THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
525 
NOZZLES, HOSE, FITTINGS, ETC. 
WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE AND PRICES 
F. E. MYERS & BRO. Ashland, Ohio 
ashland pump & hay tool works 190 Orange St. 
IS THE NURSERYMAN MAKING THE PROGRESS FINAN¬ 
CIALLY THAT THE OTHER BUSINESS 
INTERESTS ARE? 
“If the nurserymen of Texas had been paid a decent price for 
their work in proportion to the other men, they would have been 
millionaires; as it is, they are not able to come up to this meeting. 
Let us elevate the business, let us charge a reasonably decent price. 
We will gain prestige thereby. It is due us, the people expect it. 
We are doing business on the old basis of cotton at 5c a pound. Let 
us put our business on a plane commensurate with the advanced 
price of all other commodities. 
It takes more business ability to carry on your business than it 
takes to run the Government of the State of Texas. The restrictions 
of law are bearing heavily upon the nurseryman. You deserve 
better pay than you are getting. You should demand better prices 
for vour stock. Grow better stock and ask better prices for that 
stock.” E. W. Kirkpatrick, 
Jan. 14, 1910. Meeting of Texas Nurserymen’s Association. 
