492 ANNUAL REPORT/ OF THE Off. Doc. 



MR. HERR: I would lik(> to ask a (lucslion. nns this bill been 

 read before the Koard of Aj^ilcuUure? 



HR. HUTCHISON: It has not. 



MR. HERR: Then I move that it be read before we undertake to 

 act upon it. 



The CHAIR: If there are no objections, the bill will be read. 



The bill was read by Secretary' Critchfield. 



The CHAIR: Now gentlemen, you have heard the reading of this 

 bill; what is your will? 



MR. CLARK: To bring this matter before us, I move that the 

 State Board of Agriculture endorse this bill . 



The motion was seconded. 



The CHAIR: Are you ready for the question, gentlemen? 



MR. HERR: I would like to amend, by including one member of 

 the State Board of Agriculture, and let that be recognized the same 

 as other departments are. 



The amendment was seconded. 



MR. NORTON: Mr. Chairman, I will accept the amendment and 

 see that it is put in the bill. 



The CHAIR: Very well then, with that amendment the motion is 

 before you for the approval of the bill. 



MR. McGOWAN: In the list of organizations, I see the name of the 

 State Horticultural Society is not mentioned — the Pennsylvania 

 State Horticultural Society. There are two organizations in this 

 State and their names are so similar that there may be some mis- 

 understanding unless it is distinctly stated as to which one is in- 

 tended. There is in Philadelphia a society called the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society. I know it does not hold any meetings out- 

 side of the city of Philadelphia. The society that I believe is in- 

 tended, is the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania. 



MR. NORTON: That was the society that we meant to recognize, 

 the State Horticultural Association, and I will see that it is changed 

 so as to make it satisfactory. 



MR. FENSTEMAKER: Mr. Chairman, I want to go on record as 

 not being in favor of this bill. It looks to me to be one of those 

 leaks, taking money where it might be used to better advantage. 

 The idea of appropriating money to pay premiums as provided for in 

 that bill does not meet with my approval. What are you going to 

 do with the receipts from this exhibition? We have fairs in nearly 

 every county. Why don't you devote this money to better public 

 schools in the country districts? Then everybody would get some 

 good from it, not only a favored few. * 



