Show C 4 IC U NO im SlASHED 0 1 r t W BUOY r I story Merediths Meredith's Plans f Per ed by Action of 11 Pl in Reducing IT His e erg gress rg mates ti for Department r ti By David Lawrence 1 irl f bt 1920 mo b br bT r The Salt Lake IT Herald r D. D C. C March 24 Ed Ed EdT Ed- Ed T T Meredith editor advertising promoter of ot large enterprises enterprises- Word wOrd n a successful business man man man- the tho enthusiasm with ast had i he took hold of ot tho the department J blanketed with the cold lt f Congress Jr Meredith who halls from Des ines ass s I Ies la la- Dand and and that part of ot the United d des lea es where candor is a a. religion that all ho he had to do In deal deal- r with Uh Congress was WM to toll tell tho the mom mom- ot m-ot of the Senate and House exactly it the sums of ot money were actually Bed ed to carry carryon on tho the extensive e work work the he he department of ot agriculture ro and and the Interests of ot tho the farmer would clent to stimulate me members ors of ress Tess Irrespective of ot politics Slashed Sin it t t the House slashed the estimates he department of ot agriculture and Do otho tho Senate committee undid some ho e t damage by raising raisinS the RS s somewhat tho secretary f feels tho the net reduction is a severe blow blowe Jie e agricultural interests of ot tho the try try He Ho is now on tho Job InI in- in ely ly I Interested in managing the do- do cut of ot agriculture on u. u business- business basis and md is therefore ted pero era ro are some sarno of the tho things s which ho tally admits must now be dis- dis unless tho the Senate Senata itself Vecta is the tho work of ot its agricultural ro must be a l big cut C In the tho mars mar- mar s ono one of ot the tho activities most led by lIy growers and sh shippers r Investigations consisting of or Bible able aid ald being given Iven the dairy Ints IntI in- in JaU ts tI of tho the country In working out ont outer tr er methods of preparing and util- util fg 1 dairy pro products and the tho develop develop- pt t of ot American manufacture of ot and Swiss cheese must bo be Flailed tilled WIed 4 Curtail In Appropriations for the investigation Cereals have been b en reduced They Thc t to to the development of ot Improved of or cereals through breeding 1 selection election tho the working out of or al I methods for tho control of imAnt im- im mane m- m tnt Ant cereal diseases s. s no now conducted Inde- Inde dently denU or operatively co at eh tight eight ht d stations will have to be t ed i and th the work at ot others those devoted wholly to rico es at Crowley La and ggs r considerably decreased ed Appropriations for the tho bureau of ot nt tit Industry have rave been seriously red reed reed re- re ed d exclusive of tho the item for con- con seed distribution which has eliminated from the tho bill upon of ot the tho department of or fhe e C fund for tor soil FO surveys S has haa been eken from tho the bill for the bureau of or entomology insect pests which have hav filed sed enormous losses every year ha have e S curtailed I Interferes With lie e 8 efforts of ot the market bureau to ain bringing bringing- ln about a more marc Kic Ie c and orderly distribution of or farm ducts will be materially interfered because tho the appropriation has cut b by more than 10 o Item Hem for color investigation has ha J Jn In n cut so that it will handicap tho the of or a agriculture in tho the dc- dc n of or the dye dyo yo Industry in this Entry y which It had bad been hoped would e America Independent of or Gerry Gern Ger- Ger n ry Important crop reports on apples chew iChes potatoes and truck farming inave have to be bo discounted sufficient funds have havo been provid- provid to oUght fight tho the foot and mouth disease C oh kill cattle If It an epidemic ha 8 out while Congress is not In i ton lIon on the funds carried in the tho bill bUl nia id dl not be enough to cope cone with the tb w to cre th le Meredith Insists that all c rotate relate pretty closely to prod production and tho the cost of living He went through the tho estimates of ot this department de department department de- de with a n. fine tooth comb and cut them down himself by moro more than five million dOllars Although tho the Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate ato Increased tho the amount of ot tho the house bill there thero Is 18 still a net deficit of ot 2 I below what the department calculates calculates calculates cal cal- are aro needs In I these days of billion dollars expendi expenditure turo ture that looks like lIko a trifling sum for Mr Meredith to bo be worrying about but buta a a. few thousand dollars cut from an Item hero and a a. few fow thousand from froman an item there can wreck k tho the work of ot otan an entire bureau and the best experts In tho the department who have been there thera for years are arc discouraged and leaving to take tako up other othor Jobs the gov Sov Oppose Fr Free S Se Seeds cL ds Secretary Meredith went on r record COrd as opposing the appropriation of 2 OOOO for tor the distribution of free seeds but tho House wouldn't heed his tion The Senate committee did and took it from rom tho the bill If It tho the item So goes s back In conference tho the country inthe In tho the judgment of Mr Meredith will have havo havea a splendid opportunity to determine tho the good faith of a Con Congress ress that on the tho ono ono one hand chops a quarter Quart of a a. mil mul- mullion million million lion dollars from the most vital Items which have to do with production such as the market service fighting of ot plant and live Iho stock pests research work etc and on the other hand leaves in tho the bill a a. c cuartor of a million million million mil mil- lion dollars for Cor seeds to send Bend free freo to prospective o voters oters in the fall elections Production lilt Hit The 6 secretary thinks that that- when the work of the tho department of a agriculture Is curtains curtain I it will seriously affect farm production lie JIo calls all this poor r y penny wise and pound foolish But Ed Edward ard T. T Meredith Meredith Meredith Mere Mere- is new at tho the game Iame n Ho llo credulously credulously lou ly believed ho he could go before Congress Congress Con Con- gress lay all tho the cards cuda on th the table keep every expenditure In his department depart depart- department ment down to rock bottom and j dopart-j Congress Con Con- gress would look at tho the whole thing tiring a as a a. business proposition There ma mabo may mall I be bo a a. good deal of ot agitation for tor a l business business busi- busi ness man for tor president of the United Unite States but bul if it Mr Ir Merediths Meredith's experience experience ence enco is a l criterion a n. business genius 1 In inthe tho the White Whito bus swill lowill bo be helpless without with with- out some business sense lenso In Congress |