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WHAT BRIGHT MEN 

 SAY OF GLEANINGS 



Hear what an Authority on Trade Journalism says 



of GLEANINGS. It is written by Editor F. Dundas Todd, 



formerly of the PHOTO-BEACON, Chicago, 111. 



I enclose one dollar to pay for my subscription to GiiEANiNGS. I want the bee knowledge 

 you provide— emphatically want it, for you are running one of the finest trade papers that is 

 printed, and, for a house organ, one that is remarkably free from house prejudice. You are 

 a flrit-rate editor, and I want to tell you frankly what I think of you. I can speak plainly 

 when I kick, but I try, even if it be a trifle harder, to be as plain when I like what a fellow does. 



After receiving the foregoing we wrote Mr. Todd, asking if he would have any 

 objections to our using this paragraph. In reply he writes as follows: 



Why, certainly use the paragraph of my letter. You deserve it. I have been journalist 

 long enough to develop contempt for a selfish stock-house journal, and to admire a man who 

 can see bigger and wider, as you can. In photography the one-sided house journals have all 

 failed; and as a money proposition only, you are wise to be open. I like the way you throw 

 the columns open to ideas that conflict with the goods your firm manufactures. 



The accusation has been made in times past that this journal was biased in the 

 interests of our supply business. Our editorial force have been instructed to publish 

 the truth about any thing and every thing, no matter whether it contiicts with the 

 supply business or not. We have certainly made an honest effort; and if we have suc- 

 ceeded in the minds of unprejudiced, candid observers it is no small gratification. 

 Mr. Todd has been long in the editorial field and the general publishing business, and 

 his statement certainly should have weight. 



What a Celebrated Authority on Farming says: 



Hudson, O., Jan. 8, 1908. 

 Bear Mr. Root:—l want to congratulate you and your sons, and all others connected with 

 Gleanings, on the great improvements you have been making on this magazine. Its 

 columns are filled with helpful articles, and nothing that isn't of the highest tone ever 

 appears. It is beautiful in its make-up. The paper, printing, and pictures are strictly first- 

 class. The double-page picture in the Jan. 1st issue is fine enough to frame. It is an educa- 

 tional matter to the young people (and we all ought to keep young) to have so perfect a 

 magazine come into the home. Even the advertisements teach order, Heaven's first law, and 

 neatness and harmony. And now the magazine comes in an envelope, unrolled. It would 

 have pleased you to hear what I said when the first copy came in that improved condition. 

 I enjoy nice things— beautiful and perfect things. For weeks I have had it on my mind to 

 write you, but didn't get at it; but when I read page 43 I went directly up to my study and 

 got busy. T. B. Tkbey, Hudson, O. 



We highly appreciate the foregoing, knowing Mr. Terry's opinions are not for 

 sale at any price. Moreover, he is one of our best authorities on general farming and 

 rural life in the United States. He is one of nature's noblemen, self-educated, self- 

 reliant, and true. Most of our readers know of Mr. Terry, and admire him for the 

 work he has accomplished. Coming from so worthy a man, this testimonial has a pe- 

 culiar value to us. 



Read what Mr. Hunter, the Com King of Ohio, has to say: 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. Seven Mile, O.. July 10, 1907. 



Gentlemen:—! h%ve a great respect for Gleanings, and. on our table, containing twenty 

 to thirty of the leading journals and papers, it is the gem of the lot. 



Yours very truly, Calvin S. Hunter. 



What the late Veteran Henry Alley said : 



Had I been well I surely would have sent you some strong praise of the several copies of 

 Gleanings. You have outdone yourselves. No magazine or publication I have seen comes 

 up to the beauty, both outside and in, of any copy of Gleanings. 



Mr. Alley's opinions were never for sale at any price, and what he said he meant 

 in very truth. 



