An Open Letter to the 



Honey Producers of 



the United States 



Costs entering into tlie manufacture, sale ami distribution of Lewis "Bee- 

 ware" on wliii-!i our lii23 prices will be bascl wouhl, in any other year, have 

 ludiupted an increase iii price over 1922. 



Realizing tliat honey is largely produced by agiiculturists, we know tliat the 

 selling price of your product has decreased since last year, in the face of rising 

 costs to yon of many manufactured goods you use in the pursuit of your busi- 

 ness. 



For that reason we are going to be satisfied for 1921! witli a smaller prolit 

 than is ordinarily due us in the course of business, and not make any material 



increases in Ihe 192;^ catalog, absorbing some 1: sses ourselves foi- the present. 



It is our hope that lumber, which has increased nearly iiO per cent since 1922 

 prices were figured, will not keep on climbing in price. Labor in our plant 

 has been reduced as much as possible under existing circumstances, and we have 

 iiistalleil every device known to mechanical science to reduce our manufactur- 

 ing costs. 



Should lumber and our other costs continue to rise, an increase in the retail 

 price of Lewis " Beeware " will be necessary some time during 1923. This 

 will be avoided if physically possible. There is now not the slightest indication 

 of any possibility of price decrease during the coming season, so far as we can 

 see. Of course we expect to jtass on such opportunities t(i oui- patrons when 

 possible. 



We are heartily in fa\H)r of co operative buying where a stock of goods is 

 kept on hand and dealer service given. To that end associations buying in car- 

 lots will be made carlot prices. The cost of distribution to us makes it im- 

 possible to allow large discounts for purchase of less than carlots without an 

 increase in the retail prices for 1923, which would be unfair to the great body 

 of beekeepers who buy direct from our branches or dealers. 



We will continue, as in the ])ast, to do eveiything within our province. to 

 further beekeeping, increase honey production and honey selling opportunities, 

 to appear before the Classification Committee for lower rates on honey, to con- 

 tribute to the financial welfare of National and State Associations and to keep 

 up the quality of "Beeware'' so it will continually be worth more than it costs. 



Would you like to receive a free copy of the 1923 Beeware Catalog? Tf so. 

 drop us a post card. 



G. B. LEWIS COMPANY 



G. C. LEWIS. President. 



At the Home of ''Beeware," 

 Watertown, Wisconsin, LT. S. A. 

 November 1, 1922. 



