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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 



Jan. 



The American Bee-Keeper, 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG CO. 



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EDITORIAL, 



During the past month we have 

 mailed a circular letter to each and 

 every one of our subscribers who were 

 in arrears on their subscription 6 

 months or over, in which we urgently 

 requested them to pay up. We are 

 glad to say we have received a great 

 many responses yet there are still 

 some who have neglected to give our 

 letter the notice the circumstances de- 

 mands. This number of the Bee-Kee- 

 per will be mailed to all such subscri- 

 bers and then if still no notice is ta- 

 ken of the matter by them we will dis- 

 continue sending it to them, and a 

 list of such subscribers will be pub- 

 lished for the benefit of our fellow 

 publishers and dealers. 



The publishing of accounts of de- 

 linquent debtors does not meet with 

 general approval. Editor Root likes 

 it but seems to think his list would be 



too long. Possibly he would have to 

 issue it as a supplement to Gleanings. 

 Since printing the notice last month 

 we have heard from many old time 

 customers from whom we had not 

 heard in many months. So many 

 have responded satisfactorily that we 

 will not have a long list. 



Some have written us that our 

 course will result in a loss of patron- 

 age. We hope not. All our desir- 

 able customers always pay up prompt- 

 ly or make satisfactory arrangements 

 with us before purchasing their goods 

 and certainly cannot be offended at 

 our course as it does not effect them. 

 On the contrary, it is doing them jus- 

 tice. For if every one of our custo- 

 mers would pay promptly and in full, 

 we could afford to sell goods much 

 cheaper as there would be no loss 

 from delinquent debtors, which now 

 has to be figured into the cost of the 

 goods. 



Mr. A. L. Boyden of Saline, Mich., 

 has taken a position in our office. He 

 has had considerable experience with 

 bees besides having been formerly en- 

 gaged in the supply trade and no 

 doubt will be of valuable assistance 

 to us in many ways. 



We note that " A. Commenter" in 

 another column speaks of the Review 

 as being the only paper that refuses 

 to insert the advertismeut of the 

 Hastings Bee Escape. On the con- 

 trary neither the Am. Bee Journal, 

 Gleanings or ourselves will insert the 

 ad. hereafter having been with Editor 

 Hutchinson convinced that the Porters 

 are alone entitled to the idea repre- 

 sented in their escape. 



