THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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RKPOIiT OF COMMITTFF ON UNIFORM STATF 
LFOISLATION. 
Willunn PUkln, Chainnan. 
At the Portland ('onvention in June, 1913, a special 
eommittee was ap|)ointed. to take up the matter of Uni¬ 
form State Legislation, and eontribiitions, to the special 
Prof. J. G. Sanders, Slate Enlornologist, Madison, Wis. 
An enthusiast on '‘Uniform Insj)eetion Laws." 
fund for the use of this (k)mmittee, were made by the 
members of the American Associatioji and the Paeilie 
Coast Association, amounting to 5f?1200 to <$1500. 
The first meeting of the Committee was held ai Kansas 
City in December, 1913, during the sessions of the Wes¬ 
tern Wholesale Association. Mr. McDonald was unable 
to be present, but Mr. Youngers and myself had the oj)- 
portunity of conferring with many of the Western nur¬ 
serymen, particularly Mr. Stark, Mr. Stannard and Prof. 
Hunter, of Kansas, and also Mr. Meehan and Mr. Dayton 
of the East. Your Committee then learned that the Na¬ 
tional Association of llorticultui'al Inspectors, being the 
inspectors in charge in the various states, had at their 
last annual meeting in January, 1913, apj)ointed a com¬ 
mittee on this same subject, of which Prof. J. C. San¬ 
ders, of Wisconsin, was chairman, and that Prof. San¬ 
ders was then at work on the bill. We learned that the 
Inspectors’ Association would meet at Atlanta, Ga., on 
December 31st, and your Committee was invited to be 
present at that meeting and discuss the bill to be present¬ 
ed by Prof. Sanders. 
The Atlanta meeting was attended by your Chairman 
and Messrs. Meehan, Dayton, Stark, Youngers and 
Herckmans. During a long se.ssion. Prof. Sanders’ bill 
was thoroughly consi(h*red, by his committee and ours, 
and it was lound that our ideas in the main were not very 
tar apart. Prof. Sandei’s took the various suggestions 
under consideration, and agreed to revise his bill and 
\\ ilhin a short time to submit a revised copy to your Com¬ 
mittee. We found the sentiment ot the insj)ectors very 
strongly in favor of uniform state laws, and that they 
were thoroughly in earnest in the idea of harmonizing 
their own dilferences, if possible, and harmonizing any 
diflerences w ith the nurscuynien, and thereby formulat¬ 
ing a law that could be heartily supported by the inspec¬ 
tors, the nurserymen, and tin; fruit gi'owing interest.^. 
In joining with tin; insj)ectors, your Committee felt 
that a great step in advance had been made, and that very 
much more could be accomplished, if the two organiza¬ 
tions w orked together, than w e could hope to accomplish 
alone. It w as realized that it would be a long and slow 
journey anyw^ay, but with their co-operation it might be 
j)rogressed with reasonable and satisfactory speed. 
Later, we were informed that the American Pomolog- 
ical Society, at its meeting in Washington during the 
winter of 1914, appointed a committee to consider the 
same subject, and selected as chairman of that committee 
Hon. Orlando Harrison, of Rerlin, Md., and your Com¬ 
mittee felt that it w as extremely fortunate that the Pom- 
ological Society should be represented by one so thor¬ 
oughly informed as to the necessities of the nurserymen, 
and the need of reasonable and uniform state legislation. 
Reading from left to right L. .1. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., 
J. Edward Moon, Morrisville, Pa., Mr. Hill, Dundee, III. 
Later, Prof. Sanders submilted to your Committee a 
revision of his original bill. The revised copy was thor¬ 
oughly considered by your Committee, and still further 
