The Spectator., 1915-02-26
Representative Thomasson of Logan

New York law for the regulation of the sale of farm and orchard produce on commission. It provides that after change, association or corporation shall sell farm produce on commis- sion without first procuring license, giving an indemnity bond to secure an honest accounting to the producer. The enforcement of the provisions of the law shall be in the hands of tho Agricultural Commissioner. It is provided that any person, firm, l exchange, or corporation who shall re- ceive or offer to receive, sell or offer to sell on commission within this state any kind of farm produce with out license except as in this chap ter permitted and any person who being a commission merchant in farm produce shall (a) impose false charges for handling or services in connection With farm produce, or, (b) fails to ac count for such farm produce promptly and properly and to make settlements thereof, with intent to defraud, or (c) shall make false or misleading state ment or statements as to market con ditions with intent to deceive, or (d) enter into any combination or combi- nations to fix prices, or (e) directly or indirectly purchase for his or it's own account, goods received by him or 1t upon consignment without prior au- | thority therefor from the consignor, or shall fail to promptly notify the consignor of such purchase on his or It's own account, or (D any person handling shipping or selling farm produce who shall make false state ments as to the grade, condition, mark ings, quality or quantity of goods shipped, or packed in any manner, with intent to deceive, or (h) shall advertise or hold ones self out as a commission merchant in farm pro duce without a license, shall be guilty of a miSdemeanor.
 It is also provided that the commits sioner of agriculture may decline to grant a license or may revoke a H. cense already granted where he is sat istied of the fXistence of the following 1 cases or any, of them:
 Where a ntoney judgment has been entered against such commission mer- chant, and upon which execution has been returned unsatished.
 Where fall charges have been i'm posed for handling or services rem dered. e..z
 Where the commission merchant is | in bankruptcy or insolvency, or where the commissioner of agriculture has reason to believe that bankruptcy or insolvency may shortly occur. Where there have been false state ments as to conditions, quality or quantity of goods received or held for sale on commission when the same might he known on reasonable inspec- tion
 Where there has been a combina. tion or combinations to fix prices.
 Where the commission merchant di- rectly or indirectly purchases the goods for his own account without prior authority therefor or without notifying the consignor thereof
 Where there has been a failure to account promptly and properly or to make settlements, with intent to de fraud
 Where there has been continued course of dealing of such a nature as to satisfy the commissioner of the abil- ity to properly conduct the business of commission merchant or of intent to deceive or defraud shippers
 Where the license has been guilty of fraud or deception in obtaining his license.
 Where the license negrects to file a new bond when notified by the com missioner that the bond already filed in unsatisfactory.