. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 282 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 7, The Old, Old Story. We cannot resist the temptation to publish the following: South Haven, Mich., Aug. 30,1881. We regret that the management of both the American Bee Journal and Gleanings should have resolved upon such action as they have, result- ing in our financial embarrassment. Presume it's no use for us to repeat that we are paying fast as we can. H. A. Burch & Co. We can assure Mr. Burch that we did not " resolve upon such action" until the complaints against him be- came so numerous that we
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 282 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 7, The Old, Old Story. We cannot resist the temptation to publish the following: South Haven, Mich., Aug. 30,1881. We regret that the management of both the American Bee Journal and Gleanings should have resolved upon such action as they have, result- ing in our financial embarrassment. Presume it's no use for us to repeat that we are paying fast as we can. H. A. Burch & Co. We can assure Mr. Burch that we did not " resolve upon such action" until the complaints against him be- came so numerous that we could no longer doubt much of his business was tinctured with "crookedness" (toput it mildly). For nearly two years we have heard more or less of complaint, and have remonstrated with him for his lack of promptness ; but more re- cently we have been much censured for carrying his name in our advertis- ing columns, which we should not have done had we not supposed he was at least honest; but when statements of his derelictions were received, sub- scribed and sworn to by numerous victims," the management" could not do otherwise than " resolve upon such ; Mr. Burch had passed that " point beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue:" The assurance of Mr. Burch, that " we are paying fast as we can " may be gratifying to some, but there are many, probably, who look upon orders on the "management" of Gleanings, by Mr. Burch, for the repayment of money sent him for bees and supplies, in about the same light that Dr. E. E. Worthen does. The South Haven, Mich., Sentinel, of Aug. 27, gives the promised partic- ulars of the case where Mr. Burch has had money for goods over two years, and yet the order is unfilled, and adds: With such charges staring him in the face, we should like to know how much cheek it required for Master Burch to write to the Bee Journal, " If you feel like saying in the Bee Journal that you
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