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being a joint one of the Association of EcoQomic Entomologists and of the Entomo- 

 logical Committee of the U. S. Experiment Stations leads me to make these 

 remarks, because probably the question which is most engaging the attention of 

 many of us at the present time is whether any good purpose will be served by 

 maintaining both of these organizations. We know that the Committee of the 

 Experiment Stations must meet if the directors of stations order it ; but T feel 

 conlfident that the necessarily limited number of entomologists in that committee, 

 even if every station eventually employs such an officer, cannot do such good work 

 for the science and give theiji equal opportunities, to those offered by an organiza- 

 tion of the nature of the Association of Economic Entomologists, which will include 

 many eminent men who are excluded from active membership by the rules of the 

 committee. I refer to such men as Prof. Riley and his assistants. Dr. Packard, 

 Mr. French, Dr. Lintner, and hosts of other economic entomologists in the United 

 States as well as the Canadian entomologists and many others who would be 

 pleased to join in various parts of the world. I submit to the meeting that there 

 is room for good work from both of these organizations and that it would be 

 extremely ill-advised to let either of them drop to the ground for each should be 

 of the greatest assistance to the other. I believe, too, that to no one can the 

 Association be of more use than to the Experiment Station Entomologists, and 

 therefore they should make every effort to sustain an association at the meetings 

 of which they must always have greater freedom than they can have in the com- 

 mittee, where the proceedings will always be subject to a certain degree of 

 restraint, both as to the time allowed for discussion and the subjects brought 

 forward. The Entomological Committee is specially a meeting of the Entomo- 

 logists of the Experiment Stations and any one else will always, to a certain 

 extent, feel himself an outsider no matter how cordially the hand of friendship 

 may be extended to him. The president has stated that he does not care where 

 the work is done so that it is carried on vigorously. This is probably the case, 

 and the gentlemen I have mentioned have very little to learn from the meeting 

 compared with the advantages which will accrue to us from having such men 

 present at the meetings. I cannot help thinking that we shall make a serious 

 mistake if we allow an organization to drop which will ensure us their syoipathy, 

 attendance and services and will at the same time form a bond of union between 

 the economic entomologists of the whole world. 



The address was also highly complimented by Prof. Cook, who spoke of the 

 advantao^e of co-operatioD. between the Association and the Committee of the 

 Experiment Stations. He suggested some ways in which these two organizations 

 oould be mutually beneficial. 



Prof. John B. Smith thought there was no necessity to have two bodies 

 composed of nearly the same members meeting on the same days and at the same 

 place and covering the same ground. He strongly advocated an effort being 

 made to gain from the Association of Agricultural Colleges the same advantages 

 for the entomological committee as were at present offered by the Association of 

 economic entomologists. This, he thought, would be of advantage to station 

 workers, at least, as it would give them a recognized place in the official body of 

 Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 



Dr. C. M. Weed thought that there was some misunderstanding as to the 

 gtatus of some of the gentlemen who had been mentioned. The Canadian 

 Experiment Station was represented in the main body and its officers have the 

 same rights and standing in committees as have those of the other stations. The 

 Department of Agriculture is equally represented both in the main body and m 

 iJiQ committees. 



