i8o The Connecticut Pomological Society 



benefit to the horticulturists and farmers of this state and of 

 the entire United States; therefore be it 



Resolved, "By the Connecticut Pomological Society at its 

 tenth annual meeting, at Hartford, February 6 and 7, 1901, 

 that . we respectfully but urgently request Congress to enact 

 said H. R. No. 96 at the earliest possible moment, thereby 

 freeing our fruit-growers and farmers from the further intro- 

 duction of insect pests, and preventing the distribution through 

 interstate commerce of those already established ; and it is further 



Resolved, "That the secretary of this Society immediately 

 forward copies of these resolutions to each of our senators 

 and representatives in Congress and to the honorable president 

 of the Senate and the honorable speaker of the House of 

 Representatives. " 



The President: "You hear the resolution. Are there any 

 remarks?'' 



Mr. Hoyt : "I would like to know what we are fighting 

 for. Whether as a pomological society or as an individual, I do 

 not like to do things blindly. 1 do not know anything about it, 

 and it may be something that we should regret." 



Professor Britton: "In my paper last night I explained 

 about this. It was a bill drawn up as the result of a conference 

 in Washington. Mr. Hale was a member, and several other 

 Connecticut men, and men representing the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and different societies, and this bill which is now before 

 Congress was the outcome of that convention. It has been 

 amended many times to suit the nurserymen of the United 

 States and different dealers in plants, as well as the orchardists 

 themselves. I am sorry I have not a copy of the bill in its 

 amended form, but from what I know of it I do not think there 

 will be any harm in this Society endorsing it, because it is the 

 work of men who have had much more experience in this line 

 than any of us here." 



The resolution, upon being put upon its passage by the 

 chair, was adopted. 



A Member: "1 hope when this matter of our state law, if 

 there is one prepared, comes up for hearing before the com- 

 mittee every member will appear who can. Every man who is 

 interested in this matter I think ought to spend a day or more. 



