. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ODCN mrm^y^ KEADBn^ HE SHOULD SELL BOSES. As I see that the wholesale florists intend to raise the price of carnations to $7 per hundred, it seems to me that Mothers' day was put up for their bene- fit and not for the people or for the re- tailer. I think I will go to my cou- ^essman and to the newspapers and get them after the flower trust, for surely it is against the Sherman act to freeze the people out. I do not like to be soaked and there are many poor peo- ple who have mothers to remember. You may say I am foolish to write like this, but if a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ODCN mrm^y^ KEADBn^ HE SHOULD SELL BOSES. As I see that the wholesale florists intend to raise the price of carnations to $7 per hundred, it seems to me that Mothers' day was put up for their bene- fit and not for the people or for the re- tailer. I think I will go to my cou- ^essman and to the newspapers and get them after the flower trust, for surely it is against the Sherman act to freeze the people out. I do not like to be soaked and there are many poor peo- ple who have mothers to remember. You may say I am foolish to write like this, but if all retailers would put up in the movies and in their ads, "Cut out flowers; buy something else," then where would the wholesalers bef Charles Helm. SYSTEM IN THE OFFICE. The letter of the Livingston Seed Co. in the issue of The Eeview for May 4, setting forth the errors often attending the settlement of F. T. D. orders, owing to a lack of proper billing and account- ing, and 'requesting The Eeview to open its columns to a discussion regard- ing better methods for handling this «lass of business, is a step in the right direction; an exchange of ideas and a frank discussion on any subject will prove beneficial. It is to be presumed that no florist would willfully make such blunders as were referred to, but many firms, and some of the larger ones, seem to give the accounting end of their business little thought toward improvement and evidently deem it of minor importance, when in fact small leaks here and there, ?directly and indirectly, occasioned by an inadequate system of bookkeeping, "will make a big hole in the net profits in the course of a year's business. This is an age of advancement and improve- ment in all departments of the florists' business and the accounting department should be given as careful attention and consideration as any other. When an F. T. D. or mail order is re- •ceived it should be carefully filled and promptly delivered as specified,
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