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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
saiy. Perchance tliis may never be necessary. 
You owe it to civilization against Bolshevism, you owe 
it to the soldiers who have oflered their lives for you, to 
do all in your j)ower to create employment, if that em¬ 
ployment is in productive things which mean perman¬ 
ency. 
Beonomieally it would be unsound to create employ¬ 
ment in building a house in order to tear it down later 
on; hut if the house is needed, if the plant will be bene- 
lited by new eciuipment, if the church or the school or 
the municipal improvement has been delayed by the war, 
take up the work at once and push it through. 
Employment is a deadly foe to Bolshevism. Profitable 
wages make for sobriety, integrity and patriotism. 
Upon the active, aggressive work of men of broad 
vision, men who dare to do things for world welfare 
while working for personal advancement, men who are 
not narrow' and niggardly in their vision, wdll depend 
the future of our country and of civilization. 
A saving at the spigot of business and municipal ex¬ 
penditures just now' might lead to a great outpouring at 
the bunghole. 
W ise thrift is not ahvays found in picayunish econ- 
omy. 
Then, if financially able, let your policy be “On with 
your work!” You owe a responsibility to the world. 
Do IT NOW and you w ill he w ise in your day and gen¬ 
eration. 
OPbttuary 
THE LATE JONATHAN B. MOREY, JR. 
A great many nurseiymen and friends read with re¬ 
gret the announcement of the death of Jonathan B. 
Morey, Jr., Dansville, N. Y., as published in our last issue. 
News of his death came jirst as w'e w^ere going to press. 
Mr. Morey w'as w'ell knowm to the trade and his death 
means the loss of a much beloved man not only at Dans¬ 
ville, where he w^as born and ahvays lived but in nursery 
trade circles all over tbe country. 
He w as the son of Jonathan B. Morey wiio represented 
the county in the assendjly in 1860, 1861, 1872 and 1876, 
wiio died a few^ years ago; and his mother was formerly 
Miss Laura Sweet, the daughter of Sidney Sw'eet, who 
w as state senator in 1856 and 1857, who died in 1887. 
Still in the prime of life, only 52 years, a few years ago 
he contracted tuberculosis, although he put up a strong 
fight against the disease, death overtook him March 2nd. 
Mr. Morey was a pronunent figure at home, being 
actively interested in the religious, social and political 
life of his towm. 
Graduating from the Bochester Normal College he 
became associated with his father in the management of 
the nurseries and other interests. 
He seiwed as postmaster for six years. He also seiwed 
as ])resident of the village and the Board of Education 
and w as a vestryman of St. Peter’s Memorial Episcopal 
church. 
Mr. Morey is survived by his wife, three daughters 
and a son, Jonathan Morey. 
The funeral services were conducted by the Masonic 
fraternity and w'cre attended by practically all the nur¬ 
serymen in the district. 
C. S. HARBISON, YORK, NEB. 
Nurserymen all over the country will read of the death 
of G. S. Harrison, York, Neb., with much regret. Those 
wdio attended conventions will recall his officiating as 
chaplain. His wonderful oratory as an apostle of beauty 
made bim unique among nurserymen. 
Mr. Harrison w^as a pioneer in the true sense of the word. 
Born in the State of New York, November 24th, 1832, he 
w ent with his parents to Illinois in 1844. He w orked on 
a farm until he was 21, putting himself through college 
in Chicago, paying his w'ay by braiding whip lashes at a 
cent and a half a foot. In his autobiography he relates 
that he made a mile of whip lashes one winter. 
When he left home he had $5.00 in money. Living on 
65 cents a w'eek he returned home at the end of his col¬ 
lege year with $10.00 in his pocket. 
He began work in the missionary department of the 
The late C. S. Harrison as he appeared at the 
Cleveland Convention 
Congregational Church, and had a very active and varied 
experience. He w'ent over the new prairie country, 
preaching, organizing and building churches. Being com¬ 
pelled for a time because of physical ailment to change 
his work, he undertook colonization work for the Bur- 
ington Railroad in Nebraska. While working in this ca¬ 
pacity he did much to establish colonies of homes, even in 
advance of the Railroad. True to his character and train¬ 
ing he stood and fought for the highest type of morality 
and was a bitter enemy of the saloon and anything that 
had a tendency to lowmr the standard of Christian living. 
He w'as such an ardent lover of Nature that wdien he 
settled in York his love of plants induced him to start a 
nursery. His writings on plants are w'ell knowm. 
His last work was a book entitled the Gospel of 
Beauty and Intelligence in Trees, a volume which gives 
full sway to his descriptive power and his love of Nature. 
He closed a full and active life at the age of 87. 
