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The Florists' Review 



APBIL 22. 1915. 



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THE COAL MABKET. 



The coal market is dull and any de- 

 scription of it is in danger, therefore, 

 of being dull reading. About the best 

 that can be said about the situation 

 is that there has been no cutting of 

 prices, but that is never expected in 

 April, when prices of coal are regu- 

 larly at their lowest level. 



Still, the reporters state optimistic- 

 ally that the tone of the market is 

 better than it has been and that ' ' the 

 sentiment in bituminous trade is de- 

 cidedly improved." "There is an in- 

 definable something in the tone of 

 every market report," they say, 

 "which leads definitely to the sugges- 

 tion that business is improving and 

 that it will require but little to trans- 

 form a normally dull market into an 

 extraordinarily good one." That may 

 all be true; it would be difficult either 

 to prove or disprove any statement 

 about anything so vague and illusory 

 as the tone of the market when there 

 are no more decided symptoms than 

 in this case. 



The truth seems to be, however, that 

 any existing healthfulness of tone is 

 due to the extremely precautionary, 

 conservative management of affairs by 

 the mine owners and dealers, in cur- 

 tailing the output of the mines and 

 otherwise controlling the trade. For 

 instance, the Black Diamond states, 

 with reference to conditions in St. 

 Louis, that "while there is no improve- 

 ment in business in that district, the 

 tone of the market is much better, be- 

 cause the operators are refusing to 

 sell their product for less than cost. 

 They are closing down the mines when 

 prices are not satisfactory." 



' ' In smokeless coal at Chicago, ' ' says 

 the journal just quoted, "the market 

 has been cleaned up of any free coal, 

 because even the auctioneers have 

 abandoned the practice of shipping any 

 coal on speculation. This leaves only 

 small current shipments to take care of 

 a rather consistent but small demand 

 for spot coal from retailers who have 

 to take care of current orders. The 

 spot market is just about firm on the 

 basis of circular price of $1.25 for 



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wholesale and commission houses to 

 handle them. The sale on all varieties 

 was limited and only orchids and lily 

 of the valley held a price. So gr«at 

 was the glut of carnations that it was 

 hard to find buyers at any price for 

 the ordinary run of the stock and no 

 oflfer was refused. Eoses have also 

 been overplentiful; the local crop was 

 large and added to this were the enor- 

 mous shipments from nearby points. 

 Local roses are not quite so good as 

 those from the north, because the 

 warmer weather here has affected the 

 plants. The market was swamped with 

 southern daffodils, and to a large ex- 

 tent these were turned over to the 

 street men at from 1 cent to 5 cents 

 per bunch of twenty-five. The store 

 men^ refused to handle them. The 



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dealers are glad to note that tulips are 

 practically off the market, as this will 

 tend to relieve the situation somewhat. 

 Snapdragons are without value. There 

 ia a slight call for pansies and these 

 clean up when offered in small quanti- 

 ties. There is no demand for lilies, 

 although there is more than the usual 

 amount of funeral work. This condi- 

 tion exists because the retailers are 

 well supplied with potted Easter lilies 

 left over from the Easter business. 

 Beauty roses went as low as $6 per 

 hundred in quantities, but this price 

 has advanced considerably with a fall- 

 ing off in the supply. Orchids, though 



