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I ANOTHER CHRISTMAS 



and 



I ANOTHER NEW YEAR 



Haven't all of us coiiiu'ctfil in any way witli hookeeping in 

 America much to be grateful for at this Christmas time, and much 

 to hope for from the New Year? 



Just to suggest Europe and the hard and terrible conditions 

 over there, involving the beekeepers as much as any other class, 

 makes us glad indeed tliat we are here and not there — here where 

 there are law and order and peace and i)lenty. 



lu these days of readjustment in this country, when we are 

 getting back to normal, getting back to times when a dollar will 

 again be a dollar, the beekeeper with his honey is better off gen- 

 erally than the farmer with his w^heat and wool and fruit- — and 

 where he can secure or make a local market for his product he is far 

 better off tlian tlie general farmer. 



Looking forward to the New Year: It will continue to be a 

 time of readjustment, but not of so violent readjustment as is now 

 going on. Honey will begin the new year better and more widely 

 advertised to American consumers than ever before. It has fair 

 promise to be more extensively used than ever before, and the bee- 

 keeper cau hope with us that the abnormal and monstrously high 

 prices charged today for the iron and steel and tin and for the 

 white pine and the basswood that go into his supplies, will have 

 to drop, so that his supplies may be made cheaper and the prices 

 reduced just as fast as costs will permit. We hope for this as much 

 as an}- beekeeper can. 



Then, recalling our beekeeping blessings here and now in 

 America, and hoping for a prosperous season in 1921, let us wish 

 each other a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and face the 

 future with good courage and good sense. 



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THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY | | 



MEDINA - - - - OHIO || 



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