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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
nursery trade, which, if it meets your approval. I hope 
to see adopted as the Official Terms, to he printed on the 
invoices of every member and put into universal use in 
the nursery trade of the United States. 
Transportation 
Effective on June 1st there is an advance in freight 
rates in Official Classification territory (east of the Mis¬ 
sissippi and north of the Ohio Rivers) applying to car 
load lots only, raising the classification from fifth to 
fourth, which means an advance of 20 to 25 per cent in 
freight charges on car lots. This advance is over and 
above the general advance of 5 per cent, of last spring. 
This matter will he covered fully by the report of Mr. 
Sizemore. Chairman of our Transportation Committee. 
The work of this committee is important, it requires the 
services of a man familiar with railroad matters; Mr. 
Sizemore has this necessary knowledge; he has used it 
for the benefit of this Association many times and his 
Secretaryship 
Our good friend. Secretary Hall, is again serving us 
this year in spite of the fact that he tendered his resig¬ 
nation last year at Cleveland, which was accepted with 
the undersanding that he would serve until our Execu¬ 
tive Committee could arrange for a new Secretary. Later 
the Executive Committee arranged with Mr. Hall to con¬ 
tinue his sendees, adding sufficiently to the salary to 
enable him to employ clerical help to relieve him of a 
vast amount of detail work incident to the publishing 
of the Badge Rook. Report of Proceedings, etc. Mr. Hall 
seems to be happy and well content under this new ar¬ 
rangement, and I am pleased to have him at my right 
hand. He is earning his salary all right. 
I now want the ear of every member from the South 
and Southwest. I want to call your attention to the fact 
that through your agents on the road, you have a fine 
opportunity to preach to the farmers of the South the 
A group of Dansville, N. Y., Nurserymen. 
Front row, James A. Kelley, .James A. Rowan, C. W. McNair 
Back row, George L. Roberts, J. B. Morey, W. J. Maloney 
labors are greatly appreciated by all of us. 
Legislation 
The work of this Committee is the most important and 
•the most arduous of all handled by this Association. 
Think f or a moment ot the many cases of adverse legis¬ 
lation investigated and fought by this Association, in the 
states of Maine, Wisconsin, Montana. Wyoming, and 
Colorado, the many trips by this committee to Washing¬ 
ton because of the Federal Inspection Bill, to Atlanta and 
Philadelphia on Uniform Legislation matters ! My 
friends, in the very nature of things it is utterly impos¬ 
sible for these busy men who make up this committee 
to keep the close watch on Legislative matters, both Na¬ 
tional and State, that we should have, and it is an im¬ 
position to place the vast amount of detail work of in¬ 
vestigation. the vast amount of correspondence involved* 
on their shoulders, and should not we now at least re¬ 
lieve them of this detail work which can be handled by 
a paid expert? 
importance of diversifying their crops. If the South can 
get away from the one-crop idea, if we will not depend 
on cotton for everything, but rather bend our energies 
toward producing our own meat and bread for man and 
beast and let our cotton buy our automobiles and pianos 
instead of our necessities, we will then turn the catas¬ 
trophe of last fall into a blessing. One way to diversify 
is to plant orchards, and this point should not be lost- 
sight of in your selling campaign this season. Preach 
this eternally through your agents, and practice it your¬ 
selves. 
Now t my friends, let us for a moment turn our thoughts 
in loving sympathy to our fellow craftsmen beyond the 
seas, the nurserymen of France, Belgium. England, 
Germany. Think of what they are going through; mul¬ 
tiply your own harassing worries ten thousand times 
and then add an inexpressible weight of anxiety for 
loved ones fighting in the trenches, an inexpressible 
weight of sorrow for loved ones killed in battle, and you 
