Show How Uncle cle Sam Collects His Crop Statistics Leaks Will Occur In 47 Spite of J Keenest Vigilance v 71 T r C 4 clock on ll a rec recent nl i tho the govern government ov ment crop rOI report for tor or J the tho month was waB made public at ut tho II depart department ment ot of agriculture nt tho It Ing of ot tb tho hour the tho thedoor 1 door of ot th the tho of ot otI ofa I a if thief statistician opened und and A It Secretary N Hays op f p 1 bearing In hl his hand a doton 1 S of t paper covered with figure figureL 7 r i so 0 papers ero seized Ity hy a aI ar ar I r waiting m messenger boyi who I u 1 01 ort oft with I Ith them thorn to the thc telegraph I S sT T 1111 Mr Hay drew a n Ionic breath breatha j a I hours ago I had no Idea kIa what ii totals would be hI ho mii Ill Illi I i surprised thol though h I If It thero there I i i ii t tor stor story in some paper tomorrow HE about those same MillO tot totals being kwO to 10 c certain favored stockbrokers rI erni duyN dUH Twos ever cser i Hays hay hall hal not miscalculated On OnI I Ih tho following leg morning nil all thu Ihl leading hI II d i in III the Ilie country published the tho r rrt rt an commented UI upon OIl ItH It tc H Bur of ot them did td little moro than thai hint 1 nt ot abuses A which to 10 toL pro lIre provi vi L I 1 1 the tho department of ot lh them rii 1 In lit till full the of ot the tho South 11 It cotton Growers association that th tho t of at tho the cotton crop were ro u 0 i systematically end nd furnish r c ti I 1 m tU advance to favored operators 1 t t it l is vas by bP no means the begin li in HI i g rf t the E or Jr months month the tho trl im end accusation had been go ga goI I 1 i r on rn harne had b been en preferred gail Jall t I of ot the department tm m in mI I 1 vies and tome of ot thom them had hod b been Leen LeenI n ns s I o 0 The Tho mo mot most t recent crop crall I 1 r p 1 t Is 18 were WHO I ie less t satisfactory than Ihan thane e tt I It M charged chuld boldly by those I r 11 Ot ost Interested that 1 were lIer ocI oe oc I constantly Secret service reported that Incriminating I d n e could bo Lo found morn more thin than r tn Ct o trusted cl clerk rk In ho tho statistician i om Some flomo of ot them hud bud become rich richi i 11 M 1 a ft mont moat and mysterious i The Tho president demanded t jl r I uv dV Y r reform forni Secretary J cr tary WilMon hagin he M 11 Kin gin an overhauling of ot th department From rO the t u e exhibited a u willing r s 4 to roop U with alt all f t fc n looking toward R a full tull and Im him Impart f rut part al ai and d In rry ry 1111 way his I to 10 put an all ell j 1 0 o the department and to 10 Ih the lie government crop repot repol t to 11 Its position in the public con t About A R year ago 1 n a sharp sharI attack was wa wason aJ on Chief Statistician John Johll Hyde t I a of or cotton grower Th The matter maIler I created h tm deal of ot dk l lus u Ut us 1011 arid anil lii 11 1111 and 1 then therm v 1111 i or f a 0 II I 10 tI lion fc bill bt it t i wan waH done at nt tho ho lime The Tho Thoi Theof j i e of ot agriculture of or th the house 8 g 1 e n ri preliminary tearing hearing to Hom HOlM of at ti the es of or jobbery but hut It WAS 1113 de I od 1 1 l 1 1 t to 10 1 a formal fortna Inquiry r hm I oll hn nan been r r p h by his hll crop foi foie tOH e em ld m He lie I It thoroughly familiar v 1 i J 11 M dall o of tb tha Ilia complex schema b foot fl VM of ot local crop condit condition I h I up lip from all 1111 urtie of or the ther r C 1 i combined In n II l 1 reit the general t t Ilin fl h sy Is IH l lI M I m nl y Ie 11 to 10 prevent ii m II i ni of ot th men nien who 1 HI t reports have havo been beell Ie tell H o of nr temptation 1 r I ri rt try tar nan haM found It very verP I T M 1 J o i thai time Ihn ein im lid Ihl hf tIme per personnel 1 of or the tin or aro not beyond criticism Huhl dev l have Induced t him to modify I fy liN hH j li Ce ri opi opinion no aie to tim t ti lie I im hll tim of ot the tho and h lie I h willing lo to admit that he ha linn been th the victim of Ot r The from froni th Interest hn hUH bern icum co o great Brout that Chi Chief Statistician has ni resigned and Assistant 11 corn orn I U Ii Included with the other crops crepe In III a t Is 18 f Hent nt out embodying tilE the of ot the tho entire force furce of or J OOOO a ter and at time another report IK is iNcited I It IN Is a II fueL fact that tIt the foundation of ot the I crp reports furnished b by tnie Mum Hum I Is I built tR of ot the tho a gil uit it it i opinions ii lott of ot a R aj j great grut number ot of unpaid men J ir rt To are re at nl I loii it OOOO township cone nil alt of ot them farmers of or hUIl cint Int to nil III out blank torms fortna provident by the 11 win M for the ar arta of f land IlInd under cultivation In crop of ot tc te The Tho men and i who lell vend send III In theno reports are ue la to receive RI ai i a te Ie for or their theU labor a II few tew of ot fowl NI In ih the and t 0 om 11 I of or the of ot the demai for w In Inter Inter ter tEor reeding The rhe next bod body of ur news heWs ri III of th thc county There me ate 2600 of ot these each of or whom I lii line three nuts ante 1 a total of ot county of ot The Tue ment Imn H Hot of or or other farmers who ar nr are culled upon twice II ft year for specific aelA which reter ir Into the tho rt of or crops just Jast prior to time lime Tho rho pail paid force torce Iho those these who seine portion of ot the l i set pt JA by Imy th the tho to fo tot the purpose of hid Ii taini tug the hll bureau II In us but hut It tin thi state agents and tho Iho lie field neld men luten The Ihl state slate cal col Rents agents Olin onn for or every ry state stat accord accordIng big Ing to In tho Iho pIli plan PAI II SEe are i ld from rain to 10 n II yAir ut for ur about a R week work In cuch luch month They lh are kept IJO posted t by bytha bythe the tha county C u but hilI they IhlY U aro uru ro not tuot dependant en entirely I I Id on I their u re 11 reports sorts ports They fh rime are allowed I tue hI greatest possible latitude In ItO tho exercise of ot lh their lr oi onn on n judg judgment 1 t fl Rn and a are ale re mon men of or et it lid hug huga a mid I 11 C u et r I In ii I their heit various com communities The flue Held men 17 7 atIcy n a day tIcy I construed th lr duties I u t lea consist I In ii moving I a about I In their own lug InK Ih the tho grow growing growing raw ing i ealon and information from an any source accessible to 10 them They Interview not only farmer armors and planter hut but get liItt et Information from tram Im hn Implement 11 dealers IA I ItI banker banket stock Blowers etc elc Tile Thoy mire me re given the I fullest po possible opportunity to 10 form I their judgment from tho Iho lie comments of or ormen men InCh Oil on both SIdes side of the tha crop crol quell lion tion precaution Is 18 to prevent leaks Time The sheets Seth In lb by the till coun county county ty 0 and l are 1110 ro to the force h by hI the chief of lit the tha In lit the apportion apportionment ment of lit th the work care cars Is III taken to In kep the Iho section ted widely so 10 that no dark clerk Ii is permitted to todeal deal with s tu for ci a 11 crop coyet coy O et ing a It area precaution I Is II taken to detect collusion tend and every night ht before Yolk i is h over oer th Ih records record I art all iii collected and ami locked In a ro t Time The reports of ot the state stale n agents nt I anil sitti the field men are iut put It itt hi allt lafe i sire aln end and k kept kimt there under unbroken seals until a stated time I The rite issuing of or 1 n a completed report Is I quite a R ceremonial affair on run hue event eventful ful tul iii morning of lit the 1111 day on Oil which It Is IH Isto isto to the tho secretary of ot agriculture or ills hiM MI goes over oter to time the office of ot the lw chief statistician to witness the opening of or thi 1111 The door of or orth th the tue U Is locked and no tiC one I Is per permitted milled to enter untIl Ute compilation II Is completed The clerks clerk keep to 10 their tasks tuk until the filial Una results are reach readi readied ed Oll Alter After lel verification 1 H a trust trusted trusted t ed employee I Is called Into the room toom COlt and andset set let at work urk rk running off olT the reports report on ona ona ona a mimeograph machine Meanwhile the reporters and messengers 11 from trout the Anti and telegraph ola wait lIMit MIt In Impatiently In III th the corridor for tor or thedoor tho the door dour to open and when It dUel dots the mad begins Of course It IL l is 18 inevitable that tint thorn there 1110 II hI be li much hutch ry In Interested as AI to the tenor of ot the tho expected report U It l Is Ia quail In evitable that hot these i should oc no occasionally to be When Whenever ever pr It happen thus thill titer ther Is III an tIn hn chart charge nf fit crookedness the u bureau It H ha has luu been 1 so since It Us Its situ and It II lm III has been 11 rd Id it repeatedly i with Ith In suite of ot the hue effort that tilt hits hili been made to 10 prevent It the department do 1111 not lIot den deny that crookedness haa hila ht been n practiced They In Insist inist I I however that It II not lIot been the rule When hen the tha 1 department of or agriculture was In It lUt and Mud put In III I of or if all an Official termed the tho of or agriculture thet e a w was WAH s taint faint promise that It would ever arrive at ltd iti rent wt ii k if I Pis ivl ift i J THE OLD AND Nsw NEW A AGRICULTURAL EJ L DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS I SECRETARY ECRET RY L o WILSON let N US Hays flays Ita line been put Pitt In iii t of ot lh tM the bureau with unlimited authority The fhe government o nL system y of crop r re reporting porting l im II a n wonderful a and lilt Ih he the reporting force Is III A It Is composed ell of or about OOOO nil iii over the tite and In h probably tho tim leant t expensive sIva dye organization In lii view leiv of ot Its size KIZO In itt existence t nc flue Tho total appropriation for tor the port of or th the bureau of oC Is IA only a II year Out of this turn must mum fill hll K paid the tho salaried of ot the chief a lurge laige of As Its Collate and and lIIn many experts nil all located nt at Washington n Ih then n come time the tl field ld men th the Ninte agents the corre and the tile township reporters all 1111 told lold m omen men lI ItIs ItIs It U Is IB an atm enormous agency and anti It I is Kept going at lit from u It till tiny G c U by 10 Office ome In all ah annex of the agricultural lur tural tura building of or course the ii a force IM Is not lInt call RII called called ed cd on Oil In th the compilation of ot the flue ordinary month monthly MOp reports report T Twice ice H a jl the Iho chief calls m alt all of ot his lila force Coree for Information The ho refer e es ci especially to the cereals then In season In June Junn JUI tar for the tho report gives a I of ot th the condition of or tits tile lit flit a and amI 11 burley hurley crop In July II r rf ti f I I ti Jr 11 ME 9 is I I rl I F br 1 1 P fl Will fl I n J S lB I having for tor It II head 1 a I member of the Iha cabinet I In 1889 lurIng during the tha administration of ot I Grover Cleveland the tho of ot I agriculture Norman J 3 of lit If Missouri wa was given u II seat Olt In iii the tho cabi cabinet net and n agriculture was vas raised to tn lh the dignity of ot nil atm actual department of ot tho tim Bov Tho The wisdom of ot Ih the tho ac Ill action tion Uon v 11 doubted h by many mAIlY persons persona at atthe th thO the time anti and there therl WEre many meny who saw Italy In to It a n mere lucre rl political expedient a I Iol sop ilium ol to tho tim fanner who WOM wor of ot the opinion that little In actual Rood would come collie front from the Iha former tom Into Inlo n fl cabinet his hili power amid Increasing tho the bureaus tinder lila Ills supervision however every vcr person who I ito ho has hIls given any attention to tim tho Iho sub Ruh j I I 1 tt or ha has haa taken the to sound popular opinion on the matter kno knows i Ihl hut tills this department num tact last one f t tU U tf ft b he created I Is one of ot the most moat Im tin among the tile nine great ret divisions division I it of at t the general government U Jt L hu ha h been en I III f IL II fortunate thin thing for the department that hat Its Ita head tInts thus far tar have hav been men mIll Ii ot Of f good practical Utile men maim who Will were wern a I 11 willing to devote all Mil time and m Ottention t to the work vork urk of ot promoting th the hJ I 1 i agrIcultural Interest ta of lit the nation There have hAe b been en but four femur secretaries I 1 I Ince the of th the department 1 I all as It lo Is no now constituted Norman J JCob I I Cob Col man of at Jer JeremIah M I tusk husk of lit I II J Sterling Starlin Morton 11 of ot Nebraska Rn anti James Janea Wilson on of ot Iowa j 1 the he present All MI Of ot them tham I have lave proved to he be Admirable selectIons selection Mr Ir wa was secretary ls lees than tiffin thann I III n II month hut but he Iad had hl been and hll hal had obtained an 11 o excellent rt record ord In III f that but I Nn NIl other department J hISs sh Cho shoun II 1 n It quicker nr growth or lr hiv has In t mor cur In the thA af lit tf of f lh time the People 1011 n It h his has II I Ian an aim Indispensable part of t the th govern gAvern governmental m mental machinery and Mil are bound bount up In It Tha Thu with which It monthly crop bulletins mini arn cJ awaited I In Is an nn evidence of or HH Its standing the tho farming and the Vrr very fact act that filet questionable methods o of 1 them bent In All advance vance have been bel resorted to shows h their commercial value ahlf J Ker ier er since their fIrst Issue Isue at l iv made to them ami nd It I la is quite likely that las a will wilt continue III In spite of lit the Increased ed congress a s Mr I r 1111 Hayi will have c control over oler th Ib thA entire writ of ot th the bureau Thiu appointment win wai III In with the tIme r o H It believed that Mr Hays Is IN peculiarly d to take lako charge of the Immense system tot for collecting crop crOll reports report and 4 hui hs unlimited In hi till his ability Ii tu to put pUl a stop to lo lh the leakage tic lit the tha re report port The Hilary of or the time chief static stalls hu liui b beau tn only 1500 and Jill It run Mi been boen to In lI get tret t it a capable milan man to accept the On that a account con congie 81 gie s will be asked At nt the next session elon to I increase th the to At IH least S I I I Mr dr Ir Hays Hay hns hn nn cli excellent reputation among mid a sol flu Ilu hits hns not hot been in hi the 1 de department 1 long enough to establish s a record hll h but been 11 appointed ft assistant assist nut ant a secretary last hist tell full after ane a i 1 contest which tailed several months He lip I is an rill and scholarly man maim ho llo prides himself on the time fact that ho ito Is h first of ot all 1111 a n farmer For Jor I l I fifteen 11 years r before coming to lIb he ho laid had been 1 a In III time the thelI lI agricultural lIe department of ot Ih tho thu University tit lIlt sity of ot Minnesota Ills hat Ital been buen plant breeding dirt and hi lila ucc oi oiIn In that direction have havo made him nil all over our the world arId orId arIdI Mr In Is the hue wN he from frolic ft II single plant d developed v l Minne lInne Minnesota sota aota wheat imet Xo No o which has been 1 adopted by the gleat wheat section of ot the northwest and anit nd ha has In ln credited crad the tho II aggi irK I agate yield by hy million 1 of ot bushels hell II Me lie II baa lIall H also been wry veri 4 In breeding new flew varieties ol oi n corn cirIl for tor culture In lit the fai tal am northwest 11 He Its Is 18 n I mn oman or of |