. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 768 The American Florist. Nov. 12, Florists' Telegraph Delivery. This is an auxiliary oC tho Socioty of American Florists and membership is open to all members of the parent society who are doing a retail busi- ness. It is our aim to have at least one member in each city and town, though membership may include as many as desire to join from any one city. It is not the intention to create a monopoly but merely to provide a complete list of reliable florists throughout the coun- try lor the interchange of business.
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 768 The American Florist. Nov. 12, Florists' Telegraph Delivery. This is an auxiliary oC tho Socioty of American Florists and membership is open to all members of the parent society who are doing a retail busi- ness. It is our aim to have at least one member in each city and town, though membership may include as many as desire to join from any one city. It is not the intention to create a monopoly but merely to provide a complete list of reliable florists throughout the coun- try lor the interchange of business. The organization can not directly make a profit but is established for the con- venience of its members and the ex- penses are to be met by annual dues of the members. The Association guarantees prompt payment of bills due from one member to another member. This is made pos- sible by requiring that each member shall deposit a certain amount in a trustee fund and the interest on this fund, together with membership fees, constitutes a guarantee fund for the bills of all. Members who do not pay their bills promptly to be expelled and to lose their deposit. The charges are based upon the as- sumption that the total of business going out from and coming into any given city will be in proportion to the population of that city and that tho total business will not be much greater if there are several members in that city than if there were only one. The census returns are not yet avail- able for 1910 so the census of 1900 at the present time taken as a basis. As an example of how this works out, let us take Indianapolis. The of 1900 showed a population of 169,164. The payment to the trustee fund is at the rate of 20 cents for each thousand, eliminating fractional parts of $ This would fix the payment at $ for Indianapolis. If Bertermanns were the first to join, they would re- mit $ for the trustee fund and a membership fee of $ (which is the same for all
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