The herald., 1893-07-31
LARGE EXPENSES FOR SMOKE
The Frightful Cost of Fumiga-
tion to Orange 0rchardists.
More Facts About the Opposition to
the Orcus Chalybeus.
An Expensive Lot Of Horticultural on
cials and tho Red Scale still Pros
pers-Interesting Extracts
from the Records.
PART sEcoND.l

PART SECOND.
The orcus chalybsus is a living, active
thing, and likely to prove troublesome
to the scale pest and its scaly enemy,
else signs ell fail.
The HERALD of Sunday contained
President Cooper's report to the state
board of horticulture ON the petition to
the legislature, which had been circu-
lated by county commissioners and in
spectors while under pay for entirely
different work. The sly way in which
this petition was gotten up and present.
ed was carried to its legitimate conclu-
sion by causing it to be abstracted from
the legislative documents which should
have been left on the files.
The discussion which followed the
reading of the report was interesting,
and the whole of it would be good food
for taxpayers, real fruit-growers and
others.
Following are some of the salient
points:
President Cooper--A short time be-
fore left home for San Francisco to at
tend this meeting, l received q letter
from Hon. w. L. Talbot, our represent
alive to the assembly from Santa Bar
bara county, and it was he who intro
duced the bill to which l have referred
in my opening address. In this letter
he says he was unable to get list OF
the names supposed to be attached to it.
l wrote to Mr.. John Scott, one of the
Los Angeles commissioners who circu-
lated that petition and probably had
considerable to do with the getting up
of it, and he answered that he did not
know anything about it. and supposed
| it was before the legislature and on file
| at Sacramento. The secretary OF state
says it is not among the documents left
by the legislature.
I read in the Los Angeles Times a
statement that Mr.. Scott had presented
that petition to the board OF supervisors
in session in Los Angeles, and that they
did not sign it as q board, but each
member signed it for himself.
You will see in that statement in the
Rural Californian that all the horticul-
tural commissioners of the southern
COMMITTEES signed it. These horticultural
commissioners hold commissions of this
board. Now, II these commissioners de-
nounce the board, cannot see why we
should not withdraw their commissions.
Commissioner Kimball-I feel in &C.
cord entirely with the sentiments OK.
pressed by the president, and I move
that when it is ascertained who have
signed that petition, that their commits.
eions shall be revoked, and irrevocably
revoked too. They are certainly doing
great injury to the board.
Commissioner Block-I would be in
favor of doing 40, and am in full accord
with the suggestion, and further than
this, it might be possible that the news
papers may say something, and still
there might be mistake. We cannot
take general statement made by
newspaper or by Heintz. l would not
take his word to positively condemn
anybody, and it may be a misstatement
of the facts; but when it is ascertained
as a positive fact, then of course the
board ought not to allow them commits
sions.
President Cooper-That there was a
petition presented in Sacramento there
is no question, and that petition con-
tains names of fruit growers in the San
Gabriel valley. l have corresponded
with several of them, and there are one
or two who told me that they had signed
the petition under false representation.
One stated that while on the cars bound
for his home. and just before reaching
his station, this petition was presented
to him by John Scott. one of the parties
mentioned. He did not have time to
read it, and asked, "Whst is it?" and
he was told it was petition asking for
$40, 900 to be placed in the hands of the
University of California for the purpose
of searching for predaceous insects, and
he signed it without examining it. But
afterwards, when he found out the true
purport of the petition, he wrote to the
parties and demanded the withdrawal
Of his signature, and he said he WAS not
in sympathy with that petition.
Commissioner Buck-That should be
sufficient testimony to act upon, and in
other cases like it l think we should be
justified in acting.
Commissioner Kimball-I would not
take the word of that paper (Rural Cali
iornian) without further evidence, and
would not take any action. That paper
would not be authority for it, in any way
whatever. 1t would have to be from alb
solute information. Many times per-
son might sign paper without knowing
what they do.
Commissioner Mosher-Mr. president: :
l think this petition that has been pre-
sented and published is the outcome Of
a spirit of jealously, and did not come
from the people in general in Los An
geles or that vicinity, and / think that
if the people knew it there are enough
public-spirited people in unison with the
state board, and they would rise up and
demand this petition, and know where
it emanated from, and see what it is
and what has been done. They will
probably have it corrected.
Commissioner Kim ball--If the author
ity was better we would feel more like
taking prompt action.
President Cooper-Yon certainly can
understand my position. represent as
a state horticultural commissioner, the
Los Angeles district, comprising the
southern counties OF the state, and one
of the seven districts of the state Of
California, of which we have seven
members from the different districts and
two for the state at large. Ii that is
the feeling in Los Angeles, San Bernar-
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