THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Transportation. 
SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT. 
Mr. Chas. Sizemore, Traffic Manager, for Stark Bros., 
Louisiana, Mo., and the writer replacing the chairman, Mr. 
P. H. Stannard now in the Kansas Legislature, were 
present and represented the American Association of 
Nurserymen at the meeting of the V estern Classification Co. 
Meeting which convened at Mobile, Ala., Jan. 13th. There 
were over 500 items on the docket and we were the last on 
the list to appear before the C mmittee, did not get a hear¬ 
ing until the afternoon of the 20th. The item as it ap¬ 
peared on the docket was the Revision of the Valuation of 
Nursery Stock. 
A few days before starting for Mobile the writer sent out 
a circular letter to about 20 of the leading western nursery¬ 
men asking them so send me at Mobile the weights and 
invoice value of all cars handled the past season also a num¬ 
ber of Box shipments. The time being so short only about 
one-third this number responded, however, this enabled us 
to make up a list of 450 cars and 200 boxes showing that the 
average Invoice value was only $4.91 per 100 lbs. We, 
therefore, decided that the proper thing to do was to ask 
that the Release Clause and Invoice Value be eliminated 
from the Classification and that Nursery Stock be allowed 
to stand 3d class L. C. L. and Class B CL. 
We put in 11 days from the time we left St. Louis inter¬ 
viewing each member of the Committee personally and 
found that more than three-fourths were in favor of grant¬ 
ing our petition. 
On the 23d of January, we received telegrams stating 
that the Committee had recommended the elimination of 
the valuation clause which virtually means that our propo¬ 
sition has carried and will likely be provided for in the next' 
Classification and will likely go into effect April 1st. or 
possibly March 1st. 
This will mean that Nursery Stock will be shipped the 
same as other Merchandise and in case of loss or damage in 
transit Nurserymen will be able to collect full invoice value. 
However, I would advise Nurserymen in presenting claims 
to keep them as low as practicable and as few as possible as 
the small number of claims in proportion to the volume of 
business had much to do with our being able to secure 
favorable action. 
Southern Classification. 
This same topic will likely come up at the next meeting 
of the Southern Classification which meets at Mobile, March 8. 
Nursery Stock being released in Southern Territory 
at three cts. per lb. value which according to Inter State 
Commerce ruling is not legal where release is less than In¬ 
voice Value. It is therefore important that the Southern 
Nurserymen decide on what changes they wish so that this 
matter can be properly presented to the Committee. 
W, C. Reed, Member Transportation Com. 
THE DECISION. 
Mr. W. C, Reed, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 18, 1909. 
Vincennes Nurseries, Vincennes, Ind. 
Pear Sir: We take pleasure in advising you that at 
our recent meeting the committee eliminated the valuation 
requirements on shipments of nursery stock and cancelled 
also the higher ratings now shown in the classification for 
shipments not made subject to limited valuation. 
The change in rating is included in supplement 8 to 
the Western Classification No. 45 and will be effective 
March 25, the earliest date on which, under the rules of 
the Commission, the change could be made. 
Yours truly, F. O. Becker, 
Chairman Western Classification Comm.. 
NEBRASKANS ACTIVE. 
The nurseryman of Nebraska, headed by Messrs. Peter Youngers- 
of Geneva, W. A. Harrison of York, and Harvey Marshall of Arling¬ 
ton, recently appeared before the railway commission of that state,, 
and asked for the following changes in the freight schedules: 
First—We respectfully request that a 20 per cent reduction be: 
made in joint rates where goods are shipped over two or more lines,, 
the same as now in effect in the state of Iowa. 
Second—We request that the following items on page 118, at 
No. 56, Osage orange seed, worth about $3.50 per bushel, now read¬ 
ing first class, should be placed in third class, along with alfalfa and 
seeds not otherwise specified. 
Third—On page 96, Nos. 49, 50 and 51, buckeyes and butternuts, 
worth about $1 per 100 pounds, and walnuts, worth about 60 cents 
per 100 pounds, are placed as second class, which should read fourth 
class, the same as peach stones. 
We further request that your honorable body eliminate the words 
in item No. 55 on page 95 “invoice value, not exceeding $5 per 100 
pounds” and items No. 25 to No. 45 inclusive, on page 96, which, is 
eliminated by the railroads in their official classificat’on. 
REGULATIONS GOVERNING IMPORTATION OF 
NURSERY STOCK INTO CANADA. 
Nursery stock may be imported into Canada if fumigated at the 
following customs ports during the period under-mentioned, viz.:. 
At St. Johns, New Brunswick; St. Johns, Quebec; Niagara Falls,. 
Ontario; Windsor, Ontario; Winnepeg, Manitoba, from March 15th 
to May 15th in the spring, and from October 7th to December 7th 
in the autumn. In the case of Ontario and Quebec, the autumn 
season has recently been advanced to take effect beginning Sept. 26. 
In British Columbia importations are received during the winter 
months only from the first of October to the first of May. 
All packages to enter Canada must be addressed so as to enter at 
one of the above-named ports of entry, and the regulations further 
say that the route by which they will be shipped must be clearly- 
stated on each package. 
CORRECTING THE MAILING LIST. 
A Good Suggestion. 
It appears to us that during these winter months,, 
nurserymen and florists would do well to look over and cor¬ 
rect their mailing lists. For instance—Cherry Hill Nur¬ 
series and T. C. Thurlow & Co., are one and the same. Our 
nursery was named over sixty years ago and has always 
kept the name, and there is no other nursery in this town; yet 
we often receive duplicate catalogues by same mail directed 
differently and no doubt expected to reach different firms. 
Again, we are nurserymen and deal wholly in hardy trees 
and plants; we have no use for seeds, green-house stuff, etc., 
as we never handle them; yet we are flooded with catalogues 
of these every season, some of the large seed growers of 
Europe sending us their wholesale catalogues every year. 
We are willing to receive them but it adds to the expense 
and we think it is rather a waste of ammunition. 
West Newbury, Mass. T. C. Thurlow & Co. 
