A(JRICULTl'KAI. .\!MMti»PRI.\TI(»X HII.I., 1U24. 4 l.'t 



work im[)rov('s, aixl it tics tn^i>|li«>r nil of tlio ••\|MTion«i' of the 

 workciN ill the Imrcaii. 



We linvo in tlu* live siiwk miil ineal news Hon'ice 17 te<hturiil 

 iiK-n; in tin* fruit iitui vc^rlnhjc s^-rvice al)oiit 10; in the <iuirv an*! 

 poultry service S. niul in the hay. feeds, utnl seejls work 'i. 



Mr. AvDKiisoN. Are these men hnMiteil in the priiKipal inarkrU f 



Mi. MMtgiis. They arc prineipally in the hirpT nmrkctM mn- 

 Iircted hy the leased wire, ^neh ii>i Ko>ton, N'rW Volk, PhdHdelphill. 

 Pittshurj^h, and Chica^ro. Tliev niauitaui olliees there with men 

 who are familiar with various lines; tliev po into the market and 

 collect the reports from persojial i»hservntion and iswue them durin); 

 the day as the reports arc <;ather«'d. 



The entire system is <-onstanlly hein«; revised and adapted to the 

 slow hut steady ehani;«'s in market methods. Wo have to meet the 

 chan«;es in the trade, <'han<;es wiiich the tra<le often thinks are very 

 minor ami yet they sometimes have far-reaching iidhn-nces. All of 

 these oflices are frecpiently visited and inspc<-t«-d hy reproentativiti 

 from Wasiiin^^ton with the vi«>w of chanjjint; and adapting the service. 

 None of these reports, 1 mi«:ht say. are ti.xed. hut are >uhje<-t to 

 revision at constant intervals. Mailinj; lists are made up for the 

 field stations, for instance, at tln» hejjinnitif; of a season, tnose listn 

 heinj; made up of people who make application for the service. 

 When the season is over those mailing; lists are liled and are not use<l 

 a*;aiii, hut new lists ar(> made out for the next season. We are con- 

 stantly revising our lists and sendinj; our material only to the people 

 who re(|uest it. In that way we avoid the waste involve<l in send- 

 injX material to people wlio have no jiarticular use for it. 



One otlier point whicii 1 mi<;ht mention is that the commercial 

 organizations arc showing a growing interest in the value of market 

 reports gathered by the Federal department. I might cite as an 

 instance th^U in one of the large live-stock markets the commission 

 men were, up to a few months ago, each tlistrihutmg once a week 

 a market review of his own preparation, but they have recently state<l 

 that they would like to all join together and through their organiza- 

 tion send out one market re[)ort prepared weekly by the market 

 reporting service, and have that report coincide exactly with the 

 Government reports which producers are receiving by radio and 

 otherwise. As soon as this broadcasting station was developed there 

 came a call for market news, hut privately collecte<l marKct news 

 broadcasted generally and without any check upon it was regarded 

 as of less value than a Government report which they could state in 

 broadcasting was the official Government report, and thereby »reate 

 confidence in the material that came through the air and where 

 there was no opportunity to check back. The result is that nwKst of 

 the market reports that are now being broadcasted, dealing with 

 commodities on which we collect complete reports, are Government 

 reports. However, that does not apply to grain in certain localities, 

 where we do not have a complete grain market reporting service. It 

 does not apply to some other c<mimo(iities which are reported l(»cally, 

 but in a general wav the reports <;athered bv the Fe<leral (i«)vern- 



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ment have shown an increase in favor in the past year on the part of 

 the press a.ssociations and commercial organizations. 



\Ir. Andersox. If there are no (piestions we will take up the next 

 item, enforcement of the United States ct)tton futures act. 



