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stake, or by putting your interests at stake by going up with 

 a bill and asking for a specific appropriation to carry it out. 

 It seems to me that is going a little too far. I think the 

 resolution presented by Mr. Hale covers the whole point. 

 That resolution points out the existence of a certain peril to 

 jour interests, and you ask for a remedy, and then you leave 

 it to individual efifort to work out the result. I believe it 

 would be best to leave it that way." 



On putting the matter to vote the amendment was lost, 

 and the original resolution, with the exception of the last 

 clause, which, on the suggestion of Mr. T. S. Gold, was 

 stricken out by consent of Mr. Hale, was passed. 



The President: "I was hoping that some one would 

 bring forward a resolution that Professor Britton be requested 

 to appear before the Agricultural Committee of the General 

 Assembly and explain this pest to them, and to take some 

 samples with him so as to show it up in its true light." 



Professor Britton: "Some time ago I was asked by 

 parties in California to present a resolution here in Connec- 

 ticit endorsing a national bill which is now before Congress. 

 Even if it should fall through it seems to me it would do no 

 harm for us to go on record as recommending it, so 1 will 

 read this resolution which he sent me, except that I will put 

 in the name of this Society : 



Whereas, "Many foreign countries have passed laws against 

 the importation of fruit and nursery stock, which laws were 

 passed for the purpose of protecting their horticultural interests 

 and the introduction of insect enemies and plant diseases; and 



Whereas, "The United States is at present entirely un- 

 protected in this respect, though from the character of our 

 foreign commerce and the magnitude of our fruit industry, we 

 are in more danger from this source than any of the nations 

 that have legislated on this subject; and 



Whereas, "There is now before Congress a bill which 

 was introduced by Mr. Wadsworth, of New York, and is 

 entitled H. R. No. 96, which bill provides against the further 

 introduction and dissemination of insect pests and plant dis- 

 eases ; and 



Whereas, "The passage of this bill would be of very great 



