THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
2;u 
How to Make the Nursery Business Feed and Clothe Us 
and Pay Our Debts 
III/ John l)(Ojto)i, Stows ((• Hawison Co., Po'uiesvillo, Ohio, before the Philadetphio CoiiveiiHoii. 
I Sl'PPOSK. 1 wouhi 1)(' (loin^^ something not (“onlem- 
j)lat('(l by our worthy progiam (‘onnnittoo. if I ans- 
wtMcal lh(‘ ahov(' (|ut'slion in a few words and (init. 
hnl lh(\v would h(' lhusl> -■‘Undor ])rosent (‘onditions, 1 
do not know." Am not tin' sovonth son of the seventh 
daught('r. only tin' lifth. and in times like the j)resent. 
who ean shapt' a l)usiin'ss poliey that may not be eidirely 
wrong thirty to sixty days in the future? Added to tin' 
dillieultit's of jiaying debts, elothing ourseha's deeently. 
world. The governnn'ut. the faetorit's. highway int('r- 
ests. ete.. are putting labor praetieally out of his la'aeh. ' 
Substitute nurseryman for farmer, and I believe' tin' 
above statement is absolutely time. The farmer does 
raise' some' ere)|)s that are sure eef a market at some priee-. 
or ean he earried for a future' market. Nursery preeeluets 
are dug and re'ady for sale, anel must be seeld eer 
destreeyed. A few meere ditlieulties we are sejuarely uj) 
against, high |)riees of all material we have te) use. anel 
The Philadelphia Co}iventio)i Dinner was voted an iininense n 
Imying hre'ad. jeeissihly butter, in normal times, we have' 
te) slnenlele'r a few more' problems now. that 1 eannol 
attempt tee answer. 
If the' .Mlie's are' sue'eessful in eneling the war in six 
meenlhs te) a year, what? In two years, what? In thi-e'e 
te) feenr years, what? If Germany wins in six me)nths to 
fe)nr ye'ars. what? 
1 eiue)te' '‘The farme'r is engaged in the most ha/.arde)us 
husine'ss in the' weerlel. He is the' ])laything e)f nature, 
anel the' e'hilel e)f e'hane*e. He ne'ver knows what he is 
ge)ing te) raise' e)r what it will bring him when In' gets d. 
He' has te) ee)m[ie'te' in the lahe)r market with the whole 
they are absolutely indispensable, lumber, nails and 
nietals of all kind, paeking material, paper, twine', anel 
se) on through the list; 100 per ee'iit aelvanee is ee)mme)n. 
and many things uneihtainable. unless ee)ntraets are' 
made at high ])rices. long in advanee. Laheer. at h'ast in 
me)st seetions. advaneed 50 to 100^. and ahse)lute'ly un- 
e)htainahle in epiantities needed at any |)riee. 
In Mexieo a mueh displayed aelvertisement reaels “The' 
Heer that maele Milwaukee jealeeus" and it ee'rtainly was 
ene)ugh te) make a poe)r Eastern nurse'rymen jealous last 
spring to reael that the employe'es of a Western eonee'rn 
had struck fe)r a raise from $1.70 to $2.00 i)er day. while 
