Januaey 6, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



37 



ZECH & NANN 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



30 East Randolph Street 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Plenty of Fine Stock 



COLUMBIA, PREMIER, RUSSELL 



and all other Roses 



Giganteum Lilies in Steady Supply 



Carnations Sweet Peas 



Mignonette Paper Whites Callas Violets Pansies 



Stevia Valley Daisies Calendulas 



Boxwood Flat Ferns Asparagus Adiantum 



\fentlon The Review when yon write. 



WIETOR BROS. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS OF 



Roses and Carnations 



30 E. Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



First-class stock — always at lowest market prices. 



Mfiitiou The lioview wlien juu write. 



"Surely this is not the time for pcs- 

 simisin. Wc sliall pro])ably find that our 

 customers will not bo falling all over 

 themselves trying to buy our flowers 

 and we shall have to go out after busi- 

 ness. There is no use getting gloomy 

 over dark prospects, for we can consider 

 the little motto, 'Does a hen stop 

 scratching because the worms are 

 scarce?' and keep plugging nt our busi- 

 nesses. 



"As to prices for 1921, looking over 



cost of production figures, it is evident 

 that there will be a material reduction 

 as compared with prices for 1919, but 

 they will not approximate the prices 

 charged for flowers at wholesale prior 

 to 1914. When we in the flower busi- 

 ness speak about 'getting back to 

 normal' we cannot mean conditions of 

 1914, for the reason that the elements 

 entering into production are still mov- 

 ing upward. I refer more particularly 

 to '■oal, water and power. Wages have 



not decreased and in Washington today 

 there is considerable labor agitation in 

 the flower industry. 



"There is one interesting feature of 

 the business, and that is the fact that 

 since the war the growers of the coun- 

 try have been enabled to increase their 

 productive stocks to a i)oiut where they 

 can meet business demands. It will bo 

 recalled that during the war, with the 

 shortage of men, restrictions on fuel 

 and about everything else, the growers 



