Dept. of Agriculture Certificates Washington, Mar. 13.
Representatives of the Anglo-American Cotton Association have signed certificates accepting the copins of the Department of Agrieulture as universal standards for White cotton, The representatives of the Liver pool Cotton Exchange and of the! Manchester Federation of Master Cotton-Spinners' Associations, who had previously announced that they would withdraw from many agreement under which these standards: were effective, have also signed the certificates on condition that the standards shall be effective for ods of two years instead of one!
that the Conference shall be empowered to alter the copies should they _doteviorate—Reuter's Amer-can Service,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.