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he said: Is the Wisconsin Society so bound up that it has 

 nothing to say against this. These words come from F. K. 

 Phoenix. One firm in Chicago has 500 men in the 

 field and at least 25 or 30 men in the state of Wisconsin, and 

 said one of the members of this firm, one of the best horti- 

 culturists in your state stands at my back to help me in my 

 enterprises. By our caution we headed off that man from 

 becoming a vice-president of the American Horticultural As- 

 sociation. But lo and behold a little while after came out a 

 circular with Mr. George Peffer entirely ignored, and with 

 the other man's name substituted in his place. In a few- 

 hours he received a circular from Mr. Z. K. Jewett, I will 

 tell his name, advertising his name as vice-president. As 

 soon as I received this I sat right down and wrote a letter 

 of protest which is to be sent up to the American Horticul- 

 tural Association held in Washington to-da^. To make 

 the story short I have only told you of one of the pirate 

 tree peddlers that come into this state. I did not intend to 

 open this discussion. There are other men who know 

 as much about it as I do. The question is, has the Wiscon- 

 sin Horticultural Society nothing to do in the line of lifting 

 its hand and say we have nothing to do with this kind of 

 work. I have no resolution yet but could prepare one in a 

 very few moments. 



Mr. Tuttle — I wish to say with regard to that firm that 

 they have sold extensively in Wisconsin and Minnesota 

 under the claim that their trees are grown at Sparta in this 

 state. Now Sparta is a pretty hard place to grow trees. 

 There used to be a nursery there but it is a very hard place to 

 grow trees. I believe there is no place in Wisconsin colder 

 than Sparta, and any tree that can be grown successfully at 

 Sparta can be grown safely all over the state, and that impres- 

 sion has gone out all over the state, and for that reason they 

 are using Mr. Z. K. Jewett as. a stool pigeon. Mr. Jewett has 

 no trees except some grafts that are one year old. He has 

 no fruit trees. Upon this claim they have sold this stock 

 at enormous prices. This has been because he has lent him- 

 self to do the dirty work of this company. 



Mr. Ring — In connection with this work I would say that 



