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Show .j .t. .j. .t. M KIND OF 8ECRETARY TO APPOINT H In the current Issuo of Farm and Fireside, an H agricultural paper published In Springfield, Ohio, H appears a rovlew of tho great work dono In tho do- H partment of agriculture by James W. Wilson, who will retlro In March after sixteen years service. H Tho following suggestion la mndo to President- H elect Wilson with reference to the kind of secro- H tnry ho ought to appoint to succeed tho retiring secretary, Jnmpa W. Wilson: 1 "When' Wilson became secretary, he quit try- H J .-..-....... - '. i nig" io Kueli" tuV ueparimeiii" iittia. lie dldn t worry much about saving monoy. Ho wanted a big do- ' partment, n lot moro money, a long list of now tasks to wrestle with. He got tho monoy as fust I as ho was ready to uso It, because ho got tho confidence con-fidence of tho farmers nnd tho country. "Now hero co'mcs tho danger. Tho department depart-ment has been under flro for a long tlmo. It has been criticized by renson of various molo hlllB of trouble, which hnvo been exaggerated Into mountains moun-tains of disaster. Theso hnve been pushed Into the foreground of tho picture, till they have cut off a perspective of the great realm of substantial accomplishments wrought. "If a new secretary of agriculture Is Belected with reference to tho criticisms nnd tho troubles of tho department, It will bo a mistake. No man who thinks this big department hns gone to tho dogs will be the right man for Its head. No man with a general conviction that things nro hopolesB-ly hopolesB-ly awry, and that -a complete now policy Is needed will do much moro than run nmuck. Doubtless ' there aro weak spots; reforms may bo needed In I somo quarters. Hut tho fact stands that tho administrative ad-ministrative surgeon who comes along, looks ovo.-1 ovo.-1 this patient nnd then proceeds U operato will make , a tragic mistake, If ho cuts oft a leg or two In order or-der to relievo tho discomfort nttendlng a couple of corns! That's Just what Is liable to happen If nny j of theso professional critics or pooplo with grlov- j ances ngaliiBt the department get into its head- 1 ship." .. .t- j. .t. i |