Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-19
THE HORTICULTURAL QUESTION.
4 Protest and Petition for the Removal Of
Inspector Boggs.

Oae Of the most disgraceful acts ever per-
petrated upon the horticullurists and their
interests in this State was the recent election
of w. NJ. Boggs as permanent President of
the State Board of Horticulture, and also as
Inspector of Fruit Pests. 1t is too well
known q fscs thst as soon as anything is pro-
jected to advance the horticultural and viii
cultural interests Of this State, set Of heart.
| less politicians step in and take hold of that
thing" for their own benefit and for the
sake of the salaries, place ignorant and I'M
qualified officers in chsrge and thus defeat
means to De used for the benefit of the State
at large. But, indeed, never before has such
a really disgraceful and outrageous comedy
been played as on tie 9TH of April, when the
new Board of Horticultural Commissioners
met in Sacramento. Everything had been
cut and dried beforehand, and thus the two
members, Felix Gillet and Dr.. Chaplin, the
only ones Of thosa present really interested
IN the welfare Of the horticultural industries,
were unable TO prevent the election OF w. nj.
Boggs as Inspector of Fruit Pests. We do
not need to here point out the importance OF
this Office. Many millions of dollars are TO-
day invested in horticulture in this State, and
We may ask if 81 this interest is going to be
jsopsrdized to appease the greed OF selfish
parties?
w. II. Boggs has, according to his own
statements, been reai-estste agent Tor the
last twelve yearF, knows next to nothing about
horticulture, and nothing at all about insect
pests and remedies to destroy them. The
law in regard to the election of Inspector Of
Fruit Pests distinctly prescribes that the In
spector shall be qualified to discharge his
duty previous 10 his election, and not to have
TO learn it subsequently. This plainly shows
that said w. NJ. Boggs has been illegally
elected, and that it is Ia the interests of the
horticuiturists of this State to have him re.
sign both Of his ofices. Mr.. Boggs had even
the chesk to propose to the Board that it pay
him his salary thres months in advance, and
answered one of the many remarks, upon his
fetal deficiency to discharge his duties, with
the rejoinder that il anybody had any valuable
knowledge upon the subject of fruit pests,
etc., he might come to mis- office and COM
municate it. Mr.. Boggs is also reported with
having said that the insect pest would take
cars Of itself and vanish without the inteTfer-
ence Of the ho-ticulsu.ists For q full re-
port upon this subject zee SACRAMENTO
RECORD UNION of April 7th.
believe the only way TO have this great
wrong redresssd is to petition his Excellency,
Governor Stoneman, to use his influence TO
have Mr.. Boggs resign. We, the horticult-
uEistsof Fresno county, have therefore to
day had the following petition printed and
circulated, to be signed by everybody inter.
ested in horticulture in this State. Leteyery
one interested have this petition either cut out
or reprinted, and when signed by as many as
possible, forward it to his Excellency, the Gov
ernor, and thus show the sentiment of the
people upon this important and vital ques-
ton, To further facilitate this movement
let committees in the different counties, and
subcommittee in every horticultural district,
take this matter in hand. Only by united
action can we hope to successfully defend our
rights and interests. You're. respectfully.
GUSTAV EIsFN