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 1162 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179. 1917, Bureau ol lhrkets. BUREAU OF MARKETS. P-! ¤* ¤¤*•' °' "¤· Sanumss, Burman or Msnxrrrs: One chief of bureau, $4,500; one °°°'°m°’m' chief clerk, $2,000; one administrative assistant, $2,500; one administrative assistant, $1 980; five clerks, class four; ten clerks, class three; fifteen clerks, classtwo; one clerk, $1,380; one clerk, $1,320; twenty-nine clerks, class one; one clerk, $1 140; two clerks, at $1,100 each; thirty clerks, at $1,000 each; three clerks, at $1,080 each; two clerks, at $1,020 each; twenty clerks, at $900 each; three clerks, at $840 each; two clerks at _$720 each; one mechamcal assistant, $1,800; one mechanical assistant, $1,380; one laboratory helper, $900; three laboratory aids, at $900 each; one laboratory ard, $840; seven laboratory aids at $720 each; two laboratory ards, at $600 each; one photogra her, $1,400; one photographer, $1,200; one supervising telegrapher, $1,620; one telegraph operator, $1,400; two telegra h operators, at $1,200 each; one telephone operator, $600; one dltaftsman, $900; one map tracer, $900; one mapatracer, $720; one map tracer, $600; one map tracer, $480 ; two skilled borers, at $900 each; one laborer, $720; two laborers, at $660 each; four messenger boys or laborers, at $600 each; four messenger boys or laborers, at $540 each; ten messenger boys or laborers, at $480 each; two messenger boys, at $420 each; one messenger boy, $360; one charwoman, $540; two charwomen, at $480 each; one charwoman, · $300; two charwomen, at $240 each; in all, $197,820. ""”""°"""‘· _ Grmrmn. nxrnusns, Brmnsu or Manners: For salaries and the employment of labor m the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, as follows: mmm; mrerma- For acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States S,°,l`piY{.‘?{€l¤iPr°d°°°" useful information on subjects connected with the markef and distributing of farm and nonmanufactured food roducts ar]-sig the purchasinipf farm supplies, independently ami) in cooperation with other ranches of the department, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and {persons engaged in the transportation, ‘ · marketing, and distributing o farm and ood lpmducts, $289 400; p§,‘_f“’°“"¢ '“*'*"‘ For co ecting and drstrr uting by telegrap, mail, and otherwise, timely information on the supply, commercial movement, dis °- , tion, and market  of fruits arid vegetables, $184,740, of wlggh sum $40,000 shall immediately availa le; ,,,,‘g§f° "°°"““"""°"` To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to gather from stockmen, tn$é•;1t11eLg‘§¤§c dg; live-stock associations, State live-stock and agricultural boards, combrmatigm or mug, mon camers, stockyards, commission firms, live-stock exchanges, ““"*“"“"·°"* slaughtering and meat-packing coriipanies, and others information relative to the number of different asses and grades of marketable live stock, especiglg cattle, hog, and  in the principal live-stock feeding districts growing sections; prices, receipts, and shipments of the diHerent classes and grades of cattle, ho, and sheep at livestock market 0611l•Gl'r§3)l'lC8S_ of meats and meat lfvod products and the amounts of such p ucts m storage· to compile and publish such information at such frequent intervals as most effectively to guide £roducers,,censumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of ve stock, meats, and other_animal products; and to gather and publish any related information  market' and disgiggrgggn o hve stock, meats, an animal y-productsjnére sum of ,,,,§°2,,‘},'¥{}',°;’;*{§,’;,§’,,°; To make mvestigatron relating to the production, trans rtation •¤> storage, preparation,   , manufacture, and distr-1'h(i•1tion of agricultural ood products, mclu the extent, manner, and methods o any manipulation of the markets or control of the visible supply of