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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 8
Page 2
... contains 196 pounds , has never been dignified by congressional action . It is an inheritance that we received from the old English custom of 14 stone , of 14 pounds each , or 196 pounds . While Congress has never legislated upon the ...
... contains 196 pounds , has never been dignified by congressional action . It is an inheritance that we received from the old English custom of 14 stone , of 14 pounds each , or 196 pounds . While Congress has never legislated upon the ...
Page 3
... contain 200 pounds if it were sold that way . Mr. PHILLIPS . Hereafter , if this bill is passed , if a man bought a barrel of flour anywhere in the United States he would get 200 pounds ? Mr. HUSBAND . Yes ; in packages of 200 pounds ...
... contain 200 pounds if it were sold that way . Mr. PHILLIPS . Hereafter , if this bill is passed , if a man bought a barrel of flour anywhere in the United States he would get 200 pounds ? Mr. HUSBAND . Yes ; in packages of 200 pounds ...
Page 4
... contained therein . The same phrases occur in section 2 , lines 14 and 15 , etc. Now again we come to a practical , actual commercial situation which is so firmly established that it would be almost impossible to break it down , and ...
... contained therein . The same phrases occur in section 2 , lines 14 and 15 , etc. Now again we come to a practical , actual commercial situation which is so firmly established that it would be almost impossible to break it down , and ...
Page 5
... contain 100 pounds of wheat . They are frequently handled so much in the 100 pounds of wheat that they are not fit again to handle wheat ; that is , they are not hardly safe enough to handle wheat , as the facilities existing on the ...
... contain 100 pounds of wheat . They are frequently handled so much in the 100 pounds of wheat that they are not fit again to handle wheat ; that is , they are not hardly safe enough to handle wheat , as the facilities existing on the ...
Page 9
... containing 12 pounds , and another State 12 pounds , as it would be that one State should legislate that 98 cents make a dollar , and another State legislating that it took 100 cents to make a dollar . Mr. HUSBAND . If I can suggest ...
... containing 12 pounds , and another State 12 pounds , as it would be that one State should legislate that 98 cents make a dollar , and another State legislating that it took 100 cents to make a dollar . Mr. HUSBAND . If I can suggest ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.