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HORTICULTURE 



September 21, 1918 



and keeping the slogan "Say it with 

 Flowers" continually before the pub- 

 lic. In the long and interesting dis- 

 cussion following Mr. Craig's remarks, 

 F. E. Palmer, James Wheeler, James 

 Methven, William Downs, A. P. Calder, 

 Robert Cameron and others took part. 



The Picnic Committee made a fav- 

 orable report, with a small balance in 

 the treasury. The Committees on res- 

 olutions on the deaths of George Bark- 

 er and Carl Denayere presented their 

 reports. Two additional deaths were 

 reported, Alexander Rister and John 

 Lally, and the following committees 

 were appointed to draw resolutions 

 respectively: Peter Miller, Wm. N. 

 Craig, John Ness, Richard Calvert, 

 Duncan Finlayson and Wm. C. Rust. 



A communication was read from the 

 Park Garden Club, Flushing, N. Y., 

 asking if the club would vote in favor 

 of the changing of names of all plants 

 of Germanic or Teutonic origin. The 

 club voted not to take such action. 



Among the exhibits was a very fine 

 collection of onions from Thomas W. 

 Little, Clifton, Mass., comprising the 

 following varieties; Danvers Yellow 

 Globe, Southport Yellow Globe, South- 

 port Red Globe, Cranston's Excelsior 

 and Ailsa Craig. This exhibit was 

 awarded a report of cuUural merit. 

 The same exhibitor also showed Sut- 

 ton's Superlative beans of very fine 

 quality. Frederick Cave exhibited St. 

 Regis raspberries. 



The club voted to exchange their 4 

 per cent Liberty Bonds to those ot 

 414 per cent denomination. 



It was unanimously voted to hold a 

 vegetable exhibit at the October meet- 

 ing to continue for two days, the public 

 to be admitted free. The State Board 

 of Agriculture has offered money for 

 prizes at this exhibit. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 regular monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society, held in 

 Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove on Wednes- 

 day evening, Sept. 11th, President 

 Robt. Jones, presiding. The exhibition 

 tables were well filled with a fine dis- 

 play of flowers, fruit and vegetables. 

 The President appointed the following 

 to act as judges for the monthly ex- 

 hibits; Messrs. Thomas Twigg, Frank 

 Watson and Wm. Milstead, and their 

 awards were as follows: 



12 .Mixed Dahlias — lat, Wm. Noonnn. 



Hearts of Celery — lat, Frank I'etroccia. 



Musk-nielon — 1st. Arthur Smith. 



Andrew Wilson's Special for the best 1- 

 Potatoes lirought ont keen competition, the 

 judffes awarding Frank retroocia 1st prize. 



Wni. Noonan exhibited a collection of 

 dahlias of exceptional merit, well worthy 

 of the cultural certiticate awarded. 



Mr. and Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy. Misa 

 Lucille and Eleanore. at Cedar Aeres. on 

 August 16. their Silver Wediling day. 

 Their only son, Lieut. B. Hammond 

 Tracy, Jr., is in Aviation in France. 



Collection of Fruit — Thanks of Society to 

 James Holloway. 



Raspberry '"La France" — Thanks of So- 

 ciety to John Scheepers \- Co. 



Vase of Gladioli— Thanks of Society to 

 Wm. Noonan. 



The Preliminary schedule for the 

 Chrysanthemum Show, to be held on 

 Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st. was read and 

 adopted. 



Vice-President Thos. Twigg reported 

 that George Ford, one of our members 

 had been killed in action on Aug. 8th. 



Competition for the next monthly 

 meeting, to be held on Wednesday. 

 Oct. 9th. is: 3 heads of Cauliflower, 

 best G Carrots, and the heaviest head 

 ot cabbage. 



Robt. Jones will be the Manager for 

 the Dahlia Show on Wednesday, Oct. 

 2nd. Schedules can be had upon ap- 

 plication. 



Hakuv GooDn.\ND, Cor. Secy. 



PERILOUS WAR FINANCE. 



There is a deeper difficulty involved 

 in a tax on so-called luxuries than 

 mere enhancement of cost to consum- 

 ers. 



This is a nation of 100,000,000 peo- 

 ple, ot whom about 2% per Cent are 

 now diverted from industry to war. 



The remaining 971/4 per cent must 

 live, move and have their being, be- 

 sides providing for the requirements 

 ot the 21/2 per cent in the shape of 

 food, clothing and munitions. 



Upon the prosperity and well-being 

 of the 97% per cent depend the 

 Nation's strength to fight and power 

 to endure. 



The off-hand policy of the Treasury 

 Department and of bureau heads gen- 

 erally is to ignore the needs of the 

 97% per cent and to concentrate all 

 energies, physical and financial, be- 

 hind the 2% per cent. 



No one for a moment questions the 

 necessity for a most complete and 



thorough support of the soldiers and 

 sailors. 



But there now arises a sharp dif- 

 ference of opinion as to how that sup- 

 port can best be maintained. « 

 The collapse of the Coal Admlnis- ^ 

 tration last winter was a blow to In- 

 dustry from which the country still 

 staggers. 



Yet in the face of that experience 

 and its consequence it is proposed to 

 adopt methods which will curtail many 

 industries and stop others, and totally 

 to disregard the greatest factor in the 

 situation — which is: 



The need of providing for redistribu- 

 tion of the enormous sums poured into 

 the Nation's war purse. 



A limited number ot concerns make 

 munitions, build ships and furnish war 

 supplies for the 2 per cent of the popu- 

 lation directly engaged in fighting. 



The rest of the country must fur- 

 nish the bulk of the funds and main- 

 tain itself at the same time on a basis 

 that shall grow stronger rather than 

 weaker. 



If the proposed plan of taxation pre- 

 vails, how will it be possible to redis- 

 tribute the money thus concentrated 

 in such wise that each citizen may be 

 properly provided with the means of 

 making a living which will enable him 

 to go on contributing his quota to 

 national confidence and prosperity? 



It needs but little thought to realize 

 that the sale of so-called luxuries con- 

 stitutes one of the best means of in- 

 suring a normal, healthy flow of 

 money through all parts of the indus- 

 trial organism. 



The necessities of life are relatively 

 few. Luxuries count heavily on the 

 profit-making side of industry. A bare 

 living for the individual contributes 

 little to the common prosperity. 



The Government pays colossal 

 wages. It has lifted the cost of labor 

 in all lines to the limit of endurance. 

 Employers and employees in a few 

 industries engaged in the making of 

 munitions profit enormously. 



But other Americans — millions and 

 tens of millions of them — must suifer 

 to the verge of ruin unless somewhere 

 the vein is tapped. 



If Federal War Finance continues to 

 form its programme on the easy 

 theory that its sole task is to get 

 money out of the country, without any 

 provision for putting money back and 

 assuring its steady, stimulating flow, 

 through accustomed channels, the 

 Nation will presently find itself 

 stricken with industrial paralysis — at 

 the time when of all times In its his- 

 tory, it has need of its full health and 

 strength. — Nov York Ereninfi World. 



