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must be done for their relief, as the excessive amount of red tape is 

 expensive under present conditions. 



" I am here to tell you that the nurserymen are anxious to cooperate 

 with you in combating, controlling and stamping out, if possible, the 

 insect pests and diseases that are liable to be found in the nursery. 

 We realize that it is our duty to our customers, and to you horticul- 

 tural inspectors, as our representatives who issue the certificates, that 

 you be placed in the proper light with each other and with the grower 

 in issuing these certificates from one state to another ; but it does seem 

 to us that more attention should be paid by the inspectors to neglected 

 orchards near a nursery, and the various shade, ornamental and fruit 

 trees commonly found in a cit}^ or small town near a nursery, and in 

 making your demand on the nurseryman, a similar demand should be 

 made upon the owners of such property. The nursery business is 

 now already overtaxed and we desire cooperation with inspectors in 

 causing such places to be treated or destroyed. We pray you not to 

 overlook the other fellow, just across the fence, who is more dangerous 

 to us than the man who would set fire to our buildings. 



*'I heartily join in the sentiments expressed by our President, Mr. 

 Hill, this afternoon at the meeting of the entomologists, and my only 

 desire is that you will all actively cooperate in bringing about the 

 desired legislation. 



"I would be pleased to see this association endorse the resolutions 

 as presented to the Association of Economic Entomologists this after- 

 noon. I thank you for the opportunity of presenting this matter 

 before you. and hope for your earnest consideration of the same." 



This committee also presented, through Dr. S. A. Forbes of Ur- 

 bana. 111., the following resolutions, which were the same as those en- 

 dorsed by the Association of Economic Entomologists, and they were 

 unanimously adopted: 



A. — Resolved, That the Secretary of Agi'iculture should be empowered to 

 make regulations governing importations liable to harbor insect pests or plant 

 diseases; to require such importations to be accompanied by the certificate of 

 a duly accredited entomologist of the country in which said shipments origi- 

 nate; or in the absence of such certificate, to make inspection of such ship- 

 ments, by competent agents, at point of destination and that sufficient appro- 

 priation be made for this purpose by Congress. 



B. — (1). That Congress be asked to enact a law empowering the Secretary 

 of Agriculture to issue certificates of nursei-y inspection, as nearly uniform 

 as possible, to all nurseries in the United States engaging in interstate trade, 

 upon proper inspection of such nurseries by duly authorized representatives 

 of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture or by state officials approved by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture for that purpose, and that sufficient appropriation be made 

 therefor. 



