S he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
S3S 
Notes  from  the  Department  of  Foods  and 
Markets 
Tin'  egg  market  at  this  time  is  dull  and  the  goods  are 
not  moving  with  a  great  deal  of  rapidity.  There  is  a 
considerable  volume  of  Western  eggs  coining  i,n  just 
now,  and  it  seems  that  they  are  being  taken  up  by  the 
buyers  in  preference  to  State  and  nearby  eggs,  partic¬ 
ularly  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Western  eggs  can  he 
purchased  cheaper  than  State  and  nearby  eggs.  The 
general  receipts  on  the  New  York  market  February 
23  amounted  to  approximately  20,000  eases.  This,  of 
course,  was  in  excess  of  the  ordinary  daily  receipts  at 
this  time,  owing  to  the  holiday  which  undoubtedly  was 
the  cause  of  shipments  being  hold  back.  For  strictly 
fresh  fancy  white  hennery  eggs,  quotations  still  range 
from  27c  to  20c  per  dozen  according  to  quality,  and  the 
30c  mark  is  probably  I  he  highest  that  will  ho  reached 
until  about  April  1st.  There  is  a  possibility  of  a 
further  drop  of  some  3c  or  1c  below  the  30c  mark. 
Something  may  happen  during  the  intervening  period 
such  as  storm  or  other  causes,  which  might  delay  ship¬ 
ments  of  eggs  coming  into  this  market  and  this  would, 
undoubtedly,  have  a  tendency  to  exhaust  the  supply  here 
to  a  certain  •  extent  resulting  in  higher  prices  being 
forced,  but  under  ordinary  conditions,  tin*  present  out¬ 
look  is  that  the  quotations  will  range  in  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  of  from  27e  to  30c  from  now  on  for  the  remainder 
of  the  season. 
The  apple  situation  remains  about  the  same.  There 
is  still  a  considerable  proportion  of  the  fruit  arriv¬ 
ing  in  a  frost-bitten  condition.  This,  while  affecting  the 
individual  shipments  to  the  extent  that  they  were  dam¬ 
aged  by  the  frost,  has  no  effect  on  the  general  market 
which  is  practically  the  same  as  it  has  been  for  some 
time  past.  The  receipts  of  apples  are  ranging  in  the 
neighborhood  of  40  cars  per  day,  which  is  a  fair  pro¬ 
portion  for  this  time  of  the  year.  There  is  a  fair 
demand  for  good  fruit  for  which  buyers  are  willing  to 
pay  prices  in  accordance  with  the  quality.  One  day’s 
sales  at  the  auction  were: 
APPLES.-  1  hhl.  Calif.  Tied  $1.70;  0  Oilliflower 
$2.40;  2  $1.75;  5  Seek  $2.40;  10  Spitz  $2.75;  3  $2:  53 
Baldwin  $2.70;  10  $2.10:  37  Tt asset  $2.05;  10  $1.00; 
10  Baldwin  $1.40;  7  $1.85;  3  Seek  $2.10;  2  Spitz 
$2.20;  1  Spy  $2.20;  3  Russet.  $1.70;  1  Baldwin  $1.75. 
Returns  made  shippers  of  eggs,  and  miscellaneous 
products  for  week  ending  February  24th.  1010, 
EGGS. — i  rnsc  20c;  1.  storage.  22c;  10.  southern. 
2314c;  6,  southern.  25c;  12  25c ;  14  20c ;  2  20R>e;  10 
27e"  7.  western.  27 V.c ;  13  2Nc ;  12.  southern,  20c;  11. 
29c ;  32  V,  30c;  17  31c;  10  V>  32c;  0  33c;  2  34c;  0V> 
25c ;  3  27~c  ;  1  40c. 
MISCELLANEOUS. — S  pr.  Guinea  hens  $1.75;  1 
coop  fowl.  Si  lbs..  20c;  1  coop  chickens.  35  lbs.,  21c; 
2  boxes  poultry.  224  lbs..  24c:  10  His.  butter  30c;  5 
boxes  turnips  00c:  1  cnlf.  73  lbs.,  15 Vjc ;  liver  40c;  1 
calf.  110  lbs.,  15c;  8  hogs,  013  lbs..  10c. 
Institute  Speakers  and  Foods  and  Markets 
Department 
A  Conundrum  for  Farmers 
The  writer  attended  a  meeting  held  by  ropresenta 
Cvrs  of  tbe  Department  of  Agriculture  in  January, 
1010.  Tbe  first  speaker  gave  us  some  good  talk  along 
the  same  lines  that  have  been  given  for  the  past  two 
years  at  such  meetings.  This  gentleman  told  lis  he 
was  a  farmer.  When  the  question  period  came  he  was 
asked  what  was  his  opinion  ns  to  supply  and  demand 
governing  tin  price  tin*  farmer  received  for  his  pro¬ 
duce.  His  reply  was  that  it  did.  and  the  farmer’s  only 
redress,  if  not  satisfied,  was  to  find  other  markets,  lie 
was  then  asked  if  it  was  not  to  the  interest  of  the  farm¬ 
er  to  support  the  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets, 
for  by  so  doing  the  farmer  had  another  market.  He 
said  no,  as  it  was  bad  policy  to  boost  a  failure  as  this 
market  surely  was.  for  it  bad  made  very  grave  mis¬ 
takes.  When  asked  if  it  wcYt*  not  a  fact  that  com¬ 
mission  men  took  advantage  of  their  opportunity  and 
defrauded  tbe  farmer  be  replied  by  saying  he  would 
feel  sorry  to  think  all  commission  men  dishonest,  not 
a  very  direct  answer  to  tin*  question,  but  continued 
by  saying  bis  experience  had  always  been  very  satis¬ 
factory  in  all  his  dealings  with  the  commission  men. 
He  stated  In*  was  personally  acquainted  with  many 
and  always  followed  up  bis  own  shipments.  He  is  one 
<*ut  of  thousands  who  personally  know  their  commis¬ 
sion  man  and  can  follow  up  their  shipments.  If  lie 
was  forced  to  do  as  all  small  shippers  do.  he  Would 
probably  have  the  same  feeling  as  others  do,  that  all 
commission  men  an*  not  honest,  for  when  we  get  wrong 
treatment  continually  we  are  not  in  a  frame  of  mind 
to  draw  the  line  other  than  above. 
While  at  Ibis  meeting  the  writer  found  to  his  sat¬ 
isfaction  who  the  demand  was  for  the  milk  shipped  to 
Greater  New  York.  The  seven  or  more  millions  of 
people  are  not  the  demand  as  I  supposed.  They  are 
only  consumers,  while  four  or  five  men  combined  as 
milk  companies  are  the  real  “demand.”  If  this  is  the 
demand  I  am  satisfied  farmers  are  getting  more  for 
milk  than  is  in  keeping  with  this  condition  and  the 
consumer  is  not  paying  what  he  could  be  compelled  to 
pay.  .lust  think  what  a  monopoly  this  small  body  of 
men  have  on  one  of  the  necessities  of  life,  acknowl¬ 
edged  to  be  the  most  important,  and  to  think  bow  rea¬ 
sonable  they  are  with  this  power  of  control.  They  are 
very  good  conscientious  men  or  gifted  in  their  business 
sense  to  know  just  when  to  loosen  the  strangle-hohl. 
How  punctual  the  inspectors  have  been  t<>  visit  our 
dairies  each  month  to  recommend  and  devise  ways  of 
earning  their  salary  until  about  four  mouths  ago,  when 
some  true  competition  came  into  this  section  !  Since 
that  ti,me  we  have  not  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  an 
inspector  on  our  farms.  Perhaps  the  severity  of  the 
weather  is  the  cause.  But  the  milk  from  this  new 
station  goes  to  the  Boston  market.  Now  the  conun¬ 
drum  that  i  would  like  answered  is  wluit  relation  was 
the  speaker  to  the  commission  men,  the  funner,  and  the 
state  he  represents?  eamd  0.  woodnutt. 
Columbia  Co.,  New  York. 
R.  N.-Y. — Our  friend  has  the  milk  situation  well 
sized  up.  The  farmers  certainly  represent  “supply” 
while  the  few  men  who  control  the  milk  market  surely 
stand  for  “demand.”  The  people  who  actually  buy  the 
milk,  and  pay  for  it.  take  what  Comes  to  them  and 
have  nothing  to  do  with  the  price.  As  for  that  speak¬ 
er,  he  seems  to  lie  a  fair  specimen  of  the  instructors 
who  are  being  employed  at  public  expense  to  tell  ouj* 
farmers  what  to  do.  Most  of  them  seem  to  know  two 
things,  "two  blades  of  grass”  and  “demand  and  supply.” 
They  talk  as  if  the  actual  consumers  represented  the 
“demand”  when  in  reality,  in  all  our  large  markets,  tin* 
dealers  and  handlers  regulate  prices  and  “demand.” 
The  auction  market  and  the  Department  of  Foods  and 
Markets  offers  the  only  practical  solution  of  the  prob¬ 
lem  yet  advanced.  Of  course  there  are  mistakes  in 
organizing  every  new  plan.  The  New  York  Depart¬ 
ment  was  the  first  of  its  k'nil,  and  has  been  forced 
to  emiure  the  fiercest  opposition  and  the  meanest  criti¬ 
cism  from  the  first.  Men  like  the  speaker  referred  to  are 
the  worst  enemies  such  as  enterprise  can  have,  because 
they  are  supposed  to  represent  the  State  and  the  great 
forces  of  agricultural  education.  They  may  pretend 
to  be  “neutral”  but  they  are  really  opposed  to  mar¬ 
keting  reform  that  amounts  to  anything.  If  they  know 
anything  at  all  they  must  understand  that  nothing 
outside  of  a  hard  r:ul  open  battle  can  ever  increase 
the  size  of  the  35-ccnt  dollar.  They  may  be  able, 
through  influence  or  superior  facilities,  to  sell  their 
own  produce  to  good  advantage  but  the  rank  and  file 
of  farmers  cannot  follow  them  and  must  have  market¬ 
ing  reform.  The  most  astonishing  thing  about  it  all  is 
the  inability  of  these  stand  pat  “safe  and  sane”  instruc 
tors  to  size  up  accurately  the  true  feeling  of  the  prac¬ 
tical  farmers.  It  cannot  he  stupidity,  for  these  men 
are  intelligent  and  quick  to  grasp  the  ordinary  sit¬ 
uation.  They  have  no  superior  at.  conducting  the  usual 
“institutes.”  AYhv  then  do  they  oppose  the  clearly 
expressed  wishes  of  the  farmers  who  come  to  hear 
them  and  get.  on  the  side  of  the  interests  who  intend 
to  prevent  any  closer  relations  between  producer  and 
the  true  consumer?  In  answer  we  ask  if  you  ever 
heard  of  one  of  these  State  agricultural  employes  who 
ever  seriously  antagonized  the  railroads,  the  commis¬ 
sion  men  and  handlers  or  any  powerful  interest  which 
mbs  or  takes  advantage  of  farmers?  If  you  know  of 
any  such  person  tell  us  if  he  held  his  office.  Now  we 
want  to  he  absolutely  fair  to  all  these  men  who  are 
drawing  money  from  the  State  in  return  for  educating 
or  defending  our  farmers,  but  we  intend  to  classify 
them  if  possible,  and  let  farmers  see  just  where  they 
Stand.  To  begin  with  we  advise  farmers  to  get  up  in 
public  meetings,  as  Air.  Woodnut  did,  and  put  the 
speakers  on  record. 
Milk  Producers  Hunting  Facts 
Tin*  whole  subject  of  milk  transportation  will 
be  gone  over  in  the  course  of  the  hearings  at  Boston 
which  began  Feb.  24  before  the  Interstate  (  ommeree 
Commission.  The  attempt  will  bo  made  to  have  at 
least  one  bearing  in  each  of  the  New  England  States,  in 
order  that  the  producers  may  he  more  closely  repre¬ 
sented,  The  first  part  of  the  hearing  has  to  do  with 
the  attempt  of  the  railroads  to  enforce  what  amounts 
to  higher  rates  for  milk.  Tin*  second  part  of  the  hear¬ 
ing  will  take  up  the  whole  subject  of  proposed  changes 
in  methods  of  shipments,  including  tbe  use  of  the  so- 
called  leased  ears,  that  is  to  Say.  ears  limited  t< >  the 
use  of  the  milk  contractors  or  others  who  hire  them, 
or  inert*  extended  use  of  the  “open”  cars,  as  required 
by  tin*  Massachusetts  law.  according  to  which  milk 
cars  iu  that  State  arc  open  to  shipment  for  anybody 
who  has  a  can  or  move. 
The  first  few  days  of  the  hearing  were  taken  up  by 
the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  which  handles  the  great 
hulk  of  the  Boston  milk.  The  road’s  agent,  Henry  L. 
Hail,  explained  at  great  length,  route  by  route,  the 
different  kinds  of  ears  and  service  existing  throughout 
the  territory.  The  lawyer  for  the  Commission  asked 
questions  suggesting  that  the  road  might  be  asked  to 
cut  expenses  by  carrying  milk  and  baggage  in  one  ear. 
'The  road’s  agent  contended  tin*  plan  would  not  work, 
because  milk  routes  and  baggage  routes  were  not  tbe 
saiin*.  and  because  the  train  agent  could  not  attend 
to  both  the  milk  and  baggage  without  causing  too  much 
delay. 
While  the  railroad  was  showing  the  general  condi¬ 
tions,  the  delegates  representing  the  producers  and  con¬ 
tractors  were  either  patiently  waiting  for  a  chance  to 
be  heard  or  talking  over  the  situation  among  them¬ 
selves.  Interests,  even  among  the  producers,  are  by  no 
means  alike.  While,  on  the  principle  that  it  will  all 
come  out  of  tin*  farmers  at  last,  all  are  opposed  to  an 
advance  in  rates,  there  is  disagreement  as  to  methods. 
Massachusetts  shippers  have  had  the  Saunders  net  for 
some  years,  which  means  the  open-ear  system  and  the 
same  rate  per  can  as  per  carload  in  proportion ;  this 
means  a  higher  rate  per  carload  than  in  the  other 
States  where  there  is  no  such  law,  and  most  of  the 
milk  is  shipped  in  cars  leased  by  the  year  by  con¬ 
tractors.  The  rental  of  these  ears  is  limited  to  $18,000. 
This  limit  is  reached  by  the  regular  rates  at  about  100 
miles  from  Boston,  so  that-  after  100  miles  the  cost 
does  not  increase,  although  some  of  the  cars  travel  300 
miles,  from  up  through  Maine  and  across  the  Cana¬ 
dian  boundary.  It  is  plain  that  this  system  encour¬ 
ages  contractors  to  go  a  long  distance  from  Boston 
to  get  thei.r  milk,  because  supply  is  abundant  and  prices 
low  in  the  distant  sections.  Accordingly,  we  find  the 
contractors  and  many  of  the  Maine  producers  and  those 
in  other  of  the  more  distant  shipping  sections  favor¬ 
ing  the  leased  car  system.  The  Maine  shippers  are  also 
favored  by  the  fact  that  much  of  the  milk  and  cream 
comes  down  on  freight  trains  at  reduced  rates.  The 
proposed  advance  by  the  railroad  would  mean  a  big 
increase  i.n  rates  for  both  milk  and  cream.  For  ex¬ 
ample.  a  carload  from  one  Maine  shipping  station  now 
going  to  Boston  for  $37  would  cost  $(>4.90  if  load**d 
with  milk  and  $00  if  loaded  with  cream,  so  the  posi¬ 
tion  of  tile  Maine  shippers  is  in  favor  of  the  present 
rates  and  methods  for  the  most  part,  as  they  believe 
higher  rates  of  freight  would  lower  the  market  price 
of  their  milk.  The  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  ship¬ 
pers  seem  to  he  divided,  somewhat;  part  favoring  the 
leased  ears  and  part  favoring  the  open-car  system,  be¬ 
cause  they  think  its  practical  effect  would  he  to  in¬ 
crease  comnet’l'nn.  On  small  lines,  there  is  sometimes 
not  enough  milk  to  encourage  a  second  contract  *  to 
start  a  car,  but  with  the  open  car  pi  cm  anyone  could 
ship  mil k  to  Boston  if  he  could  find  a  buyer.  The 
Massachusetts  shippers  seem  more  inclined  to  favor  the 
open-car  plan  and  they  argue  that  if  adopted  through¬ 
out  New  Englaud  with  rates  according  to  distance 
there  would  be  less  Hooding  of  the  Boston  market  with 
milk  from  the  distant  shipping  sections.  The  railroad 
itself  claims  to  have  no  preference,  but  would  be  will¬ 
ing  to  adapt,  itself  to  Whatever  decision  is  made  by  the 
Commission.  These  hearings  are  of  importance  to 
shippers  everywhere  because,  according  to  a  statement 
made  by  a  member  of  tin*  Commission,  the  same  gen¬ 
eral  questions  are  coming  up  in  other  parts  of  the  coun¬ 
try.  and  hearings  are  likely  soon  to  be  held  at  New 
York  and  other  cities  regarding  the  rates  and  systems 
to  be  enforced  in  the  respective  milk  shipping  sections. 
G.  n.  F. 
A  Sure  Enough  35-Cent  Dollar 
In  Ora  Lee,  Jr.’s  answer  to  8.  8.  B..  page  IS4,  he 
says:  “I  sometimes  wonder  what  the  grower  gets  for 
those  beans  that  are  ‘shipped  in’.”  I  think  I  can  throw 
a  little  light  on  it  for  him.  Season  of  1015  I  sowed 
quite  a  crop  of  wax  beans  (Davis’  and  Dodson).  On 
account  of  heavy  rains  I  was  unable  to  pick  them  when 
they  were  fit,  as  ground  was  so  wet  it  was  impossib'e 
to  get  them :  also  there  was  no  market  for  them.  I 
let  them  ripen  and  this  A  Yin  ter  thraslnd  out  quite  a 
heap  of  dry  beans,  which  by  some  “freak  of  soil”  re¬ 
mained  bright,  while  pea  beans  alongside  rusted  badly. 
When  the  seed  catalogues  began  to  arrive  I  thought  I 
had  some  money  in  those  beans,  ns  they  all  advertised 
crop  as  shortest  on  record  and  quote  prices  on  average' 
of  814  a  bushel.  I  took  sample  to  a  couple  of  seed 
stores  in  Ithaca  and  compared  them  with  their  seed, 
and  mine  was  certainly  as  bright  as  or  brighter  than 
theirs.  They  were  in  the  market  for  some  beans 
(wax),  and  offered  me  $4.50  a  bushel  for  them.  When 
1  laughed  they  told  me  “I  didn't  know  when  I  was 
offered  a  good  price.”  I  then  sent  samples  to  a  Cort¬ 
land  seed  house,  from  whom  I  had  purchased  the  seed, 
and  asked  for  a  price  on  them  f.o.b.  Ithaca.  As  they 
advertised  their  crop  as  a  failure  1  in  my  iunueenee 
expected  a  fair  price  and  when  I  received  the  enclosed 
offer  I  was  not  “innocent”  any  longer  hut  knew  for  a 
certainty  the  25-cent  dollar  was  not  a  myth.  I  think 
this  will  help  Mr.  Lee  and  la*  needn’t  remain  in  doubt 
any  longer.  It  lias  helped  me.  AY<>  live  to  learn. 
Tompkins  Co,,  N.  Y.  s.  s.  n. 
R.  N.-Y. — The  correspondence  shows  that  the  seed 
house  quoted  beans  rt  45  cents  a  peek  or  $14.40  per 
bushel.  They  offered  c’5  which  is  as  we  figure  it  a  34. S- 
ceut.  dollar!  Here  is  one  man  at  least  who  believes 
there  is  such  a  thing  as  a  35-eenl  dollar. 
New  York  State  News 
AGRICULTURAL  MEASURES.— A  grist  of  hills  in 
the  farmer's  interests  I?)  have  recently  been  intro¬ 
duced  in  the  Legislature.  Among  them  is  one  to  change 
the  term  “imitation  butter”  in  the  agricultural  law  to 
“any  oleaginous  substance  in  Imitation  or  semblance 
of  butter.”  Also  the  words  “of  any  shade  of  yellow” 
are  employed  in  the  description  <>t'  “natural  buttej.” 
Then  we  also  find  this  interesting  statement  that  will 
carry  so  much  of  meaning  to  the  average  farmer:  “For 
the  purposes  of  this  act  oleomargarine  shall  he  deemed 
to  be  in  such  imitation  or  semblance  of  butter  of  any 
shade  of  yellow,  if  the  diffuse  reflecting  power  for  light 
of  wave  length  433  micro-millimeters  is  less  than  70 
per  centum  of  the  diffuse  reflecting  power  for  light  of 
wave  length  578  micro-millimeters,  the  temperature  of 
sample  being  70  to  80  degrees  Falir.”  In  the  agricul¬ 
tural  law  the  term  “farm  produce”  i.s  made  to  include 
live  stock  according  to  a  proposed  amendment. 
Tn  regard  to  canned  goods  it  is  proposed  that  “all 
goods  affected  by  the  provisions  of  this  section  unsold 
to  the  consumer  at  the  end  of  two  years  from  the  date 
printed  on  the  label  thereof,  shall  he  returned  to  the 
packer  or  manufacturer  of  such  goods  and  he  shall 
deliver  new  goods  of  equal  quality  and  quantity  in  ex¬ 
change  for  such  returned  goods.”  It  is  also  provided 
that  the  day,  month  and  year  when  packed  shall  ap¬ 
pear  upon  the  label.  Another  bill  prohibits  persons 
from  bringing  to  any  butter  factory,  to  he  manufactured 
into  hotter,  any  milk  “which  shall  not  have  been  pas¬ 
teurized  and  properly  tested  and  certified  iu  the  man¬ 
ner  provided  by  law.”  and  no  one  can  manufacture  into 
hut  tor  any  milk  that  is  not  pasteurized.  The  penalty 
is  a  fine  of  $50  for  each  offense.  Much  new  matter  has 
been  inserted  in  a  proposed  change  in  the  law  relative 
to  vinegar  and  we  advise  those  interested  in  its  manu¬ 
facture  to  look  it  up.  It.  is  too  lengthy  to  reproduce 
here. 
A  new  section  is  proposed  for  the  law  relating  to 
commission  merchants  and  to  define  certain  terms  used 
in  the  law.  The  term  “commission  merchant”  is  made 
to  include  every  person,  firm,  exchange,  association  and 
corporation  licensed  under  this  article  to  receive,  sell 
or  offer  for  sale  on  commission  within  this  State  any 
kind  of  farm  produce  that  is  to  be  resold.  But  the  ar¬ 
ticle  does  not  apply  to  the  sale  of  farm  produce  at  pub¬ 
lic  auction  by  duly  licensed  and  bonded  auctioneer, 
acting  as  the  agent  of  another  to  whom  such  farm  pro¬ 
duce  shall  have  been  consigned,  nor  does  it  apply  to 
Seeds  sold  at  retail.  The  term  “farm  produce"  is  made 
to  include  live  stock.  j.  w.  n. 
AGRICULTURAL  HEARINGS. — The  Agricultural 
committee  of  the  Assembly  will  have  a  public  hearing 
«  u  Assemblyman  Martin’s  bill.  No.  200.  March  7th. 
This  bill  confers  on  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
the  additional  power  of  investigating  to  ascertain  the 
prices  paid  and  received  for  milk  by  any  persons  hold¬ 
ing  or  applying  for  a  license  to  purchase  lailk  for  ship¬ 
ment;  also  the  Commissioner  i.s  authorized  to  decline  to 
issue  a  license  when  satisfied  that  the  price  paid  or 
received  for  milk  is  less  or  greater  than  the  fair  mar¬ 
ket  price  of  said  mi, Ik ;  also  the  purchasers  of  milk  for 
shipment  are  required  to  post  in  a  conspicuous  place 
the  prices  received  for  milk,  where  now  they  are  only 
compelled  to  post  a  schedule  of  prices  paid. 
March  8th  the  committee  will  give  a  hearing  on  As¬ 
semblyman  Olmec's  bill.  No.  51(5,  repealing  the  apple- 
packing  law.  The  committee  decided  not  to  report  out 
Assemblyman  Oil  see’s  bill.  No.  -17.  compelling  com¬ 
mission  merchants  to  keep  a  record  of  purchasers’ 
names. 
Assemblyman  AVidder’s  bills  requiting  the  pasteuri¬ 
zation  by  factories  of  skimmed  nrlk  and  \  hey  returned 
or  sold  to  farmers,  and  for  a  physical  inspection  of  the 
bovine  herds  of  the  State  will  also  have  hearings  be¬ 
fore  the  committee  <>n  March  8th. 
The  committee  voted  adversely  on  the  Ecrtig  bill,  No. 
20,  requiring  registration  by  manufacturers  with  De¬ 
partment  of  Agriculture  of  statements  concerning  con¬ 
tents  of  foods  and  drinks  put  out  by  them.  c. 
