HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1228

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF NET WEIGHTS IN
INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE TRANS-

ACTIONS IN COTTON, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

MAY 9, 10 AND 11, 1939

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

ELLISON D. SMITH, South Carolina, Chairman

BURTON K. WHEELER, Montana
ELMER THOMAS, Oklahoma
JOHN H. BANKHEAD, Alabama
W. J. BULOW, South Dakota
HATTIE W. CARAWAY, Arkansas
CARL A. HATCH, New Mexico
THEODORE G. BILBO, Mississippi
LEWIS B. SCHWELLENBACH, Washington
GUY M. GILLETTE, Iowa
ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana
SHERMAN MINTON, Indiana
SCOTT W. LUCAS, Illinois
TOM STEWART, Tennessee

GEORGE W. NORRIS, Nebraska
CHARLES L. MCNARY, Oregon
ARTHUR CAPPER, Kansas
LYNN J. FRAZIER, North Dakota
HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, Minnesota
ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin

CHARLES A. LAWTON, Clerk

SUBCOMMITTEE ON S. 1228

THEODORE G. BILBO, Mississippi, Chairman
ARTHUR CAPPER, Kansas

CARL A. HATCH, New Mexico

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JUN 2 3 1939

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