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The Horists* Review 



May 28, 1914. 



Tikfi Oaxiicpr'a RMpon&ibility. 



In holding' ei, railwiiy company legally 

 responsible for the value of a shipment 

 of holly where a Christmas market for 



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Correct in Every DeUU.* 



the same was lost through the com- 

 pany's delay in delivering the shipment, 

 the Arkansas Supreme Court recently 

 affirmed the following rules of law in 

 the case of Mabry vs. Kansas City 

 Southern Eailway Co., 165 Southwestern 

 Reporter 279: 



The fact that the company was not 

 bound to operate its freight trains on 

 Sunday did not excuse it from using 

 due diligence to forward the shipment 

 promptly if it did run its trains. 



More than two days consumed in car- 

 rying a carload shipment from a point 

 in southwestern Arkansas to Kansas 

 City on a through line of railroad con- 

 stituted an unreasonable delay. 



The shipper of the holly did not lose 

 the right to recover damages for the 

 delay because the shipment was con- 

 signed "shipper's order" for delivery 

 to a purchaser. 



Though ordinarily damages for delay 

 in delivering freight are measurable 

 by the value of the freight at the des- 

 tination, the bill of lading may validly 

 provide that the value shall be com- 

 puted with reference to the place of 

 shipment. 



From the facts in this case, it appears 

 that the holly was loaded December 12, 

 that it did not arrive in Kansas City 

 until December 17 and notice of its 

 arrival was not given until the next 

 morning, when there was no available 



market. The shipment, being refused 

 by the customer for whom it nad been 

 sent, was sold by the railro9,d company 

 for an amount which netted only $3.67 

 above freight charges. S. 



A MEMORIAL EMBLEM. 



A sprig of evergreen tied with a bow 

 of tricolored red, white and blue rib- 

 bon, is proposed by Representative 

 Griest, of Pennsylvania, in a bill intro- 

 duced in Congress, as a national emblem 

 for people of the United States to wear 

 on Memorial day. May 30, yearly. He 

 says the emblem has been widely 

 adopted, having been approved by the 

 Memorial Day Association of St. Paul, 



Shower Bouquet of Valley and Orchids. 



which includes G. A. R., Spanish War 

 Veterans, Sons of Veterans, German- 

 American Veterans' Association, and a 

 number of women's organizations. P. 



SALB8MAKSHIP. 



Several notes recently have appeared 

 in The Review regarding salesmanship. 

 Some think good salesmanship is one 

 thing, while some think it is another. 

 Last week a man was quoted as saying 

 that the highest form of salesmanship is 

 found in the ability to sell something of 

 only average quality in the face of keen 

 competition. Perhaps! But how about 

 the salesmanship that gives the cus- 

 tomer what he wants and at the same 

 time makes a profit for the house? There 

 are plenty of men who can sell, who can 

 please the trade, but who don't make 

 any money for the boss. The man who 

 wins is the man who can take orders 

 "regular" — no cut prices, no conces- 

 sions, nothing "special" about them — 

 orders that can just take the usual 

 course. 



THE MOLE CRIO^T IN FLORIDA. 



In this territory, southeastern Flori- 

 da, we are annoyed almost to despera- 

 tion by an insect pest, the mole cricket. 

 When full-grown, it is about an inch and 

 a half long and as large as one's little 

 finger. In appearance it resembles the 

 ordinary mole. It is exceedingly de- 

 structive to plant life, both by eating 

 the rootlets and by constantly burrow- 

 ing in the ground at night. I have tried 

 poisoni^ mixed in bran and also in cot- 

 ton-seed meal, with syrup, but the pests 

 will not eat these. I think that the 

 remedy, to be effective, must be in the 

 form of a volatile substance, which 

 would kill by penetrating the soit. Gaso- 

 line will do it, but of course it "lays 

 out" the plants at the same time. Can 

 you suggest any remedy that will really 

 accomplish its purpose! We are almost 

 at the point of desperation, and unless 

 we can get something to check and ex- 

 terminate the pest, it looks as if flower 



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