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and shrubs are infested with it, and those of you who are 

 familiar with that part of the city know that its great beauty 

 is in its shrubbery." 



A Member: "Some years ago, as has been said here, 

 there was a law enacted for the suppression of the peach 

 yellows. I, for one, was in favor of it, and I was very much 

 disappointed in the work which was accomplished. Now, I 

 believe, in this case, there is such' a thing as making too much 

 haste. I believe at this time we are not going to gain much 

 by pressing the matter. I believe much is going to be gained 

 by waiting a little until the matter is well considered and we 

 know just what we want, and by not being too hasty. I am 

 in favor of a little more time." 



Mr. Butler: "It seems to me that the life of this Society 

 does not depend upon the further propagation and encourage- 

 ment of the San Jose scale, but, at the same time, I do not 

 believe that this Society should now turn and run because 

 they have been over at the capitol once before and had a law 

 passed that was repealed. We have our right to petition the 

 same as we have always had, and if some of us had applied 

 to our business the principles which Brother Hale suggests it 

 would be very proper to follow now, we would have given up 

 years ago. I have always had a theory that when we knew a 

 thing was right it was a good plan to stick to it. I do not 

 believe there is a member of this Society but what believes 

 it is right for this Society to do all it can for the suppression 

 of this scale, but I do not think that the suppression depends 

 entirely upon a state law. We might, as members of this 

 Society, agree not to buy any stock that had not been fumi- 

 gated, or which in some way was proved to our satisfaction 

 to have no scale upon it. Furthermore, we are all of us 

 surrounded with neighbors, some of whom very likely never 

 heard what it was, and who do not know it when they see it. 

 They can bring it in and propagate it for us. There is just 

 where the difficulty comes in. We must have some protection. 

 If this Society stands back and says, "Well, we will let it run, 

 and take care of ourselves when we get it through other fellows 

 because they are ignorant," we are cutting a stick for our 

 own backs. If they are propagating the scale for us we are 



