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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Jolt 23, 1903. 



S. V 1'. train stopped there on its way 

 to 1 1"- < hnaha convention. 



Mr. Schweitzer is in bod as the re- 

 Milt nt injnric- i, -nixed during the tor- 

 nado, and is in need of assistance. 

 I.Y.nii cash is whal is must wanted, but 

 clothing will be a great help, also build- 

 ing materials and later plants to re- 

 stock the greenhouses. He is deserv- 

 ing i.i |.i imp! and liberal assistance 

 from all MmiM- who know the straights 

 they Mould be in were their establish- 

 ments and homes wiped out without a 

 moment- warning. To start the good 

 work Bassett & Washburn give $25 and 

 some stock. Send direct to Mr. Sehweit- 

 ■ i in m rare of the Review. 



REMEDY FOR ANTS. 



A very effective remedy for ants on 



lawns is to mix granulated sugar with 



arsenic and then with fresh bread 



ber of recipes. I submit 1 

 benefit of others similar! 

 the sugar and arsenic t 

 then add the crumbs ai 



S. A. P. 



CHANGES IN BANKRUPTCY LAW. 



The bankruptcy act of 1898, establish- 

 ing a uniform system of bankruptcy 

 throughout the United States, was one of 

 immen-e importance to the country's com- 

 mercial interests, and of far-reaching con- 

 sequences. For five years the country has 

 been adjusting itself to the new condi- 

 tions, and the act has been under the 

 closest judicial scrutiny. Changes and 

 corrections have been found desirable, 

 and the past session of congress made 

 many under the advice of experts. 



The bill modifies the existing law in 

 several important particulars, the prin- 

 cipal one of which is a provision in re- 

 gard to preferred creditors. Under the 

 existing law those who had received pay- 

 ments from a person who had soon after 

 been declared a bankrupt could not have 

 other claims passed without surrendering 

 the amount received. This provision was 

 modified so as to allow the creditor to re- 

 tain the money received unless the previ- 

 ous payment was fraudulent. This change 

 is in conformity with a recent decision of 

 the United States Supreme Court. 



Another amendment provides four new 

 objections to a discharge, intended to 

 prevent persons from going through bank- 

 ruptcy, the most important of which are 

 the giving of false mercantile statement 

 or the making of a fraudulent transfer of 

 property. The hill also provides that 

 it shall be an objection to a discharge 

 if a voluntary bankrupt seeks to go 

 through bankruptcy more thai- once in 

 six years. 



\ not Iter amendment provides that the 

 appointment of a receiver for a corpora- 

 tion which is insolvent is an act of bank- 

 ruptcy, entitling the creditors to choose 

 their own trustee. Another importanl 

 change is one which gives the federal 

 courts concurrent jurisdiction of suits to 

 recover property which has been fraudu- 

 lently transferred. 



Other amendments allow the wives of 

 bankrupts to testify in the proceedings; 

 provide for an increase of the fees of ref- 

 erees and trustees to an average of about 

 50 per cent over the fees allowed by the 

 present law. and prohibit the courts' from 

 allowing greater fees than the law per- 

 mits in any ease, and add to the list of 



debts from which a bankrupt cannot be 

 relieved by a discharge from bankruptcy. 

 The new list includes debts to wife and 

 children, and alimony. 



With these amendments, dictated by 

 wise experience, it is believed that the 

 United States has a system of bankruptcy 

 which is most equitable, favoring neither 

 debtor nor creditor, and is the equal if 

 not the superior of any bankruptcy law 

 or system in the world. 



DIVISION OF PROFITS, i 



The writer has a party who is willing 

 to furnish capita] sufficient to put up a 

 modern greenhouse containing about 6,- 

 0011 square fei-l of glass. On a ten-year 

 contract, what would be a fair and 

 equable basis to make a division of the 

 profits between the capitalist and the 

 working partner': The latter is to fur- 

 nish coal. help, stock, make necessary 

 repairs, market and -ell all stock and to 

 take entire charge of the plant. Would 

 be glad of any suggestion on the subject 

 from any of the readers of the Review. 



BUDD. 



HOTELS OF MILWAUKEE. 



The following downtown hotels in 

 Milwaukee are within five or ten min- 

 utes' walk of the convention hall. Rooms 

 for convention week may be reserved at 

 any time: 



Aberdeen Hotel, Grand Ave.— Rates, $10 to $1J 

 per i 



! Sis.— Rate, $2 



Hotel Atlas, Third and Sy< 

 per day. 



Hotel Blatz. City Hall Square— Hate. SI per 

 day and upward, European plan. 



Globe Hotel. Wisconsin and Cass Sts. — Weekly 

 rat, -a; A moil, a n plan. $1(1 to $15; European plan. 

 $5 to Sin. 



Kirby House, E. Water aud Mason Sts.— Rates. 

 $2 to $2.50 per day. 



Hotel Pflster, Wisconsin and Jefferson Sts — 

 Rates, American plan. $.'! to $5 per day; Euro- 

 pean plan, $1.50 to $3.50 per day. 



Planklnton House. Grand Aye.— Rates. Amer- 

 ican plan. $2.50 and upward per day; European 

 plan, $1 and upward per day. 



Republican House. Third and Cedar Sts.— Rates. 

 American plan. $2 to $3 per day; European plan. 

 $1 ami upward. 



Schlltz Hotel, Grand Ave. and Third St.— Rate. 

 European plan, $1 per day and upward. 



St. Charles Hotel. City Hall Square— Rates, 

 per day, one person, $2 to $3.50; two persons, 

 from $4 to $6. 



NEW YORK. 



Vacations in Order. 



Michael Ford, of Ford Bros., is at 

 Greenwood Lake, breathing the healthful 

 country air. Joseph Fenrich, the firm's 

 head salesman, leaves on Saturday for 

 Lanesville, in the heart of the Catskills. 

 for a two weeks' rest, and William P. 

 Ford goes on August 6 to Barnegat Bay. 

 near Forked River, N. J., on his annual 

 fishing trip with the Sterling Fishing 

 Club. James A. Hammond is occupy- 

 ing his cottage at Port Washington, L. 

 I., for the summer. Hugh Nelson, fore- 

 man lor J. J. Perkins, leaves the first 

 week in August for an extended Euro- 

 pean trip. 



Peter A. Downing, formerly with the 

 Rosary and now with Thorley, will en- 

 joy his vacation in the Adirondacks. 



Miss Robbins, bookkeeper for Mr. Per- 

 kins, goes to Cape May August 1 for a 

 month's meditation by "the salt sea 

 waves." Julius Lang is at Livingston 

 Manor, N. Y., with his family. tfrs. 

 Thomas Young, Jr.. left on the steamer 

 Kaiser Wilhclm II. on Tuesday, for 

 Baden-Baden and will lie joined later 

 byi her husband in a European pleasure 

 trip that will extend into September. 



Walter Sheridan lias returned from a 



breathing spell in the mountains and 

 John I. Raynor started last Saturday 

 for his annual outing. Mr. Ghormley's 

 lieutenants, Messrs. Coyle and Baker, 

 are away for two weeks, and Mr. Miller, 

 of the Noe forces, is at Pt. Jervis, N. Y. 

 Mr. Miller, from Sheridan's, will put 

 on his "coat of tan" during the next two 

 weeks in Sullivan county, and Mansfield, 

 of Madison avenue, will try to have a 

 pleasant time for a month at Point 

 Pleasant, N. J. 



Mackintosh, the Broadway florist, is 

 rusticating at Long Branch. Last year 

 he saved a man from drowning as a part 

 of his summer recreation. This year he 

 hopes to save a lady. Sullivan county is 

 a favorite resting place for florists. Miss 

 Walreich, cashier for Alex. Guttman, 

 is spending her holidays there. 



Various Items. 



Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dailledouze have 

 the sympathy of their many friends in 

 the loss of their only daughter, whose 

 death occurred on July 11, of scarlet 

 fever. The young lady was only fifteen 

 years of age and was one of the happiest 

 and most healthful of the young people 

 at the club's outing. 



The many friends of A. H. Hews, of 

 Boston, learn with regret of his demise. 

 He was a man of most charming person- 

 ality. 



The old landmark on Broadway and 

 Seventy-eighth street, so long occupied 

 by David Clarke's Sons, has vanished. 

 No vestige of the greenhouses remains. 

 Tin- linn is utilizing the old material in 

 the construction of two new houses on 

 its property at Fordham Heights and 

 will ultimately cover a large part of the 

 two acres there with a modern plant, 

 the stock from which will find a ready 

 outlet at the new store on Broadway and 

 Seventy-fourth streets. 



The projected plant and flower market 

 is still under consideration. Last Wed- 

 nesday the official board heard argu- 

 ments in favor of the $250,000 approp- 

 riation and everything indicates a favor- 

 able conclusion by "the powers that be." 

 That every stand in the great building 

 would be taken is a certainty, and that 

 a completed enterprise may be an- 

 nounced before the snow flies is "a con- 

 summation devoutly to be wished." 



The yacht races unfortunately occur 

 the week of the convention. Some de- 

 voted water spirits cannot forego the in- 

 fluence and threaten to cut out the con- 

 vention in their favor. The opinion of 

 good horticultural authorities seems to 

 favor the chances of Sir Thomas. To the 

 speculative afar off this tip is given 

 without authority. Ask Davy Mcllis for 

 particulars. 



Convention Matters. 



The desire of the St. Louis florists to 

 entertain the S. A. F. next year will 

 doubtless be gratified. The majority al- 

 ways rules, even if it be but a majority 

 of two. as the Ashevillians demonstrated 

 in 1902. The desire of the practical for 

 a convention for "business only" is nat- 

 ural, but the conventions are becoming 

 more and more great reunions of old 

 and new friends, and their real value is 

 in the opportunities they give for rec- 

 reation and rest and the inspiration that 

 comes from the renewal of acquaintances 

 and the business relations formed. There 

 will be plenty of time for business at 

 St. Louis and for the great fair also. 

 The great west becomes more influential 

 wit n every* anniversarv. In 1005 it will 





