The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-23
Replies to Interview in Ardmoreite.
Editor ArdmOreite:

Editor Ardmoreite:
notice publication in the Daily
Ardmoreite OF September 10th in
which reporter OF that paper had
ar interview with Mr.. w. S. White,
the industrial agent of the Frisco
railroad, that | think does me an in
justice as it is misleading.
Some time in January, the secreta.
ry of the Commercial Club received
letter from Mr.. White, the Frisco
agent. Mr. Mccoy referred the letter
to me, as he always does if it per-
tains to agriculture.
In this letter Mr.. White stated he
wanted to establish some demonstra-
tion farms along the line of the Fris-
co railroad and that he wanted one
at Ardmore, Sc we set about to get
to operate this farm.
Mr. Walter Colbert agreed to this,
but Mr.. White objected to him as he
was not located on the Frisco line.
Mr.. Mccoy then asked me to take
it, but l told him my time belonged
to the U S. Department of Agricul-
ture and it would be impossible for
me to give it my personal attention,
but if no one else would take it |
would direct it the best I could on
the farm where | live mar the Frisco
railroad. So Mr.. Mccoy wrote him
that | would take it and wrote him
to send me the seed Mr. White
sent them, but too late for num-
Der of them to be planted, but
wrote him that ] had received them
and would plant such as We're suit
able, as some of them were weed
seed and gourd seed and several 9TH
ers that were worthless and / did moi
have the ground nor the time to give
them. planted most of the seed and
cultivated them well and made a good
crop on the most of it.
I expected TO hear from Mr. White
as to what he wanted me to do with |
some of the samples and as to how |
he wanted it cultivated and so on, |
and would ask Mr. Mccoy if he had |
written him anything about it, but he |
always told me he had heard moth |
ing from him, and he never wrote |
me a lire about how he wanted II |
planted or cultivated nor anything at |
all about it.
On September 14th I receive tel |
ephone message from the Frisco peo-
pie notifying me that Mr.. White
would he in Ardmore on September
18th, and wante dine to meet him at
that time
had already published and plan.
ned to have an agricultural exhibit at
Marietta on the Goth and had prom
ised to be there and judge some ex-
hihts for the First State Bank of
Marietta on the 10Th, so that it was
for me to meet Mr.. White
which very much regretted.
had published these dates a month
ago and as this as my official duty
to the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and
for which I am paid 20 attend to, |
could not afford to neglect it.
Now. as to the $1,000 spent here
on the demonstration plot referred to
in this article, that is purely n mis-
take, as the seed sent me would not
have cost more than $40 at the out
side, and that is all the expense to
them there was to it.
"And while the railroad was spend
ing this $40 on this seed, was los
ing at least 5000 by planting 4 lot OF
crops that were not Of the standard
variety and which there was no sale
for. hut was willing to do this in or
der to cooperate with the railroad or
anv other party that was for the bet
terment of the agricultural interests
in my territory.
This is a clear statement about this |
matter and do this in order that |
may not be misrepresented.
regret that it is necessary t1 |
do this, but I thought it was justice |
to myself and others.
"Yours\Eery truly,
A. G. GRAHAM.