14 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
THE FEDERAL INSPECTION BILL 
Co-Operation Between Entomologists, Inspectors, Nurserymen and 
Fruit Growers 
REPORT OF WM. PITKIN, Chairman Legislative Committee 
It is a great pleasure to be able to announce, that after long delay and many attempts, the efforts of the nurserymen and the less 
radical of the entomologists to find common ground on which to build a satisfactory Federal Inspection Bill have been crowned with 
success. The National Nurseryman has constantly maintained the principle that Federal Legislation could not be framed alone by 
one of the interested parties; that friendly co-operation was the only basis for effective legislation. The recent Washington conferejice, 
composed of reasonable men dictated by an earnest wish to solve the difficult problem, has succeeded. The participants in this confer¬ 
ence are to be congratulated and fruit-growers generally to be felicitated on the promising outlook. 
. Mr. Pitkin generously credits Professor Hunter, Mr. Stark, and others, with valuable aid, but we should not forget that in Mr. 
Pitkin’s case this is but the finale or last scene in a campaign lasting several years and involving a vast amount of labor and personal 
self-sacrifice. Mr. Pitkin has been ably assisted by Mr. Rouse. These men have given freely of their time and energy and absolutely 
without remuneration. They have richly earned the gratitude of their associates in the American Association of Nurserymen.— ^Editor. 
To the Members of the American Association of Nurserymen: 
Gentlemen; 
I am very glad to be able to say to you that the prospects 
look very favorable today for a satisfactory settlement of 
the dispute relative to the proposed federal bills regulating 
the importation of nursery stock. 
The National Association of Horticultural Inspectors 
and the Association of Entomologists held their annual 
convention in Washington during present week. 
Your Chairman with Air. Irving Rouse, Mr. AY. P. 
Stark, and Mr. W. H. Wyman, had a number of conferences 
during Wednesday and Thursda}^ with the Legislative Com¬ 
mittee of the Inspectors’ Association, and also with indi¬ 
vidual members, and with Dr. Howard and Air. Alarlatt of 
the Department of Agriculture, and a tentative agreement 
was reached subject to the approval of our Legislative 
Committee, and which I think will be secured. 
The proposed bill will provide for permits, notifications, 
and both domestic and foreign quarantine, but the pro¬ 
visions for foreign and domestic quarantine will be limited 
to insects and diseases new to the United States, and not now 
established in this country. 
The bill will also provide for an Administrative Board, 
and for public hearings before the issuance of any quaran¬ 
tine or stringent order, and with an opportunity for appeal 
from the decision of that Board to the Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture. 
A bill is to be drafted by the Department of Agriculture 
and submitted to your Legislative Committee before any 
further action is taken. 
Your Committee felt that in view of the sentiment that 
had been aroused by the Department of Agriculture and the 
Entomologists in favor of some form of federal regulation, 
that it was wise to join with the Entomologists and Inspectors 
and agree on a compromise measure that would be a protection 
to the public and the fruit growers, and would not be ex¬ 
tremely burdensome on the nursery interests; and it is our 
belief that this has been accomplished by the pro]josed bill. 
Your Committee was very ably assisted by Prof. S. J. 
Hunter of the Kansas University, who came to Washington 
with Mr, Stark, representing the Western AVholesale Asso¬ 
ciation, and we feel that we are much indebted to him for 
his wise counsel and advice, and, for his efforts in reconciling 
the differences existing between your Committee and his 
associates among the horticultural inspectors. 
Your Committee also feels greatly indebted to the 
Legislative Committee of the Inspectors’ Association for 
their courtesy and evident desire to do all that they could 
to meet the nurserymen on a mutually satisfactory ground. 
That Committee consisted of Prof. T. B. Symons of 
Maryland, Prof. E. D. Sanderson of West Virginia, Prof. 
AAMrsham of Georgia. 
The proposition has the endorsement of the Association 
of Horticultural Inspectors and of Air. Alarlatt representing 
the Department of Agriculture, and if the bill as drawn 
correctly carries out the understanding now existing, and I 
have no doubt that it will, it is felt that there will be no 
serious difficulty in securing favorable action during the 
present session of Congress. 
Further information as to the details of the bill will be 
ready for you in the next issue of this paper. 
FARMERS’ WEEK AT THE COLLEGE OF 
AGRICULTURE 
This has now come to be an established institution, and 
among the conferences noted for January and February the 
Farmers’ Week is an important feature. All the eastern 
colleges of agriculture, including the schools of agriculture 
in New York, in addition to Cornell College of Agriculture, 
have listed regular Farmers’ Week conferences. At Cornell 
Farmers’ Week is held from February 19th to 24th. At the 
St. Lawrence School of Agriculture it occurs January 2 2d to 
27th. 
FORESTRY AND PRISONERS 
The State Conservation Commission of New York has 
decided to use prison labor in advancing the forestry interests 
of the Empire State. It has directed the establishment at 
Comstock, where the Great Aleadows prison is located, of a 
nursery large enough to bring the output of the state nurseries 
up to double its present amount; in other words, to increase 
the production to 12,000 trees per year, 
