REPORT OF THE SINDUSTRIAL COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURE AND ON TAXATION IN VARIOUS STATES (SECOND VOLUME ON AGRICULTURE), INCLUDING SPECIAL REPORTS AND SUMMARIES RELATING TO FICTITIOUS SALES TERATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS, VOLUME XI OF THE COMMISSION'S REPORTS. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1901. [Extract from act of Congress of June 18, 1898, defining the duties of the Industrial Commission and showing the scope of its inquiries.] SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to immigration, to labor, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and to business, and to report to Congress and to suggest such legislation as it may deem best upon these subjects. SEC. 3. That it shall furnish such information and suggest such laws as may be made a basis for uniform legislation by the various States of the Union, in order to harmonize conflicting interests and to be equitable to the laborer, the employer, the producer, and the consumer. To the Fifty-seventh Congress: INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, I have the honor to transmit herewith, on behalf of the Industrial Commission, a report relating to Agriculture and to Taxation, especially as regards corporations, prepared in accordance with an act of Congress approved June 18, 1898. The testimony on the general subject of agriculture is included in Volume X of the Commission's reports. This volume consists of special investigations and summaries of existing laws and court decisions. The conclusions and recommendations of the Commission on the subjects covered by this volume will be presented in its Final Report to Congress. Respectfully, ALBERT CLARKE, Chairman. III TABLE OF CONTENTS. Fictitious dealings in farm products-Synopsis of testimony taken by committees of Congress, and of debates in both Houses on the subject...... Page. Digest of debate in the Senate on the "antioption” bill. Digest of testimony taken by the subcommittee of the Committee on Digest of laws of the several States relating to boards and departments of agri- culture, farmers' institutes, and protection of agriculture and horticultural II. Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the supreme courts of certain States, giving construction to the laws V |