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Show THE OFFICE OF MARKETS IS NOW IN OPERATION It Is Believed It Will be of Great Benefit te tha Produoera and the Consumsrs of the Nation. Waahlngton. Under recent act of congress, the secretary of agriculture baa undertaken the establishment of an office of markets in the department, depart-ment, which It ia believed will be of great benefit to the producers and consumers, and resuR In the lowering of prlcea of foodstuffs. ' Congressmen have been furnished furnish-ed the following information by the acting aecretary of agriculture, with reference to the acopo pf the work to be undertaken: The broad authority la given by congress to accumulate and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information concerning the marketing of agricultural products. pro-ducts. The problem of the office of markets, broadly elated, la to atudy present systems of handling and marketing farm products with a view to locating definitely the wastes of material, time, energy and money which now operate to needlessly Increase In-crease (he cost of farm products. It hopea to be able to make suggestions sug-gestions which will lessen aome of those wastes and which will in some casea ahorten the time between producer pro-ducer and consumer and reduce tho number of handlinga. It hopea to do-termlne do-termlne what systems and processes are now giving moat satisfactory and economical aervlce end to encourage fbelr introduction wherever present conditions may warrant To thia end It will take up aome specific studies and undertake cert-anln cert-anln definite lelna of work. Drops "Bomb" on South Dakota. San Francisco. Aa the United Btates cruiser South Dakota steamed In through the Golden Gate Sunday, Bllaa Chrletofferaon in a biplane, iwept over the warahlp and dropped i sand 'ttomb" that atruck the vessel squarely amtdshlpa. A. W. GOODRICH A. W. Goodrich of Chlcsgo waa eent by the shipowners ef the great lakss te represent thm at the International eafety-at-eea conference tn London and to protest againet aafety legislation legisla-tion which mikes ne distinction between be-tween ocean and lake traffic. President to Take Vacation. Washington. There will be no New Year's reception at the White houe. President Wilson announced Ftlday that during the holiday recess of conxress be would take a ten days' vacation. |