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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw55amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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/p/7- The American Florist. 1359 The proper sized box must be at hand; to keep the customer waiting- while the boy runs down cellar after one is an annoyance—it consumes time. A competent person should be within reach of the phones — much business is lost by careless work here. How to have this service effective every minute of the day is well worth the best planning- and has much to do with swelling the profits of the year. How many men take advantage of discounts? To save six per cent on a ribbon bill, paid within 10 days of purchase, is well worth while. Two per cent in 10 days after rendering of statement is ordinary practice, while supply houses will allow five on many lines. Open a discount page in your ledger, spot every discount opportu- nity, and you will be surprised at the footing at the end of the year. Taking an inventory of every ar- ticle in stock at least once a year is good economy. Books cannot be bal- anced without this information, but many, very many storekeepers, do not keep books that will or can be made to balance. By the inventory, how- ever, they get an idea of what they have on hand. The damaged, shop worn or junk-like material may be re- paired, some of it can be made almost like new. all of which is good economy. The most successful men in the trade never feel satisfied; they are al- ways on the alert, studying out econo- mies that count for efficiency in time and money. In short, they are in busi- ness for profit and never forget it. K. Express Service Improvement. We are in receipt of a communica- tion dated July 5 from Max Schling, the well-known New York florist, who has been working in the interests of the betterment of express service for florists, previous announcement of whose efforts in this good cause, ex- tending over a period of two years, ap- peared in our issue of March 10, 1017, page 390. The excellent progress made by Mr. Schling since that time can be seen from his report, which is as fol- lows : "During exhibition week last winter the legislative committee of the So- ciety of American Florists joined me in my efforts to secure better ship- ping conditions from the express com- panies. We had a meeting in New York in March with three vice-presi- dents of the express companies, for which meeting I had arranged pre- viously, and these gentlemen, after an hour's discussion, decided to look into our complaints and try to assist us as much as possible to secure better service. Since that time I have kept working at this matter and finally, after several consultations with these gentlemen, succeeded in securing a label, a reproduction of which is shown herewith. This label is good for plant or flower shipping, and will be sent throughout the country to be placed on the bulletin boards of the different ex- press companies, and in this way is made an oflicial label. The cost of the label is .$1..50 per thousand, and any- one desiring to secure them should write to me, enclosing additional cost of postage, as the price is net to us. They can be secured in lots of .500 or 1,000—anyway anyone wants to buy. "This is not the only privilege I se- cured. We florists explained to the ex- press companies that we would gladly pay an additional cost for securing
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DAFFODILS AND YELLOW RIBBON. Design by Students in Floriculture, University of Illinois, Drbana. quick service and would gladly pay for telephone calls which this quick serv- ice at times necessitates. The express companies cannot go into this matter on that basis. The interstate commerce commission does not allow them to change rates, even with our consent, and their system does not allow them to make it a rule to lay out expenses for a shipper and to collect that money, because to collect these small items they would have to go through the same routine as if they shipped a package, and in consequence the col- lection would cost them the same as it would cost to express a package and would require too much bookkeeping. Therefore, they decided to carry the cost of the additional telephone calls whenever necessary. I am willing to keep on working on this matter and I hope within a short time to secure a way which will insure us against any possible loss. "I will bring this matter before the interested parties during convention week in New York, and therefore would like very much that any parties interested in expressage should write or call and arrange for a meeting on express matters in New York during convention week. The best way would be for the different florists in the dif- ferent states or the various florists' associations to elect a delegate who would call on and work with me in conjunction. The influence of one alone never can secure as much as a body of men, each one willing to do a little work, and I am sure that if I keep on working in this direction -we will be able to do some good to ourselves and to others in our business." Hill-Bertermann Merger In Effect. The consolidation of the Indianapolis interests of the E. G. Hill Co., of Rich- mond, Ind., and Bertermann Bros. Co., of the first named city, advance notice of which was made in our issue of May 5, page 843, became effective July 1. The new arrangement with the sell- ing forces combined makes possible better service at moderate prices.

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