. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists^ Review Apeil 29, 1920 y .. QtiCN U^Xm^y^ READEDB slave to the whims of others. Sunday is the day which has been set aside to close all shops, a day of rest, and by keeping open our stores on this day we are putting ourselves on the level with the peanut vender on the corner, who finds it necessary to snatch at the passing pennies of the more independ- ent persons as they pass on their out- ings on Sunday. E. E, Temperley. APPEAL FOE SOIiIDABITy. As a newcomer in the business and as one who is only in it temporarily, there are many
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists^ Review Apeil 29, 1920 y .. QtiCN U^Xm^y^ READEDB slave to the whims of others. Sunday is the day which has been set aside to close all shops, a day of rest, and by keeping open our stores on this day we are putting ourselves on the level with the peanut vender on the corner, who finds it necessary to snatch at the passing pennies of the more independ- ent persons as they pass on their out- ings on Sunday. E. E, Temperley. APPEAL FOE SOIiIDABITy. As a newcomer in the business and as one who is only in it temporarily, there are many things that are new to me and rather amusing and tragic at the same time. My father has been a florist for a great many years, but never had I been in close enough touch with the entire business to realize so many of the intricate parts. I should like to make one suggestion, that will do much toward putting the business as a whole on a better basis, and that is, have a "sense of honor" code. We have in this vicinity, and I pre- sume there are others of the same type in every locality, florists who have es- tablished a peciUiar form of competi- tion. The market price is a certain figure in Buffalo, the same in New York, the same in Jamestown, Elmira and, in fact, all of the large controlling whole- sale houses. A retail florist who grows his stock has more than he can dispose of; he finds out where the local whole- sale florist is selling, rushes in and underbids the market price by, not 1 cent, but 2 or 3 cents, in order to break in. As a good many of our retail florists who have only stores have not had the experience of the hard labor connected with the growing end of the game and money is their only reason for being in the business, their word of contract is of no value as long as they can get cheap goods. They cut their regular wholesaler, even though the wholesaler has given them a re- duced rate during the busy season be- cause they have taken the entire stock.
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