Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the Second Session of the Sixty-first Congress, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - Commodity exchanges |
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Page 20 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any further questions any member of the committee would like to ask Professor Moore?
Page 191 - ... dendrological, and other experiments and investigations, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, and with States, universities, colleges, county and municipal agencies, associations, and individuals, to determine the best methods for the growing, management, and protection of timber crops on forest lands and farm wood lots.
Page 51 - Thayer & Co., Boston. Mass.; Mr. George W. Neville, of Weld & Neville, 'New York City ; Mr. Charles A. Vedder. of John D. Rogers & Co., Galveston, Tex. ; and Dr. MA Cobb and Mr. RL Bennett, of the Department of Agriculture. The committee was assisted by the following expert cotton classifiers: Mr. WP Barbot, of the classification committee, New York Cotton Exchange; Mr. Jules Mazerat, chairman classification committee, New Orleans Cotton Exchange; and Mr. JR Taylor, with the firm of Wolf & Co., Dallas,...
Page 32 - The CHAIRMAN. Has any member of the committee anything further to ask Doctor Melvin?
Page 3 - Agriculture by agreement with the companies performing the service; for the maintenance and repair of Weather Bureau telegraph, telephone, and cable lines; and for every other expenditure required for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations and for the issuing of weather...
Page 49 - ... produce much better crops. Mr. COCKS. What is the condition of the country chat was first attacked by the boll weevil ? Mr. GALLOWAY. In Texas the people are readjusting themselves, and as I said a while ago, we are so planning the work as to move our force on, because we feel satisfied that within a short time they will be able to take care of themselves. Mr. COCKS. But as to the production of cotton in those regions, is it normal? Mr. GALLOWAY. It would be normal under normal conditions. Of...
Page 206 - ... the effect will be upon the private owner? Mr. PINCHOT. It is simply that, so far as possible, we want to prevent great monopolies. We have been fighting water-power monopoly and trying to get the water-power men to come into line, and we have succeeded fairly well in some of the national forests. I do not think it would be a good plan to have all the available timber in a region drop into the hands of a few big owners. Mr. MCLAUGHLIN. When you follow that course you are not helping the national...
Page 26 - ... an appropriation of $25,000 for the purchase of the land. The suggestion which Doctor Melvin now makes, therefore, is an entirely new proposition. The committee did not consider last year the question of buying a dairy farm and going into the dairy business, and I think I am right in saying that no member of the committee had any expectation that any part of this $25,000 would be used for that purpose. So I think we want to consider the question pretty carefully now, because it comes before us...
Page 38 - His argument, however, was an academic argument, presenting this theory against the oth^r, rather than asking for aid, but he did suggest that possibly this other gentleman who is to testify might present it more fully. Mr. LONGACRE. Yes, more in detail. The CHAIRMAN. If there is nothing further, the committee will adjourn until Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock, and I will get permission to use the room downstairs again. STATEMENT BY...
Page 68 - ... be cultivated. Mr. COLE. Will hogs fatten on the cactus plants? Mr. GALLOWAY. I think not. I don't think any effort has been made in that direction. Unless other things were added to it, I question whether hogs would eat enough of the cactus to get fat on it. But dairy cattle eat it. The CHAIRMAN. Is there anything further you wish to bring to the attention of the committee? Mr. GALLOWAY. I don't think of anything.