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0732 year and will pay their employees liberal wages. I hope in a short time to be able to discontinue the issue of rations entirely; with the Bureau self-supporting. Agents in some districts report a scarcity of labor, and considerable demand, and even now the demands exceeds the supply. I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Obt. servant Thomas W Conway Asst. Commissioner Bureau R.F.& A.L. State of La.