HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 2538 
Mr. Witry. You would be surprised to see the value of food 
roducts that are imported. I think their value is something like 
135,000,000 annually. 
Mr. Burueson. Still that is a small percentage. 
Mr. Witey. It is something. 
The Cuarrman. Most of those are delicacies? 
Mr. Wiuxy. They are delicacies, to be sure. 
Mr. Henry. In the matter of salad oils, I do not object to a refined 
cotton-seed oil for salad oil, but I do object to a grocer selling me 
Senne oil put up with an Italian or French label and called olive 
oil. 
Mr. Wricur. At an olive-oil price? 
Mr. Henry. At an olive-oil price. I object to that. I think we 
have a right to be protected, if possible, from such an imposition. 
Mr. Burreson. The same objection would obtain in regard to the 
sale of shoddy as pure woolen goods, and there is more money involved 
in that industry than in the purchase of such things as canned straw- 
berries. 
The Cuarrman. My point is this: If it is taken up by our State 
Department with foreign Governments, and if our Department asks 
foreign Governments, in view of the fact that they require a Govern- 
ment certificate from us on nearly all our exports, that they shall 
furnish their certificate in return on things that are sent into this 
country, that we may be able to accomplish’something along that line. 
Why is not that a correct position to take? 
Mr. Winey. It may be that the method I propose is not the best 
way at all, but it is certainly one way; and I am sure that I could get 
at the very gist of this matter in the way which I propose, because 
other people have done it successfully in this way. 
The Cuarrman. Now, is there not a good deal of strength in the 
point made by Mr. Brooks that your man who went over there and 
did it successfully did it in a secret way, and if a Government agent 
went over there they would say to him, ‘‘This is none of your busi- 
ness?” Iam sure if a man came into my factory and said he was the 
agent of the French Government and asked me a lot of questions about 
my business that I would say to him, ‘‘ That is none of your business.” 
Mr. Witzy. Suppose you were selling some product to France, and 
aman should come into your establishment and say, ‘‘I want to see 
how this is; I want to see how your goods are put up, and that they 
are just what they purport to be. The French Government requires 
this inspection, and unless I see that everything is all right and make 
a certificate to that effect you will not be able to sell your product in 
France.” 
The Cuarrman. I would say, ‘‘No; I will take the chances;” and if 
the French Government refused my goods, then I would ask my 
Government to inspect my goods; that is what I would do. I would 
not submit my business affairs to a Frenchman who came over here. 
Mr. Wricut. It seems to me that people who were selling what 
they purported to sell would welcome an agent’s investigating the 
purity of their goods or the correctness of their labels, as such an 
inspection, with a certificate as to the correctness of their labels and 
so on, would prevent others from using their trade-mark, would pre- 
vent an illegitimate dealer from selling goods on the reputation of the 
established firm. I think the legitimate dealers would be glad to give 
