20 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. January, 



glorious success. Well, success, they Hutchinson, the reference to that 

 say, is the thing that succeeds. No "killing of damaging stories" has 

 wonder it is such a successful organi- rather a humorous side — when view- 

 zation. ed from the standpoint of the St 



Louis convention. For a few days 



One of our Northern subscribers, last September, St. Louis was a ver- 



when sending in his renewal, sends itable hotbed of wide-eyed bee-men; 



also the subscription of a neighbor most of the princes of the profession 



bee-keeper, and says: "I will do all being there assembled in convention.. 



I can to help you double your sub- The heavy-weights of the apiarian 



scription list this year." Many arena were about all in the ring, at 



thanks! H each one had done the St. Louis. Even the big chief him- 



same, the list would have been doubled self, surrounded by about two hun- 



before the new year had started. Just dred armed warriors of the apiarian 



one new subscriber from each, means tribe, trod the streets of St. Louis, 



nearly three thousand new ones. Not only were the wise men from the 



With such a list. The Bee-Keeper East there, but also those of the sev- 



could introduce lots of improvements, eral other quarters of the earth. They 



were there in person — not by proxy, 



Every home that shelters an Amer- nor by mail, nor by telegraph. They 



ican boy should receive the American pooled their aggregated wisdom and 



Boy, the great boy's paper of Amer- sought to rectify one erroneous news- 



ica. Good, wholesome and interest- paper statement of the order "Dam- 



ing reading for boys is not so plenti- aging." They seem to have met uttei 



ful as it should be. The American failure, however; for it appears that 



Boy is a large, high-class monthly the statement was made actually 



that will interest, instruct and inspire worse than before; and if it is being 



your boy. We have arranged with copied yet, on the plan of the Wiley 



the publishers to supply this great story, it is probably more damaging 



boy's magazine to our readers, if in its paraphrased form than it wasi 



taken in connection with The Amer- originally. 



ican Bee-Keeper, a whole year for The problem which now looms up, 

 eighty-five cents. That is, if you will before us is: H all the big guns ir 

 send to us, at Falconer, N. Y., 85 beedom, personally assembled, can- 

 cents, we will send you both the not contrive to correct one damaging 

 American Boy and The American newspaper statement, how should oui 

 Bee-Keeper for a year. If you are general manager proceed in such cases 

 paid in advance, we will extend your with a prospect of earning his salary] 



subscription to The Bee-Keeper 



twelve months and send the American js^ BEE-KEEPERS' INSTITUTE. 

 Boy a whole year, beginning with the 



next number following receipt of your ^ bee-keepers' institute will be 



order. held at Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 9 and 



10, 1905. General Manager France, 



"The National Association should of the National Association, has been 



devote more of its money and ener- engaged as a speaker for the occasion, 



gies to advertising honey, prosecut- Business pertaining to the Ontario 



ing adulterators and killing damaging County Bee-Keepers' Association will 



stories." The foregoing is the cap- be transacted also. There are ro be 



tion used over an excellent editorial tour sessions. 



in the Bee-Keepers' Review, wherein 



the importance of using a portion of WHAT DO YOU THINK? 

 the National's funds with a view to 



extending consumption of honey, in- A West Indian subscriber compli 



stead of lavishing the major portion ments The Bee-Keeper upon its se 



upon the settlement of neighborhood lection of matter for publication. Sayi_ 



squabbles is set forth. he "does not believe in long-winded 



Notwithstanding the real serious- articles," and that it is better to get 



ness of the situation and the urgent immediately down to the point. i 



demand for more active operations Another New York subscriber likei 



along the lines designated by Editor The Bee-Keeper better than any othel"! 



