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placed me as the leader or cham- 

 pion of those " few boisterous fel- 

 lows" with "stupid and senseless 

 prattling," as the "Magazine" has 

 seen fit to call us and also the 

 " cooperatives " as the A. B. J. has 

 styled us, I take it for granted 

 that I have the right to defend 

 their or "our" cause. 

 The " Magazine " saj-s : 



" No respectable journal of the 

 size and character of the " Ex- 

 change " can possibly sustain itself 

 on a less circulation than from four 

 to five thousand, unless some other 

 business, more profitable in itself, 

 is associated with it. We speak 

 this advisedly, having had sev- 

 eral years' experience both in pub- 

 lishing and manufacturing. Hence 

 we treat as the " idle wind " the 

 stupid and senseless prattling of 

 the few boisterous fellows who 

 would fain make the beekeepers 

 believe that the publishers of their 

 papers should not sell them their 

 supplies. We are glad to unite 

 with ours a paper which has al- 

 wa3^s looked upon this question in 

 the same light as ourselves." 



It is difficult for any honest 

 reader to tell in exactly what posi- 

 tion Mr. King stands. There is 

 too much policy and self in that 

 paragraph to be palatable. It is 

 that old game of " Good Lord" and 

 " Good Devil." 



We have always been told that 

 one of our largest supply manufac- 

 turers was connected with the late 

 "Exchange" and as Mr. King 

 admits that the "Exchange" in 

 size and character was respectable, 

 his argument in that respect falls 

 to the ground. 



In the paragraph preceding the 

 one quoted, Mr. King undoubtedly 

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gives the true reason for the sale 

 of the "Exchange," but when he 

 goes beyond that, then we think 

 he forsakes his dignity as an editor 

 and stoops to the use of uncalled- 

 for and unkind and abusive lan- 

 guage. If he has an argument 

 against the belief and opinions of 

 those feio, let his argument be on 

 that issue alone. 



The editor of the A. B. J. says, 

 on page 414, the "Exchange" was 

 selected to receive the support of 

 the "cooperatives," and infers that 

 that move was the cause of its 

 death. 



I am not aware that the "Ex- 

 change" received the support of 

 the " cooperatives" any more than 

 any other publication. Further on 

 Mr. Newman says, " We learn 

 ■ that the cooperatives are casting 

 around to make another selection 

 for their organ, but it will be wis- 

 dom for the papers so approached 

 to beioare and profit by the fate of 

 those who have preceded them as 

 organs of discontent." 



It is a cowardly and dastardly 

 act thus knowingly to misrepresent 

 the dead journal and its contribu- 

 tors. 



I challenge any man to produce 

 an}' volume of any bee journal that 

 contains more discontent ov personal 

 abase than has the American Bee 

 Journal in the past. They are no- 

 where to be found. Does Mr. 

 Newman think that his readers are 

 so ignorant and senseless that they 

 cannot comprehend his motives? 

 I doubt his competency in suc- 

 cessfully bulldozing the editors of 

 other papers. How diflferent are 



