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Mr. Hart—I have been offering sug¬ 
gestions, and have got the matter so 
far along that the Society has en¬ 
dorsed it, passed the resolution I have 
offered each year for several years in 
succession, and that is about all we 
have heard of it, except that Mr. 
Painter conferred with Secretary Wil¬ 
son at one time concerning it. The 
thing for us to do is to press the mat¬ 
ter as individuals. If our Secretary 
writes to the Secretary of Agriculture 
and that is all that is done, it will re¬ 
main just as it is. We must pass a 
resolution that means business, and 
then we want to get right after it and 
stir up those in authority and get the 
matter before them and keep it before 
them so that they will say as the 
Southern Express agent at Savannah 
said of a man who had paid express 
at both ends of the line. The man 
found out what was being done and 
that express charges had been col¬ 
lected from him and from the people 
to whom he had shipped oranges as 
presents, and he grew tired of it. He 
started in and made such a noise with 
no cessation that after awhile the Ex¬ 
press superintendent said to the agent 
at this man’s station, “For the Lord’s 
sake, do something to stop that d— 
man’s mouth.” If we can talk to them 
like that, maybe we can get them to 
think we are in earnest. 
Mr. Mote—I move that a committee 
of five be appointed, and that Mr. Hart 
be made chairman. 
Mr. Painter—If you will refer to the 
report of last year, you will see where 
I made a report of this matter. I did 
not trust the mails, but saw the Sec¬ 
retary of Agriculture in person and 
presented our resolution to him. 
About the first question he asked was, 
“What are you people doing?” He 
said, “We are willing to help you if 
you help yourselves along any of those 
lines. Just now, however, all the ap¬ 
propriation is used up and we cannot 
do anything at present.” His intima¬ 
tion was that they were willing to help 
us, but they were not going to do it 
all. 
Mr. Rose—I would suggest that it is 
necessary for the whole body as a body 
to move in this matter. The depart¬ 
ments will receive with courtesy a let¬ 
ter from the secretary, but it is nec¬ 
essary for us to act together. If you 
will remember a little while ago, there 
was considerable agitation about the 
white fly, particularly in the Second 
Congressional District. Our Congress¬ 
man was talked to by a large number 
of growers and the necessity of action 
being shown to him, he exercised him¬ 
self and got an appropriation and sent 
a white-fly man to the state. Now, 
in this instance here we have repre¬ 
sentatives in Congress who are anx¬ 
ious to represent the people, and it is 
the duty of every member of the So¬ 
ciety to correspond with his Congress¬ 
man and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
When it is known that a people re¬ 
presenting the orange industry of 
Florida require assistance in scientific 
work, when it comes up in the proper 
shape, it will be attended to. There is 
no doubt but that after this meeting is 
over, we will lose all interest; we de¬ 
pend on the secretary or upon a com¬ 
mittee for effort to be made, and the 
body as a body does not support the 
men who should be supported. The 
thing to do is to show that you want 
these things, make it clear to your 
