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invested, and the people of Providence said, in the middle of 

 last June, that they had been well repaid for their expenditure 

 that early in the season, and they have secured the benefits 

 continuously from that time on. 



Now, I would be glad to answer any questions you may ask 

 concerning this particular line of work. 



Mr. Wheeler. One thing that Mr. Selby said struck me as 

 being very forcible in this matter, and that is, if we are going 

 to get the Market News Service from the government, or help 

 from the government, the government is going to take it up 

 in those sections where you are organized, — where something 

 has already been done. It strikes me as being a very strong 

 plea for a State Department of Markets. We have at the 

 present time in this State no definite State organization of 

 markets to help the practical farmer; and in talking the matter 

 over with the Department in Washington, and with the secre- 

 tary of agriculture, I gained the same impression exactly from 

 them, — that they are going to help the sections that are 

 organized in order to work through a whole department rather 

 than a lot of small cities and towns, or semi-private or semi- 

 public organizations. It seems to me, if we are going to get 

 the benefit of this work, that it is our duty here to make a 

 good organization, the first step in order to work with the 

 government in this work, because it is so important. It im- 

 pressed me, as Mr, Selby said this morning, that the greater 

 importance of this work is going to be felt as we increase our 

 production. 



Mr. William Swan. What Mr. Selby said about the News 

 Service carrying all this market news on the leased wire calls at- 

 tention to the fact that the Associated Press at the present time 

 has all these different towns he has suggested, or cities, already 

 hooked on one great leased wire system, perhaps centering in 

 Boston. Nevertheless, they are all gathered every single hour of 

 the day. Possibly the Associated Press might be appealed to to 

 carry this Market News, say, twice a day, giving out the cur- 

 rent report of the different products and the sales in the differ- 

 ent cities, so that all you men might find them in the afternoon 

 or morning papers, rather than depend upon the uncertainties, 

 ut the present time, in the United States mail. Something at 



