^i All Prices Withdrawn ;^ 



j>^ ON ^i^ 



^r ^'^ 



-*5i^ On Bee -Hives, Sections, Jx 



^r "^ 



^^ Ship|)iui( - Cases, and all jx 



^r ^«^ 



^j Bee - Keepers' Supplies Jx 



/r "^ 



j^^ Listed in Our Catalogue. j^ 



4 Both Wholesale & Retail. ;^ 



^^i"*- Owing to the plieiioiiieiial advance in the ''C*^ 



^ cost of raw materials, ranging from 20 to 100 per ly 



^i*^ cent., especially on lumber of all kinds, it is im- ''C*^ 



^ possible longer to maintain former prices.. New iy 



"^"^ price lists are being prepared which we hope to ♦'C^ 



^^ have ready by Oct. i. The advances will i^ 



'^^' range from twenty to thirty- per cent. Orders ^^ 



^^ received after Sept. i can not be accejoted at old iy 



^k*^ prices. Instead of making gradual advances, ¥^ 



^^ keeping pace with the increase in value of the l^ 



^^^ raw materials which has taken place during r^CT 



^^ the past six or eight months, we have main- i^ 



"^•' tained former prices until the close of the season. ''C*^ 



^^ Now we have to make the advance all at once, i^ 



"^*' and on that account it ma}- appear like a large '^^ 



^^ advance; but it is not as great, figured in per cents, jfy 



^^^ as the advance in materials has been already, r^ST 



^^ and still higher prices will undoubtedly be j^ 



'^"^ reached on lumber during the next six months ^^^ 



^^ than those ruling at the present time. jj^ 



^^ The A. I. ROOT CO., Mdeina, Ohio. '% 



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