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tember 1, an appropriation of $120,750 and the unexpended balances 

 from appropriations for the previous measure being available for its 

 enforcement. 



The United States Grain-Standards Act authorizes the Secretary 

 of Agriculture to investigate the handling and grading of grain, 

 establish official standards, license grain inspectors, and otherwise 

 administer its provisions. After the standards for a grain have 

 become effective, all shipments by grade in interstate or foreign com- 

 merce must either be inspected by a licensed inspector at the point 

 of shipment, during transit, or at the point of delivery, or, if there 

 are no inspection facilities available, may be marketed uninspected 

 but subject to the right of either party to the transaction to refer 

 any dispute as to the grade to the Secretary of Agriculture for his 

 determination. An appeal to the Secretary may also be taken as to 

 the true grade of grain which has been inspected. The findings of 

 the Secretary in cases of dispute and appeals are made prima facie 

 evidence in court proceedings. 



The certifying of an official grade on shipments subject to Federal 

 supervision is restricted to inspectors holding Federal licenses. These 

 licenses are to be issued to persons authorized to inspect and grade 

 grain under State laws, or may be issued to any competent and disin- 

 terested person, and may be suspended or revoked for cause. A 

 complete system of records and reports is required of inspectors, and 

 penalties are provided for false grading, interference with officials, 

 and other violations of the act. 



The legislation is designed to facilitate the use of more uniform 

 grades in handling grain, thus simplifying the relations between 

 the producer, dealer, and consumer. Since the final decision as to the 

 grade of a shipment rests with the Department, it is also expected that 

 the grower may more readily obtain higher returns for a product of 

 superior merit, thus supplying him with a financial incentive to im- 

 prove its quality, x^n appropriation of $250,000, available until 

 expended, is made for the enforcement of the act. 



The central purpose of the United States Warehouse Act is to 

 establish a form of warehouse receipt for cotton, grain, wool, tobacco, 

 and flaxseed which will make these receipts easily and widely nego- 

 tiable as delivery orders or as collateral for loans, and therefore of 

 definite assistance in financing crops. This purpose the act aims 

 to attain by authorizing the licensing of bonded warehouses under 

 conditions which will insure the integrity of their receipts and make 

 these receipts reliable evidence as to the condition, quality, quantity, 

 and ownership of the products for which they are issued. 



The Secretary of Agriculture is given authority to inspect, classify, 

 and license warehouses when found suitable for the storage of these 

 commodities, as well as to establish official standards for them, to 



