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3. That the word "general" be added before the word "nature" in line four, Sec. 

 3, of Secretary's circular, giving copy of law. 



4. That the word "imported" be added after the word "any" in line five, Sec. 4, 

 and the word "original" or its equivalent be added in same section before the word 

 "case." 



5. That "new to the United States" or its equivalent, referring to pests not gen- 

 erally established in the United States, be added after the word "insect," in line 



3, Sec. 6. 



6. That same addition as in No. 5, be added after the word "infestation," line 



4, Sec. 7. 



The understanding of the agreement was that the meaning of the above amend- 

 ments be carried out in proper legal terms, a copy of new Bill with amendments to 

 be submitted to all parties as soon as possible. 



Your Committee recommends that this Association endorse the Bill as amended, 

 and that individual members do all in their power to aid in securing its passage by 

 the present Congress. 



Respectfully submitted, 



T. B. Symons, 



E. L. WORSHAM, 



E. D. Sanderson, 



Committee. 



It was moved and seconded that the Report of the Committee be 

 accepted and endorsed by the Association. 



The report of the Committee was adopted, (The bill as amended 

 has been introduced as H. R. 18000. — -Ed.) 



President Sherman called upon representatives of the nurserymen 

 present for a few remarks. They spoke as follows: 



Mr. William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: 



I appreciate the opportunity that you offer me in representing the 

 nurserymen, to speak here to-night, although I do not know that I 

 can say very much after the exhaustive report made by Mr. Symons, 

 which I think very well covers the conference we had late this after- 

 noon. 



Personally, and as representing the nursery interests, I am very 

 glad to be able to arrive at some basis that will be mutually satisfactory 

 to all interests concerned in this matter. We have had no quarrel 

 with the members of this Association, collectively or individually. 

 We have had some little discussion back and forth between my friend 

 Mr. Symons and myself and others, — but we have differed in our 

 opinion, — and I believe an honest difference of opinion on both sides. 

 I certainly credit him with an honest opinion and I hope he extends 

 me the same credit. We have agreed, I think, pretty well all the 

 way through and the principle of this matter is that the nurserymen 



