June 23, 1917 



HORTICULTUEE 



791 



tion and each of its members cannot 

 escape sharing in the disgrace any 

 member may bring upon himself. 1 

 recommend that the Committee on 

 Government Charges continue to re- 

 ceive your cordial support and cooper- 

 ation. 



A Bulletin Needed. 

 This interdependence of the entire 

 trade is more and more being recog- 

 nized not merely as a liability but in 

 even greater degree as an asset. It is 

 only necessary that we become con- 

 scious of our solidarity to make it 

 profitable. The truth that the highest 

 common good is also the individual's 

 highest good, once grasped, is a 

 mighty factor in individual success. 

 Every aid to solidarity is therefore 

 to be welcomed. I commend to the 

 Association as one of the best means 

 of fostering solidarity the confidential 

 "Seedsmen's Bulletin." I recommend 

 further that a committee be appointed 

 to report on extending the field of the 

 Bulletin to cover garden seed crop 

 reportiug and the announcement of 

 the range of ruling wholesale prices 

 of garden seeds. This course is not 

 as revolutionary as it may sound. I 

 submit that every seedsman would 

 find it easier to get a fair price for his 

 goods if all seedsmen knew more 

 about fundamental conditions of sup- 

 ply. In the face of great shortage, 

 seeds are often sold at less than re- 

 placement value. Obviously this con- 

 dition is harmful. It would be to the 

 advantage of those who know of short- 

 ages to share this knowledge with 

 those who lack facilities for getting 

 news quickly. The office of the 

 "Seedsmen's Bulletin" might be made 

 a clearing house of crop reports. 

 From this office news could be ob- 

 tained by telegraph or mail at any 

 time and all information would be ac- 

 cessible to any member. Confidential 

 reports of this Association to Associa- 

 tion members would carry greater 

 weight than information received else- 

 where because the reporting agency 

 would be quite disinterested. More 

 over, the Association would have ac- 

 cess to all sources of knowledge. 

 Each member might then if he chose 

 make his vision of general supply 

 world wide. 



In recommending that the Bulletin 



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The Florists' standard of oiniform 

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THE PULVERIZED MANURE COl 

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this Association demands that the 

 facts be presented to it. through its 

 committee, for such discipline as may 

 be just and necessary. This Associa- 

 carry in its columns the range of rul- 

 ing wholesale prices I advise that 

 names be omitted. High, low and av- 

 erage prices could be given for lead- 

 ing articles. For e.xaraple: Early Jer- 

 sey Wakefield cabbage might be quot- 

 ed as low as $1.00 per lb. and as high 

 as $4.00 with an average of $2.50 per 

 lb. The range of prices, particularly 

 when the service has been in exis- 

 tence long enough to afford compari- 

 sons of one year with another would 

 be a valuable guide and enable indi- 

 viduals to get their prices into line 

 with those of the trade as a whole. 

 I believe the reporting of crop and 

 market conditions if properly conduct- 

 ed would be worth much more than 

 it would cost. 



Association Problems. 



I recommend that a committee be 

 appointed or elected to advise the As- 

 sociation with regard to the compen- 

 sation of each of its employees. Many 

 factors should be taken into account 

 in this connection. If the present 

 ratio between service and pay is not 

 right there should be proper readjust- 

 ment. If readjustment entails increas- 

 ing the dues let us remember that the 

 power of the Association does not He 

 in its being cheap. 



The power of the Association, it 

 would perhaps be trite to say, lies in 

 its exemplification of the principles of 

 justice, wisdom and even taste. The 

 coming year will be a period of trial 

 to us all. The war has forced upon 

 us problems involving our financial 

 existence, our private honor and our 

 public duty. With regard to the obli- 

 gation of contracts between members, 

 I advise that the convention take nc 

 stand. The contracting parties are 

 the only ones concerned except inso- 

 far as the good name of all is affect- 

 ed by the conduct of each. With re- 

 gard to our public duty I recommend 

 the adoption of the following resolu- 

 tion: 



A Patriotic Message. 



"To the President and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture of the United States: 

 At the thirty-fifth annual convention 

 of the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion it was unanimously resolved that 

 the President of the United States and 

 the Secretary of Agriculture be tend 

 ered the support of this Association in 

 all reasonable measures designed to 

 prosecute the war with the utmost 

 vigor. We count ourselves fortunate 

 to be able to do our full share in sup- 

 plying men and money, but our great- 

 est service may well be in maintain- 

 ing under extraordinary strain the ma- 

 chinery of producing and distributing 

 the seeds without which agriculture 

 must fail. Because we realize in seme 

 measure the magnitude of the task to 

 which our country is committed wf 

 are the more earnest in pledging to i' 

 our entire resources. The seed trade 

 is happy to be able to say that it can 

 and will meet whatever disturbance 

 in its organization may arise from the 

 draft or voluntary enlistment of its 

 younger men. We propose to do our 

 iDest to fight and to save and to work 

 for the one great event of complete 

 victory." 



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