Show DURING THE late war fortunes were made on the rise and fall of gold by speculators who procured through corrupt government offi cars in advance of the general public pub-lic the laeat news of the victories or reverses of the army Immense sums were paid for this knowledge by the gold gamblers So in these times of peace the same course is pursued by speculators for the purpose pur-pose of gaining advance news from the Agricultural Bureau concerning concern-ing the condition of the crops At least Mr Dodge one of the statisticians statisti-cians is reported to have said that many of the clerks in the bureau had been gapproached lately with both bribes and threats for this purpose pur-pose If this be true Mr Dodge should disclose the names and the details regarding this attempt to currupt the public service |