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it vrould Beparate quarantine considerations frcn trade considerations, 
and finally, it would accomplish more than Quarantine 37 ev(;r has 
acTomplished and woiild remove the causes for constant dispute v/hich are 
al-ways inherent in a quarantine which has so many of the selective 
features that Quarantine 37 has. 
In short, this procedure would do several most desirable things: 
First , it would definitely exclude plants and rther articles known to 
be post carriers; se cond , it v/oiild bring under control the iirportation 
of insects and plant pathogenes as suchj third , it would permit the 
importation for propagation of plants not knoivn to be dangerous by 
nurserymen, gardeners, and groups or in4iividuals; f ou rth , it v/ould permit 
of the holding of imported plants under surveillance of the Secretary •£ 
Agriculture for such time and under such conditions as to make possible 
inspection to determine freedom from posts; fifth, it vrould settle for 
all time the selection of people v-ho should be n emitted to import plants 
and how many they sKo'ilc? import; sixth , it -.vould do away v.ith just about 
all the controversial features of the quarantine, and finally, it would 
do more than anything yet done to prevent the introduction into this 
country of pests carried by plants and nursery stock. It is encouraging 
to know that certain members of Cengrcss now have urjdor way stops to bring 
this about. 
