THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The Executive Committee of the Ameri- 
CONVENTION can Association of Nurserymen announce 
DATES that they have selected June i8th, 19th, 
and 20th as the dates of the 1913 Portland 
Convention. That the Committee exercised good judgment 
in deciding upon these dates goes without question as to the 
only logical time for holding our meeting. This is the week 
immediately following the holding of the Rose Festival. 
Portland is noted for its roses and delegates to the Convention 
will have opportunity to see probably the finest display of 
out of door roses which they have ever witnessed. Then too, 
the famous Oregon Cherries will be in their prime at that 
period. 
What is your duty to the National Association? Are you 
a member? If not, why have you neglected your duty in 
this respect? 
The American Association of Nurserymen is not working 
for the good of any one or particular set of men. It is working 
for the nursery trade of the United States as a whole and it is 
the duty of every nurserymen to uphold and aid in the good 
work which the Association is doing. 
The Committees on Legislation, Tariff, Transportation, 
Publicity, etc., are all watching and furthering your interests, 
and leaving no stone unturned to prevent the passing of 
drastic legislation in the various states and by the National 
Government or of the establishing of unjust freight rates 
and classifications by the railroads. The Association is pay¬ 
ing out thousands of dollars annually in thus watching your 
interests. Are you doing your part in upholding the organi¬ 
zation? It only asks your membership in the Association. 
This is something you should think over and if you have 
not done your part in the past, do it now and send a check 
for $5.00 to James McHutchison, 17 Murray St., New York, 
the Chairman of the Membership Committee and ask him to 
enroll you as a member of the Association. Do not let others 
support the work which is benefitting you. Bear your share 
of the burden. 
There are times when we think the 
THE GOLDEN Golden Rule is only good for Sundays 
RULE and family use and that it is no good at all 
in the strife of business life and we are 
more apt to use the rule “Do them or they will do you!’’ 
But the man who has his ear to the ground listening to the 
trend of business and who is really building a business that 
will be a success and one that he may be proud of will readily 
recognize the signs of the times and they are that you must 
treat others as you would like them to treat you. Sharp 
practice even if it be legal is not good business. Some busi¬ 
nesses seem to thrive under a set of rules of their own making 
and the nurseryman looks with envy on apparent enormous 
profits which are beyond the wildest dream in his own busi¬ 
ness. He sees the dry goods man turning his stock three or 
four times a year and making a profit of 20 to 40 per cent. 
He turns his own stock once in one to eight years and then is 
not quite sure if he made any profit or really sold at a loss, 
but there is a compensation balance at work that insure the 
nurseryman getting as much out of life as other professions 
and it is a poor nurseryman that does not think that he has 
the finest profession in the world if he can only strike the gait 
that leads to success. 
Not long ago shrewdness and sharpness were the qualities 
that won success in the business world, all that is changing 
and before many years unclean methods will be unknown in 
business life. The foundation of the greatest houses in this 
country are reliability and honesty. The world is beginning 
to see that even from a utilitarian standpoint it pays to be 
honest. 
Occupation invariably leaves its mark on the man and 
where do you find a finer body of men than the representative 
nurserymen of the United States? And these are the men 
who are founding the nursery business and to be among these 
leaders, you must go even to step further than mere honesty. 
You must do unto others as you would they should do unto 
you. 
WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
MEETS 
Secretary John Hall Again Elected 
The 58th Annual Meeting of the Western New York 
Horticultural Society was an undoubted success. 
The splendid exhibition of fruit, etc., attendance and 
interest displayed was an inspiration and points very definitely 
to an enthusiastic development of the horticultural resources 
of the state. 
There is evident harmony between the scientific men from 
the New York Agricultural College and Experiment Station 
and the practical commercial fruit growers and nurserymen 
of the state and this is bound to work to the benefit of all 
concerned. This condition of things is doubtless due to the 
able management. 
The Society is to be congratulated on the re-election of the 
able president, Wm. C. Barry, and secretary, John Hall. 
Nurserymen attended in force from different parts of the 
country. Among the out of state nurserymen seen there were 
John Dayton, James McHutchison, Thomas B. Meehan and 
Adolph Mueller. 
The program was very varied and interesting, covering 
subjects of vital interest to the fruit grower and horticulturist 
in general. 
MEETING OF EASTERN NURSERYMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION 
At a meeting of the Eastern Nurserymen’s Association 
held at Rochester, December iith, 1912, there was a general 
discussion on the subject of tariff, and the following resolution 
was unanimously adopted: 
''Resolved, That the Chairman of the Tariff Committee, 
Irving Rouse, be instructed to make every possible effort to 
keep the present duty unchanged.’’ 
The present officers were re-elected. 
Every nurseryman wants stock at some time or other 
and wants it bad. Advertise your own stock for the benefit 
of the other fellow. He will do the same for you in the 
National Nurseryman, so don’t ignore his efforts. 
Read the advertisements they will be as profitable to you 
as the text, if not more so. 
