A<;HI< TLTIRAI. Al'PUonilATION BILL, 1W4. 46$ 



whom are urulor the provisions of tlir art, hikI tho lut, of rourH<», in 

 order to be effective, must lie enforced at the factory. Now. the 

 factories are not making us any troubh». because the fa<tori<'« that 

 are inakin*; these Muckii^cs that arc used in iutersfnfe rornruene want 

 to couioly witli tlic hiw. It is entirely a matter (»f testing thi* new 

 forms that tliey put in. or of testiii}; the samples that thev nend in 

 to us. and in visiting the new men and in visiting the factories at 

 times wlien they nut in new machin(>ry, witli whicJi thev have trouble, 

 and witli which llicv aic not turning out strictly standard ri.ntMir)'-r>i 



Mr. Andkuson. What does this container art (rover f 



Mr. SiiKUMAN. It covers grape biuskets, berry boxes, and tills. 



Mr. Andkusox. That is all ( 



Mr. Smkkman. Yes, sir, that is all. but , as a matter of fact, the same 

 manufacturers wlio are making Climax graj)e baskets arc also manu- 

 facturing strawberry and raspberry boxes and tills, anri a g(K)d many 

 of them arc also manufacturing the round stave bushel basket, 

 whi( h is coming into very general use. Thev send tis all those pa<k- 

 ages in order that they mav know whether they are nuiking stan<lard 

 bushel baskets, or not. lliey do not want to make nonstandard 

 packages, espec iallv those covered by ponding legislation. 



Mr. Anderson. In this work you have to cover containers that 

 really are not covered by law at all ( 



Mr. wShekmax. We have to do some work on containers that are 

 not covered by the law itself, antl the same man is working on both. 



FOR COMPLETION OF WOOL WORK. 



Mr. Anderson. The next item is on page 294, for the completion 

 of the wool work. 



Mr. Sherman. Under this item we are asking for ."53.000 less than 

 you gave us last year for this work. The collection and <listributi«»n 

 of excess wool profits have reached the point where our speed is de- 

 pendent entirely upon the sjieed of the courts. We have distrib- 

 uted practically all of tlie money width we have <()llecte(l, that can 

 be distributed, except certain funds that were paid under protest, 

 and which we can not disbui-se until the courts have decided certain 

 pending cases. We have actually disbursed and sent back to the wo«)l- 

 growers between three and four Inmdrcd thousand dollar's, and in 

 doing so we have accumulated an undistributable fund in the Treas- 

 ury, for which no growere can be located, amounting to over .$100,000, 

 which amounts to more than all that has been spent in the entire 

 course of the collection and tlistribution. 



Mr. Anderson. How much have you in process of li(|uitlation or 

 held up by suits? 



Mr. Sherman. We have over -SSOO.OOO in sight thai has not been 

 collected, but it is not all in suit. That is, in some of those cases wo 

 still have assurances that the amounts will be paid whenever the 

 amounts can be arrived at. In some cases there are estates to bo 

 settled, and the executors assure us that they will settle with us 

 whenever they get through settling for income taxes, etc. 



Mr. Anderson. Suppose you fjive us the exact status of the matter, 

 or furnish a statement showing now much money has been collected, 

 what amount has been disbursed, etc. 



Mr. SHER.MAN. I will tlo that. We have that statement every 

 week, and I can give it to within seven days of this time. 



