January 27. 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



NATIONAL QROWEBS' MEETING. 



Organization Progressing. 



Thursday afternoon, January 27, was 

 set aside for the meeting of the National 

 Flower Growers' Association, following 

 a recess after the final session of the 

 American Carnation Society, in the 

 morning. The delegates of six accred- 

 ited and fully organized district locals . 

 were present and a good many visiting 

 growers as well. In the six locals rep- 

 resented are 250 members. Several 

 more branches are being planned, and 

 Secretary Animann has plans for a num- 

 ber more. 



The present status of the organization 

 is best portrayed by Secretary Am- 

 mann's report at the meeting. He said: 



' ' The list of regularly elected dele- 

 gates from the districts permanently or- 

 ganized is as follows: 



Chicago district — Joseph Kohout, August Poehl- 

 niann, Henry Wehrmiinn, George Ball and Otto 

 H. Amling. 



New En»;land district — Samuel J. Goddard, 

 William Sim and George O. Moyse. 



Ht. Louis district — W. A. Amling and W. A. 

 Howe. 



Western New York district — W. J. Falmer and 

 II. B. Brooking. 



Mid-West district — James S. Wilson. 



Cleveland district — Carl Hagenburger. 



"Since the organization meeting at 

 Cleveland last August, your secretary 

 has visited the following cities with a 

 view of organizing district locals: In- 

 dianapolis, Baltimore, New York, Buf- 

 falo, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, Springfield, O., Springfield, 111., 

 and Milwaukee. The following districts 

 are now permanently organized, with 

 membership as follows: Chicago, 110; 

 New England, 49; St. Louis, ."^G; West- 

 ern New York, 27; Cleveland, 10, ami 

 Mid-West, 18, making a total member- 

 ship of 250. Districts that should yet 

 bo organized are as follows: New 

 York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Pittsburgh, 

 Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 

 Kansas City, with probably two in the 

 far west and two more in the south. So, 

 with what we now have, there is a 

 possibility of having about eighteen 

 districts in all. 



Plan of Organization. 



"With this data at hand, we should 

 readily be able to decide whether or 

 not there will be enough districts in 

 the whole country to make that form 

 of organization more practical than the 

 plan of one large organization with in- 

 dividual membership. Your secretary 

 has always maintained that the plan of 

 organizing in units or districts is the 

 better one, first of all, for the reason 

 that, through a district organization, the 

 membership will be more accessible and 

 easier to get in touch with than through 

 one individual organization; secondly, 

 that the data or census of our business 

 can be more easily acquired through 

 district organizations than otherwise, 

 and thirdly, it brings the members into 

 closer cooperation so they may take up 

 any matter pertaining to local condi- 

 tions. 



"As we are about to take final action 

 at this meeting on the adoption of the 

 constitution and by-laws, we should 



give the above much consideration. The 

 question also arises as to whether or 

 not wfe should attempt in the near fu- 

 ture to undertake anything more than 

 the work of completing more dis- 

 trict organizations, gathering the cen- 

 sus from those districts already or- 

 ganized, and national advertising. There 

 are, no doubt, many other important 

 matters that are of vital interest to the 

 members of our organization, and it 

 will no doubt be well to take note of 

 any problems that the members feel 

 this organization should give attention 

 to for further consideration. 



"I wish to state further that while 

 the work of securing members for this 

 organization and the perfecting of dis- 

 trict locals has been and is progressing 

 rather slowly, I do not feel at all dis- 

 couraged, for I realized from the begin- 

 ning that the task was not an easy one. 

 It requires a great deal 'bf hard work 

 and a considerable amount of patience. 

 It is, however, far better to build 

 slowly and surely than to build so fast 

 that it may not be safe. 



Field Worker. 



"There is considerable expense in- 

 curred in organizing a local district, as 

 it often retpiires several trips, besides 

 much time spent in correspondence, and 

 even then often organizations soon 

 slumber for want of live leadership and 

 have to be revived. I believe a good, 

 live young man as a field worker, 

 who could stay in a given district, say, 

 for two weeks at a time, would be a 

 groat asset to. the progress of our work. 

 This, I am aware, all moans additional 

 expense. I feel, however, that if we 

 o-xpect this movement to make the prog- 

 ress it should, we must jnit more cash 

 into it. You cannot biiihl anything on 



wind. Each local district should bear 

 a portion of this initial expense, with a 

 fixed sum guaranteed before the field is 

 entered by the national organizer. 



"You will note from the financial 

 statement that no money has as yet been 

 paid into the national association by 

 any of the districts. The cost of getting 

 most of these districts organized has 

 been paid out of the advance loans from 

 the few public-spirited men named 

 herein. This money should be paid 

 back as soon as possible, and the dis- 

 tricts should be prompt in sending in 

 the quarterly payment of their pro rata 

 dues to the national association, so that 

 these obligations may be met. 



"Your secretary has no further rec- 

 ommendations to make at this time, ex- 

 cept that the directors elected at this 

 meeting should immediately convene 

 after its adjournment and formulate a 

 plan for future work. 



Financial Affairs. 



"The following have subscribed and 



2)aid into this association as a temporary 



loan as follows: 



Wallace U. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn $ 100.00 



Thomas Holand, Nahant, Mass 100.00 



A. M. Ilensliaw, New York 100.00 



E. Allan IVirce. Walthan, .Mass 100.00 



Hobert Simpson, Clifton, N. J 100.00 



W. A. Uowe. Kirkwood. Mo 100.00 



C. K. DeWcver, Webster (iroves. Mo 100.00 



Philip Hreitmeyer, Detroit, .Mich 100.00 



J. J. Hess, Omaha, Neb 100.00 



J. S. Wilson, Des Moines, la 100.00 



E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind 100.00 



Guy Bate, Cleveland, 100.00 



HerlKTt Hate, Cleveland, 100.00 



Carl IlaKcnlMirfc'er, West Mentor, 100.00 



Adolph Poehlmann, Morton Crove, HI... 100.00 



David J. Scott, Corfu, .N. Y 100.00 



H. B. Bniokins, Ordiard Park, N. Y 100.00 



Samuel J. (Jmldard. FraniinKhain, Mass.. 100.00 



Wm, J. Heinl)reiker, Springlield, 111 100. OO 



Walter ,\mliiig, Pana, 111 100.00 



A. L. MilhT, Jamaica. N. Y 100.00 



Walter J. K.imels, Woodhaven, N. Y.. 100.00 



$2,200.00 



The following vouchois have been 

 drawn on ami paid by the treasurer: 



Paid by vom< her No. 1 S 7.50 



Paid by voiulicr No. 2 4.00 



Paid by vom.Iut No. 3 e.j.5.66 



Paid bv Vduilii.r No. 1 '. 376.35 



Paid by v.nKlicr No. T. ;?r)0.75 



.$1,400.20 



Thus there is a ti)tal balance of 

 ,$799.74 on hand. 



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ST. LOUIS GROWERS ELECT. 



First Annual Meeting. 



The first annual meeting of the St. 

 Louis district branch of the National 

 F'lower Growt'rs' Association was held 

 at the Hotel .lefiferson, St. Louis, Mo., 

 January 18. President Walter AniHng 

 called the meeting to order at 10:00 

 a. m. and the opening address was by 

 J. F. Animann, secretary of the National 

 Flower Growers' Association. 



Mr. Ammann spoke on "Organiza- 

 tion" iind made a strong plea for coop- 

 erative work on the part of the grow- 

 ers to org.'inize the new association. In 

 a splendid address, which touched on 

 nearly all of the big problems facing 

 growers today, he stated that the one 

 sure way to overcome them was through 

 the National Flower Growers' Associa- 

 tion and by assisting in the advertising 

 campaigns. Referring to the plans for 

 development of tliis association, Mr. 



Aiimiann said: "Now, we want to per- 

 fect the growers' jissociation. We have 

 allied trade organizations cooperating 

 for local advertising in such cities as 

 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Buf- 

 falo and I think, no doubt, this meet- 

 ing ill Washington will mean a perma- 

 nent plan for every city in the United 

 States where there is a fair market. 

 That is a large program. It seems like 

 much work, but it must be done." 



President's Address. 



President Amling then addressed the 

 meeting. After referring to the need 

 of organization,, he proceeded to illus- 

 trate some of its benefits. He referred 

 to the expensive coal of poor quality 

 which the small grower is forced to 

 purchase, and suggested that next year 

 the growers, acting together, might buy 

 ill immense quantity for all members at 

 the cheapest price and be assured of 

 good coal. This sj'stem would apply. 



