. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. u. The Florists' Review Mabch 5, 1914. "Thus we often complain at the sup- posed profits on necessities which are controlled by big business and submit with a smile tO| the thirty times larger prpfit levied upbri our luxuries by little ; Of course that's an unfair com- parison. Coal doesn't wither overnight; itjl mining calls for neither service nor art. Also, the coal may cost $1 and sell for $, but by the time it gets into the writer's coalbin it costs all the way from $3 to $6 per ton! Prob- ably it is not to be wondered a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. u. The Florists' Review Mabch 5, 1914. "Thus we often complain at the sup- posed profits on necessities which are controlled by big business and submit with a smile tO| the thirty times larger prpfit levied upbri our luxuries by little ; Of course that's an unfair com- parison. Coal doesn't wither overnight; itjl mining calls for neither service nor art. Also, the coal may cost $1 and sell for $, but by the time it gets into the writer's coalbin it costs all the way from $3 to $6 per ton! Prob- ably it is not to be wondered a^ that a man who would compare coal mining with retailing cut flowers would ignore the fact that the average mine oper- ajjor appears to grow rich on that 7-cent long ago a man came into our store and purchased a $15 design, to be delivered to an undertaking establishment. In j)pynient for the design he gave us a $175 check. The man was heavily in- toxicated aqd was,g9ing home to sober up and stated that he would call for the balance in a day or so. We thought his story quite plausible, but phoned to the bank to ascertain the value of the check before. delivering the floral de- sign. The bank informed us that the check, if properly signed, was perfectly good, but later found that it was a case of forgery and we were $15 "in the ; Further evidence pointed to the fact that this was simply a repe- tition of a rascally offense Store and Show House of the San Antonio Floral G}.> San Antonio, Tex. margin while the average retail florist, whatever his margin may be, seems to find it increasingly difficult to keep his head above water. But that doesn't help the Philadelphia florists, who feel that such statements in newspapers not only are unfair but are a detriment to the flower business. CREDIT SYSTEM FOR FLORISTS. [An address by Glen K. Parker, of the Geo. M. Kellogg Flower & Plant Co., president of tlie Kansas City Florists' Club, reported by Samue
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