MISS MITCHELL: Regarding the sand-fly occurrence in cities, I can remember a good many cases of sand-fly annoyance in this city, away from any apparent source where they might breed. There have been several notes published on that in the proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.. PRESIDENT F. L. WASHBURN: Do you have pellagra here in the city? MISS MITCHELL: There were no endemic cases. Three have been brought in from outside. Adjournment. (To be continued) Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Official Horti cultural Inspectors The Tenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Official Horticultural Inspectors was held at Washington, December 28th, 29th, 1911. For convenience, the business transacted at the meeting will be reported first, which will be followed by the papers and discussions. PART I The first session was held in the Cabinet Room, New Willard Hotel, Thursday evening, December 28th. The meeting was called to order at 8 p. m., by President Franklin Sherman, Jr., with T. B. Symons, Secretary. Among the inspectors present were: E. W. Mendenhall, Columbus, Ohio, H. A. Surface, Harrisburg, Pa., L. M. Peairs, Manhattan, Kansas, T. J. Headlee, Manhattan, Kansas, S. J. Hunter, University of Kansas, A. F. Conradi, Clemson College, S. C., E. Lee Worsham, Atlanta, Ga., F. L. Washburn, Minneapolis, Minn., J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wis., E. W. Berger, Gainesville, Fla., G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn., Z. P. Metcalf, Raleigh, N. C., W. C. O'Kane, New Hampshire, H. T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass., B. H. Walden, New Haven, Conn., W. E. Rumsey, Morgantown, W. Va., E. N. Cory, College Park, Md., O. G. Babcock, College Park, Md., J. B. S. Norton, College Park, Md, and T. B. Symons, College Park, Md. The visitors present were: A. C. Morgan, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C., E. R. Sasscer, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C., G. A. Runner, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C., W. A. Hooker, Office Exp. Station, Washington, D. C., James F. Zimmer, Bureau of Entomology, Wash., D. C., A. P. Morse, Wellesley, Mass., W. B. Wood, Bureau of Entomology, Wash., D. C., D. J. Caffrey, New Haven, Conn., O. C. Bart lett, Amherst, Mass., W. S. Regan, Amherst, Mass., Leonard S. McLaine, Amherst, Mass., D. M. Rogers, Boston, Mass., L. H. Worthley, Boston, Mass., E. D. Ball, Logan, Utah, H. P. Wood, Dallas, Texas, W. S. Fisher, Harrisburg, Pa., H. B. Kirk, Harrisburg, Pa., William Firor, Athens, Ga., Fred E. Brooks, French Creek, W. Va., A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass., P. J. Parrott, Geneva, N. Y., F. C. Stewart, Geneva, N. Y., E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y., E. D. Sanderson, W. Va., H. C. Severn, N. Dak., C. L. Marlatt, Dept. of Agriculture, Wash., D. C., Dr. Perley Spaulding, Dept. of Agriculture, Wash., D. C., Dr. Haven Metcalf, Dept. of Agriculture, Wash., D. C., J. H. Cox, Wash., D. C., M. J. Elrod, Missoula, Mont., E. Blakerlee, Wash., D. C., W. J. Price, Blacksburg, Va., W. Dwight Pierce, Bureau Entomology, Dallas, Texas, A. B. Gahan, College Park, Md. The Secretary submitted his report showing the progress of the Association during the past year under the Constitution and By-Laws adopted at the last annual meeting. He reported that the inspectors of twenty-nine states had joined the Association. As Treasurer, he reported a balance of $16.27 in the treasury. STATEMENT T. B. SYMONS, in Account with American Association of Official H. Inspectors March 2, To Hope Willis, stenographic report. March 2, To Thomas & Evans, programs last meeting. April 5th, Public Printer, House reports.... Dec. 20th, W. H. Holliday, printing programs. Printing separates U. S. Agr. Committee's report. Bill for stamps. Balance for year. The Report was accepted. $73.00 .$25.00 7.75 9.48 2.50 9.50 2.50 56.73 $16.27 The Report of the Committee on National Legislation followed: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION Mr. Chairman and Members of the Association: Since the submission of the Report of this Committee citing a brief history of the effort to secure this legislature, and the present status of same before the Association of Economic Entomologists yesterday, your Committee has held several conferences with representatives of the National Nurseryman's and Western Nurseryman's Associations, and U. S. Department of Agriculture, and are now pleased to report an agreement by all parties on the Bill now before Congress, with the following amendments: 1. That it be stated in the Bill that same be enforced by a Board of five members to be chosen by the Secretary of Agriculture from the Bureau of Entomology, Plant Industry and Legal Department. 2. That it be stated in Bill that a hearing be given parties interested before quarantine be established, and that the issuing of a permit be made mandatory after the rules and regulations are complied with. 3. That the word "general" be added before the word "nature" in line four, Sec. 3, of Secretary's circular, giving copy of law. 4. That the word "imported" be added after the word "any" in line five, Sec. 4, and the word "original" or its equivalent be added in same section before the word "case." 5. That "new to the United States" or its equivalent, referring to pests not generally established in the United States, be added after the word "insect," in line 3, Sec. 6. 6. That same addition as in No. 5, be added after the word "infestation," line 4, Sec. 7. The understanding of the agreement was that the meaning of the above amendments be carried out in proper legal terms, a copy of new Bill with amendments to be submitted to all parties as soon as possible. Your Committee recommends that this Association endorse the Bill as amended, and that individual members do all in their power to aid in securing its passage by the present Congress. Respectfully submitted, T. B. SYMONS, It was moved and seconded that the Report of the Committee be accepted and endorsed by the Association. The report of the Committee was adopted. (The bill as amended has been introduced as H. R. 18000.-ED.) President Sherman called upon representatives of the nurserymen present for a few remarks. They spoke as follows: MR. WILLIAM PITKIN, Rochester, N. Y. Mr. President and Gentlemen: I appreciate the opportunity that you offer me in representing the nurserymen, to speak here to-night, although I do not know that I can say very much after the exhaustive report made by Mr. Symons, which I think very well covers the conference we had late this after noon. Personally, and as representing the nursery interests, I am very glad to be able to arrive at some basis that will be mutually satisfactory to all interests concerned in this matter. We have had no quarrel with the members of this Association, collectively or individually. We have had some little discussion back and forth between my friend Mr. Symons and myself and others, but we have differed in our opinion, and I believe an honest difference of opinion on both sides. I certainly credit him with an honest opinion and I hope he extends me the same credit. We have agreed, I think, pretty well all the way through and the principle of this matter is that the nurserymen desire protection and certainly have been as much interested and are directly benefited by protection more than any other branch of business or any other body that would be affected by this legislation. As stated, I am glad we have been able to get together and formulate some basis which would be satisfactory all around, and I hope that the proposition as presented by Mr. Symons will secure the approval of this Association, of the Department of Agriculture and of Congress, and I believe the other members of the Nurserymen's Committee who are not here will agree with those of us who are here, and have taken this action, and will feel that this Bill should be supported. Certainly those of us who are here will do all we can to secure the active support of the other members of the Committee, and to get this Bill through and this long disputed question settled and out of the way. I think that as far as I can see, that the Bill as outlined will afford protection to the general public, and the public is entitled to protection and should have it. I think it will be a basis under which the nurserymen can do business and do it safely, and without undue risk, and that is all that we want. I think that the law can be administered so that it will not be any hardship to anyone, and that is all that we want, and I will be very glad to do all that I can to help along the good cause. MR. W. P. STARK, Louisiana, Mo. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I want to say Amen to what Mr. Pitkin has said. It makes me very happy to see you gentlemen all smiling and happy. We feel the same way. A year or so ago we were having a little scrap by the way with Professor Marlatt, but I think he is just as happy as any of the rest of us right now. At the St. Louis Convention, in my recommendations there, I advised and worked for something of this kind, and I feel that your work and our work will be crowned with success, and I am very sanguine that this Bill, as mutually agreed upon, will soon be on the Statute Books, and I am sure that there is no class of men with whom you labor, who are in heartier sympathy with your work and appreciate it more than do we nurserymen. The fact is we could not get along without you. I want to pledge my support personally and officially to co-operate with you gentlemen to get this Bill on the Statute Books, and I think it was you, Sir, who suggested that the man from Missouri could be a help. I am sure, Sir, that he will be a help. He is an ardent nurseryman and if you will pardon my personal pride, I want to say that in Missouri we expect to see him President. Thank you. W. H. WYMAN, North Abington, Mass. Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Association: It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening and to look at your honest faces. I can say from my experience with the gentlemen of your Association, and there are quite a number of them here to-night, that I have come to respect very profoundly the honest efforts put forth by the gentlemen of your Association. I have been extremely interested in this work of securing national legislation along the lines suggested by the Bill, as brought to your attention to-night. I have believed all the way along that when we got together and looked each other in the face, and got each other's ideas, we should not be far apart. Did you ever realize or stop to think that the great trouble with the races is very largely due to the fact that they do not understand each other? If we had one common language with the races, the wars would be practically no more. When we get together and understand each other's position, then we can arrive at conclusions, such as we have arrived at here this afternoon and this evening. I feel very sanguine that the nurserymen of America will stand by this Bill and do everything in their power to support it and to secure its passage at the coming session. I cannot add any word to what has already been said. I wish to add this word of appreciation of the work that is being done by the Department of Agriculture along many lines,--not only along the lines we are having to contend with in Massachusetts, but many others, and we want to sympathize with you in all your efforts and to thank you for what you are doing not only for the nurserymen, but behind the nurserymen, the great public, which we are always endeavoring to serve. First and foremost, we must think of the people at large, the general public, and in the law that is to be recommended to Congress by your body, I believe we are serving the interests of all. It was moved and carried that a vote of thanks be extended the visiting nurserymen. The Committee on Affiliation was continued and requested to submit a report at the next meeting. The members of this Committee are T. B. Symons, E. D. Sanderson and S. A. Forbes, Upon motion by Mr. Headlee and seconded by Professor Surface, and carried, the President was authorized to appoint a Committee to consult with chiefs of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Industry, and wait upon the Postmaster General, with a view of securing his co-operation in preventing miscellaneous plants and trees |