THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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papers are kept informed as to the next Convention. 
Ralph T. Olcott, Chairman, Rochester, N. Y. 
Robert Pyle, West Grove, Penna. 
Frank B. White, Chicago, Ills. 
J. Hoi ace McFarland, Harrisburg, Penna. 
Adolf Muller, Norristown, Penna. 
Revision of Telegraphic Code: 
Telegraphic Code. This should be of more value to us. 
It is sadly out of date, and I have appointed a committee 
to revise the code and bring it down to date and tit it to 
present day requirements and conditions. 
R. C. Chase, Chairman, Chase, Alabama. 
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
Hail Insurance: 
Hail Insurance. Nurserymen have hail losses; if the 
losses could be borne by all, it would be well. The old- 
line companies do not take these risks, so I have ap¬ 
pointed a committee to investigate the whole question of 
hail losses among nurserymen and to work out some plan 
for a Mutual Co-operative Hail Insurance Company 
among our members, and to report same at the next con • 
vention. If they can do this, they will have accomplished 
something worth while. 
Frank A. Weber, Chairman, Nursery, Mo. 
E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kansas. 
II. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Indiana. 
Milton Moss, Huntsville, Alabama. 
F. II. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas. 
Publicity : 
Publicity. This committee was authorized by resolu¬ 
tion of the Milwaukee convention, to be composed of nur¬ 
serymen from the different sections and to report at 
Philadelphia upon a workable co-operative advertising 
plan, to give publicity to matters relating to nursery stock, 
to encourage its greater use and to enlarge our field. 
F. L. Atkins, Chairman, Rutherford, N. J. 
R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia. 
Theo. J. Smith, Geneva, N. Y. 
J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas. 
J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Oregon. 
Henry Hicks, Westbury, N. Y. 
Lloyd C. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 
Distribution : 
Distribution. This is a rather broad subject; the idea 
is for this committee to consider distribution in its broad¬ 
est aspect and to suggest ways and means to increase our 
outlets in other ways than co-operative advertising which 
is left to the Publicity Committee. Anything, then, apart 
from newspaper and magazine advertising, comes within 
the scope of this committees work. In other words, 
what opportunities to sell more goods is the trade over¬ 
looking? 
M. R. Cashman, Chairman, Owatonna, Minn. 
A. M. Augustine, Normal, Illinois. 
Maxwell Sweet. Dansville, N. Y. 
Roy Underwood, Lake City. Minn. 
E. S. Smith, Tippecanoe City, Ohio. 
A. C. Hanson, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. 
John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Legislation : 
Legislation. This becomes one committee instead of 
two as heretofore. If the membership seems large, re¬ 
member the work covers every state in the Union and 
some one must be looking after the legislative interests 
of our members, in every one of those states. Fortun¬ 
ately committee meetings are not necessary. While this 
is our most important committee and the most active, its 
routine expenses are the smallest. 
Wiliam Pitkin, Chairman, Rochester, N. Y. 
Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebraska. 
Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Abner Hoopes, West Chester, Penna. 
Thos. B. Meehan, Dresher, Penna. 
J. M. Pitkin. Newark, N. Y. 
J. II. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
A. E. Robinson, Lexington, Mass. 
W. P. Stark. Neosho, Mo. 
W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va. 
R. C. Chase, Chase, Ala. 
W. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass. 
L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
W. F. Ilgenfritz, Monroe. Mich. 
E. W. Chattin, Winchester, Tenn. 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn. 
W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Indiana. 
F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas. 
William Flemer, Springfield, N. .1. 
E. F. Coe, Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin. 
C. R. Burr, Manchester, Conn. 
E. A. Smith, Lake City. Minn. 
Transportation : 
Charles M. Sizemore, Chairman, Louisiana, Mo. 
Traffic Manager for the Association. 
Landscape: 
W. H. Wyman, Chairman, North Abington, Mass. 
F. L. Atkins, Rutherford. N. J. 
J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y. 
Wm. Warner Harper, Philadelphia, Penna. 
Thos. B. Meehan, Dresher, Penna. 
II. P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
I believe these are all good, live, active committees. I 
believe every man named is interested in the association 
and its work, and that they will give a good account of 
themselves. All members of the association should con¬ 
sider themselves invited and urged to co-operate with 
any committee in whose subject they feel an interest, for 
the committees can not accomplish anything, no matter 
how hard they work, unless they have the support of the 
entire membership. 
Yours truly, 
John Watson. 
E. R. Taylor, Topeka, Kansas, is having a glorious time 
at Fates Park, Colorado. 
Business has been forgotten because the trout are bit¬ 
ing so well. Mr. Taylor made a record of catching 
forty-two in a very short time and when trout are biting 
like that it leaves nothing to be desired. 
