The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-22
BOIL WEEVIL FIGHT
Wooten Wants The Congress to Offer
a Reward Of Half Q Million.
AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY
Can Be Had, He Believes, If The Scent.
lists Have Proper Incentive.
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Is Not Fayorably Inclined Toward Suct
Plans and May Kill II.
SMALL APPROPRIATIONS OF NO AVAIL
Pointed Out That the Bureau Of En-
tcmoloay Has Acknowledged That Il
Can Not Cope With Situation.
Is Not fayorabIy Inclined Toward Suct
Plans and May Kill II.
SMALL APPROPRIATIONS OF NO AVAIL
Pointed Out That the Bureau Of En-
tcmoloay Has Acknowledged That Il
Can Not Cope With Situation.

Washington, january u Stn another
bon wecyii bill waa Introduced in the house
today 1his llmr il is Representative
Wocteu who proposes method 10y which
no thinks the desired end may he attained.
He comedies with Mr. Cooper IN the he.
lief that the oncriug OF reward VII re-
suit in the hndmg Of son,c effective means
~ externinating the nest but thinks rhnt
this reward should he large and Instead Of
the sum of $4,000 proposed by the membei
from the Beaumont district he uames in hii
bill introduced today cool S5000cO 20 hj
placed nc the disposal " tho secretary ~
oermuture lhe hh contains a long pre-
amble In which II Is recitcd that ihs
wer,tl has demonstrated It's cNpabnity foi
damage In the whole couon.producing areu
thar the bulletin Just issued ny the sgri
cultural department indicates that the dam
age last year amounted 10 s2S, o00O00 In tie
whole cotton belt and s1o00oma In rexnt
aione thai fhe same bulletin declares the
infected area Is constantly growing. tuU
| the remedies or preyentires suggested 81
! the bulletin are largely experimental nnd
| their use VIII necessarily largely reduces
cotton production; that the rcsouross ann
1 Ingenuity Of modern Science are perfectly
!
/ terminating the pest, ana thar ths enorts
OF the agricultural depart nlent should bs
! strengthened In every possible way.
/ The second section of tho ,hll provides
that the Appropriation Of SSo0,Wo shall he
placed at the disposal % the secretary %
I agriculture who is authorized "a expehd
II or whatever portion may he nscesstry
and under whatever rules and regulatiuRs
he may prescribe for the purpose Of eTy
terminating the weevll and preventing It's
! spread md rsvagep lie ID authorised e
offer whatever rewards he may deem AIDE
quate to anyone VINO snail demoistrute 10
his satisfaction n practical and effective
means OF DISCRIMINATING tile pest and pre-.
venting its snrend,
II ls provided Tint no rewards or pay
ments shall ho nodo unless The methods OF
determination presented shall BE shown TO
tho satisfaction OF the secretary to 10 ren
sonable practicable feasible md effective,
! In talking with Tire Pos, correspondent
regarding hts hlll, Mr., wooten said he had
I No Intention NJ refrctlnE On the ability Ut
/ the division oc entomoiugy, bu he pointed
out that the hullctn lust issued contained
( the department own acknrwedgment o.
| It's inability under present eoadtieHs 10
| cope With the matter.
The pest has hn1'ltd the Latin ejuutrles
south Of Ms Mr. wnHen sid but h
does not believe It hns oy0r heen confronted
with the same drgrec Of Intelligence an
ingenuity Of which the United States GOV.
! ernmeni Is capahIc. t'he French govern
meut spent millions IN eAterminatng the
/ pests which Threatened iis vineyards Il few
years ago, Mr. wooten nointed eui, and
| he believes that the agricultural depart,
! ment win welcome and the country Will
iudorse the expenditure Of even s5ooO0o In
this laudahle undertaking, Small aprro-
/ priations, he thinks, would do no good.
} II IL stated that Secretary Wilson and
/ the members OF the agricultural committee
are moi fayorably inclined toward the re-
| ward plan. In This event, No favorable az
tlon can be hoped fcr AZ this session, even
! though the government would not be put to
! cent Of expense by the passage Of tho
| hi unless the desired remedy is found, n
| which event the Investment would yieli
enormous returns.