. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g4- The American Florist. 1207. VIEW OF THE GREENHOUSES OF H. A. DREER AT RIVERTON, N J. have done a great deal in developing the flower business. If they had never been in existence there is no question but what the business would have kept on growing, but the rapidity with which we have ad- vanced is largely owing to them. Abuses may have crept into the man- agement with more or less detrimental effect on the business, as for instance, the abnormal advance in prices at the holi- days. But these objectionable f
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g4- The American Florist. 1207. VIEW OF THE GREENHOUSES OF H. A. DREER AT RIVERTON, N J. have done a great deal in developing the flower business. If they had never been in existence there is no question but what the business would have kept on growing, but the rapidity with which we have ad- vanced is largely owing to them. Abuses may have crept into the man- agement with more or less detrimental effect on the business, as for instance, the abnormal advance in prices at the holi- days. But these objectionable features can be and should be eradicated. Already the commission dealer has found out that extreme high prices on special occasions are hurtful to the trade. So this matter is being rapidly adjusted to the satisfac- tion of grower, dealer and middleman. Then there is the fakir, also the outgrowth of the wholesale system. How to deal with him is a question for the future to decide. Less than two years ago the Chi- cago Cut Flower Exchange was started ?with the hope that it would do away with all the objectionable practices of the commission business. Naturally the pro- jectors of this new enterprise expected the loyal support ot the growers as undoubt- edly the advantages tobegained by them were larger than those of the other inter- ests. But how lamentable the failure is a matter of very recent history, the very growers who were loudest in their com- plaints against the commission dealer, calling him a thief and a cut-throat, proved the very ones to hold back, ex- pecting his brother grower to draw the chestnuts out of the fire. If the undertak- ing had proved a success they were ready to tumble into the band wagon, but now, "well I told you ; Other cities have made these exchanges a grand success, why not Chicago? There is apparently too much narrow minded selfishness and jealousy in our ranks and until this is shaken off there is small hope for unity of action. As
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