The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-01
WILSON PLANNING
GREAT UPAE..AvA|||L|.
Will Not Resign, But i g Is Seeking
Newman for Statistics
III s B,ircau. q
HAS AppRoAL OF PRESIDENT Re: i |: \ i
Says Quarrel Over w oniat1 Led
to Discovery of Juggling 81
Crop Figures.
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tBy Associated 1'rcss.) &
liz y OYSTE1tt BAY, Ii Ii July 31.--secrc-
It tary Wilson will rcorgnnize thoroughly
y tho crop statistics bureau OF tho Depart-s
A nent Of Agriculture Already he ID
z seeking men OF character standing and
education to conduct tho work OF the
bureau mon In whom the farmers and
4 growers or the country will have I'M
plcit confidence and who VIA place the
reports OF the bureau onSa standard OF
4 excellence mover heretofore achieved
4 One man he has found. although he does
not at this time Wish TO publish his
name Tho other three he hopes to Sc
be Southern men, and both will be cx-
1 pcrts in cotton and tobacco statistics.
This. IN brief, Is orc OF the ideas which
4 Secretary Wilson elucidatcd to n Presi- :,
dent Roosevelt to-day.
What Secretary Says.
In response to Invitations twice ex-
. tended Secretary Wilson visited the
! President this afternoon After his visit
2 lie talked frankly about some phases OF
h the work He said he had not been
asked to resign and did not intend to do
so. adding: 3 s5 b. ~
Il am going to stick to my post and
~ continue 10 Oullu Tia
4 ment You will recall that when went
Z there I found practically nothing but q
few roll top desks and a half q, dozen
starved scientlsts. The Agricultural De-
partmcnt to day Is a great department.
md sound AS q nut 234 i W
,,since r took charge Of II, \ 27e people
have been let out OF Its service for va
rious reasons many Of them on charges
I'VE make It. point to keep only ilrst-
class men and women. The purpose OF
the snvestlga now In progress Is TO
purge tho department OF bill selfishncss
and corruption, and that era will be acc
complished. It s my purpose, and u 10
the purpose OF the President.
33 The Secretary referred to the fact that
4 President Jordan. of the Southern Cotton
Growers @ Association, Is demanding his
resigna:!o ION, but that Mr. Jordan's own
people do not agree with him, he sald, Is
4 evidenced by a telegram Just received
from President E. 8. Peters. OF the
Southern Cotton Growers Association.
which read: 5s55. u: Isl
#ft-'Writh reference TO the. Interview OF
I, President Harvic Jordan. published this
morning In the washington Post, would
y say that ] cannot endorse the same. Tho
& farmers and cotton growers OF the South
have Implicit con fdence in your honesty
4 and ABILITY to rid the department Of NIL
grafters. and they hope the President
will not interfere with the great work
sou are now doing for them. :" f 4 Il
QuarreledN Over Woman.
The Secretary also displayed another
telegram from William Harvye, who, the
& Secretary said he understood was con-
nected with the Merchants Association
& Of New York. and which read: 81
Have sent the President a telegram
En "a y1,tl1 nx1r| - thn r.
4 cial bodies present feel about your de-
4 partment and work. is 33
What about Mr. Jordan's statement
that you did not collect new figures on
j the cotton acreage 2" ii3 Si5a Il "a rs
THE reports which were received from
the departments reporters In the field,
D he replied were placed in the hands Of
I board appointed to make new estl-
mates from them. That board $ es.i-
b mate differed from the estimate made by
Hyde and Holmes by three and a half per
q cent. That It Is correct. I believe, but
1T Is not, It Is the fault OF the field re-
porters. and not OF the department.. Hith-
erto, It Is true. tho figures probably nave
been jugglcd and changed. but we have
eliminated practically any opportunity
1 for future jugglery OF that sort s95
eve probably never would have dlscov-
cred what the difficulty was had II not
got into quarrel about n woman.
4 Have you heard anything about Mr..
i Hyde?" 5 !, "a. !, !. !,
4 the secretary. grimly. :s t.i
n B ~ had no idea he was going away from
the country when he left the department
a I received letter from Mrs. Hyde, ex-
. planning that she was responsible for his
departure: that she had purchased her-
self his steamship transportation ano
had insisted that no go away on account
q his health. She said he was IN danger
ct a nervous collapse. III
The secretary said the cases OF Holmes
and%Dr, Moore are now before the De
partment Of Justice Or. Moore, "-$ n. Nc
added. chad accomplished some fine re-
suits. and III he had only made clear tc
the department his entire connection witt
tho Nitro culture Company, think We
could have kept him on straight
II course" 5a III z5$$s
The New Plan.
Then Secretary Wilson outlined his new
Man for the Bureau OF Crop Statistics
{ is my intentions" no said, ito create
board with Assistant Secretary Hays
at It's head which shall handle all cror
statistics In place or the present board,
which is a sort Of makeshift affair. The
G hoard is to consist OF four men. two
OF whom will BIO from the South. The
I! other two will be from other parts OF the
q country, y 81 "a 4. III 8
."They will be the best men VIC can find
In the country, men Of character, standing
and education, scientific experts, in whom
the country will have absolute conf ldence,
All reports will be sent TO me from the
field. and I will place them at the proper
4 time In the hands Of these scientists
Each will make UP his estimate, and the
4 four estimates will BIO resolved either by
me or by Assistant Secretary Hays The