APPENDIX A

Vegetable exports from Bermuda to the United States of America, and the United States domestic commercial production—1922 to 1927

United States figures Where blanks occur in U. S. columns

NOTE.-Bermuda figures are from Bermuda Department of Agriculture reports. are from United States Department of Agriculture Yearbooks.

the figures are not available.

APPENDIX B

Unloads in New York in car lots of celery, lettuce, onions, and potatoes. Bermuda shipments by steamer are computed in car lots-1923 to 1927

Total from Bermuda, 1,578 cars.

Total unloads, 201,203 cars, exclusive of lettuce, for 1923.

NOTE. In addition to the total car lot unloads given above, large quantities of these vegetables were delivered in New York by trucks from near-by producing areas. No reliable estimates of these quantities are available.

APPENDIX C

Production and marketing costs of Bermuda export vegetables season of 1927

NOTE.-Production costs include packages. Marketing costs include freight, New York cartage, import duty, and commission; the latter two on the average prices of the years 1923-1927.

APPENDIX D

New York jobbers' prices for Bermuda vegetables during the years 1923 to 1927, and American prices for similar vegetables during the same period as given in the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture

NOTE. Bermuda celery crate measures 2 bushels and lettuce and parsely crates are 1 bushel each (Bermuda Department of Agriculture). Bermuda prices are New York jobbers' prices, compiled by Bermuda Department of Agriculture. America prices are taken from United States Department of Agriculture Yearbooks.

APPENDIX E

Statement of imports into Bermuda, by values and principal countries, for the years

1922-1927

Statement of exports from Bermuda, by values and principal countries, during the

years 1922-1927

APPENDIX F

Statement showing the United States of America's principal exports to Bermuda in 1927, by articles and values

Statement showing the United States of America's principal exports to Bermuda in 1927, by articles and values-Continued

2. MANUFACTURED AND MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES-Continued

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, June 19, 1929.

Hon. REED SMOOT, Chairman, Finance Committee, United States Senate. SIR: Pursuant to your request that you be furnished by this department with copies of all representations made by foreign governments to this Government touching tariff questions, I have the honor to inclose for your information copy of a note from the British Embassy, dated March 16, 1929, transmitting a memorandum submitted by representatives of the Government of Bermuda relative to the effect which an increase in the United States tariff on certain agricultural products might be likely to have upon the present trade relations between Bermuda and the United States. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant.

Hon. FRANK B. KELLOGG,

J. REUBEN CLARK, Jr.,
Acting Secretary of State.

BRITISH EMBASSY,

Washington, D. C., March 16, 1929.

SIR: I have the honor to refer again to the note which you were good enough to address to me on the 14th ultimo advising me that you had been so kind as to forward to the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration a memorandum submitted by representatives of the Government of Bermuda relative to the effect which an increase in the United States tariff on certain agricultural products would be likely to have upon the trade between this country and Bermuda. Since that memorandum was prepared the Government of Bermuda have had an opportunity of studying the official print of the evidence given by certain witnesses who appeared before the committee in support of increased duties on celery and who made statements regarding the volume and methods. of the Bermuda celery trade which were in some instances quite inaccurate and in other instances required amplification in order to convey a correct impression. Convinced of the desire of the appro

priate committees of Congress to have the facts of the situation. clearly and completely placed before them, the director of agriculture of Bermuda has drawn up a supplementary memorandum dealing with the inaccuracies referred to. At the request of his excellency, the Governor of Bermuda, I have the honor to transmit to you herewith copies of this document and to ask that you should move the appropriate committees to take its contents into consideration in conjunction with the contents of the earlier memorandum presented on behalf of the Bermuda growers.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,

ESME HOWARD.

Comments by the Director of Agriculture, Bermuda, on (1) statement of A. G. M. Thompson, Middletown, N. Y., representing the New Hampton Vegetable Growers' Association, New, Hampton, N. Y., and others; (2) brief of the New Hampton Vegetable Growers' Association, of New Hampton, Orange County, N. Y., and the Growers of Sash Celery in Orange and Rockland Counties, State of New York, in relation to an application for a higher tariff on celery imported into the United States from Bermuda; (3) statement of H. T. Bennett, Bradenton, Fla., representing the Manatee County Growers' Association and the Sarasota Growers' Association; and (4) brief of the Manatee County Growers' Association as presented on pages 3831 to 3836 and 3838 to 3844 of Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives (Schedule 7, No. 19, January 28, 1929).

STATEMENT OF MR. THOMPSON

1. "In case the Bermuda celery has not been sold, but put in cold storage, it comes in direct competition with the Orange County and New Jersey sash celery." Bermuda celery is sold in the rough on delivery at the market. Practically none (or extremely small quantities) is held in cold storage by the jobbers beyond a week. Practically all is sold before the arrival of the next cargo from Bermuda. It does not come into competition with Orange County and New Jersey sash celery, for the bulk of it is sold before sash celery comes on the market. During the years 1923 to 1927 0.071 per cent only of the Bermuda celery was offered for sale after frame celery began to be marketed in quantity. The one exception to the above practice occurred in 1928. single exception an explanation will be made later.

2. ***

*

Regarding this

* for the past four or five years the Bermuda celery has been brought in there and sold at a lower rate; sometimes put in cold storage and then dumped on the market later."

Below are given the average yearly jobbers' prices of Bermuda celery during the years 1923-1927. These prices probably exceed the prices of any other celery sold in the rough in the New York market.

As already stated, it is not the practice to put Bermuda celery in cold storage and dump it on the market later.

3. "The trouble in this industry is that the crates are all different sizes." The size of the Bermuda celery crate is fixed by Government regulation, and but one size is in use.

4. "The expense of cultivating celery in Orange County and northern New Jersey is a good deal more than it is in Bermuda."

To grow and market a 2-bushel crate of Bermuda celery costs $4.20.

5. "Mr. RAINEY. The sash-grown celery is the only celery which comes in competition with the Bermuda celery.

"Mr. THOMPSON. Yes, sir; or, rather, the Bermuda celery is the only celery that comes in competition with our celery."

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