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direction and will work together in
stead of being independent of each
other, a condition which led to lack of
coordination in the past. Certain
branch Laboratories will be CONSOLE
dated because the work can be done
more effectively and more cheaply in
the larger central laboratories which
are provided with complete equipment
and specializing chemists. Effort will
be made to make the act more of a.
hygienic measure through increased
attention to milk, eggs, oysters, and
fish, which are subject to organic
contamination and may become car
riers Of disease.
To bring about greater harmony in
the work of the state food officials and
the department in food and drug
work, the secretary called a confer
ence which was attended by repre-
sentatives of thirty-tWo states, the
| District of Columbia, and Porto Rico.
1t is believed that this conference has
promoted much better understanding
and will lead to a number Of specific
improvements. An office which will
| act as q clearing house Of information
among the state and federal food and
drug officials will be established to
prevent duplication of work and pro-
1 1IOL AlNLL oSI4cl1 Ia SS-OPS
alton. Experience has revealed GER
tain weaknesses in the food and drugs
act-notably the lack Of provision for
legal standards, n the failure to
! apply to certain external remedies
The secretary will ask that authority
be granted to prepare and submit
such amendments to this law as may
be deemed needful to safeguard the
health Of the people, establish stan
dards, better define drugs, improve the
food supply, n promote uniformity
in the matter of food legislation.
Prosecutions Under Regulatory Acts
Prosecutions under the food ant
! drugs act and other regulatory stat.
utes will be expedited and made still,
more effective through cooperation
with the department of justice where
by the solicitor will prepare cases II
the form of criminal informations anC
place at the service of the U. S. dis
trict attorneys in the trial of case:
the departments attorneys who are
technical and chronological aspects o.
many of these cases Under the foo(
and drugs act, 1,048 cases were trans
mitted to the department of justice
Fines amounting to $23,463.50 were i'm
posed in sos criminal cases, and de
crees of condemnation and forfeitur'
entered in 1865 other cases. Eigh
hundred and s~iXty-seVen notices o
judgment were published. The court
have evinced a disposition to impos'
more severe penalties in food and dru,
cases. Under the meat inspection act
eighty-one seeming violations wer
reported and convictions secured il
sixty -four cases.. in seven carrying
sentences of imprisonment. Unde
the live stock quarantine acts, fine
aggregating $10,275 were imposed IL
ninety-three cases. Under the Lace,
act regulating interstate traffic II
game, 154 cases were submitted, an
convictions secured in seventy-thre
actions. Under the insecticide act Q
1910, los cases were reported and fifty
nine cases resulted in fines of con
demnation. The twenty-eight hou
law governing the shipment of liv
stock was vigorously enforced; 1903
apparent violations were reported an
penalties a~ggregating $61,695 recover
ed. Under statutes applying to for
ests. 436 cases of trespass resulted i
recovery Of $~27,764.91, $4,000 acres G
timber lands were. r%egained, and lega
work incident to the acquisition c
$4,000 acres was performed.
Marketing.
In many directions further produc
ton waits on better distribution, an
the field Of distribution present
problems which raise in very gray
ways the simple issue of justice. I'm
der existing conditions the farme
does not get what he should for hi
product; the consumer is required
pay an unfair price, and unnecessar
burdens are imposed Under the exist
ing systems Of distribution. No on
can see offhand just what part of tn
burden is due to lack Of systemati
planning or efficiency, economi
waste, or to unfair manipulation. Tt
report outlines the projects in tn
field as covering marketing survey
methods and costs of marketing, ir
J Guiding available market supplies
J given production areas, demand {
consuming centers, cold and otht
methods OF storage, marketing system
, and prices, and costs of Wholesa
: and retail distribution Of farm proc
ucts. Other studies in this branch ir
clude: investigation of t~ransportatic
problems and the elimination of was
in shipment. study of city marketir
{ and distribution, study Of grades, an
! finally cooperative production ar
marketing. The necessity for star
dardizing agricultural products as
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