Jlxe 0, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



89 



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FUEL DIRECTORY ! 



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QUALITY 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



PREPARATION 



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C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL 



The unqualified favorite of leading florists for twenty years. 



MAJESTIC 



A blocky splint Qoal. Intense, uniform and lasting heat. Minimum impurities, 

 a lower freight mrte than Pocahontas. A trial car brings a permanent customer. 



Carries 



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c CASTNEK CURRAN & BULLITT, Inc., ^^B^fit^^N^ CHICAGO, ILL. 



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SMITH, LINEAWEAVER& CO. 



COAL 



Anthracite, BitnmlnonH, Coke and Gai Coal 



i^A'LV^U. Philadelphia 



or the source of suppl}^ but in other in- 

 stances one or more of a variety of 

 things would happen. Sometimes the 

 market would fall and for a long time 

 the contract price would be above the 

 spot price, in which case some far- 

 sighted coal men would voluntarily 

 credit the florist with a rebate, but not 

 all coal dealers are far-sighted. On the 

 other hand, the market might rise; then 

 if deliveries came along all right, the 

 florist at least was happy, but if they 

 didn't come there was a strong reason 

 for not making a contract next season, 

 or at least making it with another 

 source of supply. Anyway, the average 

 florist has come to look upon the usual 

 form of coal contract as something for 

 the coal man to hold the florist on and 

 as affording absolutely no j^rotection in 

 the event of labor or railroad troubles 

 or an advancing market. On the other 

 hand, the average coal man has come to 

 look upon a contract with a florist as 

 merely an agreement on the part of 

 the greenhouse man to use a certain 

 <!oal for the season at the market price 

 ^P to a certain linlit, that limit being 

 the price named in the contract. Of 

 course there are exceptions, some con- 

 tracts being fulfilled to the letter just 

 as though they were backed by bonds, 

 hut the circumstances show why neither 

 the florist nor the fuel man looks on the 

 present form of contract with high 

 favor and why both parties are coming 

 to prefer to deal on the basis of market 

 prices, trusting to square dealing to 

 get square treatment. 



There is also the further fact that 

 after a contract has been made the coal 

 man sometimes finds himself unable to 

 <ieliver at all times the quality con- 

 tracted for. If he delivers a better 

 Quality he can't charge for it, and if 

 oe delivers a lower quality the chances 

 ^'e the market at the time is in such 

 ^ondition that it costs him the full con- 

 tact price. That such things can occur 

 ^here integrity is beyond question 



I^jakes it no more than natural that 

 ^n'l-umstances arise that, when discov- 



Save Labor and Expense 



'■By the use of: 



BERWIND SMOKELESS COAL 



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Pocahontas and New River 



Mines of ■*' 



BERWIND-WHITE COAL MINING CO. 



Office: 1805 Peoples Qas Building. CHICAGO 



Tttephone Randolph 3901 



Ueutiuo XDe K^iew wn«n you wnte 



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FLORISTS' POCAHONTAS COAL 



Shipped anywhere from coast to crast. Let us quote prices NOW^.for 

 present or future delivery. Write for quotations on the following gradea^ 



WEST VA. SPLINT YOUGHIOGHENY 



BRAZIL BLOCK EUREKA (inoiana 



POCAHONTAS PLYMOUTH f 



, Take advantage of the present low prices. ''^ 



Northern States Coal & Mining Co. 



406 Fisher Bidg. Phone Harrison 6753 CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



STANDARD 



STEAM TRAPS !! 



The amplest, most durable and up-to- 

 date steam trap on the market. Ask tiie 

 man who owns one. 



Oatalooa* ••nt on r«au««t 



E. Hippard Co. 



TOUNG8TOWH, OHIO 



Pipe Fittings -- Imico Boilers 



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-VOB COtXENHODSS WORK- 



ILLINOIS MALLEABLE IRON CO. 



It01-1M8 DIVBBaXT BODUEVABO CRXCAGO 



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