

TEXANS TELL 



^ TRADE TRUTHS 



Si c<))id innnidl coiivi iil i())i of th( T( .nisi Slut/ Florists' Assncnil laii im^ 

 idhlc for ]i( (irl-fo-lieiirl hilks. Sp(((!<(rs dinf/iiosi I nidi ills mid priscnln 

 rcnudiis. liilhr husiiKss )u(i)iag< mftd ihr priiici/xd llniin. Fori Worlh 

 practkidlji SKspi iids lis ordiiiarij dailij roiiliiir, to (/in lli< risiliiii/ /luris's a 

 wilcomc (liid (I di nioiisl rutiott of tJic ijiudltij of its hospilalilji. 



IK'IIAl'S it was Ix'cause so 



P]ir()(lii;i()us an aiuouiit ol' 

 work was done at the W'a- 

 (•() coMviMition ill .Ma,\' a 

 year ayo. ami in tlic I'our^ 

 tccM iiioiitlis that siiir(! 

 Iiav(> t'lajiscil, tliat the Tex- 

 as State Florists' Associa 

 tioii, at Fort Worth, .Inly 

 <> and 7, foiiiid itself in 



liosition to talvc a lioliilay — the li\isiness 



ot the nieetin;^' amoiinte<l to little more 



than the adoption of the necessary n^so- 



lutions to keep goinfj alon<i^ the lines 



laid do-wn at last year's meetin/r. 



But because no radical chanj^es were 



made it must not be considered that the 



convention was lackinj^ in interest — far 



from it. The fact is that so much hard 



work had to be done 



last year, in the way 



of starting the ball 



rolling, that there 



was little time for 



anything else. This 



year, with the ma- 



• hincry working 



smoothly, there was 



ojiportunity for talk, 



for the discussion of 



the special problems 



t ii a t confront the 



trade in the south- 

 west — and there was 



time to get acquaint- 

 ed, for the Lone Star 



state is so l)ig the 



tlorists in the I'an- 



li a n d 1 e heretofore 



lia\ e been almost 



stiangtMS to those 



along the Kio Grande. 



Large Attendance. 



Fort Worth proved 

 a splendid meeting 

 place. The llorists 

 t li e r e are m(m of 

 standing in \\\o com- 

 inimity and w h e n 

 tli»>y announced that 

 were to enter- 

 th(^ members of 

 trade from all 

 the state, the 

 largely laid 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



President 

 Robert C. Kerr, - Houston 



Vice-president 

 Harry Grevc, - - Dallas 



Secretary-Treasurer 

 L. J, Tackett, - Fort Worth 



Press Representative 

 Louis Oesch, - - Dallas 



Educational Director 

 Fritz Hensel, - College Station 



1916 Meeting Place 

 Dallas 



they 

 tain 

 the 

 iF\ er 

 I'titdi 



aside its d.'iily duties 

 to assist in extending 

 ■I welcome. Prob- 

 aidy no other gath- 

 ering lit' llorists in 

 tins countiy e\er has 

 I'een so li()s|iitably 



Sii \\idid\" had the 



Robert C. Kerr, of Houston, President Texas State Florists* Association. 



meetin;^- lieeu lieraldcil lliat tlie at1en<i- 

 ance proved to |p(> ciin-^ii|eral>ly jailer 

 tliau last year, altlioiiyh tlie S. A. F. 

 ofliccrs who liad been invited I'nillid 

 it impossil)le to attend. Tlie liead(|iiar- 

 ters were the Westbronlv liotel, Imt tlie 

 meetings were held at the ('iianduM' ol' 

 Commerce. The conxciitinn was opened 

 l)y Vice-firesident W. .1. Haker and 

 r^Iavor Tvra, L. J. TackidT speaking 

 for' the 'Fort Worth Florists' Club. 

 II. !■?. Heck, of Austin, responded ami 

 then I'resideiit Kerr took tlie chair. 

 Keports showed the associatii>ii to be 

 doing extremely well for a yearling and 

 it was unanimously voteil to Ivceji right 

 on along the same lin(>s. 



The tirst two sessions were ijevoted 

 principally to the reading of essays, 

 which are printe<i in 

 this issue. ]Most of 

 them dealt in straight- 

 from - the - shoulder 

 fashion with the uses 

 and abuses of trade 

 customs in T(>xas and 

 the free airing of 

 views was of specdal 

 iiiter(>st because of its 

 n()\"elty. 



Want the S. A. F. 



There was spirited 

 discussion over Presi- 

 dent Kerr's reconi- 

 niendat ion rc^a rding 

 alliliatioii with the S. 

 A. I", and the hope 

 e\|iressed by iiiaii\' 

 that T e \ a > iiia\- 

 shortly entertain the 

 II a t i o n a I tii^ani- 

 /atioii. No action 

 was taken lieyoiid <j.n- 

 iiiLT on record mi ta 

 \ oi- ot' e\ ery llorist 

 in Texas joi n Iiil; bot h 

 th(' >tate and nation 

 al bodies. 



Tlie morning session 

 of .1 ul\ 7 marked t hi' 



clo>iii'j <it' the con- 



\ention with the con 



< llisioli ot' r out i II c 

 b n s i II e s ■^ and t lie 

 election of ollicei^. 

 1 )alla-- was chosen I'm 

 the I'.Mt) com eiit ion. 

 It was the unaninioiis 

 o]iinion that i'resi- 

 lent Kerr w;|s desel\ - 

 in^ of a second term. 



Other ollic(M> e|e,-tcd 

 were: 



X'ici' ]iresi,i,'iit 



