Salt Lake Herald | 1900-12-27 | Page 5 | Chief Hitchcock's Reply

CHIEF ChEF C I F REPLY Unable to Attend the Livestock Con Convention Convention Convention Secretary Martin of the National Livestock association has received a aletter aletter letter Jetter from front Frank H Hitchcock Hitch ock chief of the division of statistics department of agriculture replying to an invitation tion to attend the tle national convention in which he says ays If my my official duties would permit me to be absent from the department long enough to make the trip to Salt Lake JAke and return at the time mentioned ma e an Jn to attend the convention for forI I am confident confident dent it will m be a meeting of great im importance Importance I notice from the which you send that several subjects I in which I T am specially interested will willbe willbe II be discussed ed and 1 I should like very i much to be present In order that 11 I Imay may profit by the discussion We have 1 so much work on hand just ju t now how however however I ever ever that it will hardly be possible I Ifor for me to take the time tIm that would be he I required for Or so extended a journey David J r Hill Hili assistant secretary of state tate notifies the that the governments of Mexico Xico M Canada and Venezuela have bave beep been be n invited to send delegates to the Ul convention