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gaged ill finding out how llic fungus that produced the trouble 

 in the wine-growing districts found its access into the vines. I 

 had the pleasure of having Professor Del>arry point out to me 

 himself the first spore that I ever saw, sending its germ threads 

 down into the tissue of the plant. 1 do not knoAV who discovered 

 the Bordeaux mixture, but I do kno^^• that that was very in- 

 fluential in limiting the spread of th(! disease and restoring the 

 wine industry to its normal and natural condition. I do not be- 

 lieve, however, that it Avas discovered by our scientific friends; 

 ))ut they did discover tlie life history of tlie disease, which was 

 a most important, permanent contribution to the vine-growing, 

 wine-producing indnsli-y of the Old World. Now it seems to 

 me that we are in a sonicwhat siniilai- condition here. We have 

 wdth us a pest, wiiich is destrnying our forests. It seems to 

 me that the proper thing to do is to destroy every spore-produc- 

 ing specimen that we know is actively engaged in disseminating 

 and widening the area of the disease. That Avould seem to be 

 one commonseiise remedy to adopt. It is along the line of what 

 we know^ in the treatment of contagious and infectious diseases. 

 In the meanwhile, let our laboratory men go on with renewed 

 energy and keep up the a\ ork. I think that every State in this 

 Union ought to have a laboratory of well equpiped scientific 

 men, men who follow their work not for their salary but for 

 the love of the work. Those are the men tliat give you the perma- 

 nent results. I would like to see every State in this Union 

 have a laboratory well equipped and well provided with all that 

 is necessary to produce effective work. Mark Twain on one 

 occasion made the remark that they had a queer way of dealing 

 with criminals out West, lie said "They hang them first and 

 try them afterwards." Now it schmus to me that we have the 

 knoAvn criminal with us here. Let us hang him first and then 

 let our laboratory friends try liim in the meanwhile. (Applause 

 and laughter). 



Mil. HAROLD PEIRCE, of Pennsylvania: Mr. Chairman: 

 I move that at 11.30 A. M., the Conference take a recess until 

 two o'clock, and at that time, 11.30 A. M., the Committee on 

 Resolutions meet in the House Caucus room. I Avould also 

 move that no resolutions be received after 10.30, and that u]) 



