob- 

 jections have been that it comes too early in 

 the season, when bee-keepers cannot very 

 well leave their work. That the crowded 

 cars, streets and hotels will cause discomfort, 

 etc. But it would be no worse for us than 

 for the G. A. R. folks. There is nothing 

 like an actual trial to settle these things — 

 one thing is certain, we can't depend upon 

 bee-keepers alone to secure reduced rates, 

 and, even if we could, we could not get such 

 low rates as the G. A. R. secures. Of course, 

 the officers of the North American could re- 

 consider and change their decision as to the 

 time and place of holding the next meeting, 

 so that it could be held at the next encamp- 

 ment, but, somehow, I feel that it would 

 not be keeping faith with our western breth- 

 ren. 



As to the second suggestion — well when 

 we get enough members in some of the States 

 so that we can afford to send delegates it may 

 answer to consider it. 



«'H«H««^R«».*» 



C. R. HoRBiE & Co., of 244 So. Water St.. 

 Chicago 111., advertisers in the Review, 

 have this year commenced business for 

 themselves as commission merchants, hav- 

 ing previous] v had several year's experience 

 as e uplayej i i a commission house. They 

 are enterprising and working hard to build 

 up a good trade. For instance, they bought 

 my entire list of names of bee-keepers in the 

 United States and sent out circulars solicit- 

 ing consignments. In that circular my 

 name was given as a reference, and the 

 letters of inquiry have become so numerous 

 that the answering of them is burdensome, 

 and I take this way of forestalling further 

 inquiry. The Chicago bank to which I 

 wrote said tliey considered Horrie it Co . 

 reliable. Bro. York of the American Bee 

 Journal writ s that he has investigated them, 

 and sj f.ir as he can discover they are do- 

 ing a straight business. I have had several 

 deals with them and they have always paid 

 me promptly. If any one wishes, this firm 

 will send a list of men for whom they have 

 sold honey of whom inquiries can be made. 

 The indications are that Horrie & Co. are all 

 right ; in fact, I am satisfied, from my deal- 

 ings and correspondence with them, that 

 they intend to build up a large business by 

 hard work and square dealing. 



