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  That 
  we 
  hereby 
  express 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  President 
  Morris 
  and 
  Secre- 
  

   tary 
  Deming 
  for 
  their 
  labor 
  and 
  untiring 
  efforts 
  to 
  bring 
  about 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  meeting. 
  

  

  That 
  we 
  also 
  tender 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  President 
  Morris 
  for 
  the 
  liberal 
  

   premiums 
  offered 
  for 
  nut 
  exhibits 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  many 
  who 
  have 
  responded. 
  

  

  That 
  special 
  attention 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  "The 
  Morris 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   Edible 
  Nuts 
  of 
  the 
  World," 
  maintained 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Robt. 
  T. 
  

   Morris, 
  President 
  of 
  this 
  Association. 
  This 
  collection 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   possible 
  educational 
  value 
  to 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  nuts 
  and 
  

   nut 
  products. 
  

  

  That, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  and 
  rapid 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  diseavse 
  

   known 
  as 
  "Chestnut 
  Blight," 
  especially 
  among 
  the 
  American 
  species, 
  

   we 
  express 
  our 
  hearty 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  efforts 
  being 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  federal 
  

   government, 
  the 
  several 
  state 
  departments 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   the 
  Pennsylvania 
  State 
  Legislature 
  in 
  appropriating 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $275,- 
  

   000.00 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  studying 
  and 
  combatting 
  this 
  dread 
  disease, 
  and 
  

  

  That 
  we 
  urge 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  continued 
  efforts 
  along 
  these 
  lines 
  

   and 
  similar 
  action 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  states 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  chestnut 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  

   commercial 
  importance, 
  either 
  for 
  timber 
  or 
  nut 
  purposes. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  Secretary 
  be 
  instructed 
  to 
  send 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  these 
  resolu- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  Hon. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  at 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C, 
  and 
  to 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  or 
  Director 
  of 
  Experiment 
  

   Stations 
  of 
  such 
  states 
  as 
  within 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  his 
  judgment, 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  sufficient 
  importance 
  to 
  justify 
  such 
  action. 
  

  

  C. 
  A. 
  Reed, 
  

  

  T. 
  P. 
  LiTTLEPAGE, 
  

  

  Geo. 
  C. 
  Schempp, 
  Jr., 
  

  

  Com7nittee. 
  

   (Read 
  by 
  Littlepage.) 
  

   That 
  we 
  thank 
  Messrs. 
  Collins, 
  Reed, 
  and 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  De- 
  

   partment 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  for 
  attendance 
  at 
  this 
  meeting 
  and 
  for 
  their 
  

   valuable 
  information 
  and 
  assistance, 
  and 
  furthermore 
  that 
  we 
  respect- 
  

   fully 
  invite 
  them 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  next 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  mean- 
  

   time 
  lend 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  their 
  assistance 
  in 
  making 
  plans 
  

   for 
  next 
  season's 
  work 
  and 
  in 
  carrying 
  out 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  our 
  organi- 
  

   zation. 
  

  

  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  

   Geo. 
  C. 
  Schempp, 
  Jr. 
  

   The 
  Association 
  voted 
  to 
  adopt 
  these 
  resolutions. 
  

   President 
  Morris 
  : 
  We 
  will 
  adjourn, 
  and 
  the 
  Committee 
  on 
  Compe- 
  

   tition 
  will 
  meet 
  this 
  afternoon 
  for 
  examination 
  of 
  specimens 
  and 
  deci- 
  

   sions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  respective 
  values 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  specimens 
  ex- 
  

   hibited. 
  

  

  