Show r L CHIEF It AIM OF t LA I DEPARTMENT Jt t. t w. w y Service His Commodity He r f Wants ants to Double the I II lt Out Output ut I P ie terms s of V E YORK March 12 In 1 In of t the advertising manager secretary Agriculture Meredith told the members members mem mem- I Association off of be bers of the Merchants' Merchants f i New r York today of his ambition to I hi Increase rease tho the output of the departments department's departments department's departments department's depart depart- ments ment's chief prod product ct service It was as I th the first address addre made by bl b Mr Meredith Meredith Meredith Mere Mere- Mere Mere- since his appointment and sum sum- summarized sum sum- sumI I the work of ot his department Increased appropriations appropriations ap ap- at tho the same time urging for carrying on the j work ork DEPARTMENT IS AGENCY this wonderful wonderful wonderful won- won Are you going to keep i I product service from the people peo peo- I wonderful product you are I this this pe-this manufacturing he be asked his audience audi characterized as the ence once whom he of a a. business concern upon owner which he ho was making a report It is not wholly the problem of the department department department depart depart- ment of agriculture he continued be because because be only your jour agents You we are cause manufacturing this product I be and are that product is service I would like to double the number of custom customers n I want to increase the sales of this t t organization In other words I 1 want I Ito and woman woman woman wom wom- to every man to bring home an In America this wonderful ser ser- vice D DEPLORES SOFT SNAPS He deplored a a. a tendency to discuss v waste graft and soft sort snaps snaps I think it is wrong I think it is IsI j I I poor poor advertising to be talking all aU the time about the waste and about the 1 grafters and soft snaps and all aU that a In id Washington There may n 1 be someone standing around who been beton be- be not of be some you sou ou mean It there may ton en with withY withof who is not acquainted om m Y ur ways over here and he heard you I rol of state- state and repeats your us d goes goos out he be 4 ts to others Apr HIRD FOR AGRICULTURE Secretary Meredith explained that thai Ig at only l about third one-third of the regular appropriation appropriation ap- ap I of is actually used In the interest of agriculture The I balance goes to the maintenance ol or weather service the forest service the I administration of the food and drugs act and other subdivisions of the de department de- de The department was pictured as serving servin an an invested capital of more the amount invested in invested In in- than the vested in agriculture The agricultural tt tural al and livestock product last last year Was vas he added equal debt at ate attee in one j year car to our national tee e pre present time time one one half of th the of Prance France r GURES SHOW RESULTS A mass of statistics was placed here bere bere be- be re the association to show the work e department Was sas doing and these tURES re ra enlivened by bv the brief accounts some of the agricultural develop- develop that now are common on farms because of research fork ork conducted by scientists em- em l ed by the department Attention Attention was called to the difficulties difficulties ties ire thrown in the way when attempts were made to obtain larger appropriations for the work and he I pleaded for lor a broader comprehension of or the needs of the department In concluding concluding I ing Mr Meredith said he desired that all the people of America know what t. the department is doing so the they may Avail themselves of its service to a aI af f I greater reater extent and that the work of I the department may mav be still further I broadened and extended I |