Imperial Valley press., 1913-08-18
CONGRESS APPROPR|ATES
MONEY FOR MARKET STUDY
tey Congressman Clyde II. Tavenner.

WASHINGTON, Aug. i5.-In the
appropriation bill for the current fiscal
year, congress appropriated the sum
of 100000 ''to enable the secretary If
agriculture 10 acquire and to diffuse
among the people Of the United States
useful information on subjects con-
hected with the marketing and distrib-
utinS of farm products Under this
clause the Office Of markets. established
lG May, with Charles j. Brand as chief.
l., being organized in the department
OF agriculture. The purposes of this
office are to investigate present systems
! 81 marketing and distributing farm
products, to aid economic and efficient
systems Of storage, Transportation
marketing and utilization, to devise
methods for reducing or eliminating
me wastes and unnecessary expenses
/ "i present systems Of marketing anJ
distribution. and to assist, so far as lie,
within the authority of the department
Of agriculture, in the organization and
extension of c0-operative producfion
marketing, distribution and buying.
The office Of markets is as yet only
In process of organization. The e.. :.
CIVIL service commission has Just held
examinations to secure six specialists :
IN marekting pershables, in organza-
tl0n, transportation. cooperative ac-
counting. etc. and it is expected that
| the InNeStigational work of the office
VIII be gotten under way in the near
future. No publications have yet been
issued, and the office has no rcpresen-
tatives Of any kind stationed outsid.
o. Washington. Information relative
to marketing conditions in various
parts Of the country is solicited. and
should be addressed to the Office Of
Markets, Department of Agriculture
| Washington, ID. G..
| MEAT SEIZED UNDER FOOD ACT
The first case that has arisen since
| The food and drugs act was held 10 an
ply to meat and meat food products.
resulted in the seizure and confisca-
ton IN Chicago, on July %. of 1880
pounds Of hog caslngs, shipped to that
| point from the state of Iowa The
seizure was MADE on the allegation
| that the hog castings We're unfit for hu-
man consumption
PROTECT FROM BAD MEAT.
Owing to q misunderstanding of
press disaptcheS, announcing that the
department Of agriculture has sent in
spectors to study meat conditions in
south America and Australia. many
| people have gained the idea that the
| purpose Of this mission is to encourage
foreign producers to bring their meats
| into competition with the local pro-
| duct
The primary object in sending these
/ specialists abroad is neither to encour-
a8eaSe nor to discourage the export Of
meat to the United States, but to sup
ply, if possible, the data by which it
can co-operat9, effectively with the
secretary of the treasury in keeping out
Of the United States all meats pro-
duced from diseased cattle, all meats
slaughtered in unSanitary establish
ments or improperly refrigerated,
packed or shipped and all meat pro-
ducts prepared abroad under conditions
that would not be permitted in the
federally inspected establishments Of
the United States. This foreign in
spection of meat has become very nee
cssary, irrespective of changes in the
tariff on meat, for the reason that
since 1906 the total domestic produc-
ton Of cattle has been 80 per cent less
than the actual demand. The depart
meDt is using every effort to increase
tie domestic production of meat. In
the meantime, however, with the de
mand for meat greater than domestic
supply, it is only a question of time
when economic law will cause foreign