FKBUUABV 2, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



Window Display Staged by Seattle Firm Combining Spring Flowers and St. Valentine's Day Features. 



will be held at Farf>;o, N. D., on a ilatc 

 to be announced later. 



WINDOW GLASS PRICE DROPS. 



Foreign Competition Caused Decline. 



Leaders in the j^las.s iiidustvy in this 

 country have taken the initiative in tiie 

 fight against the foreign competition 

 by making a voluntary reduction in the 

 price of glass of aijproximattdy twenty 

 two i)er cent. Foreign glass has been 

 coming into this country for almost 

 three years, or since the war closeij, but 

 hrcause of the limited caiiacity of the 

 European glass manufacturers and the 

 demand in this country for a high grade 

 of glass, the comjietition has not been 

 keenly felt by American producers. The 

 large volume of small house construction 

 carried on in this country within the 

 last year, however, has made it neces- 

 sary for the better g>ade of homes to 

 seek the foreign product and the reac- 

 tion has come to be so great on the 

 American ])roilucers that they have de- 

 cided to lower the price and at the same 

 time give the consumer the grade of 

 glass he souglit. 



(Jeneral price cuts were announced 

 (iTiring the week closing January 21 by 

 the American Window Glass ("o., manu- 

 facturing probably one-third of the 

 country's output of window glass. Tlu' 

 reduction aggregated twenty-two ]>er 

 cent and doubtless will remain operative 

 until a ]>rotective tariff schedule can be 

 worked out to give adequate protection 

 to American glass industries. 



The price reduction on very small 

 sizes of single-strength window glass, 

 averaging twenty-five united inches, 



ujjon which competition was keenest, 

 was a]ij)roximately thirty-one ])er cent. 

 On sizes a little larger, on which compe- 

 tition was not quite so keen, the reduc- 

 tion worked out to about 2\\Y, jier cent, 

 an<l on tlie larger sizes, where comi)eti- 

 tion up to the j)resent time has not i)een 

 so great a factor, the cut was made at 

 twenty j)er cent. The average reduc 

 tion was about twenty-two ])er cent. 



These price red'ictions resulted in an 

 immediate change in discounts on .job- 

 bers' lists here wlien the new discounts 

 on single strength A quality wimlow 

 glass became eighty-four per cent to 

 eighty-seven jter cent, depending ujiou 

 sizes, and on single strength B quality 

 eighty-five per cent to eighty-eight ]ier 

 cent. The new discount oft' jobbers' 

 lists on double strength A (piality win- 

 dow glass is eighty-live per cent, and on 

 li quality eighty-seven per cent. Tlie 

 reduction does not affect jilate glass. 



Manufacturers ha\ing tak<'n this steji 

 are not thought likely to return to the 

 former price level, so that consumers of 

 window glass may consider the cut per- 

 manent, at least as far as the first Imlf 

 (if the current year is concerned. 



.A cfdiection of gilded wooden Dutch 

 shoes emphasized the Holland bulbs' 

 contribution to the display, while red 

 hearts, ribbons and cuj)ids denoted the 

 approach of February 14. The other 

 details of this interesting and effective 

 window disjilay may be seen on this 

 page, in the reproduction of the excel- 

 lent photograph supplied bv Kosaia 

 Bros. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS. 



DOUBLY APPROPRIATE. 



The approach of St. Valentine's day 

 and the entry into the market of the 

 early flowers from Holland bulbs conu> 

 jiretty close together. 8o last year, 

 l^obert Simmons combined the two in a 

 window decoration at the store of Ko- 

 saia Bros., at Seattle, Wash. At the 

 back was placed a small Dutch wind- 

 mill, and in the foreground tulips and 

 hyacinths were so arranged as to produce 

 a path leading to the door of the mill. 



Proposed Amendments. 



Otlicial notice to the members of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association as 

 to jiroposed changes in the constitution 

 is given as follows: 



It is j)ro]iosed to amend Section 4 by 

 striking out the word "one" and in- 

 serting the word "three,'' and striking 

 out the word "ten" and inserting the 

 word "twenty-five." The section will 

 then read: "The membership shall con- 

 sist of annual members paying an annual 

 fee of three dollars; life members p:iying 

 at one time a fee of twenty-five dollars 

 and honorary members without fees. 

 The fiscal year shall begin .lanuary 1 and 

 end December 31." 



It is further ])ro]iosed to amend Sec- 

 tion 8 by striking out the word "third" 

 and inserting thy word "second," and 

 striking out tlie word "February" and 

 inserting the word "March" and add- 

 ing the words "in ITrbana, " and strik- 

 ing out the words "at which time the 

 {ilace of next meeting shall be decided 

 by a majority vote of the members pres- 

 ent." This will make the section read: 

 "The association shall hold its annual 

 meeting and exhibition on the second 

 Tuesdav in March in T'rbana. Ten mem- 



