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vanced as may be in its laboratory arrangements at the time 

 of meeting, as I propose to entertain the delegations. 



We have named March 1st as the date for opening our new 

 Laboratory, and we shall begin to open on or before that day 

 although some of our arrangements will not then be com- 

 plete. If early enough, I should prefer to put the meeting 

 on March 4th, as Saturday will, I suppose, suit Dr. Goess- 

 mann. Your season opens earlier than ours, and I prefer 

 you would name the day, whether in Feb'y or later, as ap- 

 pears best to you. Yours very truly, S. W. Johnson. 



I am in favor of inviting Dr. Ford of Ohio, Sec 'y Chamber- 

 lain 's chemist. 



(S. W. J. TO H. S.) 



Mar. 23, 1883. 



My dear Sir, I rec'd your letter of the 20th and was 

 summoned to Hartford the 21st to talk with the Ag. Com- 

 mittee. I was obliged to say there that I saw no simple and 

 safe way to carry out a stamp or tag law. I would gladly 

 favor an efficient law on that system, but don't feel that I 

 can develop or frame one in detail. 



The Committee was not in full force and I cannot say what 

 their conclusions were, but I judged they favored no change 

 for 1883. If you can specify the details of a law, they and I 

 would be glad to have you do so. Yours very truly, 



S. W. Johnson. 



(S.W.J.TOJ.W. A.) 



March 24, 1883. 



My dear Sir, I enclose Mr. Sedgewick's letter which you 

 sent to me. I have written him that I am unable to shape 

 a law, based on ton tax, that shall be simple and efficient, but 

 shall be glad to favor one if it can be suggested. It appears 

 to me that in any case the present law ought to be left un- 



