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July 3. 1919. 



containing noxious weed seeds, (c) To 

 st^nulate the sale and use of strictly 

 high-grade seeds, (d) To provide sys- 

 tems of merchandising that wilL assure 

 protection to the purchaser without in- 

 curring unreasonable or injurious hard- 

 ships on tlie dealer, (e) To assure the 

 reliable seedsman, who is doing a strict- 

 ly legitimate seed business, the neces- 

 sary protection from the acts of the un- 

 scrupulous dealer, (f ) To pi-ovide ,f or 

 the adoption of standards of nomen- 

 clature and terminology, in order to ob- 

 tain simplicity and accuracy in seed 

 merchantfesing. The legislation in the 

 past has in most cases attempted to 

 ^over the first three of these purposes, 

 but has ignored to a large extent the 

 last three, or whenever an attempt has 

 been made to protect properly the seeds- 

 ' man in his business, this has been ob- 

 tained by sacrificing in a measure the 

 protection given to the customer. 



Cooperation of Buyer and Seller. 



It appears to me that the legislation 

 of the future should be the product of a 

 thorough cooperation between the buy- 

 er, the seller, and the various agencies 

 which are working for the good of 

 American agriculture. If this is not 

 to be the case, then we are falling short 

 of what should be the aim of the entire 

 seed business. The seed business, as a 

 whole, is too great a factor in the suc- 

 cess of our agriculture to be played 

 with or manipulated by purely selfish 

 commercial interests, and it is gratify- 

 ing to note the present tendency toward 

 improvement in policies and methods in 

 the seed business. The constructive 

 legislation in the future will deal large- 

 ly with the last three objects mentioned 

 above. A proper emphasis upon these 

 three kinds of legislation, in securing 

 uniformity throughout the seed trade, 

 will, I think, do more than anything 

 else to accomplish the protection of both 

 buyer and seller without hazarding the 

 interests of either. This may be set- 

 ting a high aim, but it is the only logical 

 one that we should work for. Until 

 that end is reached, or until the right 

 attitude is taken by all interests to 

 reach that end, there will be a conflict 

 of interests in the handling of the seed 

 business. ' 



The Seedsmen's Disclaimer. 



The past and present methods of seed 

 merchandising and lack of control or 

 regulation to secure uniformity in such 

 methods have made it seem necessary to 

 the seed trade to adopt a protective 

 device which is known as the "seeds- 

 men's disclaimer." The stated and im- 

 plied object of this disclaimer has been 

 to protect the seedsman from matters in 

 connection with the sale of seeds over 

 which he has no control. It is always 

 assumed without question in the com- 

 mercial world that an individual or con- 

 cern is responsible for its acts or the 

 acts of its employees in all matters over 

 which it has control. The use of the 

 disclaimer in the conduct of a legiti- 

 mate seed business probably has been 

 wholly proper and necessary for the 

 protection of that business. However, 

 it has been used in many cases as a 

 cloak for the protection of unreliable 

 dealers. This latter cannot be ques- 

 tioned. Proper legislado^j^with a view 

 to protecting the seedsmab as well as 

 the consumer of seeds, will make obso- 

 lete the disclaimer in its present form. 

 It may be that some points in the dis- 

 claimer, such as guaranteeing produc- 



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