. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. l»m'',"v-,. NOVEiMBEH 9, 1916. The Florists' Rc^^ew 17 as had been satisfactorily done in other years. In the aggregate it meant many hundreds of dollars. And Fischer's customers were only a few of the total number interested, as the conditions must be the same with other German houses having customers here. Most of the remittances were in the form of bank paper or postoffice money orders. The Review Starts Investigation. No doubt in the course of time it will be possible for those who purchased funds payable in Germany to secure the repayment
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. l»m'',"v-,. NOVEiMBEH 9, 1916. The Florists' Rc^^ew 17 as had been satisfactorily done in other years. In the aggregate it meant many hundreds of dollars. And Fischer's customers were only a few of the total number interested, as the conditions must be the same with other German houses having customers here. Most of the remittances were in the form of bank paper or postoffice money orders. The Review Starts Investigation. No doubt in the course of time it will be possible for those who purchased funds payable in Germany to secure the repayment of sums the paper represent- ing which has been destroyed, but to expedite the matter The Review made inquiry of the U. S. Department of State to ascertain what disposition the British government is making of Amer- ican mails for Germany taken off the Dutch and Danish steamers, more par- ticularly as to what the British do with enclosures representing money. It was explained that this trade is interested in a large number of comparatively small sums which have been detained and j)erliaps destroyed. Few, if any, are of sulKcient size to justify legal ex- pense for their recoA'ery. State Department Will Help. The government of the United States stands ready to assist any who will sup- ply sufficiently complete and accurate (lata to make it possible to trace in- dividual remittances. In a letter to The Review Alvey A. Adee, Second As- sistant Secretary of State, makes its offer as follows: DEPAUTMENT OF STATE October 30, 1016. Florists' Piiblishiiijr Company, ChicflKo, Illinoih. Oontloiiicn: The Dopartment has received your letter of the 12th instant in which you ask to be advised as to what disposttion the Kritish (Jov- ernnient is ninkinK of the (iernian mail it tultes off neutral st"i\mers, more particnlurly, what heconii's of the remittances contained in this mail. In reply you are informed tliat if you have in mind a particular case in which you are inter-
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