JJKCfflUBKIt 7, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



III 



yriw it sold at $14.00 per ton. Just 

 think of it, over 3i/^ times the for- 

 mer price! Cast iron boiler prices 

 today are based on pig iron cost- 

 ing about $25.00 per ton. All struc- 

 tural fittings will be higher. Split 

 t(«('s that have been selling for 9 

 cents will be 15 cents and gutter 

 ])ost top fittings that sold for 18 

 cents will be 25 and 30 cents and 

 so it goes all along tlie line. The 

 cost of pig iron also affects steam 

 fittings. The fittings for a heating 

 plant will cost as much next fall 

 as you could have bought nickel- 

 plated fittings for last year. 



Tubular Boilers. 



Tubular boilers tiuit sold at $750 

 last spring are now about $2,000, 

 and if steel plates keep going up 

 the price on steel boilers will ))c 

 almost prohibitive. It would not 

 surprise us to see the price of a 

 72 X 18 — 150 horse-power boiler at 

 i;2,500 by ijext March with no 

 liriek work included. Can the 

 lirccnhouse owner afford this? 

 Boiler makers want six to nine 

 months for delivery. AVhy not or- 

 der now? 



Brass Valves. 



Brass valves are at present 

 • heap compared with the market, 

 liut are much higher than they 

 were three months ago. In some 

 kinds of brass valves manufactui'- 

 '■rs are (luoting higher than list 

 prices instead of giving a discount 

 :is was the case formerly. 



Labor. 



Labor is another item. During 

 the winter of 1915-1916 we had i\ 

 number of men employed as la])or- 

 ers at 17i/o to 20 cents per liour. 

 Today the same men get 30 cents 

 to 35 cents. The hours of work 

 i'l'e getting shorter and the pay 

 per hour is going higher. It must 

 go higher to keep anywhere in 

 toncli with the prices of food stuffs. 



The cost of living makes it ncccs- 

 mry for the workmen to get higher 

 wages and for the employer to 

 voluntarily give the men a higher 

 wage. Our line of work is a spec- 

 ial line and we try to keep our men 

 steadily at work every day in the 

 year — in the winter as well as the 

 summer. We take an interest in 

 oni' men and in their welfare. They 

 are a part of our business, l)ut of 

 course we shall have to pass on to 

 tlie customer the additional wages 

 it is Jiecessary for us to pay. 



Think This Over. 



Tlu' man who builds next sum- 

 mer will be obliged to pay every- 

 body's bill. Are you going to be 

 one of the fellows to wait for low 

 prices? If so, you will be disap- 

 pointed. 



Our idea in telling you these 

 things is nol to alarm you, but to 

 u-(tni you to purchase now. Not 

 alone are the prices going to be 

 high, but materials are going to be 

 scarce. The steel mills are not anx- 

 ious to roll structural shai)es un- 

 less they are standard patterns and 

 largely used. Greenhouse steel 

 work is not altogether standard 

 design. Eveiy manufacturer is 

 \ising special shapes in one way 

 and anothci-. It is going to lie im- 



possible to get some of these sizes 

 next year at any price. 



Right now every greenhouse 

 manufacturer has gathered togeth- 

 er every dollar he can get and 

 has bought as much material as he 

 could afford to buy in the hoi)e 

 that he may be able to meet, at least 

 in part, the demand that will be 

 made on him this winter. All of 

 this material put together is only a 

 small amount com] )a red to what is 

 used in a season. No i)rices now are 

 guaranteed for any length of time. 

 You are spending your own money, 

 not ours ; but we warn you to buy 

 your greenhouse tomorrow, if you 

 can; but don't buy any green- 

 house until you get our price. We 

 are in a special position right now 

 to take on not over $300,000.00 in 

 contracts. We have just closed al- 

 most $100,000.00 worth. If you 

 want to participate in a part of the 

 $300,000.00 you will have to act 

 i|uickly. 



Remember, every week you 

 wait you are losing money. Every 

 greenhouse manufacturer is up 

 against it! If you don't give your 

 order to us, give it to some one 

 else; but be SURE you give it 

 NOW! 



Submit your plan, get your fig- 

 ure, place your order and be safe. 



President. 



American Greenhouse Nfg. Co. 



Office: Masonic Temple, Chicago 



Just around the corner from the Wholesale Flower Market 



Factory: CICERO, ILL. 



