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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
work. It appears however, that in this instance the 
money does not go to the Department of Agriculture The 
sum is $2500 and is for the purpose of “exterminating 
insects of the Capitol.” 
I have an idea that if the “common people” had their 
way they would gladly back up the appropriation for 
$100,000 or more for the extermination of certain “Bugs” 
which are in the Capitol, such “Bugs” having only two 
legs and which are recognized as a thorough nuisance 
and a drawback to the progress of this country. There 
are far too many “Bugs” in the House. 
We nurserymen who are feeling the result of the 
shortage of common labor in our nurseries, largely due 
to the foolishness of the present immigration laws, will 
more or less appreciate the following which appears 
on the back of a card sent us by the Runkles’ Machinery 
Company of Trenton, N. J. How many of us have men 
in our employ who figure on this basis? 
“Every Day Will Be Sunday By and By” 
Figure it out for yourself 
Days 
Each year has. 365 
If you sleep 8 hours it equals. 122 
This leaves . 243 
If you rest 8 hours a day.. 122 
This leaves. 121 
There are 52 Sundays . 52 
This leaves .. 69 
If you have a half-day on Saturdays. 26 
This leaves . 43 
If you have iy 2 hours for lunch. 28 
This leaves . 15 
Two weeks’ Vacation. 14 
Which leaves. 1 
And this being Labor Day, no one works. 
SO YOU DON’T WORK AFTER ALL! 
To the Editor of 
“The National Nurseryman” 
We take this opportunity to express our appreciation 
of the prompt and thorough manner in which our de¬ 
linquent accounts have been handled by Secretary Size¬ 
more, of the Collection Bureau of the American Nursery¬ 
men’s Association. 
For many years we tried to handle these accounts our¬ 
selves, through various attorneys, but we must confess 
with most indifferent success. Later, when the Ameri¬ 
can Association started the Collection Bureau, in charge 
of Mr. Curtis Nye Smith, we turned some of our accounts 
over to him for collection, but the results were not satis¬ 
factory. Consequently, when Mr. Sizemore took over 
the Collection Bureau we hesitated about using it as we 
rather imagined that we would have no better results 
than under previous management. 
However, some of our nursery friends told us that 
they were getting very fine results through the work of 
Mr. Sizemore and we decided to place a few accounts 
with him for collection. We were very much gratified 
with the results and consequently, during the last year, 
we have placed all of these accounts in his hands and, 
without going through our files, we believe that he has 
made collection of everyone. Naturally, some of them 
have dragged a little because most of these accounts, 
when we turn them over to him, were “hard boiled.” 
Some he collected almost immediately and others were 
collected within what we would call a very reasonable 
time, under the circumstances. 
We are writing this, first, because we feel that we 
would like to, in this manner, express our appreciation 
to Mr. Sizemore for his thorough work and secondly, 
because we believe that the members of the American 
Association of Nurserymen should more largely use the 
Association Bureau for the collection of their accounts 
and thirdly, by this public expression of our opinion, it 
will show to nurserymen who are not members of the 
American Association, one of the great advantages of 
being a member. 
This is only one of the great benefits to be derived by 
membership. Certain nurserymen have said to us that 
they did not belong to the Association because they did 
not have time to attend the convention, losing sight of the 
fact that actual attendance at the convention is but a very 
small part of the benefits to be derived. They overlook 
the fact that the secretary and officers of the Associa¬ 
tion are working twelve months in the year in the inter¬ 
est of the organization and its membership. 
Very truly yours, 
Thomas B. Meehan Go.,, 
Dresher, Penna. 
Charles J. Chism, for many years prominently identi¬ 
fied with the nursery business in Monroe county, New 
York, died Wednesday, November 1, at his home, at 1190 
Park avenue, Rochester. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary 
Chism; four sons, Arthur and Samuel Chism, of Los 
Angeles, Cal., and Carl and Charles Chism of Rochester; 
three daughters, Mrs. W. J. Butler and Miss Florence 
Chism, of Rochester, and Mrs. W. Briggs, of Los Angeles. 
GEORGE A. HARRISON 
George A. Harrison, of Berlin, Worcester County, 
Maryland, member of the firm of Harrisons’ Nurseries, 
died at the Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., on 
Saturday, November the eighteenth. Mr. Harrison had 
not been at his best for many months past, but bravely 
contended against a complication of physical disorders 
until the end came. His passing takes from the com¬ 
munity and from the business interest in which he was 
concerned one, who was not only highly esteemed by 
all who knew him as a patriotic and loyal citizen, but 
one whose place will be hard to fill in the chosen occupa- 
Obituary. 
* 
CHARLES J. CHISM 
