THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Standardization—Organization—Cooperation 
(Continued from last month) 
OhOAMZATION 
I favor l)iiil(lin^ the most thoroii^>:li, the most [XMlVel 
husiiiess organization possihh*, whieh, domieih'd in some 
e('nl rally loeatcal eity of tiu' eountry, under tlie mana^(‘- 
immt of a Ihoroii^dily eapalde man and eorj)S of aide 
woi'kers, \\ ill do for this Assoeiation all that the mana^»'- 
nienl of a (*or|)oration do(‘s for its stoek-holders. I w ill 
not all(Mnpl to (hdiiu' all tin' dnti<'s of siudi an orj^aniza- 
lion. Sutliei' it to say that \vhatev(‘r is neeessary for IIk! 
promotion of the nursery interests, under the direetion of 
in^ with the s(‘r\iees In* will |■('n(h‘r and the personal 
saei'ifiei' he will make, for niislak<‘ it not that any man 
hi^" (Miou^di to till this plae(‘ w ill have' no Iroidde in takin^^ 
(*ar(* ol hims(df within his own hiisim'ss and most cer¬ 
tainly would a(*e('pl tin' j)lae(‘ only lu'canso of tin* s('rviee 
he eould i-emh'r his lellows. 
Sp(‘eiti(*ally, I want to nKmlion a f(‘w of IIk* thin^fs 
which this or^mnization should do. and om* cd' the' first 
w hich occurs to im* is the ^^•llh(‘rin^^ of statistics. Sta¬ 
tistics of (“Very possible* eoneeiai to tin' memh(‘rs of this 
Association should he available in the otlie(* of your g(*n- 
18TJ)00 Sh'dwIxnTii Plxnls in this Uuut, (til for one cuslotner. W. F. Alleti Co., Snlislntri/, .M<t. 
your ex('eulive committee, this organization should do. 
and, in addition to tin* duti(*s j)(“rform('d heretofore by 
your Secretary, the head of this organization would he 
business manager as well. 
l“'or exeeutivi', a man w ill 1*(‘ w ante'd, and in my opinion 
he should he om* familiar w ilh the j)rol»h*ms of tlu* im'in- 
h(*i'S of this Asso(*iation. ll(‘ must, to h(* sure. l»e a man 
of vision, a man of strong exe'cutive ability, a man of un- 
seltish life* and purpose*. (l(“sirous of re'iide'i’ing a gre'al 
s(*i’vie*e; and if such a man can he* found, and 1 doubt it 
not. and if I mistake not the r(*sults. he w ill le*ad us out 
of the* wilde*rn(*ss of doubt and into the* land of promise*. 
Such a man should and will eommand a salaiy in ke*e*j)- 
eral managei'. The average* nund)(*r e)f lre*e's anel plants 
used normally p(*r s(*ason sheeulel he* eompile*(l anel se*ason- 
ahle advice sent out to hedge* against ov(*r-pi' 0 (lueti()n in 
one line anel under-produetion somew he*r(* (*lse*. I he*- 
lieve that if we had these facts we* would tind practically 
the sanies amount of stock is use*(l (*aeh se*ason. and that 
our troubles come* about larg(*ly h(*eaus(* of lack of (l(*f- 
inite j)lans for ee)-()j)(*rative* (listrihution. .\t a giv(*n 
time, and as (*arly in the year as is piaetie*ahl(*. this or¬ 
ganization shoidd ase(*itain the* nund)(*r* of marke*tahle* 
tr(*(*s and plants in the hanels eef me*mhe*i' grow(*i‘s. anel 
e*aeh month th(*r(*afl(*r all surplus in the* hanels of me*m- 
hers should he eom()iled anel (lislrihide*el to the* me*nd»er- 
