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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO.. Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
The leading trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March S, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., July 1920 
Trustworthy m 
sTrees & Plants M 
Members \ 
American Association ^ 
OF NURSERYMEN 
It is doubtful if a convention was 
THE SPIRIT OF ever held at least by the National 
THE CONVENTION Association of Nurserymen that 
so truly revealed the spirit which 
is urging the nurserymen along the pathway of progress. 
During the two first days suppressed excitement was 
everywhere evident, and no one seemed to be able to 
define the line of cleavage or to specify just what was 
threatening to divide the Association into two factions. 
Every effort to bring those not in accord with the progres¬ 
sive policy of the Association, out in the open, met with 
defeat. 
Dissatisfaction vaguely expressed itself in the form ol 
a reaction against the program of Market Development 
The adopted trade mark, work of the Vigilance Commit¬ 
tee, Expenditures, etc. 
The last named item perhaps being the one around 
which the whisperings focussed. While nothing definite 
was given out the impression got around that the dues tc 
which the members had committed themselves at the pre¬ 
vious convention were not equitable, one-fourth of one 
per cent, of the gross business, that it created a condition 
whereby one-third ol tin; members furnished the rev¬ 
enue and the voting power of the other two-third con¬ 
trolled the expenditures. 
At the close of the second day the feeling of uncer¬ 
tainty was so pronounced that many had doubts of the 
Association being held together with the necessary l.ar- 
mony lo carry out its progressive program. 
Ihe executive and other committees worked heroically 
far into the night, on measures to clear the atmosphere, 
with the result that the closing session was almost dra¬ 
matic in its results and the sense of relief was clearly 
perceptible, when it became obvious that the members 
were of one mind in adhering to the progressive policy. 
The reactionary element dwindling down to a few con¬ 
servative members whose stand will prove to be more 
beneficial than otherwise in acting as a curb to too 
reckless spending and the assumption of obligation not 
fully appreciated. 
Considering the very divers interests of the members 
forming the National Association the spirit revealed at 
the convention gives promise of big things in the future. 
The greatest need of the country af- 
MIS-DIBECTED ter the orgy of spending due to the 
ECONOMY unusual conditions produced by the 
World War is undoubtedly retrench¬ 
ment and to get back to common sense 
business principles. This retrenchment how¬ 
ever, should not be allowed to interfere with produc¬ 
tion or retard progress, but rather those unnecessary 
things that we could do just as well without, or at least, 
could do without them until such time as the country is 
in better condition to support them. It is unfortunate 
the retrenchment put in operation by Congress should be 
applied on the Agricultural Appropriation bill which re¬ 
duces the appropriation by $2,186,000 less than the 
amount provided for the current fiscal year and $6,000,- 
000 less than the estimate made by the department for its 
needs. The department of Agriculture is the one depart¬ 
ment that is profitable to the country. In other words, it 
has to do with the essentials of life and the develop¬ 
ment of the natural resources. Good business would 
suggest increasing the appropriation in the productive 
departments but decreasing expenditures in the non-pro¬ 
ductive departments. It would seem that it should be 
increased rather than reduced, and if any reduction or 
retrenchment in expenditures is necessary, it should be 
in those departments that are not so vital to the whole 
country’s welfare. There must be millions of dollars 
that could be saved in other Bureaus or departments 
which are not essential. It is unfortunate that a coun¬ 
try cannot be run on a business basis and very much 
under the same lines as a corporation, where it would be 
possible to list out the budget when retrenchment is ne- 
ces.sary an ^ take those out that were least essential. 
While we know a government is not organized and run 
lor financial profit, there is no reason that it should not 
be efficient in all the word implies and it should be econ¬ 
omical in the true sense of the word. The governments 
are run mainly by politicians and politicians have ethics 
of their own. 
I h(‘ Department ol Agriculture has not always worked 
in harmony with progressive, work-a-day practice in 
lorticulture and lor this reason has estranged a good 
deal of sentiment in the horticultural world. They have 
appropriated to themselves all the knowledge and have 
made rules and regulations that have defeated their own 
ends and have estranged others who are anxious to co¬ 
operate with them. The scientific college man has been 
impatient of the opinions of the men who have devoted 
their whole lives to their work and who at least, should 
