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Therefore we are thinking of this problem, not merely as en- 

 thusiasts in mosquito extermination, not merely as persons in- 

 terested in sanitation, as persons interested in bringing comfort to 

 those who may comie to New Jersey to play or to rest or to work; 

 but really because we are interested in the welfare of our state, 

 because we are naturally interested in contributing something to 

 a great constructive work. Any one of us who may contribute 

 even a very little to the elimination of mosquitoes is contributing, 

 after all, a great deal to this vast enterprise. 



And so, naturally, in speaking of the attitude of the Experiment 

 Station, there is not a great deal to be said. There was a time, in 

 the second stage of this development, when we had to compromise 

 and to use moral suasion and talk to keep the mosquito law, the law 

 which created the Mosquito Commissions, on the statute books. 

 There were times, and some of you well know it, when we had to 

 fight with our backs to the wall, because there was nothing else 

 to do to save the law. And we are happy to think that public sen- 

 timent has grown so in New Jersey that there is no longer danger 

 of the law being repealed, nor is there any danger of the work so 

 far done being nullified. The question before us now is merely 

 to expedite the work so that the solution may be within reach. 



Therefore, the first thought that those of us who are connected 

 with the Experiment Station have is that of expediting mosquito 

 extermination, the finding of the means that .would complete the 

 work within five or six or seven years, or within a reasonably 

 short period. Whether the total expenditures should be $700,000 

 or $1,000,000 is relatively unimportant. The fact is that the ex- 

 penditure of $150,000 to $200,000 a year for a few years is cer- 

 tain to accomplish the purpose. There, at least, we are on solid 

 ground. 



It is also within the scope of our understanding that the Ex- 

 periment Station merely represents one of the great factors in this 

 great enterprise. We have been trying to be faithful to our trust, 

 of course; but, after all, what has been done could not have been 

 done without a friendly cooperation of all of us who recognized 

 the importance of this imdertaking, and in interpreting our at- 

 titude, at least, to ourselves, we feel that there would be a great 

 loss to the undertaking itself, a great loss to ourselves personally, 

 who are connected with the Experiment Station, if there was the 



