The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-27
HE HAS HIS INNINGS.
THE FARMER AND Is NEW DE-
PARTMENT.

Some steps in It's Evolution-Gen.
Rusk and DR.. Wulets Getting Their
Grip-Things That May appeu-No
More Reports for craU Books-Sim-
pie Manners and Easy Words-WiL
Grass Grow on Arid Land?
Copyright 1882
WASHINGTON, May 25.-"Our boss is a
daisy" was tle ferve It language used by
messenger in the agricultural department
the ,tler pay, in reply to casual qu -sti1n.
"Whv. you'd think 50. lie walks out of his
room any time and goes all around the
building, and yesterday ne ca ne down to
the nch counter at noon and some pie
Just ike ANYBODY, I'd talked to t1s clerks
as natural as could be!'
Inquiring more closely as to the identity
of this remar liable ayrarian, a.certained
that it was not Gsl. Rusk, the secretary,
out the assistant secretar-, DR.. Willets.
whom the Michigan State University has
a ed to US for four years.
Knowing that sucl conduct was viola
ton # he trad tions of Washington where
the dista ice bet wee officials and sub
or lina.es has usually been ca 'efllly de-
fined aud {. eserved, and where tue latter
have seldom Toasted their eyes on a cabinet
officer engaged n tle eq livocu If not co n
. nising aco of eating, | sked Prof. Viii
les about it the first time happsled
meet him.
81 wa, hungry he said. THAT is why
| ate. We do not, il this country, veil our
faces during gas atory 'renonies, Prob
ably | spoke to an body .earby whom
fN ba at "a m
way. Moreover, working nen a g all peers,
| take 1t, il they do cir work well, and l
mean to 2 into every corner Of the depart
ment duri z % next month or two and
make the acquaintance of every one OF
force and get the hang Of ali of its machi-
merry I'd me hods. Ne are in a transit n
De iod now be- ween a bureau a d a de part
nent, and only b constant vigilance can
the foundation be laid right"
This alluson to "fou idlsions" re minded
me # what card C)nmis,i lner Colna
say j ISL before he Left the farmers of
the country have demanded a depart dant,n
ne said. "a d C ing G has decreed depart
ment. but there is only money enough to
ru a bureau Cong -eSs as given us a
nice, new, PAL tied wagon. with red whe is
anl a bua tongue, but it hasn't given Us
any horses" And Gov. Col nan laughed
and handed the reinS TO q ~. Ru5k.
Before tie metan lrphoss from cocoon to
butterfly is perfect, 10 tOrrow metaphor
from he agricI tural depar.ne 1t, c gross
will have gre ttlY to inc ease the tDprOprla-
ton so that the b-st talent of the cou ltry
can be available. It is prob .bie, also, thl
its sza and importance will be similarly
augumaltcl b the sOrptlO OF vari US
bureaus now seeking appropriate shelter
Among these are mentioned the bureau Of
education, the geoo .,lcal survey, the signal
service, the fish commission, aud perhaps
the light house board. The fact that the
interior department is greatly overload ID
a ID thai it is now proposed to ad | tne
printing Office to it, strelgthe IS the sIgges-
ton thac the land Office may also be added
to tue agtc lltural department, But a
this wOuli make it necessary alw tys to
place the farmers interest the hand
Of a lawyer as head of the depa tment, it /,
lkaly to g postpo led for tns p esent.
The interior depart ne was C Gated just
forty ears ago nd now for the st time,
a othe-, the AZ icIl al, is al le l., making
eight counselors to sit ogether around tue
Presidents table. 1t is an frequent thing
aud a mem rabe tnilg-t 10 crea ion of a
new cabinet oiice- AMI ths Inferior d.
part elt ith a meaningless, name, is q
he eroge e)uS cong ies of incongen US
bureaus, constantly growing and constantlT
sprel ling along new Ii eS, it seems GER
tain that its chief will al ways De overlsde
tat ne VIII have to transfer some of his
burden, from time to time, 10 the latest
Dot polu1i Of ad nlnlstrati d. The con-
clusi from this is that the agricul ural
de1artmeyt will ultimately be one of the
larges factors, as 1t already 5 one Of the
most upOrtaat, in The government Of the
rep Iblc.
Gen. Rusk, or "Uurle Jerry" as he is
familiary K own TO the IA m IS IF Wise )n-
ST., is tloroI ally plain ami unpre e l.lou
in MS habits Of life, but a laborer in the
public grou ids was surprised tne OF le
morning when the gray bearded man
nodded - him, stepped over Jis Tatl, TO *
tie scfthe an moved a bout Just to S re
how TIE id thing worked 1t vas a Sc
c.ui-d nook. nobody was o king and to
secretary doubtless laid dOwn the nipple
meIt with a snlla OF 5 Jlsfactlol 20 know
that he hal not forgotten tae TRICK. H
N wed a r-a. Clea gatl.n he wOrkma
says, "ald ii Int n " !iks ne was ex-
LiDiti hisse.f, but ike he vas on the farm
an jest m win up TO the cider
% * tailg /, very csgtun,n remarked a
CHEF OF division 70 me alterward, "Secre-
.ary Rlsk goes in for simplicity. He
waits all the science that is any COOL, bat
wants no hifsluIn and no N re long .egge
teclntcal Greek and Latin words an are
indispensable. he Insists or a $ ade Osing
called a spade, For Instance. a treatise on
he cultivation of crops was read for tne
printer last We9k. X lad - ne elaborate
sl,e life title Ike 'Agr9a u.c Il iyp1.us-
sis GO IcsrnIng Ge)l3 si3s' Y lc!e Jerry
drew MS pen through It a q substituted
Way does a Fa -m5r Hoe his C3rlf And
he drew his pen through other passages
with ike effsc, Ii look, ss II the Il era gre
Of the parcmeut would undergo TINS sort
oil revelau T.. was passing by the desk Il
5ne Of ou. authors to-iS where the secre-
tary stool talking. 'Vey WE'LL heard
Inn say; 1 wan you to take time to make
i short.''
ca..ei on Gen. Rlss yesterday at bis
office a d asked him If be had time to see
me-. II always try 20 nave line 20 see
newspaper man,' he sm.l d, "wlO TN Ks
tle plJIc wa news from this de part
meat aud viii take it straight. Ill try
yol. WHAT is itT
"W at will the new department want
mos-F | veltIred.
a, much anything" he said. "a new
hu ing aiel rate r It's work. 1t must
have a lorga aporatOry for sciaalhc re-
search We were dcivtIolt o. Jde,s roo rs
last week by tn mir6able Cd rs hat
taey ma aged 70 discover d0~n the chemi-
cal division. II other bureau, ara /, e
assigned to Us. the roof must be srge
euO4gl 10 shelter zen, aHd o. should be
pr C.. cally Gre-proof 1t ought TO b. pui I
here between IHe.ftl AM urtesEtu
/ street the handsomest site ia the city,
"What rad. al changes wi, you make
! ID meAots b rel" asked.