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August 24, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



asparagus, rust spray the plants with 

 Bordeaux mixture or Fungine, or dust 

 the plants well with air-slaked lime 

 while the foliage is wet with dew. 



I consider Eeading Giant the finest 

 variety of asparagus. Giant Argenteuil 

 and Palmetto also are good sorts. 



C. W. 



OUDE URGES ACTION. 



Just prior to leaving Washington for 

 the convention of the S. A. F. at Hous- 

 ton, Tex., William F. Gude, national 

 representative of the organization, again 

 took up with Senator Simmons, chair- 

 man of the Finance Committee, the sub- 

 ject of unfair competition, later sub- 

 mitting the following letter: 



Hon. F. M. Simmons, 



Chairman Finance Committee, 

 United States Senate, Washington, D. 0. 



Dear Sir: Referring to my brief talk with you 

 the other evening in reference to the unfair- 

 competition or anti-dumping law, what we would 

 like to have, briefly, is this: 



1. We would like a law *.hat will prevent the 

 dumping of surplus shipments of nursery stock, 

 plants, and bulbs here, especially to the auction 

 rooms. Nothing should be shipped unless it 

 is ordered in advance by an American Arm. 



2. We would like no change made in present 

 tariff and no interference with legitimate trade 

 In the same lines. 



3. We want the auction rooms to pay duty 

 on the same value on shipments as is paid by 

 other importers on the same class of goods. 



We would like to have the above law enacted, 

 and we^ believe the Holland association would 

 welcome such a law that would protect their 

 trade, as well as ours, and all others doing a 

 legitimate business. If some such law is not 

 passed, there will be an avalanche of Dutch bulbs 

 and other nursery stock here this fall, and the 

 legitimate trade of both shipper and buyer will 

 seriously suffer. 



Our entire association will greatly appreciate 

 anything that may be done in their behalf. I re- 

 main. 



Very truly, yours, 



Wm. F. Gude, 

 Chairman Committee on Tariff and Legislation, 

 S. A. F. 



The bill advocated by Mr. Gude pro- 

 vides that "it shall be unlawful for 

 any person importing or assisting in im- 

 porting any articles from any foreign 

 country into the United States, com- 

 monly and systematically to import, 

 sell, or cause to be imported or sold 

 such articles within the United States 

 at a price substantially less than the 

 actual market value or wholesale price 

 of such articles, at the time of exporta- 

 tion to the United States, in the prin- 

 cipal markets of the country of their 

 production, or of other foreign coun- 

 tries to which they are commonly ex- 

 ported, after adding to such market 

 value or wholesale price, freight, duty, 

 and other charges and expenses neces- 

 sarily incident to the importation and 

 sale thereof in the United States: Pro- 

 vided, That such act or acts be done 

 with the intent of destroying or injur- 

 ing an industry in the United States or 

 of preventing the establishment of an 

 industry, or of restraining or monopoliz- 

 ing any part of trade and commerce in 

 such articles in this country." 



C. L. L. 



NINE MONTHS' IMPOSTS. 



On pages 62 and 76 of this issue are 

 the most complete tables of import sta- 

 tistics ever published, covering the_ im- 

 portations of seeds, bulbs, florists* 

 plants and nursery stock for the three 

 quarters of the government's fiscal year 

 up to March 31, 1916. The figures are 

 from the official returns of the collectors 

 of customs at all the ports of the United 

 States. Those who study the trade will 

 find much of value in them. 



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AllentO'wii, Pa.— E. M. Kroninger has 

 purchased a farm adjoining his range 

 at a price of $20,000. 



Oovington, BCy. — John Popp was mar- 

 ried to Miss Mary Hub, of Crescent 

 Springs, last month. 



Houston, Tex. — The Lord & Burnham 

 Co., New York, is erecting here three 

 greenhouses similar in design to the one 

 shown in the S. A. F. trades' display, 

 but larger. One of them is for Judge 

 James L. Autrey, 3 Courtlandt place, 

 and is of the curved-roof design. An- 

 other is for the city and is located in 

 Wright's Flower »arden. It is of the 

 commercial type. The third is for John 

 W. Sanders, Yoakum and Lovett boule- 

 vards. 



Now Orleans, La. — Members of the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society Au- 

 gust 14 acted as hosts to a number of 

 florists from other states, who spent the 

 day in New Orleans, while en route to 

 the Houston convention. The reception 

 committee was composed of the follow- 

 ing: C. W. Eichling, Otto add Paul 

 Abele, A. Alost, H. Mische, J. Bernard, 

 J. Bollwinkle, T. H. Becker, P. A. 

 Chopin, H. Boescher, T. Dormay, B. 

 Eble, B. Eichling, E. Farley, H. Kraak, 

 W. Wilson, C. (L. Ory, C. B. Panter, H. 

 Behfeld, F. Eeyes, M. Scheinuk, H. 

 Scheuermann, J. Steckler, U. J. Virgin, 

 A. Verlinde, A. Dammerau, P. H. Qril- 

 lot, W. A. Dinkle and L. J. Lashley. 



Waco, Tex. — Mrs. Annie Wolfe Brig- 

 ance, of Wolfe the Florist, is convalesc- 

 ing from an illness that has kept her 

 away from business for some time. 



Ardmore, Okla. — Eugene and Paul 

 Woerz, who compose the firm of Woerz 

 Bros., say the southwest has awakened 

 under the influence of the oil millions 

 and that the quick-rich are ready to 

 spend goodly sums in the embellishment 

 of their home grounds. They report calls 

 from far and near for stock suited to 

 the landscape requirements of the Okla- 

 homa oil fields. 



Enid, Okla. — Midsummer days in the 

 florists' business are somewhat like 

 midwinter days in the straw hat busi* 

 ness — there's little doing at the retail 

 counter. Of course there are exceptions 

 to the rule, as note this message from 

 A. D. Zimmerman, who speaks for the 

 Enid Floral Co.: "We have enjoyed a 

 good business this summer — fully fifty 

 per cent better than that of a year aga- 

 The increase is not unexpected, as our 

 business during the last three years- 

 has never been standing still, but con- 

 stantly growing. The summer, how*^ 

 ever, has been a trying one to those^ 

 engaged in growing flowers in Okla-^ 

 homa. The weather has been exeeadt- 

 ingly hot and dry." 



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