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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Comb-Foundation Makers. 



—A letter of correction and apology is 

 received from Prof. H. W. Wiley, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, June 27, as follows: 



Editors American Bee Journal, 



Dear Sirs: — In the list of manufac- 

 turers of comb and comb foundation 

 published in Bulletin 18, Part 6, page 

 866, is included the name of Thomas G. 

 Newman & Son, Chicago, Ills. I regret 

 that anything we have published should 

 do any injustice to any person or firm, 

 by making any statement concerning 

 that which is not true. 



The American Bee Journal of May 

 26, page 696, says that Thomas G. 

 Newman never manufactured an ounce 

 of "comb "in his life, or even comb 

 foundation. According to this statement 

 his name should not have been included 

 in the list, and I am sorry it was done. 



The information on which his name 

 was included in the list is found in the 

 American Bee Journal May, 1890, 

 page 175, and is entitled, "Advance in 

 Price of Comb Foundation," which says, 

 "On and after this day the price of 

 comb foundation is advanced 5 cents per 

 pound, both wholesale and retail, on 

 account of the scarcity and consequently 

 enhanced value of beeswax." Signed : 

 " Chas. Dadant & Son, Thomas G. New- 

 man & Son." 



The American Bee Journal of June 

 4, 1890, page 14, under the head of 

 " Beeswax Wanted," occurs the follow- 

 ing : " We will pay 24 cents per pound 

 in cash for yellow beeswax delivered 

 here." Signed: " Thomas G. Newman 

 & Son." It appears that we were justi- 

 fied in including Mr. Newman as a man- 

 ufacturer, by the language of these two 

 advertisements. 



There was no intention whatever of 

 doing Mr. Newman an injustice, and 

 therefore I beg you to insert this article 

 in your columns. I am, Respectfully, 

 H. W. Wiley, Chemist. 



With pleasure we publish the fore- 

 going explanation and apology, and are 

 indeed glad to know that Prof. Wiley 

 intended no injustice in the matter. 



We showed the above letter to Thos. 

 G. Newman & Son, and as they desired 

 to say something further on the subject, 

 we publish their comments as follows: 



It is needless to say that we are glad 

 to see the foregoing apology. In further 

 explanation, we would remark that on 

 page 696 it was asserted that Prof. 



Wiley's official pamphlet was " full of 

 blunders and misrepresentations," and 

 in proof of this, the fact was cited that, 

 on page 866, in a " list of Manufac- 

 turers of Comb Foundation," such ex- 

 tensive manufacturers as A. I. Root and 

 J. Van Deusen & Sons were entirely 

 omitted, while Thomas G. Newman & 

 Son (who are only dealers, and not 

 manufacturers), are included. 



As neither of the proofs cited above 

 contain one word about the manufacture 

 of comb foundation or anything else, 

 the Professor was certainly not "justi- 

 fied " in his assertions. 



But we are glad to learn in his last 

 paragraph that the Professor had "no 

 intention whatever of doing Mr. New- 

 man an injustice." Had this matter 

 been the only thing to complain of, no 

 further notice would be taken of his 

 unfortunate blunders. We hope that he 

 will now correct all the other inaccura- 

 cies and misrepresentations, which 

 abound in the pamphlet, many of which 

 were pointed out on pages 696 and 697 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



Thomas G. Newman & Son. 



Patent Bee - Hive Men are 



again on the road. Mr. Wm. Housel, of 

 Wertsville, N. J., writes us as follows 

 coucerning a certain hive being sold in 

 his neighborhood : 



Please answer through the Bee Jour- 

 nal, whether there is a patent on a bee- 

 hive called the " Burheim hive." There 

 has been a man convassing and selling 

 rights through this part of the country, 

 and a great many persons have bought 

 of him. Wm. Housel. 



We know nothing of such a hive ever 

 being patented— at least we never have 

 seen any record of it. It is always safer 

 to buy and use only such hives as are 

 endorsed by practical apiarists. 



In Going Over the July maga- 

 zines, all Western readers will turn at 

 once to Franklin H. Head's article on 

 " The Heart of Chicago," in the current 

 New England Magazine. It shows the 

 metropolitan characteristics of Chicago 

 as they have not been shown before ; 

 and its contemporaneity is the best 

 record of the city's progress. It is finely 

 illustrated by J. 0. Hatfield, Charles H. 

 Woodbury, and others. 



