. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HE great pleasure it gives itie to preside at this meet- ing I cannot find words ad- equate to express. I do not tliink myself worthy of the high honor you have conferred upon me by electing me your presiding officer. I feel that the honor should be intended more for St. Louis, the community I rep- resent, than for just the individual. Be that as it may. I do want sincerely and from the bottom of my heart to thank the St. Louis Florists' Club for electing me to this most cherished and honorable position ill the gift of our beloved so- ciety. My con
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HE great pleasure it gives itie to preside at this meet- ing I cannot find words ad- equate to express. I do not tliink myself worthy of the high honor you have conferred upon me by electing me your presiding officer. I feel that the honor should be intended more for St. Louis, the community I rep- resent, than for just the individual. Be that as it may. I do want sincerely and from the bottom of my heart to thank the St. Louis Florists' Club for electing me to this most cherished and honorable position ill the gift of our beloved so- ciety. My constant prayer and aim has been that I may live up to your expectations and to the great responsibilities of the office. The future only will tell how well this has been done, hence I beg you withhold judgment for a little while, and when the curtain finally drops and this administration goes out, kindly cover our mistakes with the mantle of charity. We are just now in the first stages, so to speak, of the re- construction period after one of the greatest wars ever fought by mankind. AVe can only grasp the immensity of it when we stop to consider that ap- proximately 50, 000 men were mobil- ized for the great conflict, of w h i c h 8,000,000 are dead, 18,000,000 are wounded, 6,000,000 are permanent wrecks and 7,000,- 000 were blown to pieces, buried dead or alive, or are jiris- oners to be worked or starved to death; 9,00(1,0(1(1 civilians, women, children and aged, h a v e been murdered, star\ed and slain by disease just because some war lords dreamed of a world conquest. What the War Cost. Edgar Crammond, a British financial writer,estimates the total cost of the war, including indi- rect losses, at $260,- 000,000,000. The De- partment of Com- merce in 1916 reck- oned the total na- Tlip full text of the address of ,T. Fred Ainmann I)resident of tlie Society of American Florists, delivered at the convention in Detroit, Angnst 1», 1919. tional wealth of the United States at
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