1900-Olds Seed Co., L. L., Clinton, Wis. 1901-Page Seed Co., Greene, N. Y. 1888-Peppard, J. G., Kansas City, Mo. 1892-Philipps, Henry, Seed & Implement Co., Toledo, O. 1904-Philipps, W. T., & Co., Toledo, O. 1907-Pieters, A. J., Seed Co., Hollister, Cal. 1893-Plant, Fred S., St. Louis, Mo. 1905-Planters Seed Co., Springfield, Mo. 1884-Platt, F. S. Co., New Haven, Conn. 1903-Rawson, W. W., & Co., Boston, Mass. 1894-Rennie, Wm. Co., Limited, Toronto, Ontario. 1888-Rogers Bros., Chaumont, N. Y. 1899-Ross Bros., Worcester, Mass. 1903-Rowe, Chas. H., Philadelphia, Pa. 1904 St. Louis Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo. 1887-Salzer, H. A., La Crosse, Wis. 1903-Scarlett, Wm. G., & Co., Baltimore, Md. 1899-Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo. 1900-Schrage, V., Cincinnati, O. 1893-Schwill, Otto, & Co., Memphis, Tenn. 1903-Sherman & Eberle, Albany, N. Y. 1895 Shumway, R. H., Rockford, Ill. 1902-Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co., Sioux City, Ia. 1898-Sloan, D. L., & Son, Palo Alto, Cal. 1903-Spears, E. F., & Sons, Paris, Ky. 1900-Springfield Seed Co., Springfield, Mo. 1900-Steckler. J., Seed Co., New Orleans, La. 1886-Steele, Briggs Seed Co., Toronto, Ont. 1906-Stokes, Walter P., Philadelphia, Pa. 1885-Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O. 1892-Taylor Bros., Camden, N. J. 1900-Templin Co., The, Calla, O. 1902-Teweles, L., & Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 1903-Texas Seed & Floral Co., Dallas, Tex. 1903-Theilman Seed Co., Erie, Pa. 1901-Tilton, A., & Son, Cleveland, O. 1901-Toledo Field Seed Co., Toledo, O. 1885-Wood, T. W., & Sons, Richmond, Va. 1903-Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky. 1889-Woodruff, S. D., & Sons, Orange, Conn. 1899-Young. Josiah, Troy, N. Y. 1899-Zahm, J. F., & Co., Toledo, O. OFFICIAL REPORT of the TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION Hotel Astor New York, June 25-26-27, 1907. THOSE PRESENT. The following or their representatives were registered June 26: Adams, T. Lee, Kansas City, Mo. Allen, C. L. and Linnaeus, Floral Park, N. Y. Barrett, W. H., Adrian, Mich. Bolgiano, F. W., Washington, D. C. Bolgiano, Roland, Baltimore, Md. Braslan, Chas. P. Briggs, S. E., The Steele-Briggs Co., Toronto, Ont. Brill, Francis, Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. Brown, B. F., Brown Bag Filling Machine Co., Fitchburg, Mass. Brunjes, M. H., Brooklyn, N. Y. Buffington, J. J., Baltimore, Md. Burge, C. S., S. W. Flower & Co., Toledo, O. Burge, R. L., Toledo Field Seed Co., Toledo, O. Burnham, Clarence, Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis. Childs, John Lewis, Floral Park, N. Y. Clark, A. N., Milford, Conn. Clark, Herbert and Arthur, The Everett B. Clark Co., Milford, Conn. Clark, J., Leonard Seed Co., Chicago. Clark, O. W., Buffalo, N. Y. Conklin, E. W., E. W. Conklin & Son, Binghamton, N. Y. Corneli, Benjamin, Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo. Dickinson, O. H., Springfield, Mass.. Don, A. L., Weeber & Don, New York. Dungan, E. L., Wm. Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa. Ebeling, F. H., Syracuse, N. Y. Eberle, Mr., Sherman & Eberle, Albany, N. Y. Emerson, Frank T., Western Seed & Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb. Ferrell, A. T., Saginaw, Mich. Fiske, H. E., Boston, Mass. Fonda, W. T., Mandeville & King, Rochester, N. Y. Forbes, Alex., Peter Henderson & Co., New York. Fuld, Maurice, J. W. Ramsey & Son, Auburn, N. Y. Gage, P. H., S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich. Galloway, Dr. B. T., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Goldsmith, Arthur H., Floral Park, N. Y. Green, Geo. B., Illinois Seed Co., Chicago. Griswold, T., Wethersfield, Conn. Groot, S., Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland. Guelph, C. P., Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. Hendrickson, I. S., John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. Henderson, Peter, New York. Hollenbach, Peter, Chicago. Holmes, H., Holmes Seed Co., Harrisburg, Pa. Johnson, H. W., Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Jones, Frank, Cadwell & Jones, Hartford, Conn. Keeney, C. N., N. B. Keeney & Son, Le Roy, N. Y. King, Fred B., Mandeville & King, Rochester, N. Y. Lambert, S. L., Baltimore, Md. Landreth, Burnett, Bristol, Pa. Langbridge, W. C., Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. Leonard, S. F., Leonard Seed Co., Chicago. Lupton, J. M., Mattituck, N. Y. McCullough, Albert and J. Chas., Cincinnati, O. McFarland, J. Horace, Harrisburg, Pa. McVay, G. B., Amzi-Godden Co., Birmingham, Ala. May, N. H., Alexandria, Va. Michaels, J. S., Sioux City Seed and Nursery Co., Sioux City, Ia. Pieters, A. J., Hollister, Cal. Platt, Frank, S., New Haven, Conn. Rice, J. B., Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. Robinson, J. C. and Lawrence, Waterloo, Neb. Rogers, A. L., Rogers Bros., Chaumont, N. Y. Ross, W. D., Ross Bros., Worcester, Mass. Rowe, Chas. H., Philadelphia, Pa. Salzer, J. A., La Crosse, Wis. Sheap, E. J., S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich. Stokes, Walter P., Philadelphia, Pa. Stone, N. S., Churchill & Co., Toledo, O. Representative of Springfield Seed Co., Springfield, Mo. Therkedson, W. F., Birmingham, Ala. Vaughan, Leonard H., Chicago. Vick, Chas. H., James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. White, J. W., Birmingham, Ala. Representative of Frank B. White Co. Will, Oscar H., Bismark, N. D. Willard, S. F. and sons, Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, Conn. Wilson, S. A., with L. L. Olds Co., Clinton, Wis. Windheim, Henry G., Nebraska Seed Co., Omaha, Neb. Wood, C. F., Wood Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky. Woodruff, W. S., S.. D. Woodruff & Sons, Orange Conn. FIRST DAY. MORNING SESSION. Tuesday, June 25, 1907. The convention was called to order by President Henry W. Wood, at 10:30 o'clock a. m. President Wood: In accordance with the power vested in me as President of this Association, I announce this Twentyfifth Annual Convention of the American Seed Trade Association open. I have great pleasure in introducing to you Hon. Patrick F. McGowan, President of the Board of Aldermen, New York City, who will make the address of welcome. REMARKS OF PATRICK F. MCGOWAN. Mr. President and Members of the American Seed Trade Association: I have, during my official life, welcomed many associations to the City of New York, yet I do not recall one more important than the present. So much depends upon the work which you do for the wealth, for the health and for the prosperity of the country, that your coming here and meeting together for mutual benefit must be beneficial to the entire United States. Without good seed we cannot hope for good crops, and without good crops we cannot have good health and prosperity. So much depends upon you gentlemen, who are contributing so much to the prosperity of the country, that it is a great pleasure, indeed, for me to say a word of welcome to you this morning. Years ago you will recall each man did the best he could by himself, and an exchange of ideas was unheard of and unthought of. A convention such as you have here to-day must not only benefit yourselves, but every community,-not so much the cities, except after the seed is grown, but every community, every little hamlet, every field and every forest throughout this great and grand country of ours. So I welcome you in behalf of the great City of New York. I trust that your deliberations will be productive of much good. I trust that your stay with us will be a pleasant one. I trust your stay with us will be beneficial, not only to yourselves, but to the City of New York as well. We had colder weather not so very long ago, and waited for you gentlemen, but it has slipped by. We have it a little warmer now, but I trust it is not going to be too hot for you in New York. This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of your organization, as I understand it-your Silver Jubilee, so-called, of the Association-and I hope that this twenty-fifth anniversary will mark the opening of new ideas that will be not only a surprise, but a welcome gift to all the people of the United States. I am not going to detain you this morning with a long speech. I have not prepared one for you, and I don't believe you want such a speech on such a day. But again, in behalf of the great City of New York, I welcome you to this community, and if there is anything that we can do to make your stay pleasant and profitable, if you will call on us we shall be very glad to do it. (Applause.) RESPONSE BY CHARLES P. BRASLAN. Mr. President of the Board of Aldermen of the great City of New York: On behalf of the American Seed Trade Association, I wish to thank you for the welcome you have extended. It was here, twenty-five years ago, that the organization that is meeting here to-day was organized. Since then we have stood steadily together, we have progressed from year to year, and we have done-I think I can say it without egotism—we have done as much for the good of humanity as any other line of trade. We are giving you better things to eat, and we are giving you better things to wear, all of which come from our Association. I know it is the feeling of every member of this Association that they would like to come to your city and hold their meetings annually, because we look upon New York as being the greatest city in the world. We thank you. |