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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July 1 



"H Goods are wanted Quick. Send to Pouder." 

 Established 1 889 



Acknowledging a Debt 

 to my Friends 



By the Bee Crank 



The man who has ten thousand friends 



Has not a friend to spare; 

 But he who has one enemy 



Will meet him everywhere. 



There is no occasion for even a single 

 enemy in my business, for I give the kind of 

 service which makes friends, and I wish to 

 give half of the credit of my twenty years' 

 success in business to the good words my 

 friends speak for me ; the other half to the 

 fine goods and good service which I, in turn, 

 give to my friends. In order to maintain 

 this relationship it is necessary to have com- 

 petent assistants, and also to keep in close 

 — '*" touch with every transaction; and you may ''''— 



be sure that your order, whether large or 

 or small, will have my intelligent and consci- 

 entious attention in its minutest detail. 



My long experience and study to please you have given me 

 an accurate knowledge of bee-men's needs, and have enabled 

 me to accumulate the most complete stock of high-grade bee- 

 supplies in the whole country. I have a complete stock of 

 Root-quality Goods, and they are offered at factory schedule. 



My catalog is free. 



For beeswax I am now paying 29 cents cash or 31 in trade. 



Wanted. —Fancy white comb honey for exhibition purposes. 

 Name quantity and price Do not ship till a bargain is made, 

 as I am not doing a commission business. 



Root's 

 Goods 



at 



Root's 

 Prices 

 with 

 Pouder 

 Service 



Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis, Indiana 



859 Massachusetts Avenue 



