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HORTICULTURE 



December 6, 1919 



ANOTHER DRASTIC RULING OF 



FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL 



BOARD. 



Dear Sir: 



The enclosed copies of letters give 

 another decision of the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board, this time with regard 

 to getting a few surplus cases moved 

 from Canada Into the United States to 

 relieve the shortage here — the short- 

 age being largely due to government 

 restrictions. What is particularly 

 noticeable is the absolute disregard of 

 national or Individual commercial in- 

 terests In making these decisions. 

 Yours truly 



McHutchison & Co. 



The McHutchison Company's Letter. 



November 19, 1919. 

 The Federal Horticultural Board, 

 New York City. 



Gentlemen: — Following the visit of 

 our Mr. C. B. Knickman, we state the 

 situation in writing and request that 

 you lay the facts before Washington 

 and advise us of decision as soon as 

 possible. The facts are these: 



Owing to the sinking of the S. S. 

 Yoten Maru off Yokohama, which was 

 bringing our earliest large consign- 

 ment of Lily Bulbs to New York via 

 Panama Canal route, and the holding 

 back of 1,000 cases in Seattle due to 

 lack of ref~igerator cars, we are short 

 of Lily Bulbs here, and the eight or 

 ten carloads now en route cannot ar- 

 rive in time. 



You can understand that this will be 

 a big loss to us. But on the other hand 

 we have a small surplus in London. 

 Ontario, Canada, which we would like 

 to bring to New York by exDress, but 

 your regulations prevent this being 

 done — unless you are willing to strain 

 a point to meet the situation. 



The Canadian shipment went through 

 In bond from Yokohama to London via 

 Vancouver, and while we have not yet 

 received shipping documents from 

 Japan we assume that no certificate of 

 Inspection is attached to the docu- 

 ments, nor health certificates or steril- 

 ization certificates on the cases — as 

 these are not required by Canadian 

 laws. This of course, is merely con- 

 jecture on our part, but we must as- 

 sume there are none. What we would 

 like to bring from London are the fol- 

 lowing cases: 



SO cases Liltum Giganteum 7 to 9 In. 

 10 " " " 8 to 10 In. 



2B " " " 9 to 10 in. 



As the soil in which these are packed 

 comes from the side of a mountain 

 taken many feet from the surface, 

 there can be no danger of insect pests 

 or plant diseases being introduced 

 through this medium; but we are will- 



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ing to confine shipments to points 

 around New York so that you can ar- 

 range for the disposition of the soil 

 used as packing material if you so de- 

 sire. 



■ Kindly take up this matter promptly 

 with Washington, for we expect to re- 

 ceive at least 1,500 cases within three 

 weeks, so that there would he no ad- 

 vantage in getting this small lot from 

 Canada unless we could get them in 

 by express ahead of the freight ship- 

 ments en route. Thanking you in ad- 

 vance for your decision, we remain, 

 Yours truly, 

 (Signed) McHutchison & Co. 



The Federal Horticultural Board's 

 Reply. 



Nov. 25, 1913. 

 McHutchinson & Co., 

 New York, N. Y. 

 Gentlemen: — Reference is mad<> in 



your letter of the 19th instant in re- 

 gard to shipments of Lily Bulbs from 

 Japan which have been routed to a 

 Canadian point and which you sur- 

 mise to have packed in unsterilized 

 soil because the shipper was under 

 the impression that they were in- 

 tended for the Canadian market and 

 not for that of the United States. In 

 reply to your query as to whether the 

 Board will allow such bulbs to be 

 shipped into the United States, I have 

 to advise you that the Board con- 

 siders it impossible to permit the 

 entry of such bulbs into this country 

 and that strict compliance with the 

 soil sterilization requirements must 

 be insisted upon. Doubtless you will 

 be able to dispose of the bulbs in 

 Canada. Very truly yours, 



(signed) Harry B. Shaw. 

 Pathological Inspectir in Charge. 



