. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. should pay one-halt of the population fee which should then be refunded to the first member—and so on-—no mat- ter how many eome in from tliat one City. The total population fee !n the treasury from that city should remain constant, and each member from that city should have paid an equal amount. Let the money so paid, be In- vested .ind the interest from such investment be combined with the membership fees to form a guarantee fund. Should any member fail or refuse to pay a bill due to any other member for a
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. should pay one-halt of the population fee which should then be refunded to the first member—and so on-—no mat- ter how many eome in from tliat one City. The total population fee !n the treasury from that city should remain constant, and each member from that city should have paid an equal amount. Let the money so paid, be In- vested .ind the interest from such investment be combined with the membership fees to form a guarantee fund. Should any member fail or refuse to pay a bill due to any other member for a specified time, say 60 days, let this bill be presented to the proper committee and, if it is found correct, paid from the guarantee fund, thus consuming the membership fee of the delinquent member and sever- ing his connection with the associa- tion. In case the account is a disputed one it should be provided that the debtor may pay to the arbitration committee, the amount claimed and await its decision as to what amount is justly due; in such case his membership would not be affected. It should be provided that the guarantee of the association would not hold good except when the non-payment of ac- counts was promptly reported. Other- wise a florist might be badly delin- quent in a number of places at the same time and the association know nothing about it until some creditor became alarmed and then the bills would pour in from all directions. The secretary of the retail section should be the secretary of the S. A. P. and the membership fee and dues of the section should include the fees and dues of the parent society, so that members would only have to make payment to one person and con- fusion would thus be avoided. The membership fee of the section should also include the price of the tele- graph code book of the association. By buying in quantity, the cost of the code book could be very materially reduced. While the matter of deliveries seems the most vital single que
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