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The Florists^ Review 



Seftbmbeb 13, 1917. 



Sixteen Years' Paint Service 



Mr. Chaa. H. Alien, the well-known florist of 

 Fleral Park, X. Y., mya that 



DIXON'S |'^i<pHITE PAINT 



haa riven IB years of service on his hot water 

 pipes and they are still free from rust. Write 

 for booklet No. 64 B. 



It will srive yon equal service. 



Made In Jersey City, N. J., by the 



Josepli Dixon Crucible Company 

 ifi8tablislied 1827 



GreenhoBse Heating. 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Review to make a choice of ap- 

 paratus for you. The greenhouse heating 

 equipment advertised in this paper is, we 

 believe, the best for the trade to buy, 

 and each article the best in the special 

 field of its adaptation. 



THE COAL SUPPLY. 



Since August 21, the date President 

 Wilson by proclamation fixed the prices 

 of bituminous coal, mine operators with 

 few exceptions have adhered to these 

 prices. However, there now seems to 

 be a general opinion among coal pro- 

 ducers that it will be impossible to get 

 out of the ground a supply of fuel suf- 

 ficient to supply the country's needs. 



The car shortage which was blamed 

 for the lack of supply earlier in the 

 summer, and which it was predicted 

 would become greater as the time came 

 when crops, munitions and troops would 

 be moving, appears to have been solved. 

 Producers say they have plenty of cars, 

 but now assert that high wages have 

 made the miners more independent and 

 that the laborer who actually mines the 

 coal will not work even six days a 

 week, when maximum production is 

 needed to supply the demand. 



Meanwhile, the government is prepar- 

 ing to fix the retail prices of coal, which 

 will vary with local conditions. H. A. 

 Qarfield, coal administrator, has an- 

 nounced that early action will be taken 

 on this subject. The supply wiU be 

 apportioned among domestic and com- 

 mercial consumers, but the action of 

 neither the fuel administrator nor the 

 President will in any way affect con- 

 tracts made prior to the issuance of the 

 proclamation. On these subjects Mr. 

 Garfield says: 



"The fuel administration is prepar- 

 ing a plan of apportionment which will 

 secure to domestic consumers their fair 

 share of the coal supply and at prices 

 which will reflect the prices heretofore 

 promulgated by the President. 



"Contracts relating to bituminous 

 coal made before the proclamation of 

 the President August 21, and contracts 

 relating to anthracite coal made be- 

 fore the President's proclamation of 

 August 23, are not affected by these 

 proclamations, provided the contracts 

 are bona fide in character and are en- 

 forceable at law." 



Here is how one Chicago mine oper- 

 ator views the situation: 



"I do not believe that any coal mine 

 operator in Illinois is charging or at- 

 tempting to charge higher prices for 

 his product than those fixed by the 

 President. As for my own company, 

 when the prices were fixed we charged 

 only these prices for coal not yet 



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A Record for the Winter of 1916-1917 



Mr. Wendel is surely pleased with his No. 14 Kroeschell Boiler— it is a 

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(Signed) CROWN POINT FLORAL CO.. Crown Point. Ind. 



Hans Jepsen. Grower. 



No Heat Lost Witli the Kroeschell. 



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New Haven, Ind. 



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