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The Florists' Review 



November 1, 1917. 



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The 

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Is the most efficient boiler built. 



Has the longest fire travel. 



Has thin waterways. 



Has water front, back, sides 

 and top. 



Made of boiler plate, not oast 

 iron. 



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 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. 



WILSON RAISES COAL PRICES. 



By executive order President Wilson 

 October 27 announced that the fixed 

 prices for coal in what is known as the 

 "central competitive field," which in- 

 cludes Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio and 

 Illinois, would be increased 45 cents per 

 ton, the new schedule to take effect 

 Monday, October 29. With the 45 cents 

 additional the prices at the mines in 

 those states are as follows: 



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of mine Lump in(t» 



Illinois $2.40 $2.6r> $2.1.''. 



Indiana 2.40 2.6.- 2.1.". 



Pennsylvania 2.4.-> 2.70 2.20 



Ohio 2.45 2.70 2.20 



While the order refers only to the 

 mines in the states named, it is prac- 

 tically certain that the increase granted 

 will extend to all the mines of the coun- 

 try. The additional charge was allowed 

 following the wage agreement made at 

 a conference held in Washington Octo- 

 ber 6, in which the miners were granted 

 increases ranging from fifty to seventy- 

 eight per cent. As the wages of miners 

 in other fields are based upon those paid 

 in the central field, it is expected that 

 increases in other states will be granted, 

 with a consequent increase in the cost 

 of fuel. 



The action of the President and the 

 fuel commission, it is believed, will end 

 the strike troubles which have ham- 

 pered the government in its determina- 

 tion to get a maximum production of 

 coal. 



THE FUEL SITUATION. 



Most of the larger growers have con- 

 siderable coal in storage. They became 



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large growers by virtue of their ability 

 to see into the future. Such growers 

 always go into winter with their sheds 

 full and aim not to encroach on the 

 stored supply until the cold V)egins to 

 strengthen at the time the days begin 

 to lengthen. During January and 

 February it always is more or less diflB- 

 cult to replenish the fuel supply. Con- 

 sequently, the forehanded grower plans 

 to be able to get through those months 

 in spite of blockades on the railroads, 

 increased consumption and all other 

 contingencies. This year, midwinter 

 difficulties came uj)()n the trade in Oc- 

 tober; it now is harder to get promj^t 

 delivery of coal than it usually is in 

 late January. If one's coal is shipped, 

 it is likely to be commandecrod en 

 route by aiiyono whose might makes 

 right. 



For the small llorist who depends on 

 wagon deliveries of coal, this is going 

 to be a hard winter. For the larger 

 man who has a part of his needs on the 

 place, it will be bad enough. 



It seems essential that a reserve be ac- 



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= Send for the "Morehead" book = 



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cumulated against the zero days, else 

 there will be great danger of freezing 



up- 



BOILER AND CONNECTIONS. 



I have a hot water boiler with a 

 grate surface 24x30 inches. How much 

 glass will it heat to 55 degrees in zero 

 weather? I am enclosing a rough sketch 

 of the boiler and its connections. 



A. E. P.— 111. 



The capacity of the boiler depends 

 not only on the area of the grate, but 



