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Show standards for oTah products are considered tate Board of Agriculture Calls Meeting to Discuss i . Proposed Joint State and' Federal Inspection relieving that an opportunity la offered of-fered under a aectton of the law making mak-ing appropriation for the agricultural department of tha United Htatea for the people of Utah to put their producta on the marketa of the United Htatea will) both state and federal certification which will mean a great deal In bullil-ing bullil-ing up the reputation of Utah producta. a call haa been iaaued by the atate board of agriculture, of which A. A. Hinckley la commlaaloner, to conalder the question. Thla meeting la called to meet in the hall of the house, of repreaeiitativea In the capltul on Thuraday, July I, at 10 a. m.. nnd Invitation la extended In personal lettera and otherwlne to ship-pera, ship-pera, pmducere and all Intereated to attend. at-tend. The call la Binned by the atate board of agriculture, Ed. T. .Tones, sec-retary, sec-retary, and In part la aafollowa: "The congreea of the United Htatea recently had the following attached to Ita appropriation bill, which passed both houaee. It haa been aigned by the prealdent of the United Htatea. and thereffre. becomea operative the let of July. U2J. In aubatance. It la aa fol-Joai: fol-Joai: " 'To enable the aecretary of agriculture agricul-ture to lnveatlgate and eertl'y to ship-pera. ship-pera. or other Intereated partlea, the L quality, grade or condition of frulta. vegetables, dairy product, hay and other pertahable farm producta when offered for Interatate ahlpment or when received at Important central marketa which the aecretary ahall, from time to time, designate or at auch point aa can be conveniently reached therefrom: for auch feea aa ahull be reaaonahle and aa nearly aa may be to cover the coat of the aervlce rendered: Provided that the certlflcatea Iaaued purauant to thia provlalon ahall be accepted In all courta of the United Htatea aa prima facie evidence of tha truth of the alatcment made therein.' -You will not thla permit, the federal fed-eral department of agriculture, at the requeat of any ahlpper or grower to make ahlpping point Inapectlon of all farm producta that are offered for Interatate In-teratate commerce. It la not the Intention In-tention of the federal department, how-aver, how-aver, to do thla Independent of the atate Inapectlon force, but to cooperate with and uae the atata Inapectlon force for thla purpoae. A joint federal and atate certificate will then be Iaaued, which aa above atated. will be accepted In all courta of the United Htatea aa prima facie evidence of the truth of the otate-menta otate-menta contained on auch certificate. "We believe thla to be an opportunity opportu-nity for the people of Utah to renlly put their product) on the marketa of the United Htatea with both atate and federal certification which will menn ao much In building up the reputation of Utah producta and will reault In Increased In-creased proaperlty to the producer and ahlppera of thla atnta. "It la very likely that W. A. Sherman and H. W. Samson of the federal bureau bu-reau of market wll he at thla meeting to dlecuaa In detail the federal plan of cooperation. Thla appeal to thla de- fiartment to be an exceptional upper-tunlty upper-tunlty offered the atata of Utah, and If you view It aa we do pleaae make It f known by your preaence and that of your frlenda at thla meeting." |