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original Bill that Dr. Phillips has, to 

 compare it with th6 one Dr. Bohrer 

 has presented here? 



Dr. Bohrer — ^I would like to have you 

 have it if he has one. I would like to 

 read his copy if he has one with him. 



Dr. Phillips — There are very few 

 changes in it. I would suggest one 

 thing in regard to the drafting of the 

 Bill. I may say, candidly, I do not ap- 

 prove of the Bill that has been pre- 

 sented to you — the one that you have 

 petitioned for. d think you will be 

 sorry for it if you get it passed. 



I think that the method of having 

 the inspection made under the State 

 Entomologist is so vastly superior to 

 the old plan of having the Inspection 

 made by an independent officer that 

 you will regret it if you do not adopt 

 the new form of inspection. 



In Indiana, in Ohio, in New York, in 

 Connecticut and in Texas the officers 

 who have charge of horticultural in- 

 spection are in charge of bee inspec- 

 tion. 



Bills of this kind are to be presented 

 to the legislature in Pennsylvania, in 

 New Jersey, and in Maryland, and per- 

 haps in some other States, during the 

 coming winter, and the matter has 

 demonstrated its feasibility so thor- 

 oughly that I don't think it is any 

 longer a matter of debate. 



The work done in Indiana and in 

 Ohio is excellent. The results are 

 better than from any other inspection 

 In the United States. I can say that 

 with all due respect to the men who 

 have been inspecting. If you put it 

 in the hands of men who can handle it 

 better than any independent officer, it 

 will be easier to get the Bill passed. 

 It will be easier to get the Bill passed 

 if you have this added to an office that 

 already exists, rather than to establish 

 a ' new office, and it will be easier to 

 get your appropriation provided it is 

 simply an amendment to a Bill that 

 already exists. 



If this Association, after duly con- 

 sidering the matter, decides they want 

 to- make the State Entomologist a 

 State Inspector of Apiaries, then I 

 would suggest they drop all the . Bills 

 they have previously drafted, and that 

 they have modified the Bill which 

 already exists under the office of the 

 'State Entomologist; present it as an 

 amendment to the Bill that already 

 exists, and amend the appropriation for 

 his work to include a sum sufficient to 



cover the bee work, making it all un- 

 der an amendment — not make it a new 

 thing at all; have it as an amendment 

 to Bill No. so and so, and it will be 

 more favorably considered. 



If you have the amount desired 

 added to his appropriation, it will be 

 easier to get the Legislature to grant 

 this. 



The results have been so highly 

 gratifying by this kind of inspection, 

 I think we would be very much better 

 pleased with it than to make the in- 

 spector an ind>ependent officer, as 

 your Bill does. 



And under your petition you limit 

 the amount to a sum that is entirely 

 inadequate for Illinois. The sum, as I 

 remember it, is not to exceed $600.00. 

 I don't see that an expenditure of $600 

 would be of any benefit to the bee- 

 keepers of Illinois. Tou should not ask 

 for less than $1200.00. 



Mr, Kildow — There was some $1200.00 

 spent this year. 



Dr. Phillips — No, $700 or $800. I had 

 a talk yesterday with your State Ento- 

 mologist, Prof. Forbes, of Urbana, 111. 

 There is no better Entomologist* in any 

 of the States than the one you have in 

 Illinois. The work would be free from 

 political influence, and done under the 

 management of a. man competent to do 

 the work — -for Mr. Forbes is a man who 

 is wholly competent. 



I asked him whether he would con- 

 sent to have the work put under his 

 Department. He said: "I want you 

 to understand distinctly I am not so- 

 liciting thg job. I have more work to 

 do than I can do, but if the bee-keep- 

 ers of Illinois, and the State Legisla- 

 ture, feel it belongs here, I will do it." 



I feel perfectly free to state that I 

 brought this to the attention of Prof. 

 Forbes because I feel that it is so 

 much better to have the work done in 

 this way. I base my information on 

 results actually accomplished in the 

 other States. 



Mr. Diebold — ^I would like to say that 

 Dr. Phillips' method strikes me very 

 favorably, and we would very likely 

 get legislation along that' line, and get 

 an appropriation that would be large 

 enough to accomplish the results we 

 are after. 



Mr. Siebold — ^I am heartily in favor 

 of what Dr. Phillips has said. I think 

 we would get the legislation much 

 quicker, and probably better than we 

 could do it under the plan as hereto- 



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