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The Florists^ Review 



Mauch 23. 1922 



forcoiiu'iit of tliese rules of law, but 

 tht>y are fouiicU'd on the ])rot(><-tioii of 

 ju-operty ri^fhts, husiness iiitt'tjrity, coii- 

 lidontial relations and the indui-t-nicnts 

 to unite individual capital in a joint 

 enterjirise, and should not be relaxed in 

 the ])resent ease." S. 



MEETING A LAST-MINUTE CALL. 



A method of meeting that last-minute 

 call for a funeral order is putting to- 

 gether a few flowers on a wheat sheaf. 

 This is not only comparatively inex- 

 pensive, but it also gives highly satis- 



factory results and is accomplished in a 

 few moments, should the need come sud- 

 denly. The illustration on the o|ij)osite 

 page shows how Otto Kastle, ()416 South 

 Halsted street, Chicago, i)ro(luce<l an ex- 

 ceedingly attractive floral piece with 

 litth^ effort and expense, either in time 

 or nuiterial. A few roses, carnations and 

 greens, artistically arranged, together 

 with the sheaf and an appropriately 

 colored ribbon, was all that was neces- 

 sary. The cost of such a ]iiece, though 

 never great, will vary, of course, with 

 the cost of the cut flowers and other 

 material put into it. 



ORDER STRIKE OF COAL MINERS. 



Put Blame on Operators. 



Susjiension of work by all union coal 

 miners at midnight, March 31, was or- 

 <lere(l this week by officers of the United 

 Mine Workers of America, the call be- 

 ing the fh»jjt ever issued for both bitu- 

 minous ancP.-inthracite work(>rs to walk 

 out simultaneously. 



Six hundred thousand men will be 

 directly affecle(l by the order, it was 

 estim.'ited officially. The suspension, 

 the order jirovided, will continue until 

 stopped by union officials. 



The oriler, which was sent to the .'{illOO 

 local unions, directed the miners to give 

 the ojx'rators their fullest cooperation 

 in the protection of mine ])roperty and 

 counseled .•tgiiinst violence and viola- 

 tions of the law. 



In addition to ."iffecting all union 

 miners in the T'nited States, the order 

 .■ilso directed a|iproximately (5,650 union 

 men in western (Canada to join in the 

 w.'ilkout, but did not a])])ly to 14,000 

 millers in Nova Scotin. 



The issujuice of the call came with 

 the recent strike vote of soft coal 

 miners not comjiletely tabulated, but 

 it was s;iid ollicially that the work of 

 the union's board of tellers had jivo 

 gressed to such a ])oint as to show every 

 field voting overwhelmingly in f.avor of 

 H suspension. Indications were that 

 rtine-tentlis ot' the miners favored the 

 walhdiit . 



The suspension order state<l that 

 bl;ime for thi' w.alkout in the soft coal 

 fields rested iijion the o])erators for re- 

 fusing to negotiate a new contract with 

 the union and ui)on the f;iilure to rea(di 

 a new agreement with the hard coal 

 ojierators. 



Attorney-General May Act. 



In iliscussing the attitude ')f the l)e 

 p.artment of Justice in the event of ;i 

 general strike of bituminous coal miners 

 April 1, Attorney-General Daugherty 

 did not announce any conteiiijilated plan 

 of procedure, but iiidicate<l that the 

 government had as much right to ."tct 

 in the ev(Mit of a coal strike as it did 

 at the time of the thr(\'itened railroad 

 strike, when injunction ])roceedings 

 were considered. 



If it is within the jirovince of the 

 government to insist upon the railroads 

 being operated and to prevcMit interfer- 

 ence with their operation, the attorney- 

 general said, he thought that fuel, be- 



ing indispensabh' to transportation, 

 would come within the same classifica- 

 tion. 



The existence of a great coal surplus 

 is regarded as an important factor in 

 the situation. Fedieral surveys indicate 

 that with output continuing in non- 

 union fields, the surplus will prevent any 

 shortages and i)revent inflation of coal 

 prices. 



"Just a Gesture." 



Announcement that the coal mine 

 strike orders had been issued was char- 

 acterized by Dr. F. C. Honnold, secre- 

 tary of the Illinois Coal Operators' As- 

 sociation, as "just a gesture intended to 

 bolster up the miners' spirits." 



"It means less than it sounds," said 

 Dr. Honnold. "The miners' leaders arc 

 just trying to improve the morale of 

 their men by telling them that they ac- 

 tually are going to exercise punitive 

 powers and go on strike if their wage 

 demands are not granted. 



"As a matter of fact, there could be 

 nothing but a cessation of work when 

 the present contracts exjiire. If the 

 wages were to be revised upward, then 

 the miners would agree to a middle- 

 ground wage jiending adjustment and 

 remain at work, lint when wages are 

 to lie revised downward, and they op- 

 pose a revision downw.'ird, natur.'illy 

 there can be no temporary middle 

 ground — so work must stop when the 

 contracts run out, unless new contracts 

 have been made. So, such ;in ordi'r is 

 just one more move which is not in any 

 way .a surjirise. ' ' 



The issuaiu-e of the order coincides 

 with the first meeting of the subcom- 

 mittee of anthracite miners and ojiera- 

 tors to draw u]i ;i new wage contract 

 for the one ex|iiring March '.)]. In their 

 dem.inds served on the o])erators about 

 ••I week ago, the miners, in addition to 

 deniiinding a twenty ]ier cent increase 

 in wages, d(>clared that a suspension of 

 woik would follow the fiiihire of the 

 subcommittee* to come to ;in agreement 

 before .\]iril 1. It is generally conceded 

 that no new agreement will be reachinl 

 liefore that d:ite. 



The ojierators in their reply to the 

 miners' dein.-mds declared that a reduc- 

 tion in wages w;is essential, but set no 

 definite figure. 



Wage Reduction in Indiana. 



The sc.'ile committee of the Indiana 

 Hituminons Coal Operators' Associa- 

 tion met at Terre Haute March 'Jl for 

 the i)ur]iose of formulating a new wag(> 



scale and working agreements to take 

 the place of the present contract, which 

 expires March 'M. It was understood 

 that a wage scale, comprising a reduc- 

 tion of from thirty to forty per cent, 

 will be made bv the operators. 



A clause new in mining contracts, 

 calling for a sliding wage scale, will be 

 inserted in the proposed contract, it was 

 said. The scale, it is believed, will pro- 

 vide that when the price of coal ad- 

 vances the miners will be paid more, 

 and that when the price falls wages 

 will be lower. 



Abolishment of the "check off" sys- 

 tem and retention of the present sched- 

 ule of hours also will be incorporated 

 in the contract, it was said. 



FIGHT PESTS IN NEW ORLEANS. 



Drastic Quarantine on Nurseries. 



In a 3-column news story which began, 

 "War on Louisiana's $90,000,000 plant 

 parasite scourge has begun in earnest," 

 the New Orleans Item stated last week 

 that five New Orleans nurseries are un- 

 der drastic quarantine, in an attempt to 

 save the threatened city and state nurs- 

 ery industry. 



' ' By order of the state entomological 

 officers," states the news])aper, "every 

 fiower shipped into or from New Orleans 

 must be inspected and fumigated. This 

 regulation will .soon be in state-wide 

 effect. 



"The state-wide plant parasite war 

 came to a head in New Orleans during 

 the last week with quarantine of five 

 city nurseries by R. T. Hobson, chief 

 entomologist inspector, and issuing of 

 drastic orders demanding inspection 

 and fumigation of every incoming and 

 outgoing shipment of flowers, shrubs or 

 plants. 



"No plants, with the exception of 

 jiot flowers, can be moved from the 

 (juarantined nurseries until they fully 

 cumply with the dean-uj) orders issued 

 by the entomological division several 

 weeks ago. Inspection of outgoing and 

 incoming shipments will be made b,y a 

 sjieci.-il detail of experts headed by Ed- 

 ward Foster. Most of the larger nurs- 

 eries will make their own fumigations, 

 but a big fumigation chamber h.as been 

 finished at entomological headf|uarters, 

 Magazine and • Eighth streets, and 

 smaller shijijiers are recpiiriHl to take 

 sliipmeiits there. 



Quarantine Is Threatened. 



' • I'umigation of incoming shipments 

 is demanded .at the out-of-state shij)- 

 jiing point. 



■'By these measures the entomolog- 

 ii'al division hojies to ward off a strang- 

 ling (|uaraiitine wlii(di threatens .against 

 Louisiana l),v surrounding st.ates. Three 

 st.ates, Mississijipi, California and Flor- 

 ida, have alreaily jiartially or coiii])lete- 

 \y shut their doors to J.iouisiaua jilant 

 shipments for fear of the widesjire.ad 

 infest.-itions. A general (|uarantine 

 against the state would sm.'ish what is 

 estimated as a $1 ,(i(l(»,()()(l New Orleans 

 imlusfry. There are ninety nurseries in 

 the city, or over li.alf of the number in 

 the entire st.ate. 



"My A])ril 1 the division hopes to 

 have the nursery regulations in state- 

 wide effect. Inspectors arc already 

 stopping for inspection carload shij)- 

 ments to other large state nurseries 

 whenever practical. 



"There .are ])robably more plant para- 

 sites in Louisiana than anv other state 



