Evening star., 1901-06-28
Secretary Wilson Talks on Work Of
His Department.
INCREASE IN DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
Presidents Action in Several Par.
don Cases.
TODAY'S APPOINTMENTS

| a long one. Secretary Wilson talked for
| some time about the work of his depart
ment On coming out Of the cabinet he
said:
Il told my associates what we are doing.
| Now in tobacco: This country sells $50. .OOO,-
| 600 worth of tobacco and buys 1900, 600
worth of high-priced varieties. We have
| to pay $5,000,OOO for Sumatra wrappers
Now, our department is teaching the
American people how to produce that in the
| United States. We took the gold medal at
| the Paris exposition for the finest Sumatra
| tobacco. We have been paying $4,000 600 a
year for filler tobacco. mostly Cuban. We
are conducting experiments now in this
| line of production with the result that we
hope to see most of the filler tobacco pro-
| duced in the United States For some Of
| the very finest varieties may have to go
| to the tropics. to Porto Rico. Hawaii or the
| Philippines, but it will be only question of
| time when the United States will produce
all the tobacco it wants.
Making Macaronf.
I'VE have been importing wheats to i'm
| prove our own crops in the United States.
American-made macaroni has been thought
| inferior to the imported, and the reason for
| this was that We did not have suitable
macaroni wheats. We have corrected this
| SO that 100, 900 bushels will be grown in this
| country this year solely for the macaroni
mills. 1t will be only a few years before
we make all of own macaroni.
THE Agricultural Department is now
sending a man to the rice-growing coun-
| tries of the east. A scientist who has al
| ready returned from Japan has brought
specimens of rice much more suitable
| for the gulf coast than what formerly
| had that VIC are now producing most of the
| rice that we need and shall soon produce
| all that The second quality, or
| broken rice, we are already sending to
| Porto Rico.
| Beet Sugar Industry.
There will be over forty beet sugar fac
| tories in operation this year. They have
| thrown out the imported machinery al
| ready, both in field and factory, and are
| using American inventions that are SO
much superior that we expect great de-
| velopment in the business. The sugar men
| have borrowed an idea from the Oil COM
panies. At one Of the Oldest factories in
| the United States, in Utah, they have built
three mills around the factory, one Of
| them twenty-three miles away, from which
| they run the Juice from the factory in
pipes to the central station. Eastern cap
| ital Is rapidly developing the beet sugar
industry in the arid states through irriga-
| tion. In the Arkansas valley, for instance.
| million-dollar factories have been put up.
Out for a Drive.
| President and Mrs. Mckinley went out
| for drive this morning, and the President
was not in his office to visitors before the
| cabinet meeting at II o'clock. The Presi-
! dent is winding up the work before him so
| that he may get away to Canton next
| week. The expectation is that President
and Mrs. cfcKinley will leave here about
| Friday of next week.
A Number of Appointments.
The following appointments were made at
| the White House today:
State-George w. Cook of the District of
Columbia, to be member of the board of
charities for the District of Columbia.
Justice-Richard w. Austin of Tennessee,
| to be marshal Of the United States for the
| eastern district of Tennessee.
| Navy-Joseph B. Murdock, to be a COM
| mander; John L. Cow, to be a lieutenant
| commander; John r. Brady, to be a lieu
| tenant.
War-Cavalry-Edw S. Godfrey, to be
| colonel; Joseph H. Dorst to be a lieuten-
| ant colonel. To be second lieutenants: Ed
William H. Bell, jr., Edmund A. Buchanan,
| Seth w. Cook, Clarence A. Dougherty, Ell
bert G: English. Thomas b. Estey. Roland
E. Fisher, c. Emery Hathaway Milton G.
Isaac S. Martin, Albert ]. Mohn, Horace n.
| Munro, William G. Meade, Leon r. Par
fridge, David L: Roscoe, Daniel D. Tomp
kin hins, Robert H Virgins, ,I William F.
| ants: William Ashbridge, William A. Al
foute, Roy w. Ashbrook. Francis NJ. Boon
Arthur E. Boyce. John A. Brockman,
George F. Brady, John F. Capham, James
L. Craig, Arthur 7. Dalton, Charming E.
Delaplane, Frank w. Dawson, Benjamin
| D. Foulois, Clarence II. Farnham, Samuel
H Fisher, John E. Green. Charles w. Har-
ris, Henry Hossfeld, William St. j. Jervey,
jr, William R. Leonard. Homer E. Lewis,
| Dwigh. B. Lawton, Ralph H. Leavitt John
J: Mudgett, Laurence o. Mathews, George
| G. Mullen. Laney M. Mitchell FIoyd c. Mil
| Ter. Daniel A. Nolan, Launcelot NJ. Purcell,
George E. Price, Hugh A. Parker Kneeland
| S. Snow. Thorne Strayer, William c. Stoll,
| Betah Smith, Ira A. Smith, George w.
| Sager, Bates Tucker, Charles w. Tillotson.
James E. Ware Frederick E. Wilson, Ken
| meth P. Williams. Artillery Corps-To be
SECOND lieutenants: Thomas w. Hollyday.
! E. Wilson. To be quartermaster, with the
rank OF captain, Louis F. Garrard, jr
Acts Upon Pardon Cases.
The President today disposed of TWENTY
two pardon cases. He denied six applica-
| ticns. granted five pardons to restore civil
rights and granted pardons and communal
ticns as follows:
William Smith. convicted in the District
! of Columbia of assault and battery and of
carrying concealed weapons, and sentenced
to 500 days in the District jail from April
| of i'll health. The application for pardon
| in this case was made by the warden and
| physician of the Jail. The physician re-
ported that the prisoner has a dangerous
| heart disease and dropsy. and that further
confinement would result in his death The
Attorney General recommended his pardon
| for this reason.
Commodore Robertson, convicted at At
lanta, Ga, of Illicit distilling, and sentenced
to six months in the county Jail from
March 13, 1901: pardoned on account of the
! destitute condition of his family.
tod OF Al
| Of retailing liquor, and sentenced March
| IA. 1901, to four months in the county jail;
| sentence commuted to expire July l.
William Ayres, convicted at Atlanta, Ga,
| of illicit distilling. and sentenced March
26, 1901, to five months in the county Jail;
sentence commuted to expire July l.
| Lee Cunningham, convicted in the north
ern district of the Indian territory of as
sault with intent to rob, and sentenced
| April 13, 1899. to five years in the United
| States pententiary; sentence commuted to
expire October 1. 1901. on the ground of
| Ill health.
Chick Baker. convicted in the southern
| district of the Indian territory of horse
| theft, and sentenced May g. 1S99 to five