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nal, It must be evident to all, that 

 the teudeucy is towards a monopoly of 

 the supply business by the publishers 

 of papers who also deal in supplies. 



Mr. Aspinwall.— It is natural for a 

 man to interest himself more largely 

 in that business that pays him the best. 

 Our Arm cannot be accused of refus- 

 ing to publish both sides. Publishers 

 have a right to consult their own in- 

 terests so far as they do not transgress 

 honesty and morality. I am free to 

 admit that I am iu the business to 

 make money. We sell supplies and 

 advertise them in our paper. Bee 

 journals conducted by men who are not 

 also in the supply business have inva- 

 riably failed. 



It is quite as honorable to acknowl- 

 edge your position as to publish a 

 paper purporting to bo free from the 

 supply business while you conduct a 

 supply business at the next door. I 

 might go down cellar and run the sup- 

 ply business while Mr. King remained 

 up stairs and published the "Magazine" 

 and yet this would not change our real 

 interests. 



I further claim that our journal (the 

 "Magazine") has taken active meas- 

 ures against adulteration refusing to 

 accept advertisements from those who 

 practise adulteration. 



Mk. L. C. Root.— There is a great 

 deal more to this question than you 

 would think. Why are our bee jour- 

 nals published? The answer to that 

 question means a great deal. I ask the 

 members of this convention whether 

 they believe that the other editors of 

 bee journals would be as honest as Mr. 

 Aspinwall has been in stating ids posi- 

 tion. I am inclined to believe tliat Mr, 

 Aspinwall's statement is correct that 

 they publish their paper in their own 

 interests. AVe must have a journal 

 that is devoted to tlie best -interests 

 of the beekeepers, and to support it 

 will become the interest and duty of 

 every beekeeper in this country. The 

 time has come for us to say of the bee 

 papers that they are not what we wish. 

 They do not meet our wants, we need 

 someting better. There should be a 

 revolution in bee literature. Now we 

 have a journal that is in no xoay con- 

 nected with the supply business and 

 it is published in our interests. I re- 

 fer to the Amp:rican Apicultuuist. 

 This journal is certainly better than 

 any other published and we should 

 make it the best journal published on 

 the continent. 



C. R. IsHAM said that the test of 

 journalism is brains, he thought the 

 best journals were those whose editors 

 have the most brains and any journal 

 that was worthij of support would be 

 supported. All of our journals contain 

 much that is valuable and instructive. 

 Great credit is due to Messrs. Newman 

 and King and Aspinwall for the active 

 measures they have taken against adul- 

 teration. 



Mr. Clark. — Some of our papers 

 employing the smartest kind of men 

 are not lit to be taken into our family 

 circle. 



Mr. L. C. Root. — The test of jour- 

 nalism is not so much brains as it is 

 principle. 



Mr. Silas M. Locke. — Mr. Chair- 

 man and gentlemen : I would prefer 

 to remain quiet upon this subject as 

 my motives may be misunderstood. 



I referred in my paper to the matter 

 of bee journals because I am tho- 

 roughly convinced that the interests 

 of beekeeping and the welfare of api- 

 culture demand that we have a jour- 

 nal that shall be in no way connected 

 with the supply trade. 1 do not stand 

 here to appeal to you either as a con- 

 vention or as individuals in the sup- 

 port of the American Apiculturist to 

 which allusion has been made. 



I have perfect confidence in the in- 

 telligence of the beekeepers and know 

 that if it is worthy of their support 

 they will stand by it and I have no fear 

 in this regard. 



One speaker in his remarks inferred 

 that editors publish their papers to 

 make money and work for their own 

 interests. Now while I would not dis- 

 pute their right to do this, yet 1 claim 

 tl#at there are those to whom principle 

 is paramount to every other aim and 

 object and those who would willingly 

 lose every dollar and sacrifice eveii 

 life rather than sacrifice their princi- 

 ples. It was tlie establishing of a gos- 

 pel which woukl lead men to live a life 

 devoted to principle that caused our 

 Saviour to " walk alone " and wliich 

 cost him his life. There are some things 

 tliat are worth more to us than the 

 mere amassing of a fortune or the suc- 

 cess of our undertakings in this life. 



I am glad to know "that God, not 

 man, is my judge, and, standing in the 

 presence of my Creator, I can truth- 

 fully say that I have the interests of 

 this association and the welfare of api- 

 culture at heart. 



