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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '°6 



It was through no fault of mine that this condition of things 

 existed and these calls came, and that since then and even now 

 for some weeks I have been making mosquito surveys in that 

 State notwithstanding the great activity of Dr. S. in the cause. 

 In every case these calls have been the result of my previous 

 work elsewhere, and for this I should not suffer. I have not 

 sought to invade another's territory, if one could make the 

 singular claim of exclusive territory. 



This leads me to say that I can only think, and others who 

 know Dr. S. much better confirm the idea, that it is because 

 of the results of my work and because many times I have gone 

 into N. J. to speak and work, that he holds these bitter feel- 

 ings—the promptings of a strange jealousy. It would seem 

 that the common enemy was numerous enough to engage all 

 the attention of all the fighters and that they should not be 

 compelled to fight at law or otherwise to defend themselves. 



I will ask that the covert advertisements of himself which 

 Dr. S. injects in his letter, be noticed in view of his saying 

 the Society " is simply an attempt to advertise its secretary," 

 thus implying incompetency against those in the society — some 

 of the most astute men in the country. May I assure your 

 readers of the fact that though I have given some of the best 

 years of my life to the society and cause and broken my health 

 largely through these efforts, I have never received a single 

 fee as the result of my relation to the society or any compen- 

 sation for my incessant labors in it. The little puff introduced 

 of a close figure of an estimate and a contract is easily ex- 

 plained by the fact that Dr. S. has frequently written of the 

 cost of ditching and a contract based on that might be high 

 or low. 



Dr. Smith knows of the explanation of the use of Gov. 

 Murphy's name as chairman of the first convention, for it is 

 stated in the published report of the convention, and yet he 

 speaks of the Governor's emphatic refusal to act as presiding 

 officer. That little insight indicates that Dr. S. saw the gov- 

 ernor or his secretary and knew of some emphatic refusal 

 which never reached me. Was there any reason ? 



Some strong statements in the letter to you as to the pro- 



