Show SECRETARY WILSON HONORARY PRESIDENT II 11 S department cl of agriculture in barley and hop exhibition the secretary of state the lion ilan phi auder der knox hns has seat sent ont to the diplomatic and consular representatives of the united states la in foreign countries a circular letter informing them that an Intern atlon I 1 brewers bre ers congress will be held in chicago oct 12 to 22 1911 and instructing them thein to bring the mat ter to the attention of the respective governments to which they are accrued cited with the request that due die rb rub lacity be given to the Inform information aton and that the respective parties in interest bo be invited to participate in the con gres f t the circular further contains cont alna the information that there will also be held at the name time and place an internal prize exhibition for barley and hops the secretary of agriculture in the united state the lion ilon james wilson Is 1 the honorary president of tho inter nation il brewers congress the united states department of as Is preparing an exhibit by which the united states government will be represented at the international prize exhibition for barley and hops the department will show what has hai been done by several of its experts who have been for somo some years devoting their time to the improvement of these crola the importance of tola this exhibition for the farmers who raise barley and hops cannot bo overrated it Is bel bellevou belle levet veu that the first step Is herewith taken to bring about a system of valuing these important crop upon a basis of fact rather than upon mere individual preference and perhaps prejudice |