Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
Edwin T. Meredith to Succeed
Him as Secretary of
Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS ARE SENT
TO THE SENATE TODAY
Changes Enable Secretary Glass to
Take Seat in Senate-Per-
sonal Sketches.

tire since the beginning of tn, Will
son administration. will succeed Car
ter Glass of Virginia as secretary OF
The Treasury. and Edwin T. Meredith
OF Iowa. a practical farmer and the
'nItor of Successful Farming. will
lie the new Secretary Of Agriculture.
The nominations for the two cab
met positions were sent TO the SEN
ate by President Wilson late this
afternoon. AS soon as Mr.. Houston s
domination is confirmed Mr.. Glass will
take his seat in the Senate. to which
office he was appointed oy- Gov. Davis
. Tor Martin.
DisreEardS the "FavSrites."
In making these two appointments
President Wilson diSre gardcd all the
iaVorltes and picked men whom
the public had not considered in con-
hectlon with the cabinet changes.
The next new cal inet officer prob
ably will be successor 10 Secretary
Lane of the Interior Department
who has said he desires to return to
private life as soon as he can do so
without embarrassing the admins
ration 1t was said at the White
House today. however. that Secretary
Lane has not submitted his resigEa-
lion to the President.
Mr.. Meredith is now in Miami. Fla.
Iary of Agriculture b. wiz yester-
day and Immediately wired his ac-
ceptance.
Mr. Meredith, whose home is in Des
Noines. like his predecessor. Mr.
Houston. will assume the post equip
ped by years of study of agricultural
problems. He is the editor of Sue
cesSful Farming. which he started
in 1902 Prior TO that time he had
published the Farmers Tribune, at
Des Moines. Iowa, from 1895 TO 1902.
Born in Avoca. Iowa. December 30
1876. Mr. Meredith was educated in
Highland Park College. at Des
Moines. Besides editing and publish
ing farming journals. he has found
time to serve as director of the
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank and of
the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank.
In 1914 he made an entry in politics
when he was the democratic candidate
for United States senator. Two years
later he was an unsuccessful candidate
|. Tor Governor Of Iowa In November, 1911.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo appofnted-him member of
the board of excess profits tax ad
visers- Mr.. Meredith is a director of
the United States Chamber of Com
nerce. He also is an active member
of the National Association of Adver-
Using Clubs and of the Greater Dies
MoineS committee. He was married
on January =. 1896. 10 Edna c. Elliott
of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. HOustOn's Active Career.
Mr.. Houston's name was included in
the personnel OF Mr. Wilson's first
ca binet. which was sent 10 the Sen
ate March ). 1913 He took the oath
of office as Secretary OF Agriculture
on the Gay following. He was born
in Monroe. Union county. y. c. Feb
ruary II. 1866.
Among his most distinguished serv-
ices We're his administration of the
affairs of the Agricultural and Me
cilauicaI College of Texas. Of which
ha from IN
After receiving the degree of \. B. at
South Carolina College in 1887. Mr..
Houston was awarded an A. NJ. at
Harvard. in 1892. The degree of LII. ID.
has been conferred upon him by Tu-
lane University. the University Of
Wisconsin,, Yale. the University of
Missouri. Harvard. Rutgers and
Brown universities. His most ex-
tended service as an educator began
al the University of Texas in 1894
where he was adjunct professor for
three years. From 1897 to 1900 he
was associate professor at this uni
versity. subsequently occupying the
chair of professor of political science
From 1899 to 1902 he was dean of the
faculty of the University of Texas.
Upon the termination of his presi-
dSncy of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas. in 1895 Mr..
Houston became pres dent of the Uni
versity OF Texas, serving in that post
y .
ceilor of Washington University. st.
Louis a position he held from 1903. TO
1916.
Mr.. Houston's services for the gov
crnment have not been cOnfne TO the
post of Secretary of Agriculture. He
IS a member of the federal reserve
bank organization committee. of the
Federal Council OF National Defense
of the national forest reservation
commission and is chairman of the
federal Board for Vocational Educa-
ton. He was married December IL,
1895. TO Miss Helen Beall of Austin.
Tex.
Nr. Meredith Indicates Policy.
MIAMI. Fla. January 2T.-Com-
menting on his acceptance of the
portfolio Of Secretary of Agriculture
Edwin T. Meredith today said that he
hoped TO WORK out some solution of
the problem of getting crops to mar
ket without too much lost motion -
declaring that he believes il TO be the
basis. in fact. Of ali permanent pros
-perity.