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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, 1909 



the close of the season after having 

 supplied all regular customers at con- 

 siderably higher prices. These so- 

 called surplus lists at cut prices are 

 very suggestive of the Hel)rew clothier, 

 who has his quarterly cut price sales 

 as a means of getting rid of his Junk. 

 Demoralizing Cutting. 



The moral obligation of protecting 

 his customers against these cut prices 

 in so far as he can, would seem to 

 rest on eveiy responsible dealer, but 

 many will load up their regular cus- 

 tomers at the best piices they can ob- 

 tain, then offer any surplus they may 

 have at auction prices. 



The so-called sunjlus cut-price list 

 which makes its appearance in the fall 

 even before the season's crops are in 

 store, and appears at intei-vals of every 

 few weeks until May, is a pernicious 

 way of securing business, and one of 

 the most demoralizing factors with 

 which the trade contends, and should 

 be discouraged if anything approaching 

 stability is to be maintained. But 

 more later. 



The Free Seed Answer. 



The seedsmen have got their an- 

 swer from Congress anent the free seed 

 distribution — it being practically a 

 doubling up of the number of packets 

 sent out — the increase being from 36,- 

 000,000 in 1909, to 60,000,000 in 1910. 



After spending thousands of dollars, 

 passing denunciatory resolutions, and 

 humbly supplicating Congress, this is 

 their reward. Verily the seedsmen's 

 hopes have turned to" dead sea fruit. 

 There are reports as to how the De- 

 partment's orders for seeds have been 

 given which will refpiire some ex- 

 planation. 



Hearing on Proposed Seed Inspection 



Law at Albany. 

 Gentlemen: — 



At a preliminary meeting called by 

 the writer, at the Hotel Ten Eyck, Al- 

 bany, March 22nd, at S P. M., in order 

 that some action might be taken re- 

 garding Assembly Bill No. 736, intro- 

 duced by Assemblyman Callan, the 

 following seedsmen were present, or 

 were represented at the hearing: 



E. E. Brusgerhoft, of J. M. Tliorljurn & 

 f'o. ;ind Alex Forbes, of Peter Hendei-soa 

 & Co., Nevi' York: Edward F. Dibble, of 

 Honcoye Falls. N. Y.: F. H. Ebeling, of 

 Syracuse, N. Y.; Geo. H. Price, of Albanj, 

 N. Y.; J. M. Lupton, of Mattituck, N. Y.; 

 H. W. Gardinier, of Troy, N. Y.; Chas. 

 Eckstein, of Whitney-Eckstein Seed Co., 

 Buffalo, N. v.; M. Parker, of Jerome D. 

 Kice Seed Co.. Cauibridge, N. Y.: 

 jXott Seed Co.. of Ti-oy. N. Y.; 

 Barber it Bennott, and Sherman & 

 Eberle, of Albany, N. Y.; Fonda, James 

 Vk-ks' Sons, Mandeville & King, Averill, 

 Hathaway, Crossman Bros., Briggs Bros., 

 and Brewster, Crittenden & Co., of Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. 



The above-mentioned parties were 

 also present at the hearing of the bill 

 which took place at 2 P. M. on the fol- 

 lowing day before the Committee of 

 Agricnitui e. Mr. C. Fred Boshart, chair- 

 man. No definite conclusion was ar- 

 rived at at the hearing, but Chairman 

 Boshart suggested that we appoint a 

 special committee of seedsmen to draft 

 a bill and co-operate with Assembly- 

 man Callan, and to report to the Com- 

 mittee on Agriculture again on March 

 30th. 



With reference to this act, "To 

 amend the agricultural law, entitled 

 'An Act in relation to agriculture, con- 

 stituting chapter one of the consoli- 

 dated laws in relation to inspection 

 and sale of seeds,' " we understand the 



penalty for violation of the law as ex- 

 pressed in Assemblyman Callan's bill 

 is as follows: 



"Every person violating any of the pro 

 visions of this rhaiilvr shall forfeit to the 

 people of the Stnto of New York the sum 

 of not less than lifly dollars nor more than 

 one huiKlrpd ilollnrs for the first violation 

 and not Irss than one hundred dollars nor 

 more lliau tw.j liiiinlred dollars for the sec- 

 ond anil caiii siiliM'ijuent violation. When 

 such vialuUuu rijiisists of the mauufucture 

 or production t»t' any prohibited article, 

 each day during which or any part of 

 which such manufacture or production is 

 carried on or continued, shall be deemed a 

 separate violation. When the violatiou con- 

 sists of the sale, or the offering or exposing 

 for sale or exchange of any prohibited arti- 

 cle or sut)stance, the sale of each one of 

 several packages shall constitute a separate 

 violation, and each day on which any such 

 article or substance is offered or exposed 

 for sale or exchange shall constitute a sep- 

 arate violation. Wlien the use of any such 

 article is prohibited each day or any part 

 of which said article or substance is so 

 used or furnished for use, shall constitute 

 a separate violation, and the furnishing of 

 the same for use to each person to whom 

 the same may be furnished shall constitute 

 a separate violation. Whoever by himself 

 or another violates any of the provisions of 

 articles three, four, six, eight and nine, 

 or sections three hundred fourteen and 

 three hundred tifteeu of this chapter or of 

 section one hundred six, one hundred seven 

 and one hundred eight of this chapter, shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction shall lie punished by a line of not 

 less than fifty dollars, nor more than two 

 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not 

 less than one month nor more than six 

 months or by both such fine and imprison- 

 ment, for the first offence; and by six 

 months' imprisonment for the second of- 

 fence." 



This is a matter of vital importance, 

 and we fear, owing to th'e rush of bus- 

 ness at this time of the season the 

 mattor is not having as careful at- 

 tention as its importance warrants, 

 and it is sincerely hoped that there 

 will be a good attendance of the seeds- 

 men at the next hearing which is set 

 down for Tuesday, March 30th. 

 Yours verv truly, 

 MARSHALL H. DURYEA, 

 2nd Vice-President of 

 American Seed Trade Asrociatlo.i, 



Tariff Committee Meeting of American 

 Seedsmen, Florists and Nurserymen. 



According to anaiu;eincnt, 'he TarHf 

 Committee of the Society of Americau 

 ]"'loi'ists, Americau Seed Trade Asso- 

 ciation, and the American Association 

 of Nurserymen, met in Buffalo, at the 

 Hotel Iroquois, to compare notes as to 

 the interests that each had in common. 

 The S. A. F. were represented by 

 Fiank R. Pierson, P. Welch and Benja- 

 min Hammond. The other gentlemen 

 present were: J. C. Vaughan and Mr. 

 White of the D. M. Ferry Co., repre- 

 senting the seedsmen; Irving Rouse, 

 W. C. i^aiTy. W. Pitkin, Chas. Bro^n 

 and S. H. Dayton, representing the 

 nurserymen. ' 



After a conference lasting three 

 hours and a half, the following reso- 

 lution was passed and signed respec- 

 tively for the three associations, and 

 this rcsoluton was to be forwarded and 

 used as far as possible with Congress 

 to secure the desired end, — that is, to 

 cut out ad valorem duties and substi- 

 tute specific, wherever practicable. 



We, the members of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen, and the Society of 

 American Florists, as icpresented by our 



duly authorizpil i' mil Ires, and speaking 



for these thror ^jua? iinlustries (practically 

 all of the comiiiiTcial Imrticultural interests 

 of the United States), unanimously agree 

 upon the following resolution: 



Whereas, There is now pending in the 

 National Congress a tariff measure, known 

 as the Payne BUI: and. 



Whereas, "This hill may without prcjmliie 



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10 the weir.iie Of the public, but. ou the 

 contrary, to the great ecouomy of customs 

 administration, be so framed as to relieve 

 all hortictiltaral importers, government offi- 

 cials, etc., of the insuperable difficulties in 

 the way of a fair and equitable adiiiinis- 

 tratiou of any excise upon this class of im- 

 ports, based on the ad valorem principle: 

 now, therefore, be It 



Resolved. That collectively and iiulividn- 

 .Illy we appeal to the Congress to make all 

 duties upon Seeds, Nursery Stock, Bulbs, 

 etc., whatever revenue they may be in- 

 tended to ;)roduce, or whatever interests 

 thev may protect, upon a specific basis. 

 J. C. VADGHAN, 



For Americau Seed Trade Association. 

 S. H. DAYTON, 



For American Association of Nurserymen. 

 F. K. PIERSON, 



For Sooietv of American Florist.s. 



liati-d at itiirfalo, N. Y., March :.S, liUlO. 



