Report of Citrus Canker Committee 
D. Collins Gillett, L. B. Skinner, Dr. J. H. Ross, Lloyd S. Tenny, W. J. 
Kroom. 
Mr. Hume: A little while ago we had 
some information as to where we had ar¬ 
rived in the citrus canker fight. To car¬ 
ry on this bit of warfare it has been nec¬ 
essary to have funds, and funds in large 
amounts, and the man who has had the 
most to do with getting those funds 
wherewith to save the citrus industrv of 
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Florida, is going to speak to us right now. 
I am pleased to introduce to you, Mr. 
Collins Gillett. (Applause). 
Mr. Gillett. Mr. President, members 
of the Florida State Horticultural Society 
and citizens of West Palm Beach. Owing 
to my extreme modesty and the great 
pride I take in my own committee, and 
as an evidence of your very good judg¬ 
ment, I ask, Mr. President, that the 
members of the Citrus Canker Committee 
who are present, come up and be shown. 
Mr. Hume: My observation of that 
Citrus Canker Committee is that the mem¬ 
bers of it are very backward. (Laugh¬ 
ter). Now, Dr. Ross, Mr. Skinner, Mr. 
Tenney and Mr. Krome, will you please 
come up? If necessary, we will bring 
you up. (Laughter and applause). 
Mr. Gillett: First, as chairman of the 
Citrus Canker Committee, I desire to 
thank the members of this Society and 
the growers of the State of Florida at 
large, not only for their unqualified and 
undivided support whenever it has been 
needed, but also for the very generous 
manner in which funds with which we 
might carry on this fight, have been fur¬ 
nished. 
The subject of citrus canker is one 
which has been freely discussed before 
meetings in the past, and there is very 
little I can add to what you already know, 
with the exception of what has occurred 
in the way of appropriations from Con¬ 
gress and those now pending before the 
State Legislature of Florida. 
In 1915, we received from the Federal 
Government, $550,000 with which to car¬ 
ry on this fight. In the Agricultural Bill 
which passed the Senate thirty minutes 
before it adjourned on March 4th of this 
year, $430,000 additional was therein 
included. $180,000 of that sum was pro¬ 
vided for carrying on the work without 
State participation until the first of July 
next, at which time $250,000 becomes 
available when the states in which citrus 
canker is prevalent have appropriated an 
equal amount. Of the $250,000 the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture has said that 
$150,000 shall be expended in Florida 
from July 1st next until the following 
July. They have further stated that 
when Florida appropriates $150,000 to 
meet that sum, they will then in their next 
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