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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
The twenty-second session of the Southern Nursery¬ 
men’s Association was held at the New Charleston Ho¬ 
tel, Charleston, S. C. 
Program 
TALKS AND TOPICS 
What Are We Here For? S. W. Crowell, Roseacres, Miss. 
Southern Roosters - J. 1U Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas 
Thinking - - Paul C. Lindley, Pomona, N. C. 
Horticulture Extension Plans Affecting Southern Nur¬ 
serymen, 
Prof. F. B. Richardson, Agricultural College, Miss. 
Suggestions - G. M. Bentley, State Entomologist and 
Plant Pathologist, Knoxville, Tenn. 
“Trustworthy Trees” - John Watson, Executive 
Secretary American Association of Nurserymen, 
Princeton, N. J. 
Not Trustworthy - Chas T. Smith, Concord, Ga. 
How Can We Eliminate the Activities of the “Wildcat” 
Tree Dealer? - - - Miss E. B. Drake, 
Cumberland Nurseries, Winchester, Tenn. 
“Don’t sell him, and don’t buy from him” 
Two Hours for Thorough Discussion 
Should a Nurseryman Invest His Profits or Gains in 
the Nursery Business? - Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala. 
Substitution - - 0. Joe Howard, Hickory, N. C. 
Selling Seedlings - A. L. Ligon, Macclenny, Fla. 
In addition to Prof. Lolxlell, we had with us Prof. 
Richardson of Mississippi, Prof. Conradi of South Caro¬ 
lina, and Prof. Bentley, of Tennessee. 
Discussion on true conditions in each of the states 
represented at the convention. The President called on 
representatives from Huntsville Wholesale Nursery, 
Piggott Nursery Co., Glen St. Mary Nurseries, Ashford 
Park Nurseries, Hogansville Nurseries, H. F. Hillen- 
meyer & Sons, Clingman Nurseries, J. G. Harrison & 
Sons, James Brodie, L. P. Coulter, Greenville Nursery 
Co., Easterly Nursery Co., Southern Nursery Co., Texas 
Nursery Co., and others. . 
Notwithstanding the fact that the weather was ex¬ 
tremely hot, we had a good meeting. 
By far the most important thing that occurred was 
the election of a legislative committee, representing the 
southeastern states, to formulate a bill to stop “wild¬ 
cat nursery sales, and this committee was instructed to 
get the hill through the various state legislatures. 
Paul C. Lindley was elected President, C. A. Simp¬ 
son, Monticello, Fla., Vice President, 0. Joe Howard, 
Hickory, N. C., Secretary and Treasurer. These, with 
C. 1. Smith, Concord, Ga., and A. L. Ligon, Macclenny, 
Fla. constitute the Executive Committee. 
The 1921 meeting is to be held September 7 and 8 at 
some point near Chattanooga, Tenn., in the mountains. 
PRESIDENT S ADDRESS 
Charleston, S. C. 
As we meet to hear the various papers prepared for 
this occasion and to discuss the different topics pres¬ 
ented; to ask and answer questions of mutual interest, 
and to encourage each other by relating our experiences 
in the past, I wish to express the pleasure I feel in the 
beginning at seeing so many familiar faces present. 
Knowing as we do the value of friendhip, let us all 
unite in a hearty welcome to our friends who are meet¬ 
ing with us, and also to those whose attendance has been 
somewhat irregular, to the end that all may become 
more interested, our activities enlarged and the cause 
corrspondingly advanced. 
An organization of men engaged in the same trade 
or business, if founded upon the desire to render pubilc 
service as well as for mutual protection, has its advan¬ 
tages, producing, as it does, an association of minds 
where there must be more or less of conflict of individual 
interest, which, in the end, must be marked by com¬ 
promise and concession for the public good. The idea 
of cooperation is ancient, its recognition is more recent, 
and its application is essentially modern. It contains a 
newly discovered value. Once avoided and afterward 
recognized, it has now become a fixed principle upon 
which rests the welfare of all the people. There has 
come a wholesome conviction that prosperity depends 
upon fair dealing and honest methods, that a few must 
not profit at the expense of the many, hut that all must 
share alike in the fortunes and vicissitudes that come 
in their turn, and that the foundation of business rests 
upon confidence, and confidence cannot be bestowed; 
it must be earned, and to he held the possessor must not 
falter in protecting his trust. That is why it is a good 
thing for men to come together and talk over the vital 
subjects in which we are interested and to which the 
public is lending a listening ear. 
The past few years have produced a marvelous 
change in business conditions throughout the world. 
The employer of labor is having the hardest job in 
America today. He is conducting his business in a 
no-man’s land between war and peace, and his position 
is like that of sea captain forced to navigate his ship in 
a heavy fog through a field of icebergs. Just now we 
are afflicted with various uplifters, doctrainaires, social¬ 
istic programs which make the old fashioned American 
way of making a living seem like a memory of by-gone 
days. 
Against this bewildering and discouraging back¬ 
ground the American business man stands as the na¬ 
tion’s stabilizer. Perhaps more than any other class the 
future of our country is in his keeping. He needs cou¬ 
rage, patience and wisdom in abundant measure. The 
American business man has his faults. He has made 
and will doubtless continue to make serious mistakes, 
but, at heart he is a true man, a brave and generous 
fighter, and a lover of his kind and his country. 
Sensing the necessity of a change to higher ethics and 
principles, national and district and state nursery asso¬ 
ciations have begun to clean house. In the good old 
days these associations did not stand for much. Codes 
of ethics were maintained by individual firms; selfish¬ 
ness and financial gain and those things that smacked of 
sharp practices were brought to the front by a few un¬ 
scrupulous firms and dealers, until public opinion, the 
final arbiter in such matters, said as Holy Writ did to 
Nadab and Abiha: “Be sure your sin will find you out,” 
and that goes for modern business as well. 
I am glad to say that this association was amongst the 
first of its kind to see the hand writing on the wall. It 
was the first to realize what Robert Burns said: “A 
