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HORTICULTURE 



April 17, 1920 



SOLVING GROWERS' PROBLEMS 



Mr. Kohout Talks About the Work of 



the Growers' Association In 



Chicago. 



At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' CJub. Mr. Joseph Kohout. 

 president of the Commeroial Flower 

 Growers of Chicago, read a paper 

 which aroused much interest because 

 of its frank, intelligent discussion of 

 growers' difficulties and growers' prob- 

 lems. A few important extracts from 

 the paper are given below: 



The strength of our organization is 

 what makes our organization :ome- 

 thlng more than a name. Organiza- 

 tion today Is the jiroduct of modern 

 business enterprise. Competition may 

 be the life of trade but co-operation is 

 creeping in by competitive business 

 becoming organized. As growers our 

 organization has a distinct purpose, so 

 we look kindly to practical reforms 

 as are adaptable to our needs. We 

 avoid a selfish purpose In always hav- 

 ing in mind the welfare of all those en- 

 gaged In the Industry. The leadership 

 of any organization should be devoid 

 of any control or Influence of . the 

 stronger members over the weak. Or- 

 ganization of growers wherever they 

 may be should tend to protect capital 

 investment, stabilize prices as much p.s 

 possible, Improve labor conditions and 

 restrain wasteful competition. Im- 

 proved production, improved market- 

 ing and fair profits fairly represents 

 the wishes of our organization. To ob- 

 tain these desires we hope to obtain 

 the favorable viewpoints of the com- 

 mission wholesaler, the retail florists 

 and the public at large. The grower 

 is the backbone of the flower business 

 yet we have trusted a larger part of 

 our interests to somebody else. There 

 is the commission man who always 

 derives his profits from the work of 

 the grower — there Is the retailer who 

 derives his profits In adding his cost of 

 selling to his purchase price while the 

 grower takes his chances on a possible 

 profit of the unregulated law of sup- 

 ply and demand, hence he now comes 

 in on creating a demand for his prod- 

 ucts that win lead to a profit over the 

 annual average cost of greenhouse 

 production. Some day 1 hope to see a 

 maximum selling price around the 

 holidays because of the extra demand 

 and a minimum price on an overabun- 

 dance whether because of heavy pro- 

 duction or a small demand. In either 

 case we should establish an equilib- 

 rium or a law of average to safeguard 

 a margin of profit to continued suc- 

 cessful flower production. 

 "Stock dumped has cost us millions 



Get Ahead 



Sow Now For Next Christmas 



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 2S0Soe<l8 



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Fkrqaliar'a Olant Hslman 2.00 



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P«r 



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 FBrnhqar'a Olant Daoh«» (White 



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 Olant WUte 



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 OS., 



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Olant Tellow % o»., 



Olant Scarlet H oi., 



.00 

 .40 



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LOBEO^IA. Farqnhsr'e Dark Bine, Dwarf H OS., $0.86; hi, oc, $1.60 



PBTTJNIA. Farqnhar's Ruffled Olants Mixed 1/18 oz., $4.00 



SALVIA SPLENDEN8 BONFIRE >4 01., $1.00; OC., $3.76 



SALVIA 8PLENDEN8 COMPACTA % OS., $1.00; 01.. $3.60 



■ALVIA SPLENDKNS % OS., $0.76; OI., $2J5 



•ALVL4 ZURICH % ot., $J.30 



VERBENA. Farqnhar's GUnt Bine, Pink, Soariet, White, 



H 01., $0.36; hi oz., $0.00; os., $2.00 

 VERBENA. Farqnhar's Mammoth H)-brld* Mixed, 



hi OS., $0.3S; hi oz., $0.80; os., $2.00 

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of dollars and finally we believe we 

 have the plan In grasping the value of 

 advertising to reduce such losses. The 

 supply in excess of the demand starts 

 unstable and erratic prices before the 

 public, while the demand In excess of 

 the supply has a tendency to make 

 prices more uniform before the public. 

 If the retailer can be brought to har- 

 monize his selling prices to his pur- 



chase price on an established basis, 

 selling on a minimum and maximum 

 price, such regulation might reduce 

 the waste in the sales and distribution 

 of the growers' products. The National 

 organization could well branch out as 

 a result of our success in Chicago, 

 since Chicago's geographical position 

 lends an influence to support the ac- 

 tivities of a resident organizer, so as to 



