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THE SMALL NURSERY 



On June 1, 1922, H. R. 10159, "A Bill to further pro- 

 tect interstate and foreign commerce against bribery and 

 other corrupt trade practices," was passed unanimously 

 by the House of Representatives, but died in the Senate 

 for lack of time. The evidence submitted by the pro- 

 ponents of this bill is a terrible indictment of business 

 practices in America. It is to be reintroduced at the next 

 session of Congress. 



This Bill is being backed by the Unfair Competition 

 Bureau of the Paint and Varnish Industries and the Com- 

 mercial Standards Council with which the American Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen is cooperating, and its passage is 

 being urged by over two hundred leading national business 

 organizations, including advertising, paper and pulp, 

 ship, service, surgical, furniture, insecticide, leather belt- 

 ing, music, paint, roofing, hardwood lumber, wholesale 

 grocery, textile, machinery, and many other leading in- 

 dustries in America. 



By-Law Against Commercial Bribery 



The American Association Nurserymen adopts the following By-Law : 



Any member of this Association who shall be found guilty of 

 secretly giving or offering commissions, fees, emoluments either in 

 money or in other goods to gardeners of private estates, superin- 

 tendents of parks or cemeteries or any other agent or purchasing 

 agent as an inducement to buy or as a reward for buying goods 

 from said member, shall be expelled from membership in this Asso- 

 ciation. 



It shall be the duty of every member to report any and all such 

 cases that may come to his notice to the Vigilance Committee. 

 The Vigilance Committee shall receive and investigate all such 

 information and submit their evidence to the Executive Committee. 

 If the Executive Committee finds probable guilt it shall summon 

 the reported member to appear before the Executive Committee 

 and defend himself against the charges as shall be preferred against 

 him. The Executive Committee shall hear the case and shall have 

 power to render a verdict which shall be considered as final. 



All verdicts of guilty shall be followed by expulsion of the con- 

 victed member, and the Executive Committee shall report its 

 evidence to the proper authorities for prosecution in the proper 

 courts of law. 



It shall further be the duty of the President and Executive Com- 

 mittee to extend all possible aid in such prosecution by entering 

 formal complaint in the name of this Association by the employ- 

 ment of legal counsel, or in such other manner as shall best secure 

 conviction in the courts of law. 



