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The Rortsts' Review 



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l"i;.\NK JI. I.KCKKNliV, of till- CllilS. II. 



J. illy Co., w;is aiiioii^r tlic Scitlllc Imsi 

 iicss iiicii who took part in the southwest 

 Washiiintou tiaih; oxiiaiisioii tour ai- 

 laii^cil by th(^ t'haiiihcr of ('oninicrci'. 



<;K()H(iK L. riiiiTsMAN lias hoiijiht a half 

 iuti'ii'st ill the Forlics Seed ("o., I'ly 

 iiioulh, hid., which, ])rior to Kcliniaiy l."i 

 of this year, was known ;is the Foibcs 

 Scfd JStort". Mr. Trotsnian, altlioujih 

 iH'W in the trade, is (juick to take hold 

 and has already demonstrated his busi 

 Mess ability. The coiniiany has enjoyed 

 a jiood business this season, prineipally in 

 lield, ^'ardeii ;ni(l flower seeds, incubators 

 and brooders, and ]>(inltrv and other 

 feeds. Tlie eoniiiany ha.s handled two 

 cjirloads of certified seed ]iotatoes from 

 the northwest, beside ycraiiiiiins, caniias 

 anil other beildinjj; plants. 



SEEDSMEN AT ST. LOUIS. 



Officers Elected. 



.\t the thirty-ninth annual convention 

 of the American iSeed Trade Associa 

 tion, at St. Louis, last weidi, the follow 

 iiit; ofticers were tdecti'd for the ensiiinj; 

 ye;ir: 



I'resident L. L. Olds, Madison, Wis. 



First \'ice president Alexander 



I'orbes, .\ew;irk, \. .1. 



Second X'icepresidenI 1.. P>. I{euter, 

 New Orleans, La. 



Secretary treasurer ( '. K. Kciidel. 

 Cleveland, "O. 



.\ssistant Secret.'ii'y ('liffonl ('oiiieli. 

 St. liouis. Mo. 



The executive comiiiittee for the 

 coininj^ ye.'ir will be coniiiosed of tln' f(d 

 lowinji: H. (i. Hastin;;s, Atlaiit.i, (ia.: 

 Kirby H. White, Detroit. .Mich.; C. C. 

 .Massie. Minnea]>(dis, Minn.: .iohii 1,. 

 Hunt. Cambridtic X. \., and I.. 11. 

 \ aufilian, Cliicafro. 



The membership committee for th<' 

 comiiifj year i.i made ii|i of the follow 

 inj^ members: Alex.mder Forbes, 

 ihairman; M. W. I'.'ilmer, St. l.ouis; 

 (M'ort^e S. (ireeii, Chie.if^d; L. H. .\1 c 

 • 'ausl.ind, Wichita, Kan., .ind W . 1'. 

 Stuld)s, Louis\ ille, Ky. 



Convention of Workers. 



Ill ojH'ninji the Wednesday mornintc 

 session of tlie convention J'resideiit 

 Hastinjijs said, ' ' (ientlemen, some of us 

 are <;uilty of disobeying the law ii}:fainst 

 we.iriny' coats.*' So all the coats caiiu' 

 off. That, in n way, ttdls the spirit 

 lit tile convention. The members of the 

 association h;id their co.ats ofi' to do 

 soiiK' real constrncti\e work. 



Wednesday afternoon was t;iven over 

 to an executive session. Curtis N've 

 Sniitli. counsel, met with the voting; 

 members and in.ide the rejiort of the 

 yiar"s lefrislative activities. In his 

 summary he stated tliat the various 

 !ej;islatures with which he ha(i come 

 in i-ontact have usually taken stands 

 detrimental to all business in the effort 

 to correct thi^ evils existent with the 

 present dejiressod economic conditions, 

 it is his belief, and this was uplield by 

 members, that regulation of prices and 

 the .'irViitrary fixing of profits should 



not be undertaken. The natural law of 

 sup]ily and demand should always be 

 allowed to assert itself. So the session 

 passed .'I resolution on that subject to 

 be sent to Washington. 



The two amendments to the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were discussed at this 

 meeting. The first one dealt with 

 chiinging the members of the arbitr.a- 

 1 ion committee from three to seven and 

 milking it a standing committee in place 

 of one which the jjresidcnt ajipointed 

 when conditions arose necessitating this 

 coniniittee. There was a great differ- 

 ence of opinion and mu(di discussion on 

 this subject, and when the finaf vote 

 was taken the amendment was- not 

 jijissed. The second jiroposed amend- 

 ment w.is simply changing the wording 

 of Article 1, section 5 of tlie bylaws, 

 whiidi deals with the resignation anil 

 expulsion of members. This was jiassed 

 and now the me;ining of that rule is 

 much clearer than it was before. 



The inembersliip committee made a 

 pridiminary report, naming a few of the 

 pro])osed members, but nothing was 

 done with it at this session. 



Interesting Talks. 



'I'he jirogram for Tlnirsd.ay morning 

 comiirised sever.al interesting jiapers 



and talks on subjects of moment to the 

 seedsmen. First, Kirbv li. White, of 

 1). M. Kerry & Co., 'Detroit, Mich., 

 gave an interesting extenijioraneous tiilk 

 on ''Promoting l^arger and More Cien- 

 erous Plantings of S'egetable and Oar- 

 den Seeds.'' Ilis talk contained sev- 

 eral constructive suggestions. He said 

 that the use of .seeds was bound to in- 

 crease from natural causes. The growth 

 of ])oi)ulatioii, the increase of short 

 railroad liauls, the decrease of long 

 h.'iuls, the transportation difficulties — 

 Jill these would naturally tend to pro- 

 duce more intensive farming, the cen- 

 tralizing of the industry, and, therefore, 

 to increase the use of seeds in all terri- 

 tories. While these and other naturally 

 inevitable facts would all tend to build 

 up the seed industry, the seedsmen 

 tlieinstdves must do something to fur- 

 ther the use of seeds. As individuals 

 not much could be done. The amount 

 of money spent on individual advertis- 

 ing in the seed trade during one year 

 was so stupendous that he would not 

 believe the figures when he heard what 

 they were. He said that the best ])lan 

 was to use a coiijierative plan to sell the 

 ide;i of g.irdeiiing. Then, .also, when the 

 individual did do ;idvertising he should 

 do his best to make his advertising sidl 



L. L. Olds. 



iNew PrLSiitcril of lln' .Vnurican S. ih1 Triide .Xs.sociution.) 



