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... CHAIRMAN . We can give you about an hour and a half . You can use the time just as you please , and arrange it among yourselves . Mr. SMITH . In that case , I suggest that you hear Mr. C. F. Wood , of Louisville , Ky . The CHAIRMAN ...
... CHAIRMAN . We can give you about an hour and a half . You can use the time just as you please , and arrange it among yourselves . Mr. SMITH . In that case , I suggest that you hear Mr. C. F. Wood , of Louisville , Ky . The CHAIRMAN ...
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... CHAIRMAN . How many applications do you find you get ? Mr. DAVIS . Written letters ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. DAVIS . I suppose 500. As I stated , there is not a man gets a package of seeds who does not come and personally make his ...
... CHAIRMAN . How many applications do you find you get ? Mr. DAVIS . Written letters ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. DAVIS . I suppose 500. As I stated , there is not a man gets a package of seeds who does not come and personally make his ...
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... CHAIRMAN . Gentlemen , it is a quarter after 12 o'clock . It is for you to decide whether you want to go on any further at present . How much time do you want , Mr. Smith ? Mr. SMITH . Mr. Wadsworth , I think possibly I could say all I ...
... CHAIRMAN . Gentlemen , it is a quarter after 12 o'clock . It is for you to decide whether you want to go on any further at present . How much time do you want , Mr. Smith ? Mr. SMITH . Mr. Wadsworth , I think possibly I could say all I ...
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... CHAIRMAN . Mr. Smith , will you get that compiled in concise shape , so that it can be put in the record ? Mr. SMITH . Yes , sir . Mr. HASKINS . Be sure that you spell according to the standard dictionaries . Mr. SMITH . I can not spell ...
... CHAIRMAN . Mr. Smith , will you get that compiled in concise shape , so that it can be put in the record ? Mr. SMITH . Yes , sir . Mr. HASKINS . Be sure that you spell according to the standard dictionaries . Mr. SMITH . I can not spell ...
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... CHAIRMAN . What is the scale of the map ? Mr. SCOTT . Each one of these is 6 miles square ? Mr. PINCHOT . Six miles square . The CHAIRMAN . Count the miles in the length of it . Mr. PINCHOT . There are 20 townships . The CHAIRMAN ...
... CHAIRMAN . What is the scale of the map ? Mr. SCOTT . Each one of these is 6 miles square ? Mr. PINCHOT . Six miles square . The CHAIRMAN . Count the miles in the length of it . Mr. PINCHOT . There are 20 townships . The CHAIRMAN ...
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Page 245 - ... the Secretary of Agriculture, at his discretion, may cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment, in which they are to be slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are to be used in interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 97 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that...
Page 97 - ... the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Page 6 - Before you go on let me ask you this question: Is it not a fact that all or nearly all of the...
Page 145 - February 1, 1905, the forest reserves were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and have since been known as the National Forests, administered by the Forest Service.
Page 258 - ... to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of food preservatives, coloring matters, and other substances added to foods, to determine their relation to digestion and to health, and to establish the principles which should guide their use...
Page 226 - That no association shall, either directly or indirectly, pledge or hypothecate any of its notes of circulation, for the purpose of procuring money to be paid in on its capital stock, or to be used in its banking operations, or otherwise ; nor shall any association use its circulating notes, or any part thereof, in any manner or form, to create or increase its capital stock.
Page 170 - ... test made outside the .jurisdiction of the United States; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and methods for the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions...
Page 97 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 183 - Government, be granted leaves of absence not to exceed fifteen days in any one year, which leave may, in exceptional and meritorious cases where such an employee is ill, be extended, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, not to exceed fifteen days additional in any one year.