Jcf.Y o, I'JIT. 



The Florists' Review 



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ships. 1 li:i\c ordered tliom to fiiriiish 

 the coal at a price to be iixed in the 

 future." 



Kepr«'sentin<,f the Council of National 

 Defense in tiie conference witii tlie coal 

 operators was the coal ])roductioii com- 

 mittee of the council, of which Francis 

 S. Pcabody, a Chicago coal dealer, is 

 chairman. It is now siijjfjfested, with- 

 out any atten^jt to impuf;n Mr. I'ea- 

 body's motives, that a committee com- 

 posed of coal ])roducers and dealers 

 is naturally in sympatiiy with the coal 

 trade and its members unconsciously 

 take the coal operators' viewjjoint of 

 the situation. It would appear that it 

 woTild be fairer to the ])ul»lic if disin- 

 terested men were on tiie committee. 



I'ntil the Federal Trade Commission 

 has made its report there a])pears no 

 possiiiility of the government interfer- 

 in}^- witii tlu' i)rices Iixed by the coal 

 operators. J f the icjiort comes as 

 quickly as most icjiorts of such invcsti- 

 j^ations do, there will i)e no change in 

 the coal ]irices for several montlis, at 

 least. 



In the meantime, growers will be re- 

 quired to jiay the announced prices if 

 thev want to buv coal. 



COAL FREIGHT RATES GO UP. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission 

 made a ruliii<;- dune LM wliereby tlie 

 ajjplication for a susj.ension of the in- 

 crease in I'reij^ht rates on coal was re- 

 fused. This action jiut into efl'ect July 

 1 an increase of 1.") cents \)vv ton on coal 

 sliipped from the bituminous fields of 

 West ^■ir«;inia, Vir<finia, I'ennsylvania, 

 Ohio and Kentucky to jioints north of 

 the Ohio river and east of the Missis- 

 sij)jii river. 



The decision will iiici(>asc the price 

 of Pocahontas and New ]{iver somi-bi- 

 tumin(uis, or so-calle(l smokeless coal, 

 1.") cents ]ier ton to tlie j;rower. How 

 e\ I'r. the all but ]>rnliibit ive j>rice the 

 ]pi(P(lucers are now cliar^i'inj^- for this 

 class of fuel has turneil m;iny consum- 

 ers in tiie trade to other lields for their 

 su]i|ilics. 



The permission for an advance in 

 rate^ is based upon tlie sliowinj;- made 

 before the commission by tlie railroads 

 that the increased cost of labor and suji 

 plii'> niaives the raise necessary. 



HAIL AT OTTUMWA. 



'I'lic lie;i\ lest h.'ljl v\rv l<no\\ll at Ot - 

 tinnu;i. I;i., I'dl .liiiir L'7. It was not 

 thick, liiit it t'cli iiiiiTiiiit tent ly for a 

 <[Uarti'r ot' .-iii hour ;iii(l in niaii\' )daces 

 jxdlets \\ cut t liioiii^h an y ;.;l;i'<s it struck. 

 C. Kriin/, wlio Ims (I.'.non i'c,.t oi' ^reen- 

 hou^i' exposure, >urrfli'il tile brcji k;i l;(' 

 ol' two tliirds of it. and in the houses tiie 

 jdaiits wliich \\t'ic s1iu(d\ by the ice and 

 ti'lass wri-e ba(|l\' lirol^i'U (low II. Mr. 

 Kl'.'lliz s;iy-^ it \\;|v lllllrli tin' wurst ll.'lil 

 lie cxcr li;iv seen ,-iiii| tii.'it it was a \eii- 

 tiirr ol' ;;ii';it i|;iiii;i'r to 'j^n niitdnors ,'it 

 )ii- |i|;ici', wiiilr iitti'tiy iiii|)ossilil(. to 

 sta\ ill tiie Ljiecniiou^i's. lb.' is re^ia/.- 

 i n ^ . 



HAIL AT CANTON, O. 



< ■.niton's hea\iest ii;iil storm in re- 

 cent years, accomjianied liy a minia- 

 ture idoudbiirst, .June -I, did serious 

 dainam' to l;I:iss of ^reeiiiiouses in the 

 \\'o-<t and nortiiwest sections of the city. 

 Alniiit t\\(itiiinl> of tiie 7,11110 square 

 feet ot' ^i;iss (iper;ited i>y ( ). M . Vail 

 are s;iid to li;i\e iieell diMUoi islu^d , aild 

 many panes in llie iioiise of C. W. \'ail 



Box Cars Loaded with Coal Because of the Shortage of Gondolas. 



nearb,\' also were brokcMi. Aliout ll'-') 

 lifi^hts wer(> brolven in tio' lioust' ol' 

 Charles Piiuhudier, on Tiiscai'awas 

 street, tlie storm in tiiat \icinity not be- 

 injjj seNcre. Other losses wei'e suffered 

 bv the Brown Floral Co. and Charles 

 F. Plane. 



PLENTY OF SURPLUS STOCK. 



In r(^spons(> to an ajipeal inserteil in 

 The lieview liy our secretnry. Mr. Am 

 mann. of 1-Mw ai dsx ilie, I wisii to sa\' 1 



coiiid li;i\(' ii;id ten times the stock [ 

 generally ust' t>t' mums and eNcrytiiin^. 

 Tills to me shows that we florists are 

 (dose ly^etlier and are willine to help 



eaeii otiier ill ;i time of trollide. It also 

 sliows tiint 'I'iie Ke\ iew is rend by the 

 trade ;iiid i-^ .•in exceileiit medium to get 



in t ollcil wit il e;|ell ot iliT. 



rie.-ise piiblisii tlii'^, :ind I extend my 

 tlinnks .■iiid lie^t wisiies ti. ;ill I'or tlieir 

 i'iind ^\iiip;it ii> .-11111 help. I -liall re- 



I M I i 1 d ; 1 1 (I I h • e . 



M.-itl 1. Hi. \. D. Killer. 



ODEN LETTEI^^'" READED6 



"PLEASE OMIT FLOWERS." 



1 ii;i\e -erilt iiii/ed tlie eullllllll^ nf 'I'lie 

 l\e\iew to liiiil nut wii;it lliiii-.ts tiiinix- 



ol' the re<|l|est frequent i\' Seen ill I'llli- 

 iislied <le;itil notice-- tii;it llnweiv he 

 omitted at tiie I'liiiei ;i I. I .-liwiiNs iia\e 



I'.-iiid"-; fiMieinl, ;iiid tlint .-IS tiie iJDwers 



vvilte.l ll|i>t;iil-- --lie repl;o-ed tlielll witil 

 citlier-- fidill d'l W list ;i i rs, tiie ^niiic-e of 



-iippiN' Mdt lie, •(Oiling;' e\li;iii»1ed until 

 t w (1 wieks rii'ter tin' iiuri;il. In this 

 e;isi'. ;iiid pnili.-ildy in iii;iiiv .itliers. tlu^ 

 |ili';i>e omit tlnueis'' did .-i rii,dit- 



wondereil wli;it are tiie :ietii;il ri';iS(Ois .Mbdiit. .'iiid I'ldiii ill 

 f(U' Slhdl rei|Ue-;ts, .-illd nf l;ite I li;i\c 

 t;ikeii till' p.'iiiis til iiii|iiiii'. ( >iie woninn 



saiil siie did loit like tiie pr;otiee I'l' 



e:iuse it iii\ari;iid\' iddiL;;ite(| the l';iniii\' 



t<i return l"a\ol>< to jieiqde wliolll tili'\' 



did not r;ire aiioiit. Another saiil she 



did not l';i\(U' tiie <M|st(Un ipec,'lll-,e it 



was too ex]iensi\e; .'li^o liec;iuse it Ire 



(|uently nimle tlie iierea\ed, in c;ises 



where tiie ilece.lent hml not been well 



known, ft-el ba<lly when there were not 



so many tributes to their dead ;is at tlie m;iiiv lieniitifui llor;ii tiibntes be- 



tiie biiri;il of anotliiM-. A \\dni;in wtio fore iiie he iiiii--t li.-ivi- i n esteemeil 



;ippearances 



• • limit ■ ■ lIKiy .-I-- W ell l,;i\ e r,';|.l • • send. ' ' 



III ni;in\ c.-i-.e- tlie r.'plies tn niv in- 



i|Uiries •■lloll^ tiles,. iili,-s li;i\,- ii.^i'ii 



w,';il<, ,'\:isl\c, with in, tiling to stainl 

 'in : iiiit jierii;ips ntln'r-.; in tii,' f r;i.|e who 

 ii:iNe siiiiiidid tiie ni;i1t,T ii;i\e oiloT 

 \ i ,-\\ s. 



On s,\,-i;il ii<-c;isi,,iis I ii;i\,' hear'l 

 c|er;^\iiieii ill tio'ir ^iTiiiiiiis ii\,.r tin' 

 d,';id ^.'ly siijiiet iiin^- IIIm- tliis; "The 

 dep;irt,'d \v;is ;i st rangier to ui,'. but from 



had a ■ ' jilense omit tlow ers ' ' not ic sabl ;iiid |,,\,.,| |,\- n 



tii;it, ,1, 'Spite till' piiblisii,.,! veininder 

 slie li;iil T<cei \ ed ni.'iny liowcr-;. Sh,' iu- 

 fio'iueil 111,""' tli;it sill' |,!;i,-eil tiie ilowi'l's 

 in the leliar at the time of her bus- 



i;i n \'. 



W'iiv siiould ,'i 



lei;iti\e s,.,k to pri \ent otiier rel.'it iv,M 

 Ol- fiii'iid- fiiiiii p,-i\in-- tiieir l.'ist rc>- 

 siierts ill tiie .ie.-i.|. 1 , \- me.'iii-; iif tlowers.' 



I.. W. Alt. 



