Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15
SECRETARY WILSON
Returns to the National Capitol From
His Western Tour.
The Secretary Reports That Western Farm
ers Are in Good spirits lie Predicts
Further Advance Ia tn. Price OF
Wheat The Naval Hoard 10 Meet.

Further Advance In the Price of
Wheat The Naval tosrd To- Meet.
WAsnINGToS, Sept A-Secrctary vii.
son was at his desk In the agricultural
department Tuesday for the first time
for month, having Just returned
from his tour of the trans Mississippi
states. tie went as far west A. Mon
tans and tab. giving special attcn-
| ton 10 the agriculture interests of the
states visited. with particular refer
ence to irrigation horse raising and
sugar beet growing
Il found the farmers in especially
| good spirits. wherever ] went, he
said To a reporter There is no doubt
| that confidence il restored and that the
country - justified in it's anticipations
of better times The people are all
! busy in the west. Indeed, do not be-
/ licve there II an idle man west OF the
Mississippi who wants 10 WORE
MIR. Wilson predicted "A still farther
advance in ia" price Of wheat, due to
the fact that there il not only IA short
crop abroad but also because of the
| fact that, according 10 his observation.
the crop viii not he SoeNtcn>ivc Ia this
country aS has generally been Hntici-
patcd.
With the improvement OF the
times. hc said. the average American
il going To have all the flour his fam
| ilv can consume even though he may
| have 10 pay - little more for IL he
licvc that even without the shortage in
the foreign crops the conditions IN tins
country would have forced wheat to "a
dollar a bushcl Eut, hc added. the
improved condition of the farmer il
due not alone To the enhanced price in
wheat. but there has been a CORE
spending Improvement IN all farm
products.
The navSl board which has been
making inquiries as TO the establish
mcnt of government armor factory.
has returned To Washington and cstab-
lished permanent quarters at tho navy
department The board was to have
held its first meeting Tuesday to go
over the mass OF evidence taken and To
hear representatives Of large steel con
Germs in Ala bama but il was oStponcd
until Wednesday owing To "a death in
the family Of Commodore Howell Pres
ideut OF the board, (. " DE Knight.
secretary Of the senate. committee on
rotary OF the board Most if not all of
the outside inquiry of the board has
been completed. ~ that the work now
viii Toe directed To an examination of
the merits of the many plans submitted
and to a report To the secretary of the
navy a To the practicability Of the gov
eminent manufacture Of armor.
WAsIuNGroN. sept. . The treasury
department has procured 200 tents from
the war department for use AT the per-
nauent yellow fever detention camp
which has been established at WayncS-
vi.ir, Ga. There are no fever patients
their, bui the camp has been establish
ed a. precautionary measure.
The officials at the surgeon general
Office are quite anxious that Dl. Gui-
tcra> should Ice ON the ground at Ocean
Springs. Miss. as soon "a possible. ~
they think 80 much OF his opinion in
yellow fever cases as to he guided en-
tircly 10y ~ ina their action. 80 far their
adviccS are coutirmatorv Of the press
reports that the epidemic is of the ma
tire of yellow fever Still. il il
evident that even yet they are not en-
tircly convinced Of the correctness of
the reports a. received. and there l.,
apparently q strong inclination to
doubt their accuracy They say that
if the disease IS yellow fever. it is very
strange that out of SEQ cases there
shoAld have been only II deaths
Tuesday afternoon the marine hos
pital received two kilograms from DR.
Nasdin, at Mobile, which had been de
layed IN transmission. one reported
tina. President Oliphant Of the Loui~i.
ana state board Of health. reported an.
other death from yellow fever 10 New
Orleans and three new eases
The other telegram said that two
new cases were reported in New Or.
leans