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storage eighty bales of Austro-Hungarian broom corn from the 1911 
importation, and a part of this broom corn was not used at Everett 
until some time after July 1, 1916. 
Subsequent investigations continued in New York City made it pos¬ 
sible to interview Mr. Wilson M. Toll, one of the largest jobbers and 
importers of foreign broom corn in the United States. During the 
season of 1909 the broom corn crop in this country was very short, 
and as a result of this condition Mr. Toll, early in the fall of 1909, left 
for Bupadest, Hungary, for the purpose of importing large quantities 
of the Austro-Hungarian crop into America. He purchased 1,000 tons 
of the 1909 Hungarian crop which was received in New York City 
during the winter of 1909-10. Upon receipt of this shipment at 
least two-thirds of the importation immediately was forwarded to the 
factories at Amsterdam, N. Y. A large shipment was made to Frank¬ 
fort, Ky., and smaller shipments to Louisville, Ky., Rochester and 
Buffalo, N. Y., and other points. Mr. Toll also advised that at this 
time Canadian buyers purchased considerable amounts of Hungarian 
broom corn which went to Hamilton, Ontario, to be used by the large 
broom factories at that point. 
During March, 1910, Mr. Toll imported 3,000 bales of the 1909 crop 
of Italian broom corn which was shipped direct from Venice to New 
York. This was disposed of to various factories of which no definite 
record is available. 
On September 23, 1919, Mr. M. Dorn of the Frankfort Broom Com¬ 
pany of Frankfort, Ky., was interviewed and stated that “between 
May 11, 1909, and June 16, 1909, he received from New York a ship¬ 
ment of 528,888 pounds of Austro-Hungarian broom corn all of which 
probably was manufactured into brooms within three months after 
receipt.” Mr. Dorn was the first to import Hungarian broom corn 
into America, which original importation was made in the fall of 1899, 
when 400 tons were imported for use at the Frankfort factory and a 
Mr. Gross of Chicago imported 150 tons for use in that city. Mr. 
Dorn adds that “all of the broom corn in this importation of 550 tons 
was of the Hungarian crop previous to 1899 and that to his knowledge 
none of it was of the Hungarian grown crop of that year, and for this 
reason would not be apt to have been infested with the European corn 
borer. ” 
Information relative to the Hungarian broom corn shipped to 
Louisville could not be obtained. 
Amongst others of the American importers of broom corn who 
visited Budapest during the fall of 1909 was Mr. M. K. Kavanaugh of 
the Kavanaugh Bros. Broom Corn Company of Chicago, Ill., who 
imported 600 tons. This lot of broom corn was landed at New York 
