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President Kirklaiul announced that Mr. Orlando Harrison, of 

 Berlin. Md., president of the American xVssociation of Nurserymen. 

 Prof. John Craig, of Ithaca, X. Y., and Mr. Emory Albertson, of 

 Bridgeport, Ind., representing the American Association of Nursery- 

 men, were present on invitation of the Association of Economic P^nto- 

 moh)gists. as the former association was vitally interested in the re- 

 port about to 1)0 read. 



On motion of ]Mr. Sanderson these gentlemen were admitted to the 

 [)rivileges of the floor. 



The report of the committee on national control of introihu-ed 

 insect pests was read by Mr. E. I). Sanderson, chairman. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CONTROL OF INTRODUCED 



INSECT PESTS. 



To the Afi.<inriatinn of Economic Entomoloffists: 



Your conniiittee. ;ii)pointed at the last meeting of the association to consider 

 llio national control of introduced insect pests, beg to report as follows: 



After preliminary correspondence the conunittee seemed to be generally agreed 

 except upon the matter of uniformity of nursery insi)ection. A sui)committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. Burgess, Forbes, and (iillette, was therefore apjiointed to 

 consider this matter. This subconnnitjtee met at T'rbana. 111., and. having had 

 a large ((invspondence with inspection ollicials throughout the country, fornui- 

 lated a rci>ort which was presented to the full conunittee at a meeting held at 

 Baton Bouge, La., November 14. This report is embodied in section C, below. 



As instructed by the association at the meeting at Baton Rouge, your com- 

 mittee conferred witli a similar conunittee of the Association of Horticultural 

 Ins[)ectors represented by Messrs. B. I. Smith, of Georgia, and S. A. Forbes, of 

 Illinois, and with representatives of the National Nurserymen's Association, 

 ^lessrs. Watrous. of Iowa, and Albertson. of Indiana. All present agreed upon 

 tlie line of procedure outlined below. At the meeting of the Association of Hor- 

 ticultural Inspectors at Baton Bouge resolutions were adopted similar to those 

 below, advocating that the Secretary of Agriculture be empowered to inspect all 

 the imports for in.sects and plant diseases and that he be empowered to make 

 legulations governing the certification and inspection of luirsery stock for inter- 

 state connnerce, and appointed their chairman. Dr. S. A. Forbes, to act as a 

 member of a conunittee to be composed also of a representative of the Association 

 of Economic Entomologists and a rejiresentative of the National Nurserymen's 

 Association to push this legislation. 



The conunittee would therefore suggest the following resolutions and pro- 

 cedure toward securing such legislation : 



A. Resolved, That the Secretary of Agriculture should be empowered to in- 

 spect all imix)rts and to make reguhitions governing importations liable to harbor 

 insect pests and i)lant diseases, and that sufficient .-iiiproiiriation be made for this 

 purpose. 



B. That Congress should authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to proceed to 

 exterminate or control imported insects or plant diseases or any insect pre- 

 viously native to a restricted localit.v. but which ma.v l)econie migrator.v and 

 threaten the whole country, whenever, in his judgment, such action is practi- 

 cable, and that an appropriation be made for this purjtose as a reserve fund for 

 emergency use against any such pest which may arise. Such legislation would 



