Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 3 | Farmers Entitled to Know Results

FARMERS ENTITLED TO KNOW RESULTS WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Tn a letter today to Chairman Gore of tho senate agriculture committee, W. J. Spillman, former hief of the department of agriculture's agri-culture's office 0 farm management, tool; exception to the recent statement of Secretary Houston that the department was without trustworthy estimates of the cost of farm production. Mr. Spill-man Spill-man reviewed at length investigations made by his office, and added: "There is no possibility, no matter how extensive the invest igat ion, of getting i more than a reasonably accurate appro-! appro-! iniation to a final result. This was done ! in the invest i gal ions under discussion." I Mr. Spillman contended that tbe farm-i farm-i ers are entitled to know the results ob-! ob-! lained and to say whether the reports ' prepared on wheat growing represent the Joels in the ease. He a'so suggested that I the commit te1 is entitled to know why the work of his office in this connection was su.5pend.jd three months Last fall and winter.