AGRICULTURAL AI»lM;«iililAi iu-n uHJ., WH. -i.JJ 



oil wliut it WdiiM tiiniuint to, lotting the StuU* (nk<« tlir other $°J.o<). 

 Our of the points at whirl) insnrrtiori wuh oiFrnMl whm Avoca, nixt 

 I hitvr hrrr n htlrr from (ihMihill tV. i'titnaiii iliic). who haridli* 

 [>otato«'s for an association. Thrv arr uriliti;^ partKiihirly iihoiil n 

 car on which thrv ha<l a rrinsprrtion. I want to (|uoto two para'* 

 ^'raphs from tlir h'ttrr, as follows: 



Jiitt w) I'tuv' «•< ynii iirr favoriiii.' 

 .xcr\ i<(\ wt> want every cur of jMii 



are |ilu<-iu>; th<Mr (inierx with uk wuh ui!«truclior)ii lu itetul iii.«|MMiion > ii 



the invuice. uti<l the tiiae is tieur ul huiid when we will In* uiittiilt> lu Umk'- m' u •!• uln 

 until we ran furnit<h the (iovernnient inH|MMiioii cerlilii'ate. 



In othri words, thr hiiyrrs are rapidly hrcomiri^ rdurutiul to 

 kiKtw what that ins[)rclion srr\ i<r mrans, and thry plarr thrir ordcre 

 ac( «)rdin<^ly. Thr last para^^raph of thr Irttrr rrads: 



We itiuierstaiKi that there ha.M Ix'en no {troviHioii made for inH|M'( tiun r-< i uif, 



t«Tritory after .lannary i. and we want to><uy tn yuu that it im the i«leaof our i on 



that curtailment of thJH service i.« ImiuikI to work a ." 

 to the usual pn)<«Hlure, our crop ho.-' not rno\cf| in ; 

 is a hirv'*' crop of [mtalocs to Ik- handled here, an<i it im out opinion that tfii!« )»tuit will 



all move after .I:H1U;1I\ I ainl tlliU MkiIi' ||i;Mi I'V.T «1I| Hi- rciiiiiii. ll... i iw|>... t i..t, 



.•service. 



That is rxactly thr situation in North Dakotti. whrre cvervttimp i.s 

 full that can hr Idlrd witli potatoes, aixi that hif; movrmrnt is comJnj; 

 on after thr Statr has rxprndrd all of thr monry that it has for thr 

 work hy puttine; on 10 salari<'<l mrn. In othrr words, the monrv is 

 ^one, while the husiness is there, and there is no way by which those 

 irrs can tiow hr colK'ctrd and thr rxprndittirrs rrcouprd. In Colo- 

 rado, California. Idaho, and llir Slatr of Washinejton whrrr thr work 

 is supported by the fees collected, we have suflicirnt elasticity to take 

 care of the business as it comes. Of course, that would be n thor- 

 ou<;idy satisfartory situation in places whrrr wr havr a prrsonnrl that 

 wai\ts to cooprrate, hut in other places whrrr thr frrs can n(»t be 

 reexpended we run right up against this situation of getting the trade 

 educated up to the service and making the business men drprndent 

 on thr srrvicr, and thru having to withdraw thr service. Tluit is the 

 oidy ground on which we are open to any honest criticLsm. 



Congress has asked us to go into this business and to render a 

 business service. This is a service that can be s(»ld like lifr insur- 

 ancr, but you must show that it is a goo«l thing. Afirr the business 

 man is shown that it is a good thing, hr wants it. Then the business 

 men begin to build up their business upon the basis of this inspection 

 service. Then if thr condition of thr mtirkrt is such that it becomes 

 rasy to srll at the sliipping points, it becomes exceedingly im()ortant 

 for those people to be able to get the service. 



As we are situated now, we are utterly helpless, and I think you 

 must rralizr that, as a practical proposition, wr must mortgagr or 

 obligate nearly all of our appropriation within the first three months 

 of the fiscal year. We have prrssurr now from cities like Toledo, 

 Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, Hartf(»r<l. Conn.. San Antonio. Tex., and 

 Wichita, Kans., whrrr tiirrr is a demand for inspection, and thrv are 

 too far from points where wr havr inspection srr\"icr already 

 establishetl. 



As a practical matter, we must lay out «»ur program at tlu> begin- 

 ning of thr liscal yrar and provide for the exprnditurr of most of 

 our monrv. 



