266 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRL\TIOX BILL, 1924. 



with a normal rosin, but when the paint manufacturer undertook to 

 make a varnish in accordance with his usual practice from a shipment 

 of rosin this is what he got [exhibiting another sample of varnish], and 

 so he asks us to try to help liim solve that problem. We have not 

 (juite ilone that; we are on the road to it. 1 am just bringing this up 

 to show you the class of problems that are constantly coming up. 

 That fact' right there [indicating] injures the sale of rosin. It injures 

 the utility of tbc rosin to the manufacturer and to the user of the 

 varnish. A varnish made like that would not be of any use; it would 

 crystallize right out. 



So, Mr. Chairman, just along these lines — of increasing our pro- 

 duction of rosin and turpentine, preventing losses, demonstration 

 work in the South, and in eliminating some of the problems in the 

 production is the way we hope to continue this work. Furthermore, 

 we have got this (juestion ol adulteration and misgrading which we 

 are stil! (hiding is exceedingly extensive. We must keep the types of 

 rosin which we have devised in perfect condition all the time. 



Mr. Anderson. Is there any legislation now which authorizes the 

 establishment for a standard for rosin and turpentine — any method 

 of enforcing the adherence to standards i 



Mr. Veitc'II. No, sir. This item permits the Secretary to devise 

 standards and types for rosin, but they can not be enforced under it. 

 They are only adopted by courtesy of the industry. The industry 

 has approved them and is using them steadily, but it can drop ihem 

 to-morrow if it wants to. 



.\UULTEIIAT10N I\ MA.NUK.VCTUKE OF TURPENTINE. 



Mr. Anderson. Is there much adulteration by firms manufac- 

 turing tliese products? 



Mr. Vkitch. It is increasing, Mr. Chairman, due probably to the 

 very liigli price of turpentine. Turpentine to-day is around SI. 50 

 H gallon in the South. By the time the individual user buvs it. he 

 pays around S2 or more a gallon for it. That stimulates adulteration 

 with stuff costing 20 or 30 cents a gallon, and I am sorrv to say 

 that it is increasing some in the South, but I do not think it is 

 increiising in the Soutli anything like it is in the paint-using dis- 

 tricts. In some States I have found, in asking for turpentine, that 1 

 have been delivered mineral oil straight, without a bit of turpentine 

 in it, under the name of turpentine, and other places when I inquired 

 into the matter it was stated tliat prices were so high that turpentine 

 was dri\('ii od' the market. Achillcration is lielping to i\o tiiat. <>f 

 course. 



l'AV\ll\r liil' siitvi. iv ItKNIlKUKIt IMUVIDUALS AND »()MPAM1< 



-Mr. lU'tiiAN.\N. Wlicn you go out and undertake the assistance of 

 the |)riva(e indivicbial or corporation, do tlu>y pav any of the ex- 

 penses incident t(» such help^ 



Mr. Xkitcii. They heve not. They have olVered to (hi it. Mr. 

 iiiichiiniin. 1 do not see how we could receive it. We have no real 

 authority to receive it, and we have (hme this work under our general 

 authority here as n matter of investigation and for our information 

 to show what can he (h)ne to improve production. 



