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President Kirkland announced that Mr. Orlando Harrison, of 

 Berlin, Md., president of the American Association of Nurserymen, 



Prof. John Craig, of Ithaca. X. Y.. and Mr. Emory Albertson, of 

 Bridgeport, Tnd.. representing the American Association of Nursery- 

 men, were present on invitation of the Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists, as the former a-sociation was vitally interested in the re- 

 port about to be read. 



On motion of Mr. Sanderson these gentlemen were admitted to the 

 privileges of the floor. 



The report of the committee on national control of introduced 

 insect pests was read by Mr. E. I). Sanderson, chairman. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CONTROL OF INTRODUCED 



INSECT PESTS. 



To the Association of Economic- Entomologists: 



Your committee, appointed at the last meeting: of the association to consider 

 the national control of introduced insect pests, beg to report as follows : 



After preliminary correspondence the committee seemed to be generally agreed 

 except upon the matter of uniformity of nursery inspection. A subcommittee. 

 consisting of Messrs. Burgess, Forbes, and Gillette, was therefore appointed to 

 consider this matter. This subcommittee met at Urbana, 111., and. having had 

 a large correspondence with inspection officials throughout the country, formu- 

 lated a report which was presented to the full committee at a meeting held at 

 Baton Rouge. La.. November 14. This report is embodied in section C, below. 



As instructed by the association at the meeting at Baton Rouge, your com- 

 mittee conferred with a similar committee of the Association of Horticultural 

 Inspectors represented by Messrs. R. I. Smith, of Georgia, and S. A. Forbes, of 

 Illinois, and with representatives of the National Nurserymen's Association. 

 Messrs. WatTOUS, of Iowa, and Albertson. of Indiana. All present agreed upon 

 the line of procedure outlined below. At the meeting of the Association of Hor- 

 ticultural Inspectors at Baton Rouge resolutions were adopted similar to those 

 below, advocating that the Secretary of Agriculture be empowered to inspect all 

 the imports I'm- insects and plant diseases and that bo be empowered to make 

 regulations governing the certification and inspection of nursery stock for inter- 

 state commerce, and appointed their chairman. Dr. S. A. Forbes, to act as a 

 member of a committee to be composed also of a representative of the Association 

 of Economic Entomologists and a representative of the National Nurserymen's 

 Association to push this legislation. 



The committee would therefore suggest the following resolutions and pro- 

 cedure toward securing such legislation: 



A. Resolved, That the Secretary of Agriculture should be empowered to in- 

 Bpec1 all imports and to make regulations governing importations liable to harbor 

 insect pests and plant diseases, and thai sufficient appropriation be made for this 

 purpose. 



B. That Congress should authorize the Secretary oi' Agriculture to proceed to 

 exterminate or control imported insects or plant diseases or any insect pre- 

 viously native to a restricted locality, but which may become migratory and 

 threaten the whole country, whenever, in his judgment, such action is practi- 

 cable, and that an appropriation be made for tins purpose as a reserve fund for 

 emergency use against any such pest which may arise. Such legislation would 



