﻿68 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  KjiroKT 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  be 
  stopped. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  National 
  Government 
  shonhl 
  

   enact 
  a 
  law 
  and 
  provide 
  for 
  its 
  enforcement, 
  to 
  the 
  efleet 
  that 
  no 
  

   food 
  products 
  should 
  be 
  falsely 
  branded 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  which 
  

   tlicy 
  arc 
  made, 
  it 
  would 
  stop 
  this 
  fraudulent 
  practice. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  

   the 
  National 
  Government 
  has 
  that 
  constitutional 
  power, 
  under 
  

   that 
  clause 
  in 
  the 
  Constitution 
  giving 
  them 
  power 
  to 
  regulate 
  com- 
  

   merce 
  between 
  the 
  States. 
  

  

  If 
  this 
  suggestion 
  meets 
  your 
  approval, 
  I 
  sincerely 
  hope 
  you 
  

   will 
  take 
  such 
  action 
  as 
  will 
  tend 
  to 
  crystallize 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  law. 
  

   There 
  is 
  another 
  law, 
  I 
  think, 
  which 
  Congress 
  should 
  pass, 
  viz. 
  : 
  

   A 
  law 
  providing 
  that 
  when 
  any 
  dairy 
  or 
  food 
  products 
  are 
  trans- 
  

   ported 
  from 
  one 
  State 
  to 
  another, 
  they 
  should 
  immediately 
  be- 
  

   come 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  irrespective 
  of 
  package 
  or 
  

   form 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  done 
  up, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  law 
  enacted 
  rela- 
  

   tive 
  to 
  Avhiskey, 
  knowm 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  Wilson 
  Whiskey 
  Bill." 
  This, 
  I 
  be- 
  

   lieve, 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  fair 
  proposition, 
  because 
  when 
  a 
  State 
  has 
  

   fought 
  hard 
  and 
  long, 
  and 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  expense, 
  to 
  provide 
  its 
  citi- 
  

   zens 
  with 
  nothing 
  but 
  pure 
  food 
  products, 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  outrage 
  to 
  allow 
  

   a 
  m'anufacturer 
  of 
  impure 
  goods 
  in 
  another 
  State 
  to 
  send 
  his 
  wares 
  

   in 
  original 
  packages 
  and 
  sell 
  them, 
  j)erhaps 
  fraudulently, 
  to 
  the 
  

   unsuspecting 
  public. 
  

  

  Hoping 
  you 
  may 
  have 
  time 
  to 
  consider 
  these 
  few 
  suggestions, 
  

   I 
  remain. 
  Sir, 
  

  

  Most 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  (Signed.) 
  CHAS. 
  A. 
  WIETING, 
  

  

  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  SAN 
  JOSE 
  SCALE. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  nurseries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  examined 
  

   as 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  statute 
  by 
  the 
  agents 
  in 
  this 
  Department 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  for 
  that 
  puriDose 
  and 
  on 
  their 
  report 
  I 
  have 
  issued 
  487 
  

   certificates 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  statute 
  to 
  as 
  many 
  different 
  nurseries. 
  

   The 
  nurseries 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  practically, 
  if 
  not 
  entirely, 
  free 
  from 
  

   San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  I 
  cannot, 
  however, 
  say 
  as 
  much 
  for 
  the 
  orchards. 
  

  

  