Imported Dutch Bulbs 
Legal Minimum Prices for 1934 
In an attempt to save the bulb industry from complete ruin, the Govern¬ 
ment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands destroyed 40% of the current crop. 
It also fixed a price for the first grade, the second grade, the third grade and 
the fourth grade. Since every case of bulbs must be inspected and certified 
by the Dutch Government before it can, under the law, be admitted to the 
United States, there is no possibility of “chiseling.” If in the past an American 
bulbhouse has been in the habit of distributing the top grade of bulbs, it must 
either pay the legal minimum price for the top grade or lower its quality. 
We have elected to maintain our quality. 
In the destruction of bulbs by the Dutch Government many varieties have 
been exterminated entirely and will never again be available. 
STABILIZATION OF THE DOLLAR 
The legal Dutch prices are fixed in guilders. As authorized by Congress 
President Roosevelt has revalued the dollar at 60c in gold. The guilder, 
formerly par at 40c, has an exchange value at this writing of 67c. 
The stabilization of the dollar only effects the prices paid in Holland. 
Ocean freight, ocean insurance are still payable in dollars and, of course, the 
rates of duty fixed by the Smoot-Hawley tariff are still in force. 
NORTHWESTERN GROWN NARCISSUS 
LAWFUL MINIMUM PRICES 
The Secretaries of Agriculture for the States of Washington and Oregon 
have fixed minimum prices on Northwestern grown bulbs for the season of 
1934. Four grades are legally recognized; first, second, third and fourth. 
These minimum prices do not apply on bulbs grown in other sections. The 
better bulb houses, ourselves included, will, as usual, distribute only top size 
Northwestern Grown Narcissus. 
SENDING POSTAGE STAMPS IN 
PAYMENT OF BILLS 
The United States Post Office Department objects bitterly to the paying 
of accounts with postage stamps. This practice means that Postmasters in 
offices like Evans City must do much of their work without payment, which 
obviously isn’t fair. The Postmaster General has requested us to do what is 
possible to eliminate this abuse. Won't you please co-operate with us in 
helping to give postal employees a square deal? 
Elliott Nursery Co. 
EVANS CITY, PA. 
NOTICE TO POSTAL. INSPECTORS: Permission to discuss Legal Dutch Minimum 
Prices, Exchange, Payment of Bills with Stamps, and to mail circulars under Section 
435% given by the Postmaster General’s Office under dates of February 5 and April 12, 
1934. 
