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‘being a joint one of the Association of Economie Entomologists and of the Entomo- 
Jogical Committee of the U.S. Experiment Stations leads me to make these 
remarks, because probably the question which is most engaging the attention of 
many of us at the present time is whether any good purpose will be served by 
maintaining both of these organizations. We know that the Committee of the 
Experiment Stations must meet if the directors of stations order it; but I feel 
confident that the necessarily limited number of entomologists in that committee, 
even if every station eventually employs such an officer, cannot do such good work 
for the science and give them equal opportunities, to those offered by an organiza- 
tion of the nature of the Association of Economic Entomologists, which will include 
many eminent men who are excluded from active membership by the rules of the 
committee. I refer to such men as Prof. Riley and his assistants, Dr. Packard, 
Mr. French, Dr. Lintner, and hosts of other economic entomologists in the United 
States as well as the Canadian entomologists and many others who would be 
pleased to join in various parts of the world. I submit to the meeting that there 
is room for good work from both of these organizations and that it would be 
extremely ill-advised to let either of them drop to the ground for each should be 
of the greatest assistance to the other. I believe, too, that to no one can the 
Association be of more use than to the Experiment Station Entomologists, and 
therefore they should make every effort to sustain an association at the meetings 
of which they must always have greater freedom than they can have in the com- 
mittee, where the proceedings will always be subject to a certain degree of 
restraint, both as to the time allowed for discussion and the subjects brought 
forward. The Entomological Committee is specially a meeting of the Entomo- 
logists of the Experiment Stations and any one else will always, to a certain 
extent, feel himself an outsider no matter how cordially the hand of friendship 
may be extended to him. The president has stated that he does not care where 
the work is done so that it is carried on vigorously. This is probably the case, 
and the gentlemen I have mentioned have very little to learn from the meeting 
compared with the advantages which will accrue to us from having such men 
present at the meetings. I cannot help thinking that we shall make a serious 
mistake if we allow an organization to drop which will ensure us their sympathy, 
attendance and services and will at the same time form a bond of union between 
the economic entomologists of the whole world. 
The address was also highly complimented by Prof. Cook, who spoke of the 
advantage of co-operation between the Association and the Committee of the 
Experiment Stations. He suggested some ways in which these two organizations 
could be mutually beneficial. 
Prof. John B. Smith thought there was no necessity to have two bodies 
composed of nearly the same members mecting on the same days and at the same 
place and covering the same ground. He strongly advocated an effort being 
made to gain from the Association of Agricultural Colleges the same advantages 
for the entomological committee as were at preseut offered by the Association of 
economic entomologists. - This, he thought, would be of advantage to station 
workers, at least, as it wonld give them a recognized place in the official body of 
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 
Dr. C. M. Weed thought that there was some misunderstanding as to the 
status of some of the gentlemen who had been mentioned. The Canadian 
Experiment Station was represented in the main body and its officers have the 
same rights and standing in committees as have those of the other stations. The 
Department of Agriculture is equally represented both in the main body and in 
the committees. 
