THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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“I am in favor of a National Law. Would like to see a uniform 
Inspection Law so that all parties would recognize one method of 
inspection.” 
‘‘We are very much in favor of a National Law, for the inspection 
of nursery stock.” 
‘‘We certainly are in favor of a National Inspecting Law, and it is 
the only law that is going to be of any use to nurserymen, provided, 
they want to ship into other states. If we send stock into New York 
State and there is any scale on it alive or dead it is rejected and 
usually destroyed and if any stock comes into this state from New 
York, scale or no scale, we are obliged to receive it. Now, we s all 
be glad to do anything in our power to get a National Law in regard 
to Inspection.” 
‘‘We are in favor of a uniform Inspection Law. We know o no 
other plan than by a National Law.” 
‘‘I am in favor of a National Inspection Law in preference to a 
multiplicity of various state laws, some of which are often drawn so 
as to prevent a nurseryman in one state doing business in another. 
A National law properly safeguarded should be in the interest of all 
nurserymen.” 
‘‘We are in favor of the National Inspection Law and if it cannot 
be, we are in favor of an increase of nursery stock of about 100%. 
The miscellaneous lot of state requirements under the present con¬ 
ditions gotten up by people who know nothing about the proposition 
are getting to be a great burden to us.” 
‘‘We are in favor of uniform Inspection Laws and such laws can 
probably be secured most easily through federal legislation. There 
is little probability that the states if left to legislate separately on 
this question would secure the desired uniformity. We are certainly 
opposed to the present system of state legislation.” 
‘‘We are most heartily in favor of a uniform Inspection Law.” 
‘‘We are in favor of the National Inspection Law as suggested at 
the meeting of 1907 at Detroit.” 
‘‘Would say in regard to a National Inspection Law, I should 
certainly favor it very strongly. State Inspection Laws differ so 
greatly in their makeup and in the matter and extent of their en¬ 
forcement that in some cases, they work serious hardship and pro\e 
an obstruction to the free transaction of business and in other 
cases they will be administered so slackly as to prove to be of little 
value from the standpoint of being effective for good.” 
‘‘We are very much in favor of the National Inspection Law as 
we understand it is now to be presented and do hope you will be suc¬ 
cessful this time in pushing the matter forward to a successful end. 
‘‘We, ourselves, are very much disgusted with the many dif¬ 
ferent qualifications required in different states and would be satisfied 
with a uniform inspection law even if all of its features did not just 
suit our fancy.” 
‘‘My reasons are: First—I think uniform inspection, whatever 
it may be, will be more useful and satisfactory than forty different 
sorts. Second—I believe that under state inspection some nursery¬ 
men are permitted to do things which they would not be permitted 
to do if subject to federal control.” 
‘‘We thinkif it is practicable to getauniform Inspection Law,it is 
much to be preferred to our present inspection laws, as it would 
simplify matters very much.” 
‘‘As a broad, general proposition, I am a states rights man, and do 
not want to get the National Government meddling too much in our 
state affairs, unless we purpose to abandon them entirely and turn all 
our state work over to the National Government. 
‘‘Undoubtedly the National Inspection Law of nursery stock 
would be preferable to what is going on in many states. 
‘‘My greatest kick at the present time is against enforced fumiga¬ 
tion in so many states, for I know and believe that thousands of 
trees are killed annually by fumigation, that could just as well have 
the scale killed by dipping or spraying without injury to the trees. 
‘‘Personally, I shall never plant any more fumigated trees if I can 
help it.” 
THESE OBJECT OR DOUBT THE FEASIBILITY. 
‘‘We are heartily in favor of the National Inspection Law pro¬ 
viding it will not conflict with the existing state laws, or if the states 
can be brought in line so that they would not oppose a federal law. 
This may be quite difficult to bring about because we realize that a 
good many states are very jealous of what they term their rights in 
this matter.” 
‘‘In regard to a National Inspection Law, it seems to me it would 
be advisable, so that the same certificates would apply in all of the 
different states. At present each state having its own law and 
different from other states, makes it very inconvenient and hampers 
a person very much in making shipments and I think a National 
Inspection Law would be much more satisfactory.” 
‘‘Personally I have always been in favor of the National Inspec¬ 
tion Law, if such an one could be passed, but I have been repeatedly 
told that this was an impossibility, as the Police Regulations of each 
state are subjects that each state must take care of itself. I fail to 
see how anything of a National Character can be done, unless it may 
be possible to get all of the states to adopt a National Inspection 
Law, and this hardly seems probable.” 
‘‘The present state, laws are anything but satisfactory. Besides 
being expensive, they are otherwise annoying. 
‘‘We certainly are in favor of the National Inspection Law. 
The state laws are all so different, requiring different tags that it 
makes it necessary to look up the laws in each state before making a 
shipment. I cannot see where there would be any objection to a 
National Inspection Law. 
‘‘I do not think that the Government could inspect all the states 
satisfactorily. I should like to see the State Laws changed in 
Virginia. I should like to see thepart that requires outside Nursery¬ 
men to pay a tax of $20.00 repealed, and any nursery having a State 
Certificate allowed to ship into the State.” 
‘‘We think one point which should be considered is that in event 
of adopting the National Inspection Law would it conflict with the 
present state inspection law? We don’t want two inspections. If 
we should have a National Inspection Law in force, would the state 
then have a right to continue its inspection?” 
‘‘I am somewhat unsettled in my mind in regard to the National 
Inspection Law, it is all owing to the sort of a National Law that we 
would have. If we had a National Law framed and administered 
as some of our state laws are, notably, one joining our state, I would 
say, No, No. On the other hand, if we could have a safe and Na¬ 
tional Law framed and administered reasonably, sensibly and wisely; 
I believe it would be a great advantage to the nurserymen. 
‘‘As the matter stands, I would be afraid of a federal law unless I 
knew what sort of federal law it was going to be, and also something 
of its administration. Almost any sort of law will do the work, how¬ 
ever, if administered with common sense and almost any sort of law 
can be made oppressive if enforced unwisely. 
‘‘I believe, take it altogether, I think we are better off with what 
we have, rather than risking what we don’t know about. This is 
about my feeling.” 
‘‘At the present time it appears to us as labor wasted to try to get 
any National Law passed, as we think that Congress will not take up 
any law of the kind before the National Laws for the railroads are 
adopted. 
‘‘We think it will be better to make an effort for uniformity in 
state regulations, which can best be brought about through the Asso¬ 
ciation of State Entomologists and Agricultural Stations. It would 
take a little time perhaps, but eventually it would bring the desired 
results.” 
“It seems to me for several years past, that it was not a profitable 
investment for the American Association to spend money and time 
on the matter of a Federal Inspection Law, and for several reasons. 
“1st. It seems almost impossible to get through Congress any 
law of this character that would allow an appropriation of sufficient 
size to properly carry out the proposition, and without an appropria¬ 
tion it does not seem to me that the law would be of much value. 
“2nd. The best information of those who have carefully in¬ 
vestigated the subject, and who have gotten legal advice seems to 
indicate that even though such a law passed.it would only be operated 
in inter-state commerce to the state lines, and that after the goods 
reached the destination nothing .in the law could prevent the state 
laws from taking hold and doing whatever might be thought best by 
the state authorities in the way of inspection, fumigation or what¬ 
ever. I understand that the states would have sufficient authority 
