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pose of stamping out the cotton-boll weevil as in his judgment might 
seem best? 
Mr. Gatioway. That is the object of this bill, as I understand it. 
The Cuarrman. Why not pass a little bill, just as we did last year 
in regard to the foot-and-mouth disease, without going into any 
detail or without hampering him in the least, leaving it entirely with 
the Secretary and his corps of assistants in the Department? 
Mr. Gattoway. Of course I can not speak for the Secretary, but 
I do not sce that there would be any objection to that. 
The Cuarrman. And provide, as we did in that case, that the money 
shall be used for this purpose and no other. You remember we put 
that language in the bill which was passed for the purpose of stamping 
out the foot-and-mouth disease. 
Mr. Gatioway It is not so much a question of stamping it out 
The Cuarrman. The language applying to the entomological inves- 
tigation reads in this way: 
Including the investigation into the ravages of the codling moth and of the cotton- 
boll weevil and boll worm, with a view of ascertaining the best methods of their 
extermination. 
Is not that language, ‘‘the best methods of their extermination,” 
broad enough? 
Mr. Gattoway. No; I do not think it would be, because under that 
clause the diversification of crops, the rotation of crops, and the sub- 
stituting of other crops would not be considered at all, and that is 
vital. You might appropriate $10,000,000 for the stamping out of the 
thing, but I do not believe it-would do any good, 
Mr. Bowie. You mean you do not believe it would be absolute. 
Mr. Gattoway. Yes. You can not handle it like you can the mat- 
ter of the foot-and-mouth disease. : 
The Cuarrman. Do you think this Burgess bill, so called, covers 
your point? 
Mr. Gatioway. I think it does. 
The Cuarrman. In what clause? 
Mr. Gatitoway. Section 2, I think. 
The Cuarrman. The first section reads, in part: 
The duties of said commission shall be to prepare and execute, under the direction 
of the Secretary of Agriculture, such plans for lessening the damage caused by and 
controlling the spread of the Mexican cotton-boll weevil and other insects and dis- 
eases injurious to cotton, as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem best. 
Section 2: 
That in furtherance of the purposes of this act there shall be appropriated out of 
the Treasury of the United States, from any money not otherwise appropriated, the 
sum of five hundred thousand ‘dollars, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of 
which shall be immediately available, which shall be denominated the ‘‘ Cotton 
fund,’’ and which shall be exclusively applied to the purposes of this act, and in the 
expenditure of which the Secretary of Agriculture shall have plenary and exclusive 
powers, as he may deem best, to accomplish the purposes of this act. 
Mr. Burteson. Right on that point, Mr. Chairman, I have a com- 
munication from the Secretary of Agriculture, wherein he: uses this 
language: 
It would seem to me that line 6 might be made stronger by taking out the words 
‘“practical men”’ and substituting ‘‘advisory members.’’” Line 9 might also be made 
stronger by adding, after the word ‘“‘direction,”’ the words ‘‘and approval.”’ 
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In reference to the clause defining the duties of the commission, it seems to me its 
wording is broad enough to enable me to do whatever is best in my judgment. The 
