The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-29
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Leak CHARGES
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5NEiAsiliN GTo NJ I, June 10
Secretary ofS Agrie0l tlre WILSON, has
;postponed IA trip w est he had i.lanned
ItoStaKe ;oniI July because ~ I'D many
additional stories ii sarding cotton
report leaks and Smanip llation sof iig-
ilu4lrlesi4whlch have cached Huns He
has decided 10 remain Washing
ton and IS to ! the / ottom OF things \
while he 8is about it. Il n
~ The return 40 shingto of John
Hyde. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ot sthas departs
menti gave q fresh impetus % sthe In.
yestigutlon Monday Iya Il was'i
In conference with Secretary Wilson
and the secret service on cefs who arc
working on the case Richard
chcatham. secretary of the Southern
Cotton Growers, $500 tion. also
In conference with nj llsons
Secret service men are on fresh
tracks which Sit t@illF AXE least d <
week or ten days 10 followss olits BE,
fore thatittm Mr. WilsonS do es not ey9
pesct 70 he able 10 MAKE any alis
nollnccment regarding the affair.
Before President Roose Yelt3i lett for
his summer; home Secretary il wilson
had q long conference with HIM res
sarding the violence that has been
unearthed. Upon leaving tine White /
House, Mr. wilson said
.Nve%are giving the secret service
ample&time IN which b make The In
yestlgation. No date has been axed
for them u report. They WIN nun
down every hint that reaches Them.
Secretary Wilson submit ted ID str.
Hyde all tho violence and papers rass
latlng to the charge s and discussed
the probability of3gullt Oh the mart Of
certain employees who ate engaged
In compiling the crop reports. II Ill
understood there has been no snsps.
clon attached To Mr.. Hyde, al Though
the administration 81 his division In
some respects has been infayorabfy
commented I upon: These snments.
however, relate more to- fayorltlsn
shown certain Clerks than to the mat
ter under Investigation
The Secretary has HE'D ihei
point ~ isEsaid. where he admits pri.
yately thatSthes evidence ssubmittedsto
him justifiess the charge that informa-
! tlon ofsyalue has been glvenSt cotton
brokers In New Yorls but lie is not
yet convinced Just how thls informa
tion was obtained,
i Compiling of2thes final flgires iii In
/ trusted sto a few slpposed reliable
men. While tile total flsures are not
/ known until lust before the resnit
Is made public, the general trend to
!. permit sof valuable Information being
! given out An employ WORDING on
/ the crop report could easily send In.
formation to buy or sell certain prod
ucts far enough ahead 81 The ofilcial
j [pablicationt 5toSs Of great value To-
!. Its possessor
So many ways have been suggest
I. ed to Secretary wilson sthroagh which
the supposed slnvulnerabllity OF the
system could Ebe successfully attaciss.
t ed that he isS prepared 10 giye heed to
any rumors that reaches him The,
/ Secretary prld has been hurt
/. When the 4asystem' was attacked in
i the House Of Y Representatiyes last
January and charges we're made hy
Mr. Livingston and others that leaks
j existed Mr.. Nilsons ann olnced that
5 such thing was impossible. Mr.;
Hyde went before the agricultural
/. Committee and showed how stlie 'sys.
= tenn had been Organizer to prevent
leaks and declared leaks could not
and did mot exist. \
i. To members of the House and To-
& the President Secretary iIson res
n peated his statemen ts never using
2 the word s.improbable but declaring
j. that such a. thing was seiimpessible I
+ Now It - said iii the Department tho
a Secretary's 8sstat ements we're based
II upon the suppose hone styg of lbs ems
q ployess and that on that assumption
4 his declarations were none too strong.
4t Mr.. Wilson has now concluded ID