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The Florists^ Review 



Max 4, 1922 



Flowers received first prize; Whit- 

 ford 's, Florists, received the second 

 prize, while Wright's Flower Shop was 

 third. The table decorated by Siebrecht 

 had for its center orchids of purple and 

 deep lavender, with corsage bouquets 

 of orchids for feminine guests, with 

 gardeni;is for the men. 



Running this table a close second was 

 the one decorated by Whitford's, Flo- 

 rists. This was a French combination of 

 exquisite roses in pale yellow, with 

 Spanish iris and Adiantum Farleyense. 

 Corsage bpuquets of like loveliness 

 marked the covers for the feminine 

 guests at this table, with appropriate 

 boutonnieres for the men. 



The first prize bride's bouquet, fur- 

 nished by Siebrecht 's House of Flow- 

 ers, and the second prize bouquet, fur- 

 nished by Whitford's, Florists, were 

 carried by Mrs. Floyd Pond and might 



have served at the nuptials of Titania 

 herself. Mrs. Pond, in taking the 

 bride 's role, represented all the beauty 

 of the characterization. She was as- 

 sisted by Roy Walker, who is the finan- 

 cial secretary of the Pasadena Horti- 

 cultural Society. L. A. W, 



MAY REGULATE TRADE BODIES. 



Bills Before Congress. 



Trade organizations will be subject 

 to government regulation if the Edge 

 and McArthur bills, now before Con- 

 gress, are passed. Within the course 

 of the next week or ten days, a subcom- 

 mittee of the Senate judiciary commit- 

 tee will begin hearings in connection 

 with Senator Edge's bill, which pro- 

 vides for the regulation of trade asso- 

 ciations by the federal trade commis- 



Prize- Winning Bride's Bouquet of Whitford's, Florists, at Pasadena Show. 



sion. The Senate judiciary committee 

 recently reported a resolution authoriz- 

 ing the appointment of a committee to 

 investigate trade conditions with a 

 view, among other things, to establish- 

 ing the status of cooperative organiza- 

 tions as distinguished from illicit com- 

 binations in restraint of trade. 



The great educational, economic and 

 social value of trade association work 

 is at present somewhat underrated and 

 grave doubts have crept into the minds 

 of the public concerning the real pur- 

 poses of legitimate associations, because 

 of the activities of a certain group or 

 class of associations engaged in ques- 

 tionable practices. There is no doubt 

 that out of the Hardwood Lumber de- 

 cision, the Hoover-Daugherty corre- 

 spondence, Mr. Hoover's recent trade 

 association conference, and the Edge 

 bill, there will come some solution of 

 the question as to the real functions 

 and powers of trade organizations 

 which, Mr. Hoover says, "have been 

 well proven to be in public interest." 



Provisions of Bills, 



The Edge bill, Senate 3385, and its 

 conipanion by Mr. McArthur, H. H, 

 llLie, are lengthy measures. Provisions 

 of particular interest may be briefly de- 

 scribed as follows: 



Every trade association would be re- 

 quired to file with the commission: 



1. Statement of its general character 

 and activities; 



2. List of members, officers, direct- 

 ors, committees and managing agents; 



3. Copy of constitution and by-laws, 

 minutes of meetings, resolutions, agree- 

 ments and any modifications thereof. 



4. Statistics collected by, or for the 

 benefit of members, concerning produc- 

 tion, shipments, stocks on hand, con- 

 tracts, prices, credit information, or any 

 other statistics respecting the trade. 



T'nless prohibited by order of the fed- 

 oral trade commission, associations may 

 distribute any statistics so filed among 

 their members. 



The commission would be given au- 

 thority to prescribe the method of filing 

 such information, and failure to comply 

 with the order of the commission would 

 be made a misdemeanor punishable by 

 fine or by fine and imprisonment. 



Trade associations would be required 

 to give the commission notice of time 

 and place of every association meeting, 

 and the commission, if it saw fit, might 

 have a representative present at any 

 such meeting. 



Commission May Approve. 



On application of any trade associa- 

 tion the commission may pass on the 

 legality of the association's plans and 

 objects, and if such objects or purposes 

 are not violative of anti-trust statutes, 

 the commission may issue a certificatb 

 of its approval of such objects and pur- 

 poses. If the association's activities 

 seem to conflict with provisions of anti- 

 trust laws, the commission may suggest 

 alterations in such plans. 



Any association holding a certificate 

 issued by the commission inav request 

 it to rule with respect to proposed plans 

 of operation which the association 

 deems in the best interests of the indus- 

 try. The commission may, on its own 

 initiative, or on request of an associa- 

 tion, issue its ruling in relation to pro- 

 posed plans, or may call into confer- 

 ence members of the association and 

 others engaged in the same line of in- 

 dustry, for the purpose of agreeing upon 



