Show CHOP conditions secretary cheon says they are better than reported Be ported secretary of agriculture wilson who is investigating crop conditions m the northwest expressed the opinion bt sioux city iowa monday that the situation was not quite so had as re ported the real object of tr p here he sa d is to make a investigation of the crop condit ons of the middle vest by scientific I 1 do not mean an estimate of it e financial loss or the decrease of the crop pro duct used by the recent drought but I 1 want to see if cometh ng cannot be done to lesson the destructiveness of droughts I 1 am satisfied that by means of study in tl eaga cultural sphere a way can be developed whereby the loss to the far ner by drought can be materially lessened I 1 have not yet reached a cololus on as to how this can be done but tl e result of my in will be given out on my return to washington I 1 first noticed the effect of the drought when X ind ana irom there west as far as I 1 have been the damage is quite perceptible I 1 went to omaha and lincoln first that I 1 might have an opportunity to see tl e dondit on of the crop in southern iowa as I 1 heard that they were hurt tl e worst from wl at 11 ave seen of the crops around S ou city I 1 think they are in much better condition than bhoge in the southern part of the state |