. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Rorists^ Review January 6, 1921 prices for the crops being accompanied or quickly to be followed by adequate instead of insufficient farm labor and by lower prices for farmers' materials. "4. The new and more hopeful out- look of the railways, not yet even ap- proximately tested as to the profit- earning power of the new rates under the government's altered railway pol- icy; while in the export trade, the teach- ing of our yrhole economic history is that a fall in prices, however sudden, invariably places American foreign trade on a sou
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Rorists^ Review January 6, 1921 prices for the crops being accompanied or quickly to be followed by adequate instead of insufficient farm labor and by lower prices for farmers' materials. "4. The new and more hopeful out- look of the railways, not yet even ap- proximately tested as to the profit- earning power of the new rates under the government's altered railway pol- icy; while in the export trade, the teach- ing of our yrhole economic history is that a fall in prices, however sudden, invariably places American foreign trade on a sounder and surer basis. "5. The fact that reduction in the proceeds of income and profit taxes will force the hand of Congress to reform the whole unfair and precarious present sys- tem of ; The presentation of the general condi- tions so far given indicates that there will be throughout the country in 1921 good business and plenty of it. Its aspect for the florist is most favorable. Christmas business showed clearly that the buyers' strike did not extend to this trade. Those who had been pessimistic in their predictions as to the sale of flowers, basing their utterances on con- ditions in other lines of business, re- ceived a startling surprise, while those who were more optimistic admitted that their hopes had been surpassed. The encouragement given to the trade in this way was quite warm. Better for Florists. In the outlook for the coming year other factors are favorable for florists. The problem of help, so serious a handi- cap the last two years, is already easier. Unskilled labor is much less in cost than it was and there is plenty of it. Skilled workers are returning from the industries which lured them away with more lucrative opportunities in the war period. Lessened demand for almost all classes of labor is rendering workers more content, and, in comparison, the opportunities in the florists' field now shine more brightly. The curtailed demand for the
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