. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Janoabt 15, 1920. The Rorists^ Review 21 WJt^l«yW!WWIWt,V!W[XSyt«/JlXS^^ LIVE FLOWERS MAKE GROWERS'^LIVINGI 1r/s>rtr/sv1^/sv1r/wrlrs\1r)rsv1^s^1^'*^1^^s\1r)«\1rrto1r/^ SHOULD SELL FSESK FLOWERS. Grower Needs Reciprocity. Eose growing—with the cost of coal two to three times pre-war prices; help and fertilizer double those prices; boxes, express, glass and lumber three times their former cost; repairs and steam pipe more than double; boiler tubes six times and brass goods four times their former cost—would call for an increase in price to at leas
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Janoabt 15, 1920. The Rorists^ Review 21 WJt^l«yW!WWIWt,V!W[XSyt«/JlXS^^ LIVE FLOWERS MAKE GROWERS'^LIVINGI 1r/s>rtr/sv1^/sv1r/wrlrs\1r)rsv1^s^1^'*^1^^s\1r)«\1rrto1r/^ SHOULD SELL FSESK FLOWERS. Grower Needs Reciprocity. Eose growing—with the cost of coal two to three times pre-war prices; help and fertilizer double those prices; boxes, express, glass and lumber three times their former cost; repairs and steam pipe more than double; boiler tubes six times and brass goods four times their former cost—would call for an increase in price to at least three times what the pre-war prices were. Money invested should have a larger return of interest and also a reasonable profit. The profit on the capital that I have invested in the business has not returned a profit as high as six per cent in the last thirty years. If I had invested my money in anything as permanent as dwelling houses it would bring at least ten per cent, with much less risk. The retailer has laid the foundation of his business on the rose, which he could buy every day in the year and make the greatest appeal to the public. The rose is the best friend the retailer ever had. But what happens now on the greatest day the rose has ever known, when the heart of the nation ap- peals to you for something to lay on the graves of the departed heroes from all walks of life, that will express the truest and highest sentiments? What do you offer them? Some gaudy, axtificial flow- ers, artistically arranged with some well preserved corpses of dead magnolia leaves, and why? Because the profits are large and you do not have to give it to the grower? Has Rose Orowing Declined? I used to grow 200,000 roses for Memorial day, and 6 cents was the bot- tom price a few years ago. Now I grow 50,000, and IVj cents has been the bot- tom price. This is what the retailers have done to their best friend, the rose. When the day comes that we have a fair chance to get back some of
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