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Texas Department of Markets and Warehouses Annual Report
The report, to Governor Hobby, covers the Department of Markets and Warehouses for the year ending Sept 1, 1917. It shows expenditures of 50 455.17 of 70 403.25 appropriated with 20 048.04 unexpended, outlines duties to standardize packing and grading, insure warehouse integrity, regulate weights and measures, and promote storage and sale of farm products across Texas. It notes reduced insurance rates for stored cotton and references the National Warehouse Law and drought impacts hampering agency establishment.
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Austin
Texas
W. P. Hobby
Federal Reserve Bank
Wilson
Congress
Markets and Warehouse Law
United States
State of
Chambers of Commerce
Commissioner of Weights and Measures
California
Union
Department of
Markets and Warehouse Department
Manchester
England
the Guadalupe
F. C. Weinert