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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
livighl aii6 cxi)f(‘ss bills of the iiicnibers, charging for 
this service 26% of I lie amount collected from the trans- 
[xu’lolion coin|)ani(‘S as overcharges, which goes into the 
Ireasiiry of the Association. We conlidejitly believe that 
if the niemlxuship will send Mr. Sizemore their old 
freight and (‘xpress hills he will collect overcharges 
enough to ivturii to such memher every dollar his mem- 
h(‘rship costs, and more. Furthermore, the amount 
eharg(‘d for this service, 26%, is almost 10% less than 
that chai-ged by auditing concerns, and it is believed will, 
it us(m1 by the entire membership, largely pay the Se- 
cr('tary’s salary. 
W(' want to again urge evauy member to use to the 
limit both the ollice of Counsel Smith and Secretary 
SizcMuore. These are your ollicers and they will go the 
limit to serv(^ you. Use them. 
No man knows what a day may bring forth in new and 
complex prohhMus. Youi- Committee earnestly desires to 
assist ('V(‘ry imauhei' to tlu^ utmost of its ability. The 
nurs(‘ry husitu'ss should he plac(‘d upon a more stable 
basis. With your co-op('ration we can he; of service, and 
this is our aim. 
.1. 1{. MayiieW;, President. 
.1. Fdwaiu) Moon, Vire-President. 
F. S. Welch, 
(h C. Mayhew, 
F. W. ClIATTlN, 
T. H. West, 
C. U. Huun, Executive Committee. 
UKCF YOUH CUSTOMFKS TO PLANT IN TUF FALL 
Fvery nurseryman knows that Irom early Se[)temher 
until the ground frt'czes is a good time to plant almost 
all of the hardy trc'es, shrubs and evergreens and most 
fruit trees and he should use every ellort to pass this in- 
I'ormation along to the public, as the average layman 
only thiidcs of planting in the spring. 
Sometimes in early Fall the weather is extremely dry 
and hot. and under such conditions it is not perha})S wise 
to plant, hut if the ground and weather conditions are 
rigid, the plants will practically gain a season’s growth 
by being planted at that time, in comparison Nyith leav¬ 
ing the planting until spring. 
Spring invariably comes with a rush. One week the 
ground is frozen. TIumi theie comes a hot spell and 
|)lants are in hud, making this season (Extremely short. 
hy Sept(unher most plants have completed their 
gi’owth and are in condition to move. In the case of de¬ 
ciduous shrubs and trees it is aUvays well to strip the 
leaves of! them or they will wilt and look had, hut this 
is a small matter compared to the advantage of having 
(h(‘, planting done six months ahead. 
Itj early Fall the ground is still warm and newiy set 
out plaids immediately hi'gin to make feeding libers, and 
so he-, tmi' wail estahlislu'd before the severe weather of 
w intec and are in -a jiosition to take full advantage of 
the spring grow ing season. 
WIh'u largei' trees are moved in the Fall it is always 
well to take a littl(‘ <‘xti‘a precaution to stay them well 
by guy will's, fastened to stakes, as the freezing and 
tliawing of winter, combined with the w ind are apt to 
loosen them in the ground, which is almost sure to lie 
fatal. 
A good plan is to hank soil .around them two or three 
feet. This keeps the frost away from the roots and helps 
to steady them. The ground can he moved away in the 
spring. 
The writer has seen some veiy successful planting of 
Oaks handled in this manner, and in the case of shrubs 
a good mulching is to he recommended to [irevent drying 
out in dry frosty weather. 
The man right in the locality or on the ground, of 
course is the best judge, as local conditions always have 
a hearing on deciding which is the best siaison to plant. 
The main thing to keep in mind is that it is ])ossihle to 
very much extend the season in which it is commonly 
done and it is up to the nurseiyman to educate and en¬ 
courage the public not to defer until spring what can-he 
done in the fall. 
PERILOUS WAR FINANCE 
There is a deeper difficulty involved in a tax on so-called lux¬ 
uries than mere enhancement of cost to consumers. 
This is a nation of 100,000,000 people, of whom about 2^^ per 
cent are now diverted from industry to war. 
The remaining 97% per cent must live, move and have their 
being, besides providing for the requirements of the 2% per 
cent in the shape of food, clothing and munitions. 
Upon the prosperity and well-being of the 97% per cent depend 
the Nation’s strength to light and power to endure. 
The off-hand policy of the Treasury Department and of bureau 
heads generally is to ignore the needs of the 97% per cent and 
to concentrate all energies, physical and financial, behind the 
2% per cent. 
No one for a moment questions the necessity for a most com¬ 
plete and thorough support of the soldiers and sailors. 
But there now arises a sharp difference of opinion as to how 
that support can best be maintained. 
The collapse of the Coal Administration last winter was a blow 
to industry from which the country still staggers. 
Yet in the face of that experience and its consequence it is 
proposed to adopt methods which will curtail many industries 
and stop others, and totally to disregard the greatest factor in 
the situation — which is: 
The need of providing for redistribution of the enormous sums 
poured into the Nation’s war purse. 
A limited number of concerns make munitions, build ships and 
furnish war supplies for the 2% per cent of the population di¬ 
rectly engaged in fighting. 
The rest of the country must furnish the bulk of the funds and 
maintain itself at the same time on a basis that shall grow 
stronger rather than weaker. 
If the proposed plan of taxation prevails, how will it be pos¬ 
sible to redistribute the money thus concentrated in such wise 
that each citizen may be properly provided with the means of 
making a living which will enable him to go on contributing his 
quota to national confidence and prosperity? 
It needs but little thought to realize that the sale of so-called 
luxuries constitutes one of the best means of insuring a normal, 
healthy flow of money through all parts of the industrial organ¬ 
ism. 
The necessities of life are relatively few. Luxuries count heav¬ 
ily on the profit-making side of industry. A bare living for the 
individual contributes little to the common prosperity. 
The Government pays colossal wages. It has lifted the cost of 
labor in all lines to the limit of endurance. 
Employers and employees in a few ipdustries engaged in the 
making of munitions profit enormously. 
But other Americans — millions and. tens of millions of them — 
must suffer to the. verge of ruin unless somewhere the vein is 
tapped. 
If Federal War Finance continues to form its programme on 
the easy theory that its sole task is to get money out of the 
country, without any provision for putting money back and as¬ 
suring its steady, stimulating flow through accustomed channels, 
the Nation will presently find itself stricken with industrial par¬ 
alysis — at the time when, of all times in its history, it has need 
of its full health and strength. — New York Evening World. 
