JULX 6, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



27 



Lilies and Gladioli Formed the Chief Features of this Wedding Decoration in a Seattle Church. 



AuditinK — Jtiint'C N ('(pl<", oliaiimaii; II. J. 

 lUixen. W. J. Hcmbrpikor. 



Mcmhershi]) — I. V. ('olf. cluiiiinan: I'liil Daiit, 

 James N. Cole, L. Stapp, Illinois. W. A. Itiiwc. 

 • liairman: W. J. Pllclici, C. K. DeWcvir. J. J. 

 JSeneke, Missouri. 



JULY 17, 12:13 P. M. 



liuncheon. 



JULY 17, 2 P. M. 



Address of welcome, b.v Uarry M. Scluiver. 

 mayor of Rock Island, 111. 



Uesponsc, by President W. A. Amlins. 



Uoll call of officers and members of the excc\i- 

 live committee. 



Secretary's report, by J. J. Ueneke. 



Treasurer's reixjrt, by W. A. Kowc. 



"More about Fertilizers for Greenhouse Soils," 

 by P. A. I^henbauer, plant physiologist at the 

 I iiiversity of Illinois. 



Keport on executive committee work, by W. 

 A. Amling, chairman. 



Keport of auditing committee, by I. V. Cole. 



Report of entertainment committee, by Ludwig 

 Stapp, chairman. 



JULY 17, 8 P. M. 



"The Value of PuUint; ToKetlier," by Oliver 

 T. Davenport, Springfield, 111. 



Report of pot plant committee, by C. K. I)e- 

 AVcver, chairman. 



Report of the retail Rrowers' committee, by 

 F. Washburn, chairman. 



Report of the cut flower growers' committee, 

 by W. J. Pilcher. chairman. 



Report of the purchasing committee, by W. 

 A. Rowe, chairman. 



Talk and discussion for the general gooil of 

 the association, led by J. F. Ammann. 



At 8 a. m., July 18, a nicotiiij,' rmd 

 oonferoncc of the FloriHt.s' Telet;rai)h 

 Delivery Aasociation iiieiubcrs will lie 

 held under the direction of J. F. Am- 

 mann, field manager of the F. T. D. 

 Everyone is invited to this meeting, as 

 some interesting points will be brought 

 out. 



At the close of this meeting the mem- 

 bers will be in the hands of the Tri- 

 City Florists' Club and the entertain- 

 ment committee of the St. Louis district 

 of the National Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, which consists of Ludwig 

 Stapp, T. H. Tuckis, William Goos ;ind 

 Jlenry Gaethje. 



The ofticcrs of the association ;ire as 

 follows: President, Walter A. Ainling. 

 Fana, III.; vice-president, W. A. Pilcher, 

 Kirk wood. Mo.; secretary, J. J. Beneke, 

 f^t. Louis, Mo.; treasurer, W. A. Rowe, 

 Kirkwood, Mo. The members of the 

 executive committee .'nc as follows: 

 "NV. ,\. Ainling. cli;iirni.iii ; J. K. Am- 



mann, Edwardsville, Til.; W. J. Pilclier; 

 Frank Washburn, Bloomington, 111.; 

 Henry Rlixen, Edwardsville, 111.; W. A. 

 Kowe; Phil Daut, Decatur, 111.; Lud- 

 wig «tai)p, Rock Island, 111.; C. E. De- 

 Wever, Clavton, Mo.; I. V. Cole, Spring- 

 field, III.; James N. Cole, Peoria, III.; 

 W. J. Ifembreikcr, Springfield, 111.; J. J. 

 lieneke. 



THE COAL MARKET. 



The inability of the government oflfi- 

 cials at Washington to bring together 

 on a ])racticahle compromise basis the 

 oflicers of the miners' unions and the 

 mine operators, the threatened railroad 

 tie-up and the acknowledged low sup])ly 

 of coal have provided the elements of a 

 ]ianicky fuel market. Operating against 

 such elements, however, are the deter- 

 mination of the federal administration 

 to end the strike, the belief that the 

 railroad strike will not attain dangerous 

 jirojiortions and the assurance that the 

 non-union mines can produce still great - 

 t>r su])j)lics of coal if cars and labor are 

 available. In other words, it is too 

 early to predict which way the cat will 

 jump and greenhouse owners are still 

 w.'iiting for a more opportune moment 

 th;m the present to fill the empty spaces 

 in their bins. 



July 1 brought a .sudden demand on 

 the coal market in the form of those 

 who had waited until that date in order 

 to take advantage of the reduction in 

 freight rates. As a leading coal trade 

 p;iper said in its review of the Chicago 

 market, "it was not long before the 

 jirospective buyers began to discover 

 that but little coal is being offered, the 

 rc.-ison being that practically .all of the 

 comiianies doing business here are sold 

 lip for weeks to come. Such few cars 

 of spot coal as could be obtained went 

 at prices above those of the day before, 

 the rush to protect themselves naturally 

 making the market much stronger. 



"Practically every coal us(>r in this 

 territorv is in the market for fuel,'' 



continues the report. ' ' This is espe- 

 cially true as regards the railroads, pub- 

 lic utilities and the bigger industrial 

 lilants. Then, too, retail dealers are 

 coming into the market more and more 

 each day. 



"Conditions in western Kentucky, 

 which is Chicago's chief source of sup- 

 ])ly at this time, are pretty bad. Not 

 only is there a car shortage, but there 

 is considcrat)le congestion, the railroads 

 seeming to have great difficulty in mov- 

 ing cars after tliey are loaded at the 

 mines. 



"As was to be expected, prices on 

 western Kentucky coal have become 

 stronger by reason of the increased de- 

 mand. Screenings are now uj) to $4.40 

 a ton and are not by any means plenti- 

 ful. Other sizes of the western Ken- 

 tucky jiroduct are not bringing as much 

 .•IS screenings, the producers quoting 

 .'}!4.25 for )nine-run and in some cases 

 as high as .$4.;{0 for prepared sizes. 



" Co;il from eastern Kentucky contin- 

 ues to find its way to the Chicago mar- 

 ket, although conditions in that terri- 

 tory are just about as bad as they are 

 ill the western part of that state. 



"The movement of the West Virginia 

 coal to tills market has been rjuite heavy 

 during the last week and now there 

 is a quite large tonn:ige on hand in the 

 railroad yards. This is practically dis- 

 tress coal, but no great effort is being 

 made to dispose of it, because it is be- 

 lieved that by holding it much better 

 ]iri<'es can be obtained." 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Arlington, Mass. — The firm of J;ini- 

 ten & Kunun, which has specialized in 

 Dutch bulbous stock under glass and a 

 general line of florists' ])lants. such as 

 ciiiernrias, begonias, cyclamens, etc., is 

 in thi^ hands of receivers. Arnold 

 .i.'iiiiteii w.'is formeily head of the firm, 

 .l;iiiiti'ii & Wollr.'ith. now Wollrath & 

 Sons, of Waltham, "Mass. 



