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The Florists^ Review 



July 3. 1919. 



Wisconsin reports state that the period 

 of hot weather followed by a prolonged 

 cold spell has acted extremely unfavor- 

 ably on the pea crop. Consequently, one 

 writer affirms, "peas are going to be 

 peas," regardless of grade or size. 



In this week *s obituary column appears 

 iiotice of the death of Arthur F. Barney, 

 of Worcester, Mass. He had been in the 

 seed business in Boston for fifty years, 

 with the Schlegel & Fottler Co. and the 

 T. J. Grey Co., being president of the 

 lattei" since its organization. 



THE CHICAQO CONVENTION. 



Officers Elected. 



At the closing session of the Chicago 

 convention, the start of which was re- 

 ported in The Review for June 26, the 

 following officers were elected and in- 

 stalled : 



President — Edward C. Dungan, of 

 Wm, Henry Maule, Inc., Philadelphia. 



First vice-president — William G. 

 Scarlett, of W. G. Scarlett & Co., Bal- 

 timore. ,' 



Second vice-presidcDit— r€)avid Burpee, 

 of W. Atlee Burpe^e C5., Philadelphia. 



Secretary-treasurer — C. E. Kendel, of 



A. C. Kendel, Cleveland. 



Assistant secretary — F. W. Bolgiano, 

 of F. W. Bolgiano & Co., Baltimore. 



Executive committee — Kirby B. 

 White, of D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit; 

 C. E. Massie, of Northrup, King & Co., 

 Minneapolis; John L. Hunt, of Jerome 



B. Eice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y.; 

 F. W. Bolgiano, Baltimore; L. H. 

 Vaughan, of Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 Chicago. 



Membership committee — H. G, Hast- 

 ings, of H. G. Hastings Co., Atlanta; 

 Alex. Forbes, of J. F. Noll & Co., New- 

 ark, N. J.; B. P. Cornell, of Schisler- 

 Corneli Seed Co., St. Louis; George S. 

 Green, of the Illinois Seed Co., Chicago; 

 L. B. McCausland, of Ross Bros. Seed 

 Co., Wichita, Kan. 



Counsel Is Betalned. 



Curtis Nye Smith, of Boston, was re- 

 tained as counsel for the association for 

 another year, at a salary of $3,750. 



Mr. Smith also serves as counsel for 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men and manages the collection bureau 

 maintained by that organization. 



The committee to which the presi- 

 dent's address had been referred, 

 through W. S. Woodruff, recommended 

 that, inasmuch as the publication of the 

 association's Bulletin had been discon- 

 tinued, counsel be authorized to com- 

 municate with the members through 

 certain trade papers. The report brought 

 a call for an executive session, during 

 which the methods of one trade publi- 

 cation were vigorously attacked, the 

 rather lengthy discussion resulting in 

 two motions, each of which was carried,' 

 first to revive the Bulletin as the official 

 organ and, second, to put the associa- 

 tion on record as opposed to the pub- 

 lication of surplus lists in trade papers 

 or their general distribution by other 

 means. 



Edward C. Dungan. 



(President American Seed Trade Association.) 



Charles Dickinson brought up the mat- 

 ter of the Illinois seed law, then in the 

 hands "of Governor Lowden, and offered 

 a resolution for a telegram to the execu- 

 tive asking him to veto the bill in favor 

 of what is known as the uniform seed 

 law. It was so ordered. 



Governor Lowden signed the Illinois 

 pure seed bill June 30, in spite of the 

 action of the American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation and the continued opposition 

 of the Illinois seedsmen, who based their 

 objections principally on three grounds: 

 First, that it does not include the farm- 

 er in its provisions; second, that it is 

 unworkable in that it establishes stand- 

 ards of purity thus far unobtainable by 

 means of seed-cleaning machinery, and, 

 third, that much seed which comforms 

 to other seed laws, notably Canada's, 

 will be made inadmissible to Illinois. 



A committee of five was ordered ap- 

 pointed by the incoming president to 

 work with the National Seed Analysts 

 for the purpose of securing relief from 

 the various, unequal and unworkable 

 seed laws with which the trade is har- 

 assed. 



Claims Against Express Companies. 



So numerous and so annoying are the 

 claims pending against the express com- 

 panies that the matter was taken up by 



the association and a committee ap- 

 pointed, with L. B. McCausland as chair- 

 man, to see what could be done. At a 

 subsequent session Mr. McCausland in- 

 troduced Mr. Smith, head of the claim 

 department of the American Railway 

 Express at Chicago, to describe what 

 the government-operated company is 

 doing. He said he has 503 employees in 

 his office and that there are equally 

 large organizations in claim depart- 

 ments elsewhere. At Chicago, he said, 

 thirty-five per cent of all claims are 

 paid the day they are received and 

 most of the others are delayed only be- 

 cause the necessary evidence does not 

 accompany the claim. A Mr. Henry 

 told what is being done to clear up the 

 claims against the old express com- 

 panies. Both officials spoke fair words, 

 but it was apparent that they offered 

 no great amount of relief to the seeds- 

 men who are having difficulty in getting 

 action on claims. 



Better Postal Service Wanted. 



The association went on record as 

 protesting at the deterioration of the 

 postal service. TJie matter was pre- 

 sented by E. C. Dungan, the new presi- 

 dent, and many members concurred vin 

 what he said as to the increasing in- 

 efficiency of tlie postoffice. It was voted 



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