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projected* then, the arjruments were perfe;tly sound:: 

 but of wliat use are the arguments in favour of State 

 elevators if the State does not undertake their construc- 

 tion ? 



AMERICAN 1 METHODS OF STATE 

 INTERVENTION. 



"If we cannot have State elevators then it is a Jog- 

 m-rhe-manji'er policy to persist in any course which ul- 

 timately rejects the advantages whivh the .-onstrur.lion 

 of elevators promise, whether under the aegis of the 

 State or confided to the care of pri-/-it<- ent-Tprise. 



In this respect I will cite from the dt-clarat 

 made by the proposers of the recently voted Cotton and 

 drain Relief Bi!l in the Congress of the Ilni ted \kates. 



The purpose of the bill was primarily to author- 

 ise the warehousing of cotton solely, bat it \vas after- 

 \vards extended to include all other agricultural stap- 

 les, and the issue of licenses 10 persons who may make 

 standards of such warehoused products with the view 

 to facilitating loans based on such government certifi- 

 cates . 



According to the proposers of the measure in <.| 

 tiou, the bill applies to grain and all other staples and 

 non-perishable, farm crops, and the owner of any of 

 these may apply for its benefits; as may the owner of 

 any warehouse for a license to operate under its pro- 

 visions. Any competent citizen may apply for a license 

 to grade such products under recognised standards? 

 but such licensed person must secure employment from 

 some State (Provincial or Federal) authority before he 

 can issue certificates of weight or quality of agricultu- 

 ral products under the provisions of the bill. It does- 

 not commit the Federal Government to Federal in- 

 spection of agricultural products, or in any way null- 

 ify any State (provincial) law on this subject. 



The bill in this sense is permissive; in no sen;,e is 

 it compulsory. It does not commit the government to 

 the ownership of the warehouses or elevators or gra- 

 naries, or their operation in any degree: neither does 

 it. commit the government to the making of the advances. 

 in money on agricultural products. 



The bill makes provisions whereby owners of agri- 

 cultural products can purchase storage in bonded 

 warehouses, licensed and supervised by tl>.e United 

 States Government: to have these products graded and 

 -weighed by licensed graders according to the uniform 



