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The Florists' Review 



AlifiuST 10, 1920 



GROWERS FORM NATIONAL BODY 



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No 0]^IH)81TI0N w:is Iclt to the or- 

 ganization of tilt' National Flower 

 Growers' Associal ion, 1o whlcli tlie 

 afternoon of Auj;iist ^9 was devoted on 

 the eonxcntion pro^iram. Since the 

 ineetinjj of the Aiiieiican Carnation So- 

 eiety last Jannary .1. V. Ainniann, then 

 chosen t einiiorarv secretarw lias \vorked 

 indefatij^ahly in its behalf. F. C. W. 

 Brown, as teni))orary president, has also 

 been active, and the other members of 

 the executive eommittec, Wallace E. 

 Pierson, C. E. (5ullett and K. C. Kerr, 

 have lent their efforts toward the forma- 

 tion of this highly promising body. 



Since its concei>tion, no o}»position lias 

 developed to the growers' organization. 

 Tlic 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. .7. Keimfl, TotPr Pparson, Paul 

 H. Wojse, CJporB*' Ball anil .Toscpli Kohout. 



ST. liOlJIS— W. A. Howe, W. J. Pilcher. 

 Ge«rge F. Deutschmann, Jules Rourdet and Wil- 

 liam Winter. 



BOSTON — OeorKe Klliott. Alfred Potts, 

 Tliomas Roland, Herman Bartscli and S. J. God- 

 <lard. 



PHILADELPHIA— H. A Harvey, H. .T. Faimt, 

 R. A. Craig, J. T. Tliompson and James Hea- 

 <'ook. 



8PRINGFIETJ), ILL.— C. E. Giillett, W. J. 

 Hcmbreikcr, K. L. Waslibnrn, Philip J. Daut 

 and J.imes Colo. 



OLEVKI>AND — Carl HnKenburcer. Ed. George, 

 S. C. Templin, George Rate and H. P. Knoble. 



NEW YORK— A. L. Miller, JoKepti Mandn, W. 

 R. Pierson, A. M. Hensliaw and Robert SimpBon. 



WESTERN NEW YORK GROWERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION — C. V. Trirhler, Conrad Galley, C. T. 

 GuaUier. B. S. Meyers and 11. R. Rrooliins. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— E. H. Mann. A. Raa 

 musson. A. V. J. Raur, L. E. Hitz and Josepii 

 Hill. 



PITTSRtTRGH FI/)RISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLTTR— Edwnrd RlincI, Ronjamin L El- 

 liott and J. C. Walley. 



KANSAS CITY— Frank Stuppy and P. A. M.in- 

 son. 



There vrere in addition representatives 



from Baltimore, Detroit, Washington, 



Albany, N. Y., Kochester, 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. 



Ammann Reports for Committee. 



Secretary Ammann deli\ered n rt^port 

 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 

 hnve been able to gather for or against 

 n national growers' organization. We 

 beg;in imme<liately after tin' meeting 

 last January at Chicago to discuss a 

 pro]>osed form of constitution and by- 

 laws through correspondence. After we 

 had this in a f.'iirly tangible form, it was 

 decided to li;ive the cli.airni.an, Fred C. 

 W. Blown, call a meeting of the com- 

 mittee for a conference at New Y'ork. 

 during the flower show last Marcli. 

 Wnllacp T'ierson was autliorized to con- 

 sult nn attorney witli reference to the 



draft, and at his suggestion W. H. 

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

 (juested to meet with u.s in the capacity 

 of adviser. 



''The meeting was held ;is scheduled; 

 those pres( nt were Mr. Brown, Mr. Pier- 

 son and Mr. Ammann. C. E. Gullett 

 .•ind B. C Kerr wt>re absent, being un- 

 avoidably detained at liome. 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 hero 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. So 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 ]>rosperous 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 tod.'iy — first, to decide whether or 

 not we shall org;inize, and if so, sec- 

 ondlv, how best to do it." 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



Ammann Becomes President. 



The l''lorists' Hail Association spent 

 a hmg morning in session in a commit- 

 tee room in the Hotel riollenilen Au- 

 gust 18, not adjourning until 1 o'clock. 



The revision of by-laws was discusse- 

 including a possible increase in mem 

 bership fees, opportunity to take on; 

 larger insurance, a raise in rates « . 

 hazardous risks and ])crhaps a higlh 

 asses.sment. These will come up for a^ 

 tion next year, upon recommendation o 

 a committee ajtpointed to consider then . 

 The next assessment will be levied Jai) 

 uary 1, instead of March 1, 1921. 



OfiScors for next year were elected a 

 follows: 



President — J. F. Ammann, Edwards 

 ville, 111. 



Vice-president — J. S. Wilson, Dc 

 Moines, la. 



Secretary — John G. Eslcr, Saddl- 

 River, N. J. 



Treasurer — James W. Heacock, 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 F.. 

 (i. Hill, whose health compels his resig- 

 nation, Earl Mann, of Richmond, Ind., 

 was chosen. N_^^ 



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 "f 

 closing this report is 1,612. 



"The cash balance on hand is $4' • 

 202.21, of which $2,440.90 belongs •> 

 the reserve fund. 



Treasurer's Report. 

 Treasurer James W. Heacock presei. 



ed a statement of the association's i • 

 come and a table of expenditures ai 1 

 one of losses. The summary was •! 

 follows: 



DERIT. 



To bal.inre on hand July 31, 1919 .f.ll.?!!' - 



Total roecipts, July 31, 1919, to Jnlr 



■J'.K 1920 53.800 "'i 



Total $85,01- '^ 



CREDIT. 

 By expenses. July 31. l!tl!», to July 



•J9. 19L'0 5,3.39 ' 



Rv losses paid. Julv 31, 1919, to Jnlr 



29, 1920 ■ ■. 31. -2<'. ' 



Ry investments, three 111 Liberty 



hc.nrls 2.857 ' 



Ily investments, two IV I^iNcrty lionds 1,8S<'> '' 

 I'v li:il.inec on hand Rittetilinuse TriKst 



Co 40,202 '• 



Total $85,012 ■'* 



