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The Florists^ Review 



April 20. 1922 



been infested by the corn borer are Mas- 

 sachusetts, New Hampshire, New York 

 and Pennsylvania. 



In announcing the amendment of its 

 regulations, the Federal Horticiiltural 

 Board points out that the necessity for 

 state cooperation arises from the fact 

 that the federal quarantine controls 

 only interstate movement and that ship- 

 ments within any state of material orig- 

 inating in an infested area may be con- 

 trolled only by tlie state authorities. 



T. N. S. 



FLORAL ARTS CLUB MEETS. 



A regular meeting of the Floral Arts 

 Club, of Des Moines, la., was held 

 Tuesday evening, April 11, at Harris- 

 Emery's. The speaker of the evening, 

 L. S. Goode, from Successful Farm- 

 ing, used as his topic, "How to Make 

 the Most of Planting on a Small 

 Scale." He brought out the thought 

 that, after all, the man who plans and 

 carries out his plans makes the most of 

 his property. Even porch boxes or win- 

 dow boxes will add to the beauty of a. 

 home, if nothing else is available, and 

 then we found, as Mr. Goode went on, 

 that his real thought was "The Apart- 

 ment House Dweller's Lament." 



However, as it was nurserymen's 

 night, the discussion centered about 

 the effort to get every property owner 

 interested in planting slirubbery — not a 

 few scattered shrubs, but a few well 



chosen groups of shrubbery about his 

 home. Not only does it add to the own- 

 er's pleasure, but in event of wishing 

 to sell his property, it adds greatly to 

 its attractiveness and value. 



Those of the club who attended the 

 national flower show, at Indianapolis, 

 gave short accounts of ijt, but words 

 fail in trying to tell of all its beauties. 



It being "Better Homes" week, in 

 Des Moines, at 8:30 p. m. the club ad- 

 journed to attend the lecture at the 

 auditorium on "Planning and Laying 

 Out the 50-foot Lot," by F. A. Gush- 

 ing Smith, of Chicago. Mr. Smith first 

 showed slides of many and varied kinds 

 of gardens, always with the end in view 

 that the garden, whether of flowers or 

 vegetables, was a part of a picture. 

 Later, with a model, he developed a 50- 

 foot lot, showing the best arrangement 

 for house, gardens and lawn space; 

 truly he made each unit a part of the 

 picture. P. B. F. 



CUBING POISONED HANDS. 



I can sympathize with anyone who 

 has been so unfortunate as to contract 

 greenhouse poisoning, but I believe 

 that I have found a remedy for it. 

 Wash the hands three times, or more if 

 necessary, with Packer's tar soap. Dry 

 the hands well and then wash them 

 with a first-class peroxide of hydrogen 

 and rub in well. Use the peroxide as 

 often as the soap and use both of these 

 before retiring at night. G. W. C. 



HOW STRIKE STANDS 





THE COAL SITUATION. 



Strike Issues. 



There is a decided difference in the 

 situation as regards the anthracite and 

 bituminous branches of the coal indus- 

 try in the present strike. 



The anthracite miners have de- 

 manded substantial increases in wages 

 and have asked changes in working con- 

 ditions which would add still further 

 to the cost of coal. The anthracite fields 

 are not widespread and are thoroughly 

 unionized; the operators are at present 

 holding a conference with the miners 

 to negotiate an agreement. 



The union bituminous coal miners 

 wish to retain the peak wage scale 

 agreed upon in 1920 and desire a na- 

 tional agreement, to neither of which 

 the operators agree. The latter hold 

 that conditions do not warrant a con- 

 tinuation of high wages; only by the 

 reduction of labor cost can fuel prices 

 be brought down. The operators wish 

 to effect separate agreements in each 

 coal field, partly because competitive 

 conditions make it desirable and partly 

 because of legal reasons. Indictments, 

 found in 1920, still lie against 226 opera- 

 tors and union ofiicials on the grounds 

 that the 4-state agreement made in 

 that year constitutes a conspiracy un- 

 der the Sherman law. The operators 

 do not wish to be liable to further 

 indictments. Their apprehension is 

 given greater basis because of Attor- 

 ney-General Daugherty's statement re- 

 cently that the government would not 

 permit coal operators and miners at any 



reason for the restricted production is 

 to be found in the inability of the oper- 

 ators to find a market for their coal." 



For this reason the administration at 

 Washington is not taking any part, as 

 yet, in the coal controversy. Reports 

 in the hands of administration leaders 

 concerning the progress of the coal 

 strike are said to have convinced the 

 President that no serious results may 

 be expected at this juncture. 



No change in price conditions, either 

 in the bituminous or anthracite mar- 

 kets, has taken place, a fact that adds 

 credence to the report of large stocks 

 on hand. These will last forty days 

 after the beginning of the strike, it is 

 said. Production in non-union fields will 

 carry consumers farther, so no appre- 

 hension is felt concerning the supply 

 for another month. Ere it has elapsed, 

 perhap s _n egotiations leading to an 

 agreem?1l^ will have been begun. 



wage conference to repeat acts which, 

 he said, had brought on the federal in- 

 dictments charging conspiracy to mo- 

 nopolize the coal industry in violation 

 of the Sherman anti-trust law. 



Non-Union Fields' Production. 



To force the operators to make a 

 national agreement, the miners are seek- 

 ing to unionize all the coal fields, only • 

 two-thirds of which were under union 

 control at the outset of the strike. The 

 first week of the strike the non-union 

 fields produced 3,500,000 tons of coal, 

 about one-third the weekly production 

 the month before. It is said that the 

 figure might have been a third higher 

 had there been a strong demand. 



The geological survey estimated at 

 least 63,000,000 tons on hand April 1, 

 but as that figure did not include coal 

 in transit, on the Great Lakes docks 

 and in the cellars of private domestic 

 consumers, the impression is that there 

 is at least 100,000,000 tons of soft coal 

 above ground. Consequently, a slow 

 market is reported. 



Slack Demand. 



"The week's output falls short of 

 what the mines not affected by the 

 strike can produce if the demand is 

 active," said the National Coal Asso- 

 ciation. "From mines in many non- 

 union districts reports of 'dull market' 

 and 'no orders' have been received, 

 and there is a large number of loaded 

 cars unbilled on the sidings, some of 

 which are in fields closed by the strike. 

 While 4,000,000 tons is below the ca- 

 pacity of the non-union fields, the only 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Chicago, 111.— With $170,000 worth of 

 unfilled orders on its books, the John C. 

 Moninger Co. found itself in need of an 

 extension on its liabilities and new caji- 

 ital or credit to swing its business. A 

 meeting of creditors was held April 18, 

 at which it was shown that assets ap- 

 proximate $190,000, while liabilities out- 

 side of sums due the officers of the com- 

 pany for rent, salary and loans amount 

 to $93,000. It was decided to organize 

 a creditors ' committee, managed by 

 James C. Walsh, of Upham & Walsh, 

 lumber dealers; H. N. Booth, of the 

 U. S. Radiator Co., and W. A. Davis, of 

 the W. A. Davis Lumber Co., to arrange 

 for the necessary extension of time and 

 the continuation of the business. It 

 was shown that 117 creditors have 

 claims aggregating only $3,200 and it 

 was arranged that these are to be paid 

 in full at once. The other creditors, 

 numbering eighty-three, are to be asked 

 to extend time in order that the com- 

 pany may employ its assets in the de- 

 velopment of its reviving business. It 

 was stated by the committee which had 

 looked into the affair, that "while the 

 company has suffered, as have practical- 

 ly all other concerns, during the recent 

 depression, we believe the company to 

 be sound and that if its business were 

 eflSciently and economically managed it 

 could in a reasonable time pay every 

 dollar of its indebtedness." The busi- 

 ness is the oldest of its kind in the mid- 

 dle west, having been established by the 

 late John C. Moninger in 1868. The 

 present officers, E. F. Kurowaki, presi- 

 dent; R. E. Kurowski, vice-president, 

 and Walter Rupp, secretary and treas- 

 urer, have devoted their entire business 

 lives to the company, which has built 

 up an extremely valuable good will. 



New York, N. Y.— Sam Seligman, 

 lately engaged in the sale of florists' 

 novelties and supplies, at 116 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, filed schedules in 

 bankruptcy April 17, listing liabilities 

 of $25,083, and assets of $9,205, the main 

 items of which are accounts, $4,928, and 

 stock, $4,000. Principal creditors listed 

 are Jacob Braunstein, $1,000, secured; 

 Elizabeth Seligman, $3,500. 



New Orleans, La.— Notice has been 

 given creditors of the bankruptcy of 

 Sam Guerrara, who conducted a seed 

 store at 528 St. Phillips street. He sold 

 seeds principally to the local truck 

 farmers. 



