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this Association to go next year and in succeeding years—and 
that is Chicago, and the Chicago Beach hotel.” 
Mr. Gaines—“ I second the nomination of Chicago.” 
J. H. Hale seconded the nomination to go to Atlanta. 
The new Piedmont hotel offered first-class accommodations. 
He said that during the last eight years more than 3,000 
orchardists had planted 18,000,000 trees in the South, and the 
horticultural interests there had been wonderfully extended. 
He pictured in glowing colors the enthusiasm with which the 
people of the South would extend a glad hand to their brethren 
of the North, and the railroads even would place at the dis¬ 
posal of the nurserymen their best trains for excursion pur¬ 
poses. “ Why, we will guarantee you ten degrees cooler 
weather than you will find in St. Louis in June or July, and 
we ask you to come the first week in July, so that you may see 
our fruit interests to the best advantage.” 
Mr. Heikes emphasized the fact that a hearty welcome 
awaits the nurserymen in the South. Prof. W. G. Johnson 
said he had been in Atlanta within a few weeks and that the 
weather was delightful. 
KIRKPATRICK FOR ST. LOUIS. 
As the smoke cleared away from this battery from the Solid 
South—Berckmans, Hale, Johnson, Heikes—reinforced by 
Albaugh and Greening, up rose the tall Texan who always has 
something to say to the point. 
Mr. Kirkpatrick—“ Why, what is the occasion for all this 
spread-eagle oratory from the South ? Gentlemen of the con¬ 
vention, don’t let them fool you with their high-sounding 
phrases. Come to the West next year. Come to St. Louis^ 
where the greatest exposition of all time is being prepared for 
you ; where there are ample accommodations ; where a warm 
welcome awaits you ; where—” 
Mr. Berckmans—“ Where the raging waters accumulate.” 
The President—“ We will consider the names of the cities 
mentioned, in order.” 
Mr. Albaugh—“Atlanta has been proposed as an amend¬ 
ment to the motion to go to St. Louis.” 
The rising vote resulted : Atlanta, 62; St. Louis, 54. 
UNANIMOUS FOR ATLANTA. 
W. G. Withoft remarked that all would be pleased with the 
choice of Atlanta, when Irving Rouse renewed his motion in 
favor of Chicago. Mr. Albaugh suggested that the gentleman 
from New York could move to reconsider, and Mr. Rouse 
made such a motion. N. W. Hale made a plea for getting 
down to business and letting the discussion of meeting place 
rest. Then George H. Whiting suggested that as Mr. Rouse 
voted with the minority on the Atlanta-St. Louis proposition, 
he could not move to reconsider. The chair declared the 
point well taken and the discussion was ended. Upon motion 
of Mr. Watrous the vote to go to Atlanta, Ga., next year was 
made unanimous. 
Upon motion of J. H. Hale, the executive committee was 
empowered to select the date for the next convention. 
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
Chairman Watrous of the committee on legislation reported 
that the committee met in Washington, D. C., January 6th 
and found that Congressmen Joseph G. Cannon and J. Breck 
Perkins were opposed to the measure. Chairman Watrous 
was of the opinion that further effort at present was useless. 
Irving Rouse, chairman of the tariff committee, said the 
only matter that had come before the committee was that in 
which August Rolker & Sons was interested, and as Mr. 
Rolker was present he could speak for himself. Mr. Rolker 
said the whole subject was familiar to all who read the 
National Nurseryman, as the matter was published in full 
in the May issue. Mr. Rolker read the affidavit which was 
made by several prominent nurserymen in the seedling case, 
and then said he would leave the matter with the convention. 
Presinent Ugenfritz asked if any action was desired by the 
Association, and as there was no response, he proceeded with 
the program. 
The chair appointed the following committees : Exhibits, 
William P Stark, T. D. Green, Allen L. Wood ; resolutions, 
J. H. Hale, E. M. Sherman, E. W. Kirkpatrick. 
The committee on transportaiion, in the absence of Chair¬ 
man A. L. Brooke, reported through E. Albertson that no mat¬ 
ters had come before it. 
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED. 
F. W. Taylor, St. Louis, was not present. His paper, which 
was mainly an invitation to go to St. Louis, was not read; nor 
was a paper assigned to Howard A. Chase, Philadelphia, on 
“The Agency Business.” 
George C. Perkins, Newark, N. Y., read a paper on “ In¬ 
surance for Nurserymen.” This was discussed briefly by 
William Pitkin and E. Albertson. The president appointed a 
committee of three to report upon this matter at the next 
meeting. This committee is composed of George C. Perkins, 
E. Albertson and William Pitkin. “The Nurseryman’s Work 
in Texas ” was the subject of a paper by E. W. Kirkpatrick, 
McKinney, Tex. J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., 
gave a talk on “The Relation Between the Nurseryman and 
His Customers.” W. C. Barry discussed the “Importance of 
Ornamental Stock to the Nurseryman,” and Prof. John B. 
Smith read a paper on “ Spraying and Fumigation for Nursery¬ 
men Up to Date.” George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y., talked 
on “ The Cost of a Tree,” which caused discussion. The 
paper by G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary, Fla., on “ The Nursery 
Interests of the South ” was not read, in the absence of the 
author. 
At the close of the discussion on “The Cost of a Tree,” 
the president-elect, upon motion of Mr. Watrous, was asked 
to appoint a committee of five to report upon a plan for ascer¬ 
taining as nearly as possible the cost of a tree. 
DRASTIC LICENSE LAWS. 
Upon opening the question box the following was found : 
“ What should nurserymen do about West Virginia and 
Virginia laws ?” 
William Pitkin—“ This is of interest to retail dealers par¬ 
ticularly, and what is of interest to them is indirectly of 
interest to the wholesalers. The West Virginia law pro¬ 
vides that every retail nurseryman must take out a 
license of $10 for each county in that state in which he 
operates. He must furnish to the county clerk a list of his 
agents in that county, and each must exhibit a license taken 
out by the principal, under a penalty of from $50 to $ 5 °°- 
“ The Virginia license fee is $20 annually for every sales¬ 
man. 
“These laws are plainly unconstitutional. They can tax 
their own people, but they cannot tax the outsider. If these 
laws are not attacked they will become burdensome and it will 
be difficult to do business. 
