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Our relations to the Federal Bureau are so close that a word in 

 passing may not be out of place. It is undoubtedly the policy of the 

 Bureau, when sending its field workers into any state, either to co-op- 

 erate with the station entomologist of such state, or have an under- 

 standing with him along this line. This is purely a matter of pro- 

 fessional courtesy, and I believe such process is invariably followed by 

 Dr. Howard. 



It is a deplorable fact that the Department of Agriculture will 

 not assist its men pecuniarily in attending these meetings, from which 

 they would naturally reap so much profit. This results in a marked 

 depletion in attendance of our meetings away from Washington. 



I believe our method of electing officers is faulty and undemocratic. 

 The appointing of a nominating committee of three by the president 

 each year, who, in turn, select the president and vice-presidents for 

 the following year, savors a little bit too much of a close corporation. 

 I do not wish to be understood for a moment as intimating that our 

 association has within it a political machine, far from it, and there 

 may never come a time when we are guilty of such methods, yet we 

 are growing, and, in years to come our numbers will be vastly increased. 

 Therefore, to avoid any suspicion of nepotism in the future, I am going 

 to suggest that we employ a different method of electing officers, in 

 order that no available presidential timber, of which there is much 

 in this association, be allowed to lie idle year after year. Whether 

 such a change would take the place of a larger committee, or whether 

 such a committee should be elected by members of the association 

 rather than appointed by the chair, I leave to you to decide, supposing 

 you care to make a change; I am merely advancing my own thought 

 in regard to the matter. 



8. The Relation of an Economic Entomologist to his Publications, 

 Lectures, Bulletins, Correspondence, etc.: 



The publications emanating from the office of an entomologist 

 represent, undoubtedly, one of the most important features of his 

 work. Consideration of the best time for publishing material, and the 

 nature of the printed matter, the style of illustrations and other factors 

 needed in order to accomplish the most good to those most concerned, 

 should receive our most careful attention. In this connection 

 the economic entomologist stands in rather a peculiar position. He 

 needs, in the first place, to "make good" if I may use that expression, 

 with his farmer constituents; at the same time his publications reach, 

 or should reach, a class of men and women who call for something a 

 little different in the subject matter than that demanded by the farmer, 

 this class we may designate as the general public. Thirdly: he has 



