The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-04
MINNESOTA MAN WILL HAVE
SUPERVISION OF THE RE.
FORM PLAN.
WILL WIPE OUT ALL GRAFT
SECRETARY SAYS HE AND THE
PRESIDENT ARE AGREED IN
PURPOSE.

Oyster Bay. N. ", Aug. 2.-Secre-
tary Wilson will reorganiZe thoroughly
the crop statistics bureau of the de-
partment of agriculture, according to
information here last night. Already
he is seeking men of character. stand
ing and education to conduct the work
of the bureau, men in whom the farm
ers and growers of the country will
have implicit confidence and who will
place the reports of the bureau on a
standard of excellence never hereto
fore achieved One man he has found,
although he does not at this time wish
to publish his name. The other three
he hopes to secure in short time.
Two of them will be Southern men,
and both will be experts in cotton and
tobacco statistics. This, in brief, is
one of the ideas which Secretary Will
son elucidated to President Roosevelt
yesterday.
Will Not Resign.
At the conclusion CT his conference
Secretary Wilson talked frankly about
some phases of the work in his de-
there was any likelihood of his early
REIMBURSEMENT of his portfolio as Sec
rotary of agriculture. He replied:
Il have not been asked to go, and 1
am not intending to resign. l am 60
ing to stick to my post and continue
to build up that great department.
You will recall that when l went there
l found practically nothing but Il few
roll-top desks and a half-dozen half
starved scientists. Since that time We
have built up an improved branch OF
the government. The agricultural de-
partment to-day is a great department,
and I may say is as sound as nut.
We are trying every day to make it
better. Since l took charge of it 279
people
Have Been Let Out
of its service for various reasons,
many of them on charges of one kind
or another. We make it a point to
keep only frst-class men and women.
The purpose of the Investigations now
in progress is to purge the department
of all selfishness and corruption, and
that end will be accomplished. 1t is
the president"
Then Secretary Wilson outlined his
new plan for the bureau of statistics.
'This is entirely new said he, land
never has been published. 1t is my in
tention to create a board with Assis-
tant Secretary Hays at it's head which
shall handle all crop statistics. The
board will consist of four men, two of
whom will be from the South. The
other two will be from other parts of
the country. They
Will Be the Best Men
we can find in the country. men OF
character, standing and education.
They will be scientific experts in
whom the country will have absolute
confidence. All reports WI: he sent to
ME from the field, and viii place
them at the proper time in the hands
of these scientists. Each will make
up his estimate and the four estimates
will be resolved either by me or by
Assistant Secretary Hays. Through
the work of this board think we shall
have perfectly reliable estimates made
of all crop conditions. This plan will
be better than that providing for only
one man at the head of the bureau of
crop statistics. That one man might
leave the department, he might get
sick or he might prove to be a rascal.
This irea eliminates any of these pos
sibilities. Then, too, it will insure
perfect security and confidence"