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whose doings neither the agents nor the nurserymen are respon- 
sible. Best way is to have the people buy of the nurserymen; 
this is the best way to get out of the difficulty. 
Mr. Dart. I call for the reading of the resolution to see just. 
how it stands. Want to know what we are to act upon. 
Mr. Gibbs. I move that we incorporate the words ‘in nur- 
series in latitude south of Minnesota.’’ The motion was seconded. 
Mr. Dart. Lam in favor of leaving ‘‘all nurseries’’ out, for 
the reason that the nurseries were not responsible for the acts of 
the false agents. 
Mr. Jordon, Have had a little to do with the Heikes Nursery 
Company. Wrote an article in which I mentioned the names of 
their agents, and received an answer that the names I mentioned 
were their authorized agents. It has been the habit of these agents 
to take the name of some prominent man and claim he had 
bought some trees or other plants from them. One man told me 
he bought $60 worth from a Quincy, IIl., company, and now his 
purchase wasn’t worth anything. 
Mr. Dart. If this is the case, then I wouid insert the words, 
** especially the Heikes and Quincy Nursery companies,’’ and not. 
get in hap-hazardly other companies. 
Mr. Storrs. Think it is high time to do something. They are 
worthless fellows, and the only way to stop the fraud is to catch 
the fellows as they appear and put them into Stillwater. 
Mr. Pearce. Believe I would just as soon take a Duchess of 
Oldenburg that was grown in Illinois, if properly grown, ora 
Tetofsky grown in Ohio, and plant it here as I would one grown 
in this State. Know a man that has Duchess from Blocmington, 
Ill., that are doing finely. If the variety is the true variety it is 
the same the world over. 
Mr. Brimhall. It strikes me we have laws to arrest these 
agents and put them into the penitentiary. 
Mr. Ford. Don’t think a car load of resolutions will stop 
these chaps. If we would form a kind of a league that will just 
**¢o’’ for these fellows we might do something. The people 
can’t get rid of these agents; they are worderfully smooth-tongued 
fellows. We will do forty times as much good as a league as we 
will with any amount of resolutions. 
Mr. Jordon. If this body of men has any influence in this 
State let its actious go into print. It is a well known fact that 
all plants adapt themselves to the soil and climate around them to 
some extent. Consequently, plants cultivated in a different place 
