That there shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general... The New England Farmer - Page 3481862Full view - About this book
| Agriculture - 1985 - 148 pages
...agricultural products. When the Department was established in 1862, its major duty was to "acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...information on subjects connected with agriculture." The Commissioner of Agriculture was given the duty to "acquire and preserve all information which he... | |
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