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rrUUIKM MAUK BY Vr.UKHAl. TKA1>C (OMMINMION. 



Mr. AxDKiisoN. To wluit pxt^nt arc you nhlr to iimk*' >>-•• "f *}}f 

 studies iniuh' hy tlic KtMlrral Tradr Coiutnissifin '. 



Doi'tor Taylor. In onrh of tlu» inv«'stij;ationH tlmt wr mnko, for in- 

 stance, in tho rnarkctinj; of wheat, we p't tojjetlier the h<'arinjrH 

 before tlie Feth'ial Tiath- Conunission, and us«' that nuiterial in so 

 far u8 it answers the (|uestion that needH to be answrreil. Take, for 

 exainph", th«' (juestitm of tlie extent to wliiefi ^rain is a<'ttially soUl 

 by <;rade at tlie h)eal stations. We find information there, but we 

 fe»'l disposed to ask ciM'tnin ((lU'stions with re<;ard to that information. 



VVlien the statement is made in one of tnoso hearings that jjrain 

 is {generally purchjused on tlie basis of United .States standard**, wc 

 want to know what actually trans|)ires at the local station-; whether 

 all of the necessary work is performecl to ascertain a<curafelv what 

 tlie «;rade is, or whether they muj^hly «letermine it as U. S. N*o. 1 or 

 V. S. No. 2. Om- impression is that, while it is (piite generally buujjht 

 on the basis of thos(> ti;rades, in many instances the j;ra<les are not by 

 any means accurately determined at the local stations. 



Another way in wbich the work is benefited by the consolidation is 

 tbrou<;h our publications and out news services. By const)lidatinoj 

 the news or information services of those three bureaus into one, 

 and keej)in<x the farmei-s informed about the economic problems of 

 both production ail marketinrj all the time, we are able to make the 

 work more effective. It is true that it is ver^- often not production 

 news so much as marketin<j news that the producer is interested in, 

 because he is adjusting his production to market conditions. Fur- 

 thermore, it is often true that it is not so much what is happening in 

 tlie market that the market man is interested in. as in what is hap- 

 pening behind the market in |)r()(luction, and we are keeping the 

 whole field of marketing and production before our minds in sending 

 out information. We believe it is more efl'ective than where those 

 wlio are interested primarily in production are giving out informa- 

 tion for the producer and where those who are interested in marketing 

 are giving out information for those who are interested in the handling 

 of farm produce. 



With tins general statement, I would like to pass on to the .specific 

 items of appropriation. 



SALARIES. 



Mr. AxDERSox. Suppose we take up the statutory roll on page '2iy9 ? 



Doctor Taylor. I would like to have Miss Clark cover the statutory 

 roll. 



Miss Clark. We have .?0()r),440 on the smiutory roll now. There 

 is an apparent increase on tliis item of SI 1.990. but an actual decrease 

 of .S30,2G0. The aj)parent increase is caused by the transfer of 40 

 employees, with salaries aggregating .?IS.70(). from the lump-sum 

 roll to'tlie statutory roll, and the transfer of one accountant and book- 

 keeper from the oflice of the Secretary to this bureatL 



Mr. Anderson. Where did those transfers come from ( 



Miss Clark. The^- came from various lump-sum rolls of our 

 bureau, and I have a second ta])le here covering that. The transfers 

 were as follows: From farm management and |>ractice. SO. 720; from 

 market distribution and farm production, S 10,780; from cn)p and 



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