Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-21
BULB BUSINESS
HARD HIT FROM
EFFECTS OF WAR
Industry for Which Holland Is
Famous Has Been Dealt a
Severe Blow; Export Trade
ParaIyzed,
Associated Pres. corresponeence)

IIaaIlcm, NelHeliunhAt q uhN -.
Although the bulb business FOR whrh
Holland is world famous would seem
To be Immune from the erect OF the
war, il has, like other Industries, hao
end hloW from which IL is even less
able to recover as time goes on ana
Tho war continues. The head of the
Bulb Growers association OF the
Netherlands, whose headquarters are
this city, reviewed the enects Oh me
war on Hollands ancient traffic Tor
the Associated Press.
everything in the bulb trade was
ready for the export season when
starts in the first week of August
when the war broke out said Mr.
Krelage. as his motor whirled the
correspondent through gorgeous
fields. planted in checkerboards OF
scarlet purple, yellow, white and
particolored late tulips and fragrant
hvacinths whose odor hung heavy
above the sandy fields. our first inn
preston then was that expectation
would be impossible altogether, ana
that the whole season would be inn
possible altogether, and that the
whole season would be lost. But the
results were really better than we had
ANTICIPATED Expectation was found
possible to the United states without
interruption. also 10 England, Swe-
den Norway and Denmark, Germany
and Austrin, France and even Rus
Sin. Many orders, however. were can
celed or cut down. Domestic read
iustments made necessary by the de-
parture of so many millions of men
for the battlefields Of Europe caused
the abadoning of much of the gar
den beautifying which is annually
planned in the fall For this reason
there came 10 be an enormous sur
plus stock on the hands of the Dutch
bulb growers. especially Of hyaclnths
which had already been somewhat
too plentiful, even before the war.
Prices Extremely Low.
Enormous quantities OF bulbs, also
seem To have been sent to public auc-
lions in several foreign countries, to
be sold in that way at exceedingly
low prices-which did not help the
Dutch bulb business. AT the end of
the export season, tulips and narcissi
proved TO be practically all sold,
while there still remained an inn
portant stock of hyacinths In the
warehouses, which had to be thrown
away in the end.
"'The prices of most kinds of bulbs
went down in August. Hyacinths could
be had at any figure; tulips in cases
for half the normal price. The Of
fetal export statistics show only a
very slight decrease compared with
the record year of 1913, but these
figures are deceptive. They can be ac-
counted for by the large size and
heavier weight of the bulbs. and also
by the large quantities sold at auc-
ton upon which there was little If
any profit to the vendors, or the bulb
growers.
''The financial losses to the bulb
growers. although not perhaps so bad
as anticipated last August, have been
very serious. But they depend to
certain extent upon the character OF
the trade supplied by the individual
grower. Firms dealing only with the
United States have not irrepairably
suffered, while those exporting chief
ly to Russia have had a very bad year
Payments Better Than Expected.
This spring the representatives of
the bulb firms of Holland have ira
veled as usual to take orders and
make collections for former supplies
They report, generally, that payments
eNen III 'iie ..a,. 10, 10 ~ eo.aa n.y.,
lns ~ ~ 'L't,n -. yan, ~
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, aIlse' ,'.. 10 ~ e. ,,ai,
iuls9 puSeiS ~ pu''s p,e,a,,.i 49,
If the war looks as if 1t might
continue on into next spriRg, of
course many of these orders will be
a,,l plt n
lost anu .iv PiIsi,. ". ~ ~ 81
sru"ers wiz w "V h,,1,. ,,,e..
as - w S''i -, ~ = ~, ,,nti
suiler MUS, J"st as ,,o., w s''aI $40.
putcher, paher anu oa"uies.ieN man
or III Iioiiahu VIZ has 30 lal n"u ~
Dear une cIll1i nuluen ~ wa nj, ~,
cry. ne sii'ii Jun S,osDt nus ~ e.