Evening journal., 1897-05-20
HE ADVENT OF REFORM.
IL would Come with His Induction
Into OIiice.

II don't deny IT," said the expensive
ly dressed young man. I'm like all
the rest. want an appointment. I've
come to claim my reward for the sery-
ices I rendered in the election"
did you help much?" inquired the
man at the door Of the agricultural de-
partment, in doubtful tone.
Il contributed seven dollars TO the
campaign fund. l had been rejected
by three or four clubs previously, and
when a man came around and offered
to propose Inc for the Mckinley club 1
gave him the seven dollars and told him
TO go ahead. That is how / came to be
in politics"
81 suppose that what you want is a
place in the diplomatic service"
"No. I never studied up on diplo-
macy much. think shall go into the
agricultural department. / know all
about farming. have prepared my
self especially for that branch of the
government service"
"You don't look it,"
"When 1 made up my mind that
would come here and get an Office Invent
straight to see n practical farmer whom
/ met during my vacation last summer.
He is a man of exceptional intelligence,
and seemed to take great pleasure in
giving me information. I asked him
TO tell me all about farming, and he
stopped in the middle of his work and
took an hour and half explaining ID
10 me. He made me tell him what I
wanted the knowledge for, and he made
some very valuable suggestions"
so you're all prepared to start in
TO reform the department, are you?''
"Not all at once. But one of the first
things 1 will have to do is to call the at
tention of the secretary of agriculture
to u mistake that he made. He said
that the farmer of this country is rails
ing too much corn. As a matter of fact,
corn-raising is still one of our coming in
dustries, for the reason that smokers
are beginning to get some idea OF
how to get the most enjoyment from
the weed, and the man ufacture Of corn.
cob pipes is inevitably destined to be
one of the greatest industries of ouI
continent"
you have a good memory, haven't
you?" said the auditor, admiringly.
81 seldom forget anything that is
really useful" was the response, in q
tone of pride. zone of the great faults
of the agricultural department as pre-
viously conducted, is that it neglected
to encourage the culture of egg-plants
for the use of poultry farmers, and il
was tho most short-sighted indif
ference which now causes the bivalve.
in the Chesapeake TO be starving fol
the lack of few oyster plants"
"Your friend in the country didn'
call your attention to the fact that
good way to mend worn-out land is K
SOW patch of rag-weed on it, did he?
queried the watchman.
mo; but that's a good suggestion
and I'll make a note of it. He laid grea
stress on the fact that, with all thes
new electric railroads coming into usC
farmers are so lacking in enterprise a
to totally neglect the cultivation o
wire grass. You have, of course, oh
served how often the farmer is depict
ed as going around with ono or bot
Of his suspenders loose? What is tn
] ttdtDu Ol Audlf lE rllAlllt ClltulI
stance that he has never been arouse
to the Importance of raising button
wood trees. What he wants is an ad
ministration that will stir him up to
realization that patience and precau
ton must be shown in agriculture, tn
same as in any other business. TIL
day when a man would stick a fcV
| seeds In the ground and po ayvav on
visit to his relatiois while they grey
is past. The threatened disappearance
of our forests is q warning that as civ
ilization advances the area in whic
things grew wild decreases, and the
must be tended. The American farm
er can never hope to succeed if he goe
on neglecting to raise chick-weed fo
the chickens, millS-weed for the COW
and burdock for the birds."-Washinl
ton Star