444 AGRICULTURAL APPR0PRL\T10N BILL, 1924. 



FOR EXFORCEMEXT OF THE COTTOX FUTURES ACT. 



Mr. Tenny. This is an apj)ioj)riation for the enforcement of a 

 definite law. No increase is asked but there is a slight transfer to 

 the statutory roll, leaving the amount actually the same as the 

 appropriation of this year. The only thing of very great importance 

 in connection with this appropriation is that there is an unusually 

 heavy demand on the department for the preparation and distribu- 

 tion of official cotton standards. For the last year or more we have 

 been developing some new cotton standards on some of the main 

 grades of cotton. Those have been promulgated to be effective in 

 August, 1923, and naturally all the people who are going to use 

 those standards are going to want new sets of standartls. We are, 

 therefore, securing a considerable amount of cotton and equipment 

 for the purpose of getting these sets ready to go out. 



Simply to show the progress of the work, the })oards of examiners 

 at New York and New Orleans have classed 234,148 bales of cotton. 

 During the year requests for reclassifying were filed on 43,384 bales. 

 Of these 43,384 that were reclassified the grade was changed some- 

 what on 3,724. 



We are maintaining the same machinery in the Cotton Belt for 

 arriving at the price of cotton at points of origin and the differences , 

 in price of the different grades of cotton as provided for in the law. 



Mr. Axdersox. Are 3'ou doing any investigational work under this 

 item i 



Mr. Texxy. None. 



for EXFORCEXIEXT OF the GRAIX STANDARDS ACT. 



The next item is for the enforcement of the United States grain 

 standards act, and the same appropriation is asked for the coming 

 year that we have for tliis year. During the present year we have 

 not quite as much money as we had last year, which has necessitated 

 the readjustment of our work somewhat. We have eliminated 4 

 field offices, having now 34 field officers instead of 38. We are taking 

 care of the work in one of these places. Atlanta, Ga., through the 

 office of Federal grain supervision at Nashville. In the other three 

 cities where offices have been eliminated a Federal employee has 

 been left to supervise the inspection, but without expense to the 

 (iovernment other than his salary. 



This is a compulsory piece of legislation and this appropriation is 

 used entirely for the enforcement of the law. The enrorcement of 

 the law necessitates two lines of work. First I might say that the 

 inspection work is not done by the Federal (iovernment in this grain 

 standards work. I 



Mr. A.NDKUso.N. Is that universally truc^ ' 



-Mr. 'I'knxy. '^'es. 'J'he original inspection work is not done b\' 

 the Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. .V.NDKitsoN. Do you have any inspectors who are not licensed 

 by States or boards of trade ( 



Mr. Tknnv. No; we have none. The work we have to do is, 

 first, to supervise the inspectoi-s who aic eniploved by the States 

 and boards of trade. Second, the law piovides that if any shipper 

 receiver, or interested party desires to jippeal from the grade assigned 



