186 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
a little courage, would answer the purpose. It would have to be used 
pretty arbitrarily, perhaps, sometimes. 
Mr. Trieste. The publication? 
The Cuarrman. You catch a man bringing seeds adulterated here 
and advertise to the seed business that you caught him at it—— 
Mr. Trmexe. The firmthatthey knowisadulterating. Forinstance, 
the drummer starts out from Paris, Ky.; that is the headquarters of 
blue grass, and goes into Virginia and offers his dealers at $1.20 a 
bushel for fancy seed. The dealer tells him he bought at $1.10 seed 
apparently as good as his seed. He tells him it is adulterated or 
Canadian seed. Well, he says, ‘‘I can not sell pure seed when some- 
body else in town is selling seed at a less price.” Of course the results 
are different. But it apparently looks as good. 
The Cuarrman. Why was that clause taken out of the bill? 
Mr. Gattoway. It was taken out because it was thought it was 
undesirable to keep it in there, for the reason the Department of 
Agriculture is cooperating with a good many good, substantial seeds- 
men. And undoubtedly in getting after one man we would reach 
some of the good ones; the seedsmen themselves are all opposed to it, 
the good seedsmen were opposed to it; that is, men that were not 
adulterating. 
Mr. Grarr. Simply because they said that under the conditions 
under which they work there were times when they would be hit by 
it when they had no intention 
Mr. Covittz. If we publish the analyses of all the bad seeds, not 
all of that would come on the men who are deliberately selling adul- 
terated seed, but some of it would unwittingly be placed on the mar- 
ket by those who are conducting a legitimate business; it would seem 
undesirable for the Department to do a thing of that sort. 
Mr. Scorr. You remember this clause placed the whole matter at 
the discretion of the Secretary ¢ 
Mr. Gattoway. The trouble was that the Secretary would not act 
at all. He did not want to get into any mix up with the seedsmen. 
There is one way it might be handled, and that is to give the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture authority to certify to certain specific quantities 
of seed and give them a tag, and that would be an incentive to the 
good seedsmen to secure such certification of certificates and sell under 
those certificates; and then a dealer or a planter or a consumer would 
have the right to send his samples to the Department, and if they were 
not up to the certificate, then he could go into the Federal courts and 
get damages. 
Mr. Trimetx. Do you not think the bill that is now prepared would 
prevent it? 
Mr. Gattoway. It is only a question of getting the thing through. 
The Caarrman. It would involve an army of employees. 
Mr. Trimsie. It would not involve any work at all. It would not 
cost a cent. I will introduce the bill to-morrow, I think. 
The Cuarrman. Briefly, what are the terms? 
Mr. Trmete. It provides a penalty for the adulteration of seed 
where it is sold as tel seed; and where a party is caught selling the 
Gots grass and Kentucky grass as pure blue grass he is subject 
a fine. 
Mr. Gattoway. On the other hand, it provides that in case the seed 
are sold and are adulterated, and if the contents are printed and 
attached to the package, it can be sold for what it is. 
