Decemhor. 1900.] FEEDING-STUFFS. 1S5 



Such officials, or tlieir representatives, were present from 

 the following states : ^Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connec- 

 ticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, IMaryland, Virginia, Ken- 

 tucky, Kansas, North Carolina, New York. 



A preliminary draft of the subjoined statement was pre- 

 pared by a joint committee of the association and the feed 

 control officials, and after full discussion was adopted by 

 the conference. 



It expresses the general opionion of this conference as to 

 the main features of a law regulating the sale of commercial 

 feeding-stuffs in the states, which if it were made the basis 

 of all state laws on the subject would adequately protect 

 both buyer and seller, and, by securing uniformity of require- 

 ments as to branding or tagging, would avoid much of the 

 embarrassment and confusion now experienced by manu- 

 facturers and dealers which results from the differences and 

 multiplicity in the requirements of the present laws on the 

 subject. 



The conference recognizes the fact that certain provisions 

 of state laws, such as particular exemptions from its pro- 

 visions, the taxation of sales by license fees, tonnage tax, 

 etc., cannot be made alike in all the states, but believes that 

 the most important features of a uniform law are embodied 

 in this memorandum, and urges that such uniformity as to 

 statements of composition and guarantees as herein sug- 

 gested should be secured in the state laws. 



The statement bears the official endorsement of one large 

 section of the feed trade but is accepted by the state officials 

 present only in their individual capacity and not in any 

 sense as officially representing any organization. 



