. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. '9*5- The American Florist. 235. R. C. KERR. Vice-President-Elect Society of American Florists. If the convention garden work can be enlarged upon, along the lines of this suggestion, I believe that the sec- retary and the local authorities of the convention cities, having the execution of the plans in charge, should have the assistance of a permanent com- mittee of the S. A. F. consisting of three members well versed and expe- rienced in this work. They shall be appointed by the president, one for three years, on
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. '9*5- The American Florist. 235. R. C. KERR. Vice-President-Elect Society of American Florists. If the convention garden work can be enlarged upon, along the lines of this suggestion, I believe that the sec- retary and the local authorities of the convention cities, having the execution of the plans in charge, should have the assistance of a permanent com- mittee of the S. A. F. consisting of three members well versed and expe- rienced in this work. They shall be appointed by the president, one for three years, one for two years and one for one year. Each president there- after would make an appointment an- nually. In this connection I recom- mend that after the appointment of this committee, the first question they should consider would be an amend- ment to the constitution providing for the choice of the annual convention city two years in advance. Their rec- ommendation should be submitted to the executive board for consideration before being acted upon by the na- tional convention. Legislation.—The pioneers in com- mercial floriculture took conditions as they found them, surmounted difficul- ties and conquered many obstacles. They did it in their own way without any great assistance from legislation, but that method can no longer go on. We must see to it that no hostile laws are put upon the statute books. Legislation, emanating either from congress or from any of our state legislatures, may be helpful or result in great injury unless prevented by the active work of our legislative com- mittee. The requirements of this committee call for a reasonable annual appro- priation to be used when needed to encourage favorable and prevent hos- tile legislation. I would strongly rec- ommend that the chairman be given power to secure counsel in Washing- ton, or in any of our states, to ap- pear before national or local legisla- tive committees, and make known our needs whenever in his judgme
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