• I", ww!ir«'.*n^P9!n^)i«^pi^»pBWJi^^^^^^ I 



48 



The Florists' Review 



Makch 18, 1920 



■whole will feel the effect of any such 

 boost of the h. c. of 1. in the decreased 

 amount of money that people are likely 

 to have to spend for flowers. 



Report Not Yet Published. 



Neither the majority nor minority re- 

 port of the commission has been pub- 

 lished. The majority report is said to 

 cover something like 30,000 words. In- 

 cluded among its recommendations, it is 

 understood, are retention of the check- 

 off system by which the operators collect 

 the dues for the unions, and reference of 

 the question of differences in wages to a 

 special commission to be appointed by 

 the next joint wage conference, to report 

 within two years. 



In an effort to reach a unanimous con- 

 clusion, the commission was understood 

 to have held many long sessions, meet- 

 ing both day and night. Mr. White held 

 out against the majority recommenda- 

 tions, however, and when an agreement 

 appeared hopeless the majority pro- 

 ceeded to complete their report at mid- 

 night, March 10, sending it to the White 

 House early next day. 



The commission began its hearings 

 January 12, with the understanding be- 

 tween the government and the miners 

 that its report would be made within 

 sixty days, which period expired March 

 12. 



The commission would have no author- 

 ity to enforce its findings had its report 

 been unanimous. However, when it be- 

 gan hearings the miners agreed unre- 

 servedly to abide by its decision, and 

 the operators accepted its jurisdiction 

 with the reservation that they could not 

 be bound by any price advance for a 

 period subsequent to the life of the 

 Lever food control law, as this might 

 subject them to prosecution under the 

 anti-trust laws. 



Operators Insist on Increase. 



Throughout the hearings the operators 

 jfusisted that many mines could not 

 operate if wages were advanced unless 

 there was a corresponding increase in 

 coal prices. The miners contended 

 against this position and charged that 

 the operators had made large profits 

 during the war. 



The miners originally demanded a 

 sixty per cent increase and thirty hours 

 of work per week the year around. In 

 the conferences with the operators called 

 by Secretary Wilson after the govern- 

 ment had obtained an injunction to end 

 the coal strike their representatives re- 

 ceded from this and agreed to accept 

 Mr. Wilson's proposal for a 31.6 per cent 

 increase in wages and a seven-hour day. 



The approximate increase of thirty- 

 five per cent which it was reported Mr. 

 White recommended in his report to 

 the President was said to have been 

 worked out on the same basis as was 

 that of Secretary Wilson, with the 

 increases in the cost of living since 

 November added. 



Wage increases were said to have 

 been calculated by the majority of the 

 commission on the basis of tonnage for 

 pick and machine mining, a percentage 

 increase for yardage and dead work 

 and a flat advance in the pay of day 

 laborers. The increase is not uniform 

 for all mines, varying in accordance 

 with costs«of production. According to 

 some calculations the general advance 

 amounts to twenty-seven per cent or 

 more. 



Contract Expires April 1. 



The existing contract between the 



miners and the operators will expire 

 April 1. It was made during the war 

 for the duration of the conflict, but was 

 net in any event to run beyond the 

 end of this month. The miners in pre- 

 senting f^ir original demands insisted 

 that the war had ended and that conse- 

 quently the contract had expired. The 

 government took a different view and 

 when the miners went on strike Novem- 

 ber 1 it obtained an injunction from 

 Federal Judge Anderson at Indianapolis. 



COAI. CHEAPER IN SUMMER? 



With the approval of the interstate 

 commerce commission Senator Freling- 

 huysen, of New Jersey, introduced a 

 measure in the Senate March 17 to pro- 

 vide a constructive solution of the prob- 

 lem of equalizing and stabilizing coal 

 production and distribution the year 

 around. 



The effect of the measure will be to 

 establish summer and winter rates in 

 the hope that buying may be encouraged 

 at slack seasons and the mines kept in 

 continuous operation. 



Under the terms of the bill the inter- 

 state commerce commission will fix nor- 

 mal rates for the transportation of coal 

 and then require the railroads to haul it 

 fifteen per cent cheaper in the summer. 



The introduction of the bill was ac- 

 companied by the submission of a bill 

 by Commissioner Clark stamping it with 

 the interstate commerce commission's 

 approval. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



The usual Lenten apathy now gov- 

 erns the local situation, the only ac- 

 tivity being occasioned by the brisk 

 funeral demands, but between digging 

 themselves out and repairing damages 

 from snow and ice, the florists have 

 been more or less busy. 



The increase in supply and greater 

 decrease in demand have weakened the 

 market so that prices have dropped al- 

 most to normal. 



Various Notes. 



Page F. Potter was a business visitor 

 in Boston last week in the interests of 

 Johnston Bros. 



Robert Koppelman, who recently re- 

 turned from overseas after nineteen 

 months of service with the British 

 army, has entered the employ of his 

 uncle, Joseph E. Koppelman. 



W. A. Bowers, Washington street, has 

 been notified that his rent will be in- 

 creased from $3,500 to $5,000 a year. 



Charles Doll, who has been in the 

 liospital for an operation for appen- 

 dicitis, is able to be home again. 



James Hacking is preparing to run 

 hia greenhouses at Mishassuck ceme- 

 tery next season. 



Frederick Hoffman, of Pawtucket, 

 R. I., who has been on the sick list, has 

 returned to his business. 



The New England Mushroom Co. has 

 given a mortgage for $3,000 to John 

 Theroux on land and improvements on 

 Oakland avenue, Warwick, R. I. 



Carl Benston was in this city and 

 vicinity last week representing A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn. 



Alexander Johnson, of George John- 

 son & Son, has been appointed a mem- 

 ber of the local committee for the Sal- 

 vation Army service fund campaign. 



Jonathan F. Comstock, proprietor of 



the Bown Farm, Cranston, R. L, arrived 

 home from Florida last week, where he 

 spent the winter. 



Mrs. A. Vose, of Cumberland Hill, was 

 a business visitor in the city last week 

 She is going to continue the buf^iness 

 of her late husband at Attleboro, Mass 



W. H. M. ■ 



INDIANAFOUS, IND. 



The Market. 



Stock is plentiful. Last week tiiere 

 was more than an ample supply of car- 

 nations, sweet peas and freesias. Roses 

 are in good supply, but there is not an 

 overabundance. 



Business has been fair, sufferinj^r no 

 more than is usual at this time of the 

 year. Funeral work has been heavy and 

 has been the chief item in keeping the 

 market busy. 



Bulbous stock is much in evidence, 

 both in cut flowers and potted plants. 

 Calla lilies are in good supply at $2,50 

 per dozen and Easter lilies are more 

 plentiful at $3 per dozen. Single violets 

 are selling at $1 per hundred. Calen- 

 dulas are available in quantity at prices 

 varying according to quality and the 

 length of stem. 



Hyacinths, tulips, jonquils, daffodils, 

 cinerarias, cyclamens, begonias and 

 primroses predominate among the 

 potted bulbous stock offered. 



Various Notes. 



Allan Humason, of the Raedlein 

 Basket Co., Chicago; Rolf Zetlitz, of 

 Lima, O., and J. C. Nielsen, of Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., Chicago, were visitors 

 last week. 



Harry Bookedis and his family are 

 ill. 



Frank Liebking, recently of A. Wie- 

 gaud's Sons Co., is now traveling for 

 A. L. Randall Co., of Chicago, with terri- 

 tory extending from Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 to Louisville, Ky. 



Irwin Bertermann is in New York at- 

 tending the flower show. 



Indianapolis florists have been be- 

 sieged by many bulb men lately. 



Baur & Steinkamp still have a num- 

 ber of their staff ill. Mr. Lawson, the 

 foreman, is still unable to attend to 

 business. E. E. T. 



DTJLUTH, MINN. 



The Market. 



For the last week stock has been plen- 

 tiful and prices somewhat lower than 

 they have been for some time. Rnses 

 were in splefldid condition, with a full 

 supply in every grade. Carnations are 

 good stock and the supply more than 

 equals the demand. Calendulas, sweet 

 peas, freesias, tulips, daffodils, mignon- 

 ette, valley >.and Paper Whites helpc'l to 

 make a good assortment in combination 

 bouquets. Cattleyas are more plentiful 

 and the stock is good. Easter lilies iiH" 

 callas are both good sellers and the "^ 'P' 

 ply is equal to the demand. In potted 

 plants there is a good assortment of 

 hyacinths, hydrangeas, tulips, bnby 

 rambler roses, cinerarias, genistas '"id 

 primroses, for which there is a roa'ly 

 sale. The spring opening of the depirt- 

 ment stores caused a demand for flower- 

 ing plants. 



Various Notes. 



E. P. Holm, of Holm & Olson, St- 

 Paul, Minn., was a visitor to Duluth l^st 

 week. J. E. >i- 



