THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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disregard for fundamental trade requirements. The nursery¬ 
men strenuously oppose plaeing authority in the hands of 
any man or any small body of Department offieials which 
\vill enable them to stifle or absolutely suppress important 
commercial enterprises involving the investment of very 
considerable capital. The nurserymen feel that they 
themselves should be regarded as reasonable individuals, 
and in the light of their lifetime experience in these enter¬ 
prises, should have a say in legislation which is so important 
as to check or absolutely destroy trade opportunities. 
There certainly has been a serious lack of diplomacy on 
the part of the Washington officials. Time after time they 
have been inyitecL-to meet the nurserymen for the purpose 
of"confening on this important subject, but one excuse or 
another has prevented the conference. This apparent 
lack of desire on the part of the federal entomological authori¬ 
ties has tended to destroy the proper feeling of confidence 
which nurserymen .should possess with reference to the 
officials of such an important department as the federal 
Bureau of Entomology. The nurserymen are well organized, 
and do not propose to be ridden over roughshod in this 
matter. They are disposed to fight for their rights, as they 
have in the past, and the probability is that they will win 
out. All persons having nursery interests should make a 
study of this bill, H. R. 123ii, and stand by the action of the 
Legislative Committee in opposing those featiures which are 
in opposition to the welfare of the nursery industry. 
Anent the subject of legislation discussed 
WESTERN at length in the above editorial, we are 
ASSOCIATION informed that a resolution was passed 
ON INSPEC- by the Western Association of Nursery- 
TION BILL men at its recent meeting in Kansas 
City, endorsing the action of the Legisla¬ 
tive Committee of the American Association, as taken at the 
St. Louis meeting, June, 1911. This Association further 
empowered Mr. W. P. Stark and Prof. S. J. Hunter of 
Kansas City a special committee to go to Washington 
for the purpose of cooperating with the national committee 
in the formulation and passage of a bill governing federal 
inspection. This bill will not in any important manner, so 
far as the actual inspection work is concerned, differ from 
the one already introduced; but it will take the power out 
of the hands of an individual or a single department, and 
place it in the hands of a commission to be made up of 
persons representing the various interests involved. In 
this commission, the Bureau of Entomology, the active 
nursery interests of the United States, and the horticultural 
inspectors are to be represented. In his way, the quarantine 
clause which the nurserymen strongly object to will be placed 
in the hands of a commission, instead of in the hands of a 
single individual who does not enjoy the confidence of the 
nurserymen. 
This in substance is what the National Nurseryman 
recommended some time ago. The National Nursery¬ 
man and the nurserymen of the country are not opposing 
reasonable legislation which aims to protect the country 
from the invasion of injurious parasites, but the National 
Nurseryman insists on urging the rights of the industry 
which it stands for. It believes in cooperative action, and 
believes that the representatives of nursery interests of the 
country are not only reasonable men, but capable of viewing 
the welfare of the country at large in as generous a light as 
anyone else. They may not be out and out altruists, but 
they are reasonable business men, willing to take responsibil¬ 
ity on behalf of the country’s best interests, as well as the 
interests of the industry which is supporting them. 
This matter of quarantine of domestic or foreign plant- 
producing regions is sufficiently important to warrant the 
appointment of a thoroughly representative organization, 
and one appropriately representing the various interests 
involved. 
Legislation 
MISSISSIPPI NURSERIES RECEIVING INSPECTION 
CERTIFICATE, 1911-1912 
A. C. Ball, Mantee; J. C. Barton, Booneville; I. E. 
Bass & Sons Pecan Company, Lumberton; Bechtel Pecan 
Nurseries, Theo. Bechtel, Prop., Ocean Springs; D. C. 
Benton, Lakeview; James Brodie, Biloxi; R. W. Bruce, 
Port Gibson; The Corinth Nurseries, G. W. Strickland, 
Propr., Corinth; The Cummings Company, W. W. Cum¬ 
mings, Pres., Meridian; A. G. Delmas Sons’, Scranton; 
I. P. Delmas, Scranton; Old Denny Orchard & Nursery, 
Aug. Edwards, Prop., Lucedale; East Tennessee & Missis¬ 
sippi Orchard Co., P. G. Stanley, Mgr., New Albany; 
The Eupora Nursery, J. E. Lewis, Prop., Eupora; C. Forkert, 
Ocean Springs; J. B. Good, Sturgis, dealer in nursery stock; 
L. E. Hall, Hattiesburg and Scranton; Hall Nursery Stock 
Co., W. L. HaU, Mgr., Meridian; B. N. Hatch, Handsboro; 
F. H. Lewis, Scranton; W. B. Lundy, Lexington; The 
Newton Nurseries, J. R. Woodham, Prop., Newton; Ocean 
Springs Pecan Co., C. E. Pabst & Sons, Prop., Ocean Springs; 
Parker Duck, Poultry & Pecan Co., J. B. Parker, Prop., 
Prairie Point; Peachwood Nurseries, A. C. Coles, Prop., 
State Line; Ramsay Pecan Nursery, R. T. Ramsay, Prop., 
Ocean Springs; W. P. Ramsay, Seymour; Southern Floral 
Nursery Co., W. J. Hudson, Mgr., Bucatunna; Southern 
Nurseries, W. A. Woods, Prop., Tomnolen; Southern Nut 
Nursery Co., J. M. Hart, Mgr., Ocean Springs; P. G. 
Stanley, New Albany; John B. Stroud, Pass Christian, 
dealer in nursery stock; Mrs. W. R. Stuart, Ocean Springs; 
M. J. Taylor, Scranton; Toomsuba Nurseries, W. C. 
Rogers & Sons, Prop., Toomsuba; United States Nursery 
Co., S. W. Crowell, Mgr., Roseacres; W. R. Van Cleave, 
Scranton; D. B. Watson, Weir. 
PLAN FOR 1912 CONVENTION 
It may be of interest to the Nurserymen to learn that the 
Committee on Arrangements, Messrs. Wyman and Kelsey, 
are corresponding with the different railroads for rates for 
the trip to Boston for the 37th Annual Convention of the 
American Association of Nurserymen in June. The hotel 
which will be the headquarters has nearly been decided upon, 
and it is quite evident that the meeting will be held in Hor¬ 
ticultural Hall. 
