Alglsx is, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



43 



William T. Fonda. 

 UUiairniHn Finance Coniiiiiltcc. > 



I do not see why our interests are not 

 ■ t pnongh importance to justify these 

 -i-miannual gatlierings. It certainly 

 vvuuld require less of an outlay of both 

 Miiu! and money to attend the consoli- 

 hited semiannual meeting than to at- 



'iid all the various smaller meetings. 



All exhibition in midwinter wouM 

 ilsd interest the retail section, as it 

 »v (uild afford a splendid opportunity for 

 I lie retail florist to show what can be 

 Iniic in artistic arrangements, and 

 ui.iild give him an excellent opportunity 

 ••1 reaching the ])ublic in the most ef- 

 !■ itive wa\'. 1 was particularly pleased 

 '" have President Valentine organize a 

 "tail section last year. I believe it 

 will conserve the interests of the large 

 'iiiiiilier of men who buy and dispose of 

 'lie jiroducts of the growers, and will 

 '"■ iiroductive of great good to the re- 



lih'r and grower. 



Suggestions About the Secretary. 



If an afliliation can be accomplished. 

 ! would suggest the desirability of 



lia\iiig the secretary of llic national 

 sdcii'ty also act as the secretary uf all 

 the afiiliated societies. I think this 

 would tend to greater eliiciency and 

 ecunomy. 1 would also suggest tiiat the 

 presidents of all the affiliated societit's 

 1)0 made members of th(> lioard (if di 

 rectors of the S. A. F., thus giving eatdi 

 society a Aoice in the inaiiagenient of 

 the affairs of the national orgaiii/atioii. 

 Along these lines, it might he apro- 

 pos for me to mention what I have had 

 in mind for a long time, and that is 

 that our interests are large enough and 

 imi)ortant enough to justify the em- 

 ployment of a secretary who shall <le- 

 \-ot(> his entire time to the advaiiceiiieiit, 

 of the interests of our society. Uur 

 jiresidents are a|(|Kiintetl tOr only one 

 year, so that it would lie desiialile to 

 have one executive officer whose term 

 of (itlice should be more or less contin- 

 uous. We art! to lia\'e siilmiitted to us 



Nathan R. Graves. 



tSoiivpnii' .\lli\nii ('oimiilttee. 



Will H. Dildine. 



H'lijiiriiiiin Hadire Coniinittce. 



;it this time an aineiidinent to th<' ciui- 

 stitution relative to the (dectiou of a 

 board of directors. 1 am lirmly of the 

 opinion that we would more nearly fol; 

 low out our ideas of a democratic form 

 of government by the elei'tion, rather 

 than 1)y the a]ipointnient of dire<-tors; 

 in fact". T ludieve that the offices of the 

 ]>resident, vice-president and dirf^ctors 

 should all be elective, and that the of- 

 iice of the secretary, and ])ossibly of 

 the treasurer, should be .apfiointive. So 

 far as the treasurer is concerned, I am 

 not so insistent that his slunild be an 

 appointive ottice; hut 1 believe that the 

 secretary should be ap]n)iuted by the 

 board of directors, and that his tenure 

 of office should not be subject to any 

 uncertainty as long as he does his work 

 well, and satisfactorily to tlu> board of 

 directors, ronstituted as we are as a 

 society, it is d(>sirable that some one 

 should occujiy this office who is fa- 

 miliar with the situation and who can 

 jiive it his entire time and attention. 

 I believe that the extra expense iu- 

 voht'd wmilil be iiionev widl invested. 



J. M. Keller. 



M 'iMir'uiiiii Dm II Ci ill lie ( 'miiiiiiliet-'. ' 



New Work For the Secretary. 



^'ou may ask what there i< u< do tli;it 

 ii ipiires a man's entire time, (iiir com 

 iiiitte(>s, as now const it iited, with one 

 man in one city and another in anotlier 

 city, are iinwicddy and unworkable, and 

 are too f;ir ;i]);irt to do <dl'ei-ti\e work. 

 Those who have serxcd on the-e ctuii 

 iiiittees will bear me out in this <tate 

 iiKMif. Take, t'or instance, the i|iiestion 

 et' legislation alone. It is iiecduiing 

 iiecessai'y tli.'it there shoulil i:e some 

 check upon the A-arioiis bills that are 

 introduced, both in Congress and in the 

 Stat<' Legislatures, many ot' wiiich in 

 ;lie t'oriii in \\ hi(di th(\v are introduced 

 :ire i'limica! to our interest--. Tlii'ie i^ 

 aKo the (juestion of the n';;ul;i1ion ot' 

 express rates, tariff, and other matters 

 ie(|uiring constant attention and super 

 \ isiou. 



.Another m.atter to which more at ten 

 lion sIkmiM be given is ;iii increase in 

 the membership of our socii^ty. This 

 has been talked of often before, bv 



Colin B. Ogsten. 



Clialrniii ii Ladies' i:nt< rlalniiu'iit ('iimiiiittce. 



