. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. <i^%^. WILL FOOD FAMINE AFFECT FLOWERS? The prices of food form the staple topic of conversation in the United States, for even the well-to-do find many so-called necessities of life beyond easy reach. Florists fear the mounting cost of food can go no farther with- out affecting the demand for flowers. OW far can the price of M potatoes go before it cuts down the demand for daf- fodils? It is the question the men of the trade are asking each other, at flo- rists' clubs and at chance meetings, for the impres- sion is general that the re- cent sen
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. <i^%^. WILL FOOD FAMINE AFFECT FLOWERS? The prices of food form the staple topic of conversation in the United States, for even the well-to-do find many so-called necessities of life beyond easy reach. Florists fear the mounting cost of food can go no farther with- out affecting the demand for flowers. OW far can the price of M potatoes go before it cuts down the demand for daf- fodils? It is the question the men of the trade are asking each other, at flo- rists' clubs and at chance meetings, for the impres- sion is general that the re- cent sensational rise in the cost of food is prejudicial to the inter- ests oi those wlio deal in less necessary things. The fact is ignored that the florists' business always has been best while prices elsewhere were soaring. "With potatoes at 6 cents a pound, cabbage at 12 cents and onions at 18 cents," said a retailer in a factory sec- tion, "my people will have nothing left with which to buy ; But he forgot the fact that all the workers in his section are employed, for about the first time on record, and that the earn- ings per household are the highest ever known. The flower business never has been hurt by high prices for other things-— somebody gets the money and that some- body is almost sare to spend part of it for flowers. True, present conditions in the Ujiited States are without parallel. Price levels are higher than the present generation ever has known. Mr. Lugu- brious Blue asserts with truth that the cost of liv- ing never was so high as now, but Mr. Smiley Glad florist's ability to so manage his affairs that he is able to retain a profit. What if potatoes are nearly a dollar a peck? Does the dollar disappear from the face of the earth! No; only the potatoes! The dollar merely changes from one man's hand to another's. And if there be a little better than the usual profit for the seller, so much the better for the florist whose door is handy
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