The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-03-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

| kresideut Iait, sooner or latter, Will be
compelled TO choose between Secretary
Wilson and Doctor Wiley, according 10
the prevalent opinion Of the situation in
the department Of agriculture The
latest Developments disclose an utter de
moralization Of the policy Of the depart.
ulent with reference TO the enforcement
Of the pure food law
IN spite Of III vindication Of Doctor
Wiley by the president las. summer and
| BY the unanimous Republican and Demo
cratic verdict Of the house investigating
Ecommit.ee few weeks ego. the friends
of TIE food and medirine adnlterators
coptinue. strong in the department aud
succeed in thwarting the chief chemists
administration of The law.
Secretary Wilson is subject 10 much
criticism for allowing this condition to
exist Many friends Of The admiuis,ra-
tion believe that The secretary has lcst his
grip on the department because OF adj
vanciug age, and that he ought to resign.
On The other hand. the frieuls Of Secre-
Itary Wilson complain that Wiley is the
trouble maker, and that the president is
only harming bis administration by keep
ing him In Office
Unless the president takes Immediate
action TO reorganize the department ii
y feared by his supporters that the atti
tude Of the administration toward the
enforcement Of the pure food law will be,
come prominent issue in the national
campaign.
~
There's something doing every minute
in the political line in Washington, and
even Expositions get mixed up ia the
political whirl, just like everything else.
The San Diego people, however, having
for the present finished their work with
Congress, have again, turned their undi
vided attention to the work, and The
slogan, "San Diego is building an Ex-
position NOW. = is EN- ,lazoued on their
banners.
Perhaps the average reader,n il that
mythical parsonage still lives. may sniff
ct the idea Of exposition and say: oh
yes, I've seen worlds fairs. and they're
all alike"
Very likely. There is q deadly same
ness about expositions. it is sadly true.
and one oftent feels that the exposition
be sees is lamentably like all those that
be has seen before. In fact, ii may be-
said Of most that they are merely county
fairs raised 10 the nth degree But at
last there Is to be one which will be
different from any other Worlds Fair
ever held, in this or in any other country.
Mind you. it will not be the biggest, the,
most costly, the most. Heterogeneous; ii
will be the MOST INTERESTING
Rather do the wise men feel interested
10 the San Diego Exposition because it
will bring together in great living ex-
position practically all Of the vari-
Gus families Of aboriginal peoples in
habiting the American continents II
will portray the manner Of life of the
people who once lived 10 Yucatan, ID
Peru. in New Mexico, anywhere in
America. with the monuments, utensils
and relics which tell their life history.
There will be graphic representations of
the manner ia which the Reclamation
Service turns the desert into blooming
ariens, and the Forest Service will
show how il fights the a.l.devouring
forest fires. bow il guards the grea.
timber areas from destruction, and how
II afforests the deunded lands and
prevents the erosion Of fertile farming
country BY uncontrolled foods
~
There is in the conserving of national
resources much that partakes of the in
tensely romantic Try 10 think Of the
untold wealth which is represented in
the National Domain, Weare told some
times that the public lands have all been
taken mp aud that the man who wants to
I get farm from Uncle Sam must be dis
appointed or else go into Canada to get
land 70 till Aud yet the Government
still has millions Of acres which lie ready
for the hand of The farmer. the fruit
grower. the miner and the lumbermau.
Rich as is the domain already absorbed
| by the fsrmer. aud. alas. by the specula-
Tor, tha, which remains is vastly richer
Take the Indian Territory; once il was
Thought 70 be worthless save for the red
men 70 usr:s for hunting grounds Now
those red men and their descendants
have become immensely rich ont Of the
i oil and asphalt lands. and it might be
ad led. the town sites. In the once-de-
spised arid lands intelligent farmers are
getting rich by dry farming and
iothers are eeiliuR even richer with the