Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-29
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WOULD COLLECT
apple STATISTICS
ROBERT McWADE

Bismarck Trtbune's washington Bur-
eau-1426 New York Avenue.
WASHINGTON January 29-There
are mighty few states that haven't
an apple crop, and equally, Of course,
few of them that do not boast Of its
size, etc., consequently the bill just
introduced in the house of represen-
tatives by Congressman Flood of Vir-
ginia, authorizing the census director
to correct and publish statistics Of
apples will possess more than 0rdin-
ary interest. Like all business infor-
nation of a special nature that is at
times furnished to the U. s. census
folks no one except the census officials
is to have peep at the apple data
furnished by any particular farm or
establishment and the information Is
to be used solely for statistical pur-
proposes. But, at the same time,
orchardists and others will learn
from the proposed publications not on
ly the aggregate quantity Of apples
and the aggregate quantity of each
variety in each state separately but
also the aggregate OF each variety in
the United States.
The first section of the bill author
ICES the census director to collect and
public statistics of the quantity of
apples stored, or kept in cold storage
or other warehouses, or places Of stor-
age IN this country to be summar-
lied and returned by the owpers, pro-
prieor or keeper Of such places to the
director as Of the first days of Novem'
Der, December, January, February,
March and April of each year. Where
there is merely small amount Of the
fruit in cold storage or warehoused
during those months of the preceding
calendar month such reports will be
unnecessary.
All varieties Of apples, following sug
stantially the classification of general
varieties as recognized and adopted
BY the department OF agriculture are
to be included in these reports on ap-
propriate blanks which must specify
the several varieties separately, that
are stored in warehouses, etc., and
such reports must be prepared within
ten days prior to the first days Of
the months noted, failure to do SO
rendering the owner, etc. liable to a
fine for such misdemeanor Of not less
than $500 or more than $1,000. If the
misdemeanants fail within 20 days al
ter demand by the director to send
their reports to him by registered
maSl, they also render themselves
liable to Imprisonment for not less
than 80 days nor more than six months
The officers Of any corporation, sucn
as the president, general manager, or
chief officer, are to be subject to the
same penalties as any storage owner
the word person. in the bill being
held to embrace also any partnership
CORPORATION or association.
The persons guilty Of making false
reports at any time are to be held as
and upon conviction
punished by not less than 80 days or
more than six months in jail. The d.
rector is also directed to make his
first report on Nov. 1, 1912, and to
publish it and all subsequent reports
at as early a date as practicable after
the LIST of November, December, Janu-
airy. February March and April OF
each year.
This measure is now before the
(hbuse committee on census and its
merits will be fully discussed by the
body during the coming week, al
though hearings may be demanded
by interested cold storage owners and
others concerned In this thriving and
industry,