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work  done  by  the  Society  of  Official  Agricultural  Chemists,  and  recommended 
the  adoption  of  their  standards. 
E.  T.  Abbott,  of  Missouri,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Credentials,  sub- 
mitted his  report,  after  which  the  following  committees  were  announced  by 
President  Blackburn  : 
Committee  on  Rules  and  Order  of  Business. — Edward  Graves,  T.  R.  Smith, 
S.  A.  Clark,  C.  Schnepp,  D.  W.  Coons,  M.  E.  Church,  Dr.  William  Watters, 
R.  B.  Boschert,  H.  P.  Gilpin,  Thomas  F.  McCormick,  F.  S.  Langton,  G.  B. 
Brockett,  A.  W.  Blair,  James  M.  King,  John  O.  Nicholson,  F.  J.  S.  Robinson, 
J.  S.  Haines,  H.  M.  Britteny,  U.  O.  B.  Wingate,  C.  A.  Catlin,  George  A.  New- 
man, Frank  Benton,  M.  N.  Kline,  W.  G.  Thomas,  W.  J.  Reed. 
Committee  on  Resolutions.— Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley,  C.  C.  Higgins,  H.  A.  Clark, 
T.  N.  Banks,  D.  W.  Coons,  M.  B.  Church,  Dr.  William  Watters,  Thomas  J. 
Keenan,  A.  J.  Corning,  P.  H.  Hansen,  George  A.  Sherer,  J.  T.  Kennedy,  Dr. 
Parker,  James  M.  King,  John  C.  Nicholson,  F.  J.  S.  Robinson,  J.  T.  Cox,  W. 
M.  Lowney,  S.  H.  Meadows,  Charles  A.  Catlin,  George  A.  Newman,  Frank 
Benton,  W.  J.  Reed,  W.  G.  Thomas. 
Committee  on  Organization. — Frank  Hume,  F.  W.  Herbst,  H.  B.  Gilfry,  W. 
B.  McMechen,  B.  A.  Abbott,  H.  L.  Salsbury,  Dr.  William  Watters,  R.  G. 
Bccles,  Charles  B.  Dohme,  P.  H.  Hansen,  George  C.  Rew,  Col.  G.  B.  Brockett, 
Dr.  A.  Q.  Holladay,  James  M.  King,  John  C.  Nicholson,  F.  J.  S.  Robinson,  F. 
N.  Barrett,  G.  M.  Whitaker,  A.  H.  Meadows,  N.  D.  Arnold,  George  A.  New- 
man, Frank  Benton,  W.  J.  Reed,  M.  N.  Kline,  W.  G.  Thomas. 
At  the  evening  session  Hon.  D.  N.  Perky,  of  Massachusetts,  made  a  re- 
markably able  argument  on  the  subject,  "  Naturally  Organized  Food  Makes 
Possible  Natural  Conditions." 
At  the  morning  session,  on  January  20th  Prof.  H.  W.  Wiley,  of  the  Agricul- 
tural Department,  presented  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  which 
was  interrupted  to  allow  for  Senator  Mason's  address,  and  resumed  when  the 
latter  had  finished. 
The  Committee  on  Organization  then  reported.  It  recommended  the  forma- 
tion of  a  permanent  society,  having  a  written  constitution  and  by-laws,  with  a 
list  of  officers  corresponding  to  those  heretofore  existing.  Amendments  were 
offered  to  include  a  number  of  hitherto  unrepresented  bodies,  and  a  proposi- 
tion was  made  that  the  National  Government  should  be  represented  by  a  Vice- 
President.  Prof.  H.  W.  Wiley  was  chosen  for  this  office,  the  report  as  a  whole 
being  adopted. 
Professor  Hamilton,  of  Pennsylvania,  read  the  report  of  the  Sub-committee 
on  a  Uniform  System  of  Marking'  for  Drugs  and  Food  Products  Affected  by 
Legislation,  and  the  report  was  adopted.  The  hope  was  expressed  that  with  a 
uniform  system  of  marking,  goods  thus  branded  could  be  sent  to  any  part  of 
the  country  or  abroad  without  further  inspection. 
The  following  officers  were  chosen  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Joseph  B.  Blackburn,  President,  Columbus,  O. ;  Frank  Hume,  First  Vice- 
President,  Washington,  D.  C;  Alexander  J.  Wedderburn,  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Washington,  D.  C;  Franklin  Dye,  Recording  Secretary,  Trenton, 
N.  J.;  R.  N.  Harper,  Treasurer,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Executive  Committee. — Dr.  William  Frear,  State  College,  Pennsylvania;  W. 
S.  Thompson,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  L.  M.  Frailey,  Camden,  N.  J. ;  F.  J.  H. 
