Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-08

the consumer. The railroads get about per cent, so that the remaining 43 per cent. is received mostly by the re- taller.
 What the Farmer Receives.
 The farmer receives hardly more than half the price paid by the con- su1ner in the case of poultry; 69 per cent. in the case of eggs: cabbage 4S per cent; celery, 50 per cent; apples. 56 per cent: strawberries 49 per cent; onions, 28 per cent, and oranges, % per cent The rule seems to be. the smaller the retail quantity the small CT the farmers share of the consum- CTS price.
 Among the many other products rep resented in the list are oats, with 74 per cent. Of the consumers price go- ing to the farmer when bought by the bushel; melons, 50 per cent. when bought by the pound; parsinps, 50 per cent. when bought by the bunch: po- tatoes. 59 per cent. when bought by the bushel string cans, So per cent. when bought by the barrel: sweet po- tatoeS, 61 per cent. when bought by the barrel; turnips, 60 per cent. when bought by the bunch; watermelons, 24 per cent. when bought singly.
 Coffee Importatons.
 Four fifths of the coffee imported into the United States during the fis- cal year 1910 came from Brazil; IT per cent. from other countries in South and Central America and from Mexico. About 0.1 of l per cent. of the coffee imports are from Alden and are the nominal Mocha coffee. and Is per cent of the coffee imports are from the. East Indies and are the Java coffee.
 In 1910 the coffee imported from AnteriGan countries had an import value of 7.S cents per pound. The freight rate from Rio de Janeiro Is OPS of l per cent. or about one-fourth of a cent per pound. For nearly all of this American coffee the consumers paid prices ranging from 20 to B cents per pound. In other words, the import value, plus the ocean freight charge, is from 23 to 40 per cent. of the principal range of prices paid for the coffee at retail.
 Tea,
 The case is similar in regard to tea. The imports from 1910 had an import value of Is cents per pound and if 1t may be assumed that most of the tea consumed in this country is bought at retail prices ranging from 50 to 70 cents per pound. the import value of tea is from 23 to 32 per cent. of what the consumei' pays.
 Consumer Has No Well Grounded
 Complaint Against the Farmer.
 After presenting many details with regard to the increase of prices on
 
 consumer, the secretary of agricul- ture declares that "the conclusion Is inevitable that the consumer has no well grounded complaint against the farmer for prices that he pays.' 'Ths farmer supplies the capital for pro- duction and takes the risk of his losses, his crops are at the mercy oc drought, and flood, and heat, and frost, to say nothing of noXious i'm sects and blighting diseases" Enforcement of Food and Drug Act The secretary, while in hearty ac- cord with the general proposition to provide better facilities for work in the interest of the public health, ex- presses himself as opposed to any plan which will remove from the depart ment of agriculture the inspection work involved in the enforcement of the food and drug act and the meat inspection law, to say nothing of cer- tain plans which would take away the biological and etynological work of the department.
 Control of the Gypsy Moth.
 Much space is given in discussing the work of the bureau of entomology to the important work that the bu- reau has done during the past year in it's effort to control or eradicate the gypsy moth and the brown tail moth. The infested territory covers all the New England states excepting Yer mont and the department, working 1n cooperation with the authorities of those states, has met with gratifying success.