The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-06-15
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Then the secretary with all the discrimination
of a trained city editor, gave his facts. and they
were all new facts and worth the publishing
When newspaper man goes to see the secretary
in Washington he knows that If he gets one word
beyond the ordinary interchange OF pleasant
day" courtesies he is going to get something
worth publishing Mr.. Wilson having been in Of
flee for several years and being keen student
has discovered that certain things published
and certain things are not published. He has
learned how to save himself time and words. In
the parlance of the press, Mr.. Wilson is good
copy"
Congress appropriated some money to erect Il
new building for the department OF agriculture
Every congress wishes to make Ii record for
economy. So it was that the amount appropriated
not sufficient to put up structure that
would meet the future demands of rapidly grow
ing branch of the government. The secretary or
agriculture knew it. and so with a certain shrewd-
ness that all for the good OF the country and
the service, he to IL that the money was put
into two comparatively small structures. The two
taken together will be big enough for present
uses but in order that they shall form COZ 2ete
and artistic whole it will be necessary one day
to Join them and the connecting link will be a
big building in itself The argument for more room
is apparent and convincing The agricultural de-
partment will get more building money from con-
gress and get it soon, and the anger that was
aroused at first by the secretarys shrewdness
like admiration The Iowa farmers successors in
office will have to thank him for removing a
mountain of trouble from their paths.
AS government departments rank. the one de-
voted to the promotion of agriculture stands next
to the foot of the list This Is paper only. It's
Importance to the country is great that men
say its proper place is the head of things
governmental The passage of the packng-house
inspection and the pure food laws have increased
the working duties of Mr.. Wilson's department
immensely.
Secretary Wilson sheds trouble. He is good
deal of an optmist, and when difficulties arose
over cotton crop matters and there seemed immi-
nent danger that scandal would result, there
was no signs of worry the secretary's part
President Roosevelt felt implicit confidence in the
cabinet official who had come to him as heri-
tage from the Mckinley administration. and there
is no doubt whatever that he expressed his con-
fdence personally.
In respect the secretary Of agriculture
holds himself to be particularly fortunate. Pos
sibly he doesn't consider it to be really matter
Of good fortune except at such times he sees
the trouble Of his fellow cabinet officials who are
more than suspected Of having presidential ambi.
tons. Presidential politics personally do not
worry James Wilson The constitution OF the
United States keeps such worry from him. for
the secretary was born on the slopes of the
Ayrshire Hills In Bonnie Scotland, and on man from
over the water can sit In the chief chair of the
nation.