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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 18, 192t) 



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An Attractive Low-Priced Raedlein Basket 



FILLED WITH PRETTY CUT FLOWERS OR PLANTS IS A QUICK SELLER 



Wire your order today for one or more of theae aa$ortment» 



Assortment No. L 



60 tumbler baskets, lined, 16 to 20 inches over all. 

 All in assorted light colors 921.00 



Assortment No. IL 



26 medium size cut flower baskets, lined, 21 to 28 

 inches over all. All in assorted light colors^ $ 1 9.00 



Assortment No. III. 



16 large size cut flower baskets, 34 to 42 inches over 

 all. All in assorted light colors $27.00 



Assortment No. IV. 



26 plant baskets, holding 4 to 6-inch pots. All iu 

 assorted light colors $2S.75 



Assortment No. V. 



25 medium size plant baskets, with liners. All iu 

 assorted light colors 931.50 



Assortment No. VI. 



12 large plant baskets, with liners. All in assorted 

 light colors $24.00 



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more or less uncertain; some agents let 

 them come forward, while others remem- 

 ber the embargo. 



The Express Situation. 



. The express strike is getting on the 

 nerves of the men in the market. While 

 they speak gently to those in the ex- 

 press service, in the trade there is 

 strong condemnation of the policy the 

 management is pursuing. After ten 

 days of interrupted traffic, the situation 

 is exactly what it was at the start. The 

 management seems to be doing abso- 

 lutely nothing; it neither seeks to reach 

 an agreement with the strikers nor to 

 do business without them. In the mean- 

 time shippers suffer. 



The embargo continues. The manage- 

 ment at the start of the trouble gave 

 orders to agents throughout the coun- 

 try to refuse shipments for Chicago, and 

 in Chicago all attempt to give service 

 was abandoned, although wagon men 

 and some of the station employees are 

 at their posts. But more or less freight 

 comes in every day and some goes out, 

 in spite of the official embargo. Agents 

 at a distance "forget" and forward 

 some of the shipments offered. These 

 get prompt handling here, because the 

 men still on the job have nothing else 

 to do. With outgoing freight it is only 

 slightly different. 



If you have a friend in the station 

 crew you take your stuff to him and he 

 gets it off, though ordered not to accept 

 it. If someone complains of favoritism 

 an official gives the station men a call- 

 ing down and the lid is on tight for an 

 hour, but nobody loses his job and soon 

 everything is as before. 



The shippers feel that it is up to the 

 management to get busy and give serv- 

 ice, one way or another, without inflict- 

 ing further loss on the public, but little 

 is said for fear of making a bad mat- 

 ter still worse. 



Easter Prospects. 



Supposing that express service will be 

 normal by then, there is every indica- 

 tion that the Easter business will break 

 all records. Orders already are coming 

 in numerously and average larger than 

 ever before. 



The prices at which advance orders 

 are being taken average much higher 



WE DO 



AS WE SAT 



F^ 



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last week says that 



"the consensus is that EASTER will make a new 

 record for the trade. A TREMENDOUS VOLUME 

 of SHIPPING BUSINESS is EXPECTED * * * * as to 

 LILIEIS, everyone says they will be scarce, but 

 there is a suspicion that Cut Lilies will go around" 

 at the Price 



of $25.00, $30.00, $35.00 per 100. 



We are well informed/ about the lilies to be sold from 

 this market and offer our supply of PERFECT LILIES 

 in SHORT, MEDIUM and LONG STEMS, 3 to 5 

 Blooms to a stalk. Early orders are assured of the 

 benefits of first selection. 



THE HEAVY RECEIPTS to the CHICAGO MARKET 

 will be consigned to 



YOUR 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



174 North Wabeuh Avenue 



CHICAGO 



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