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No OPPOSITION was felt to the or- 

 ganization of the National Flower 

 Growers' Association, to which the 

 afternoon of August 19 was devoted on 

 the convention program. Since the 

 meeting of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety last January J. F. Ammann, then 

 chosen temporary secretary, has worked 

 indefatigably in its behalf. F. C. W. 

 Brown, as temporary president, has also 

 been active, and the other members of 

 the executive committee, Wallace R. 

 Pierson, C. E. Gullett and R. C. Kerr, 

 have lent their efforts toward the forma- 

 tion of this highly promising body. 



Since its conception, no opposition has 

 developed to the growers' organization. 

 The time, indeed, seems so ripe for it 

 that everyone awaits expectantly for 

 its work, instead of arguing for or 

 against it as in the case of some of the 

 older societies. 



Locals Send Delegates. 



Where steps have been taken to form 

 local bodies in conformation . with the 

 general plan of the organization com- 

 mittee, the following delegates repre- 

 sented their cities: 



CHICAGO — W. J. Keimel, Peter Pearson, Paul 

 B. Wetea, George Ball and Joseph Kohout. 



ST. LOUIS— W. A. Rowe. W. J. Pilcher. 

 Oecrfe F. Deatschmaan. Julea Bourdet and Wil- 

 liam Winter. 



BOerrON — George Elliott, AKrwl Potts, 

 Thomaa Boland, Herman Bartsch and S. J. God- 

 dard. 



PHtliADBIiPHIA— B. A. Harrer, H. J. Faust, 

 K. A. Oraig, J. T. Thompson and James Hea- 

 cock. 



SPBINGFIELD, ILL.— 0. B. Gullett. W. 3. 

 Hembreiker, F. L. Washburn, Philip J. Daut 

 and James Cole. 



OLBVBLAND — Carl Hagenburgrer, Bd. George, 

 S. O. Templin, George Bate and H. P. Knoble. 



NBW TORK— A. L. Miller. Joseph Manda. W. 

 R. Pierson, A. M. Henshaw and Robert Simpson. 



WB8TBRN NBW YORK GROWBRS' ASSO- 

 CIATION— C. F. Trichler, Conrad Galley. 0. T. 

 Oaatter. B. 8. Meyers and H. B. BrooUns. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— B. H. Mann. A. Ras 

 mossen. A. F. J. Baur, L. B. Hits and Joseph 

 Hill. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND OARDBN- 

 BBS' CLUB— Bdward Blind, Benjamin L. El- 

 liott and J. C. Waller- 



KANSAS CITY — Frank Stuppy and P. A. Man- 

 son. 



There were in addition representatives 

 from Baltimore, Detroit, Washington, 

 Albany, N. Y., Rochester, N. Y., Lan- 

 caster, Pa., Milwaukee, Wis., and some 

 other places, as well as a general sprink- 

 ling of members of the trade from most 

 parts of the country. 



Aimnann Reports for Committee. 



Secretary Ammann delivered a report 

 for the committee on organization ap- 

 pointed last January. In it he said: 



"I shall endeavor in this brief re- 

 port to summarize the work of your 

 temporary officers, who also constitute 

 the committee on constitution and by- 

 laws, and the sentiment so far as we 

 have been able to gather for or against 

 a national growers' organization. We 

 began immediately after the meeting 

 last January at Chicago to discuss a 

 proposed form of constitution and by- 

 laws through correspondence. After we 

 had this in a fairly tangible form, it was 

 decided to have the chairman, Fred C. 

 W. Brown, call a meeting of the com- 

 mittee for a conference at New York, 

 daring the flower show last March. 

 Wallace Pierson was authorized to con- 

 sult an attorney with reference to the 



draft, and at his suggestion W. H. 

 Siebrecht, Jr., of New York, was re- 

 quested to meet with us in the capacity 

 of adviser. 



"The meeting was held as scheduled; 

 those present were Mr. Brown, Mr. Pier- 

 son and Mr. Ammann. C. E. Gullett 

 and R. C Kerr were absent, being un- 

 avoidably detained at home. Those of 

 the committee present, with Attorney 

 Siebrecht, held two sessions and after 

 due consideration prepared the draft 

 of constitution and by-laws as presented 

 for your consideration. 



"It was also agreed by the committee 

 that this draft be submitted to all the 

 trade papers for publication and that 

 several thousand copies be printed for 

 distribution. The secretary was also 

 instructed to have copies of addresses 

 on growers' organization printed for 

 distribution. All this was done in order 

 to get" all the information to the growers 

 of the country that was possible before 

 the meeting here to consider the matter 

 of a permanent organization. 



' ' There seemed to be a strong demand 

 already from many parts of the country 

 for some speaker who could appear be- 

 fore a body of growers and give in 

 detail the proposition and advise how 

 to form the local organizations. Bo it 

 was agreed that the secretary should 

 answer such calls as he could and assist 

 growers everywhere, when desired, to 

 form a temporary local organization. 

 This was done^ not always in a personal 

 way, but largely through correspond- 

 ence, and the results so far have been 

 quite satisfactory. 



"Now a word about the sentiment as 

 we found it in the different localities 

 among the leading growers. 



"I will say first of all that we really 

 were surprised at so little opposition as 

 has so far developed; usually the opposi- 

 tion is strong against any good reform 

 right from the beginning. I hope this 

 is no bad omen. It may be that those 

 growers who would oppose it were so 

 busy in these present prosperous times 

 making money that they had no time to 

 give thought to this subject. If such is 

 the case, the opposition had no chance 

 to develop. 



"There have been really few instances 

 where a grower has come right out 

 against such an organization, but many 

 have insisted on being shown the real 

 benefits to be derived from organizing 

 the growers before they would consent 

 to the use of their names in connection 

 with it. We can say in all fairness that 

 nearly everyone who has expressed him- 

 self at all is in favor of organizing and 

 it seems in the opinion of most growers 

 only a question of how best to bring 

 this about. That is what we are here 

 for today — first, to decide whether or 

 not we shall organize, and if so, sec- 

 ondly, how best to do it." 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIA.TION. 



Ammann Becomes President. 



The Florists' Hail Association spent 

 a long morning in session in a commit- 

 tee room in the Hotel Hollenden Au- 

 gust 18, not adjourning until 1 o'clock. 



The revision of by-laws was discussed, 

 including a possible increase in mem- 

 bership fees, opportunity to take out 

 larger insurance, a raise in rates of 

 hazardous risks and perhaps a higher 

 assessment. These will come up for ac- 

 tion next year, upon recommendation of 

 a committee appointed to consider them. 

 The next assessment will be levied Jan- 

 uary 1, instead of March 1, 1921. 



Of&cers for next year were elected as 

 follows: 



President — J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville, m. 



Vice-president — J. S. Wilson, Des 

 Moines, la. 



Secretary — ^John G. Esler, Saddle 

 River, N. J. 



Treasurer — James W. Heacoek, Wyn- 

 cote, Pa. 



To fill the place made vacant by the 

 resignation of Fred Burki, of Pitts- 

 burgh, upon his removal to California, 

 Charles L. Washburn, of Chicago, was 

 elected to serve one year. To fill the re- 

 maining two years of the term of E. 

 G. Hill, whose health compels his resig- 

 nation. Earl Mann, of Richmond, Ind., 

 was chosen. 



The directors elected for three years 

 are: J. S. Wilson, Des Moines, la.; 

 J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; Julius Roehrs, 

 Rutherford, N. J., and Samuel Murray, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



Secretary's Report. 



Secretary John G. Esler stated in his 

 report that despite the efforts of rival 

 associations the Florists' Hail Associa- 

 tion in its thirty-third year showed an 

 increase of over 3,000,000 square feet 

 of glass insured and of over $4,000 in 

 the reserve fund. He presented a table 

 showing the glass insured by states and 

 the losses by states, a total of $34,- 

 726.51, of which over eighty per cent 

 was paid to florists in five states, as fol- 

 lows: Colorado, $1,421; Kansas, $6,- 

 990.92; Missouri, $14,053.10; Ohio, $1,- 

 449.45; Texas, $4,466.66. 



Other interesting paragraphs in Sec- 

 retary Esler 's report were: 



"The total of the association's insur- 

 ance is equivalent to an insurance on 

 48,837,418 square feet of glass. 



"The number of members at date of 

 closing this report is 1,612. 



"The cash balance on hand is $40,- 

 202.21, of which $2,440.90 belongs to 

 the reserve fund. 



Treasurer's Report. 

 Treasurer James W. Heacoek present- 

 ed a statement of the association's in- 

 come and a table of expenditures and 

 one of losses. The summary was ns 

 follows: 



DEBIT. 



To balance on hand July 31, 1919 $31,212.')2 



Total receipts, July 31. 1919, to July 



29, 1920 53,800.06 



Total $85,012.58 



CREDIT. 

 By expenses, July 31, 1919, to July 



29, 1920 6,339.89 



By losses paid, July 31, 1919, to July 



29, 1920 34,726.51 



By Investments, three III Liberty 



bonds 2,857.5T 



By investments, two IV Liberty bonds 1,886.40 

 By balance on hand Rittenbouse Trust 



Co 40,202.21 



Total $88,012.88 





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