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 1002 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 178. 1918. $1,320; one clerk, $1,300; ninety-one clerks, class one; one clerk, $1,140; three clerks, at $1,100 each; seventy-five clerks, at $1,000 each; five clerks, at $1,080 each; seven clerks, at $1,020 each; one clerk, $960; twenty-four clerks, at $900 eaeh· three clerks, at $840 each; two clerks, at $720 each; one mechanical assistant, $1,380; one laboratory helper, $900; one laboratory aid, $960; three laboratory aids, at $900 each; one laboratory aid, $840; seven laboratory aids, at $720 each; one photographer, $1,400; one photographer, $1,200; one supervising telegrapher, $1,620; one telegraph operator, $1,400; six telegraph operators, at $1,200; each; seven telegraph operators, at $1 ,080 each · one telegraph operator, $1,020; one telephone operator, $600; two draftsmen, at $1,200 each; one draftsman, $900; one map tracer, $900; one ma tracer, $720; one map tracer, $600; one map tracer, $480; two skilled laborers, at $900 each; one laborer, $840; two laborers, at $720 each; four laborers, at $660 each; seven messenger boys or laborers, at $600 each; seven messenger boys or laborers, at $540 each; twenty messenger boys or laborers, at $480 each; fourteen mwsenger boys, at $420 each; two messenger bois, at $360 each; one messenger boy, $300; one charwoman, $640 ; fivec arwomen, at $480 each; two charwomen, at $300 each; eight charwomen, at $240 each; in all, $387,850. _ G¤¤¤¤1¤=¤¤¤=¤¤¤- Gmmnar. nxrmzsns, Burman or Marumrs: For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furmture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent outside of the lQ1stric_t of Columbia, and all other expenses necesszuiy inconductrng investigations, D _ M experiments, and deimglrigstrations, asfeghows: 18 f tha U had St ws mum °‘j orac umng` an usmg` amo epeo 0 n1 a_ ws, ¤¤1$ligl:1¤=ix°d useful inf(i>rmation on subjects connngcted witliilthe marketing and distributing of farm  norunanufactured food products_an the p1u·— chasrng of farm supphes, mdependently andmcooperatron with other branches of the epartment, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the transportation, marketing, and distributing)of farm and food products, $292,240; _ m£i;g‘%=n§£8m¤:s*gtgf For co ecting and distri utmg, by telegraph, mail, and pthervvjrse, ’ timely information on the supply, commerci movement, disposition, _ and market prices of fruits and vegetables, $196,660; uQf° "°°" ““d ¥"°d‘ To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to gather from stoclmwu, iu¤¤f¤r¤¤g¤s¤¤ 0; mis- live-stock associations, State live-stock and agricultural boards, comg’°“' °°”`g'° °‘ mon carriers, stock yards, commission firms, hve-stock exehanges, slaughtering and meat-(packing companies, and other information relative to the number of ifferent classes and grades_of marketable live stock, especially cattle, hogs, and sheep m the principal live—stock feedin districts and sections; rrces recei ts, and shi ments of S _ gmwing P P the different classes and grades of cattle, hogs, and sheep at ve-stock market centers; prices of meats and meat food pro ucts and the amoimts of such products in storage· to compile and pubhsh such information at such frequent intervals as most effectively to guide roducers, consumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of publish any related information   to marketing} and distribution of live stock, meats, an animal y-products, the sum of $57 ,920; Ag"°“**“"** '°ig,§ To make investigation relaf to the reduction, trans rtatiou $d»ii»iil’mIir°d°m ’ storage, preparation, marketmé manufaliiture, and distribiition of agricultural ood products, inclriging the extent manner, and methods o any mani ulation of the markets or control of the visible supply of such_foo<f) products or any of them by any individuals, groups, associations, combinations, or corporations, $48,800; _ ucfs°**¤h°b*°‘°'mP*°d‘ F or enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and certlfy Cviwying condition to shippers and other interested parties the quality and condition of °"h‘*"“°“”’°t°‘ fruits, vegetables, and other perishable farm products when received
 * ’¤b“=¤*¤8*°¤“**=· live stock, meats, and other animal products; and to gather and