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beeu named. I have diligently tried to work out some plan whereby we could 

 all work under one law and all the states share alike. 



State Laws Will Remain in Force 



If we have a national law, it is quite evident that the state laws will re- 

 main in force, but it is possible that the secretary of agriculture conduct the 

 inspection of nurseries through the present state officials, thus allowing only 

 one inspection of our nurseries, which is desirable; on tlie other hand, it is 

 not desirable that we have two inspections by separate parties. 



A Meeting of the Committee 



I attended the meeting of the American Association of Horticultural In- 

 spectors and Economic Entomologists held in Chicago December 27 and 28, 

 1907. Before going to the meeting I sent out eighty-eight letters to the larg- 

 est growers of nursery stock in the association and received sixty replies, 

 the majority of which favored a national law. 



You are all familiar with the resolutions pas-sed by the inspectors and en- 

 tomologists, which have been published by the trade papers. 



[See pages 3-4 and 222-23 of the February and June issues of the Journal 

 for copies of these resolutions. Ed.] 



The Nurseryman's Side 



I said, "The nurserymen are anxious to cooperate with you in combating, 

 controlling and stamping out, if possiblie, the insect pests and diseases which 

 are liable to be found in the nursery. We realize that it is our duty to our 

 customers and to the man in authority who issues the certificate that they 

 be placed in the proper light with each other and with the grower in issu- 

 ing the certificate from one state to another. Yet it does seem to us tliat 

 more stress should be laid by the inspectors upon neglected orchards near a 

 nursery." 



Entomologists 



I wish it clearly understood after being with tlie horticultural inspectors 

 and economic entomologists twice at different meetings, I find they are a class 

 of high grade men and are endeavoring to the best of their ability to bring 

 about uniformity in their inspection work. They have tlieir troubles as well 

 as the nurserymen and are trying to solve the problem now before us. 



On my return from Chicago, I found several letters from influential nur- 

 serymen denouncing most empliatically that any action should be taken with- 

 out further consideration and presenting the whole matter before the nursery- 

 men at this meeting. I consulted several leading nurserymen and their ad- 

 vice was that every membei- of the association should be heard. 



On May 12 I sent out four hundred and sixty letters and have received re- 

 plies from two hundred and twenty-five, of which one hundred and seventy 

 have asked for a national or uniform law; twelve against and five neutral. 



Of the entomologists or inspectors, thirty-one are favoralde and two are 

 opposed. 



"While many want a uniform law, they want only one law and some do not 

 want a national law. But few who ask for a national law offer any sugges- 

 tions. 



I will give you a few hints from some of the letters received. 



