. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 611 further aptitude for figuring and I'll guarantee that twenty-four hours after- wards he could give a safe and sane figure over 2'/i cents for which he would sell all the flowers he could raise and be willing to work for a big output. He would not only produce fine flowers, for, as a specialist he could do it, but he would also deter- mine the proper price for which he would sell all or none, and thus do away with the ridiculous spectacle of middlemen establishing so-called mar- ket
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 611 further aptitude for figuring and I'll guarantee that twenty-four hours after- wards he could give a safe and sane figure over 2'/i cents for which he would sell all the flowers he could raise and be willing to work for a big output. He would not only produce fine flowers, for, as a specialist he could do it, but he would also deter- mine the proper price for which he would sell all or none, and thus do away with the ridiculous spectacle of middlemen establishing so-called mar- ket prices, which are neither founded on any idea of the producer's proper income, nor for what the public de- mands and is willing to pay. Obviously the middleman occupies the same sphere as an express com- pany; each are conveyors or distribu- Neither one has the moral right to regulate the value of the goods be- cause neither takes any part in the productive labor. Supposing the ex- press companies should demand higher rates for carrying orchids and gar- denias than asters and gladioli. What a howl would go up! And yet the wholesaler can fix the price on any flower, but he keeps an eagle eye on the wholesaler across the street, while the grower is on one end of his see- saw and the store man on the other; both take turns in getting dumped. And so, Mr. Grower, you place this arbitrary power in Mr. Wholesaler's hands simply because you do not take the_trou_ble to make better arrangements for yourself. A word about the demoralizing cus- tom of selling by wholesale one hun- dv^d flowers from one shipment at a price, and closing out the balance to the firm of Tom, Dick & Harry at a heavy reduction. The flowers are, of course, of a uniform quality, the ship- ment of one man, and it costs as much to grow one flower as another (same variety), and yet this mode of trade is like selling the first hundred copies of a book with the author's autograph at one price and bringi
Size: 1314px × 1901px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
