Standard of Weights and Measures for Certain Agricultural Products: Hearings Before the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session on H.R. 3241, a Bill to Establish the Standard of Weights and Measures for the Following Wheat-mill, Rye-mill and Corn-mill Products, Namely, Flours, Hominy, Grits, and Meals and All Commercial Feeding Stuffs, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 - Flour and feed trade |
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... House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. LIBRARY THE 1800 ESS Title . Class QC89 Book USAS Pr.1 19242 Copy 3 Imprint 16-30299- GPO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS A1 P18 . HEARINGS BEFORE U.S. Congress. Author Front Cover.
... House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. LIBRARY THE 1800 ESS Title . Class QC89 Book USAS Pr.1 19242 Copy 3 Imprint 16-30299- GPO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS A1 P18 . HEARINGS BEFORE U.S. Congress. Author Front Cover.
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... -eighth Congress, First Session on H.R. 3241, a Bill to Establish the Standard of Weights and Measures for the Following Wheat-mill, Rye-mill and Corn-mill Prod United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
... -eighth Congress, First Session on H.R. 3241, a Bill to Establish the Standard of Weights and Measures for the Following Wheat-mill, Rye-mill and Corn-mill Prod United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
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... House . THE COMMITTEE ON COINAGE , WEIGHTS , AND MEASURES . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY - EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 3241 A BILL TO ESTABLISH THE STANDARD OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR THE FOLLOWING WHEAT - MILL , RYE ...
... House . THE COMMITTEE ON COINAGE , WEIGHTS , AND MEASURES . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY - EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 3241 A BILL TO ESTABLISH THE STANDARD OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR THE FOLLOWING WHEAT - MILL , RYE ...
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... House twice or three times , and passed by the House with practically a unanimous vote , but from the fact there are a number of new members on the committee , I felt we ought to have some hear- ings and get the testimony of the men who ...
... House twice or three times , and passed by the House with practically a unanimous vote , but from the fact there are a number of new members on the committee , I felt we ought to have some hear- ings and get the testimony of the men who ...
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... House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. ress made by my reviewing the situation that obtains , and that has grown up , which prompted us to ask for this legislation . I will proceed on that basis . The present generally ...
... House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. ress made by my reviewing the situation that obtains , and that has grown up , which prompted us to ask for this legislation . I will proceed on that basis . The present generally ...
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12 pounds 140-pound package 140-pound sacks 24 pounds 49 pounds 50 pounds 98 pounds Agriculture Albert H avoirdupois barrel of flour basket bill H. R. buys CARROLL cent COMMITTEE ON COINAGE Congress consumer contained no metric corn flour Cream of Wheat decimal weight Do___ ENGLAND export fact Federal Trade Commission Gold Medal flour grits hear Hillard hundred of flour HUSBAND JACOBS January 25 large number legislation macaroni manufacturers meal metric clause metric section metric system permissive milling industry North Carolina number of packages number of sizes package of flour packed Pennsylvania PHILLIPS pounds of flour pounds of wheat practically purchaser quarter barrel question reduce the number retailer rye flour sack of flour SCHAFER sell semolina ship situation small merchant standard package STATEMENT sumer Texas tion to-day Vestal Virginia weights and measures weights of packages wheat is handled
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Page 25 - ... point of view, as well as from the point of view of the Nation in a period of emergency, the limitation of their skills may ultimately become a serious loss.
Page 14 - That the standard of weights for the following wheat-mill and corn-mill products, namely, flours, hominy, grits, and meals, and all commercial feeding stuffs, shall be one hundred pounds avoirdupois, and the standard measure for such commodities, when the same are packed for sale, shipped, sold, or offered for sale in packages of five pounds or over, shall be a package containing net, avoirdupois weight one hundred pounds, or a multiple of one hundred pounds, or one of the following fractions thereof:...
Page 22 - March 14, 1900, reaffirmed the act of 1873 by providing that, "the dollar consisting of 25.8 grains of gold nine-tenths fine, * * * shall be the standard unit of value, and all forms of money issued or coined by the United States shall be maintained at a parity of value with this standard, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain such parity.
Page 1 - In case we do not reach you, if there is no objection on the part of the committee we will schedule you for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, if that is satisfactory.
Page 1 - Union was discharged from the further consideration of the bill (HR 7103) to establish the standard of weights and measures* for the following wheat-mill and corn-mill products, namely, flours, hominy, grits, and meals, and all commercial feeding stuffs, and for other purposes, When said bill was considered and read twice.
Page 7 - If there are any questions I will be glad to answer them if I can. The CHAIRMAN.
Page 13 - The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions? If not, we will hear from Senator Jordan.
Page 1 - I am asking a civil question as to whether or not there has been any change in the rules to permit my cross-examination of any witnesses.
Page 1 - ... resolution calling for United States participation in the St. Lawrence project, I believe that in my prepared statement, together with the very thorough and searching interrogation by members of the committee, I just about covered the waterfront so far as the St. Lawrence project is concerned. I know that there are quite a number of new members on this committee and I think it would be helpful if we were in a position to explore the subject again as thoroughly as we did before. However, because...
Page 12 - Eighty -six beds. Mr. LOWE. It is almost the same proportion to be cared for, Mr. Chairman. Mr. RABAUT. That is what I want to find out. I want to find out whether we are on the escalator scale or not. CONSOLIDATION OF THREE MAIN BUILDINGS I note that the proposed consolidation of the three main buildings is presently estimated to cost $14,200,000. What is your proposed program of financing this project? Dr.