JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 
DECEMBER, 1920 
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This is the official organ of the American Association of Economic 
Entomologists, an organization of 566 members, each with equal or 
nearly equal rights to the privileges and benefits of the organization. 
The volume for this year is practically filled with the Proceedings of 
the Annual Meeting and those of the Pacific Slope Branch and, as a 
consequence, there has been no space for the independently submitted 
papers. It is fitting that the Proceedings should be given precedence 
according to custom, because the doings of the annual gatherings are 
of general interest to the entire membership. It is highly desirable 
that the man unable to attend or the one with an important message 
should have an opportunity to present his case. The Journal should 
cover a wider field than the publishing of the Proceedings and it is 
highly desirable that its pages be open to all qualified contributors. 
The high cost of printing and the limited funds available make it im¬ 
possible to issue a larger volume and, while such conditions exist, it is 
suggested that those attending the meetings keep the matter in mind 
and by means of carefully prepared papers, abstracted if necessary, 
keep down the length of the articles and thus reduce the size of the 
Proceedings. The formal papers in the volumes for 1917-1919 inclu¬ 
sive have an average length of about six pages, 2,400 words. It may 
be necessary to keep papers pretty closely within these limits; that 
is, make the average of the past few years the approximate maximum 
of the present and thus give a more equal opportunity to our entire 
membership. The value of a paper should not be gauged by its length; 
it is the message that counts. There is no better time than the present 
to excel in the selection of the pertinent and thus assist in making room 
for the other man. 
