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the department increased, such de-
requests made to senator's andnembers
OF congress, and in course of time the.
number OF these requests became so
great that it was impossible to fill them
with strictly new varieties Of seeds.
hence the practice began of sending
out larger quantities Of packages Of
vegetable seeds Secretary Wilson
thought considerable good had been
accomplished in this direction, but adj
ded: The distribution of such seeds
increased, however, SO that BY about
1890 it had become the most prominent
feature of the distribution, and al
though the distribution OF new varie-
ties Of field crops was not entirely lost
sight of the proportion Of such seeds
introduced was exceedingly small, and
the original purpose OF the legislation,
namely, the introduction Of new and
improved varieties was not Kept proffii-:
nently in the foreground According
ly in 1867 congress specified that $2o,4
600 should be used for the introduction
OF new crops from abroad and a sepa4
rate section of foreign seed and plant
introduction was established which has
done much good work. z. .s.8s 5s44 < T
Secretary Wilson then compared ths
graft" seed distribution with that,
which is recognized as legitimate and.
proper" There is no doubt he said,
'fbut that although the amount
that is, expended distinctly for
this work Of introducing and
developing new crops is rela-
lively but small proportion of the
entire appropriation, the relative
amount of good done by this branch
Of the. work is far IN excess OF that ac-
coniplished by the mere distribution Of
miscellaneous standardvarieties OF veg
etable and flower seeds which can Be
purchased from any scotsman" In
conclusion the secretary informed
Chairman Tawney that as far as he was
aware there Was$11o other government
that buys ordinary miscellaneous veg
etable and flower seeds from growers
and dealers and chen distributes them
to its citizens" :" 49,. >a -. ~
The house committee on appropria-
tlons has recommended that when
government clerk reaches sixty-hve
years OF age his salary shall be reduced
to $1,000 per anIlur1l, and Since the rec
otnrnendatiofl was made the department.
clerks have talked of nothing else. A
large percentage of employees are above
the age limit" or are approaching it
and they are worried to death for fear
the recommendation will be adopted.
lhere. is some justice in their conterl-
tlon that il a man is no longer a capa-
bic clerk when he reaches the age Of
sixty7hve then the country is doing
wrong to permit it's destinies as "a ma
tion to remain in the hands of men
many S.of them far beyond that age.
For instance they point at the Youth
tul Senator Pettus OF Alabama, who is
only "a years old and who expects to
be a senator at 100 His colleague,
Senator Morgan is but So and recently
gave Nelson Cromwell, the slirewd-
Eest ,2s3co orporations lawyer z,irl,S4 tho
Ecotintry, sgthe times OF; his life
before. the Panama canal conlriit4
tee. Young Mr.. Teller, the senior
Senator from. Colorado, would come
within the limit for he is rs years of
age, while his colleague is only .65, SEN
3ator Perkins of California is 6s, Sen
Eator Bulkeley is 20, Senator Bacon sof
georgia is 67, Senator rCu1lona of Iili-
E11ois coflfeSses TO y, McCreary of Ken
Etucky. 68; Hale, 70; Frye, IS; German
Eof Maryland, 66; Alger OF Michigaii.
20; Burrows. of Michigan, 60. Other
senators who are 65 or over are sera-
tors Platt and Depew of New York,
Money Of Mississippi. Clark of Mon
Etana. Dryden OF New Jersey, Warner
sof Missouri, lMillard Of Nebraska, Aid
Rrich of Rhode Island. EitinS of West
Virginia, and Proctor OF Vermont On
the house side. ''Uncle joe Cannon
who is right "spry" as speaker is seSefi-
ty as is chairman Hit OF the commit
stee in foreign affairs. Col. "Pete" Hep
burn, whose name is borne by many
important bills, is above the limit as
are Representatives Lacey and Hull OF
Iowa, Lester and Livingstone Of Geof-
.gia. General Grosvenor Of Ohio, Cen
eraf Ketcham of New York, General