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UOHT I CULTURE 



July 28, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



A DISASTROUS TAX MEASURE. 



As Chalrmiiii of the I'oslal Laws 

 Commltle© of iho American Seed 

 Trade Association. W. V. Thcrklldson 

 calls our attention to a clause which 

 appears on page 70 of the War Rev- 

 enue mil. now before ConRress. which 

 Is known as House Resolution 4280. 

 This clause reads as follows: 



I'AUCKL rOST PACKAGES. 



fnon cviTy pnrcol or pnckage tr»n«- 



HXr^;;riS^."for^r^/t:S;r 



ilon Hlinll I..- pnl'l >■>■ tlie coDBlgDor. No 

 nik"!. imrcol ..r VackiiKe »t"'ll I'l" trai.Bported 

 until a "lamp r.-pr.»enlln« thU tax shsll 

 have liwn atUxed. 



It would seem that this clause Im- 

 poses a minimum Ux of one cent on 

 all parcel post packages. It has been 

 construed by the Post Office Depart- 

 ment as a tax on all catalogs, book- 

 lets and pamphlets that contain more 

 than twenty-four pages. Mr. Therklld- 

 son writes as follows: 



"You can see that this is a disaster 

 in-so-far as any house that mails cata 

 logs Is concerned, for. notwithstanding 

 the fact that catalogs are third-class 

 matter thev are handled under fourth- 

 class mail provisions, except that they 

 have the rate ot two ounces for one 

 cent up to and including eight ounces; 

 bevond that weight they are handled 

 as'Parcel Post, and it this new opinion 

 •f the Post Office Department becomes 

 practice, it seems that every catalog 

 vou or I or any one else sends out 

 Will have this war tax stamp affixed 

 to each bag, envelope or container. If 

 vou are mailing a one-cent catalog 

 Vour postage will be decreased 100 

 per cent.; If a two-cent catalog, 50 

 per cent, and so on. 



The worst feature Is that it kills all 

 the advantage of the present Permit 

 System of paying the postage in bulk. 

 All of us must of necessity rehandle 

 our catalog bags twice in order to 

 affix this tax stamp. 



We believe that this is an unjust 

 tax, as the Government is taxing the 

 means by which business is created. 

 It also precludes the possibility of the 

 distribution of much catalog matter 

 which in turn produces an enormous 

 flrst-class mail, money order and par- 

 cel post business. 



It is something that should have 

 the opposition of every business man, 

 and every line of business. It is a 

 direct blow to the industry of paper 

 making, printing, lithographic busi- 

 ness, color printing business, ink busi- 

 ness, and many lines that have a bear- 

 ing on catalog construction, and It 

 certainly will hit every house that 

 publishes a catalog or advertising of 

 any Rind that has more than twenty- 

 four pages." 



We urge upon our readers the ad- 

 visability of immediately filing with 

 their Senators and Representatives, a 

 protest against this provision. The 

 bill is liable to receive favorable con- 

 cideration almost any time now. 



A. Q. HECHT. 



Appointed He.id of Dep.irtment of 

 Floriculture at Amherst. 



A. G. Hecht, first assistant In the 

 Florlcullural Kxperlment Station and 

 Instructor In Klnrlcultiire In the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture of the I'lilvcrslty 

 of Illinois, has been chosen to (111 the 

 position ot Head of the Department 

 of Floriculture In the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



Mr. Heclit Is a graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois and was one of the 

 first to receive a degree in Floricul- 

 ture. He Is a man well qualified to 

 fill the position. During his term ot 

 service at the University of Illinois, 

 he has made many friends. His abil- 

 ity, frank open-hearted sincerity in his 

 endeavors to be of real service to all 

 students who came into his classes, 

 have made him very popular with 

 the student body. He has also the 

 hearty endorsement of the Department 

 ot Horticulture and College of Agrl- 



A. G. Hecht. 



culture, to every member of which he 

 has lieconie a friend. 



.Mr. Hecht was born in Overland, Mo. 

 He was educated in the public schools 

 in St. Louis County. After leaving 

 school, he worked for some time with 

 his brother, C. Hecht, who has a flor- 

 ist establishment near St. Louis and 

 is the only other member of the family 

 in the profession. It was with the idea 

 of becoming more efficient in the flor- 

 ist's business that Mr. Hecht entered 

 the University of Illinois in 1010 as 

 a special student in Floriculture. Pro- 

 fessor Dorner, recognizing the worth 

 ot the young nvan. induced him to 

 matriculate and take the four year 

 course. After graduating, he was ap- 



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 .MI\KI> 



A giant iitrain ulilcli for alio of bloom, 

 lu-avy ti'xluri- uml varlrd colora anil 

 Hliadfi vaiinut l>e aurpaaacd. Ualf tr. 

 pkt., aOc. ; tr. pkt., W»c. ; Vi ox., $1.00; 

 or... (0.00. 



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Tr. pkL Ox. 



.\iiir.. Illur »0.40 $2.26 



llliK'k lllui- 40 2.2S 



Knip'Tor Wllllitm, blue 40 J.25 



ll..rl. ii.lii K,-.l 40 2.60 



KliiK i'( ll><- Illurka 40 2.26 



l.iiril Ht-Brunallrld, purple 



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IViu-uck, blUf. claret aod 



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Sniiw ilur^n, pure wbltc 40 2.2S 



Mrliiril iind .Mottled 40 2.26 



W hllr ullh Kyr 40 2.26 



l-urr ■k.llow 40 2.28 



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and HuppllMi. 



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CANES 



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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 VM«y St., N«w Yorfc 



pointed instructor in Floriculture and 

 was placed in charge ot the green- 

 houses. 



Every one who knows him is confi- 

 dent that he will give a good account 

 of lilmselt in his new field and will be 

 a credit to 'Illinois." He is a member 

 of the Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion and the S. A. F. and O. H., and 

 i.s keenly interested in all matters per- 

 taining to Floriculture. 



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 R. H. Smith. 



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 capital stock $60.ono. Incorporators, 

 Robert C. Avery and Michael Mescoli. 



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