He wrote Mr.Wilson, disclaiming all responsibility and begging him to ignore these misguided efforts.

As the best way of checking the movement, Page now definitely answered Mr.
Wilson's question: Who was the best man for the Agricultural Department?
It is interesting to note that the candidate whom Page nominated in this letter--a man who had been his friend for many years and an associate on the Southern Education Board--was the man whom Mr.Wilson chose.
_To Woodrow Wilson_ Garden City, N.Y.
November 27, 1912.
MY DEAR WILSON: I send you (wrongly, perhaps, when you are trying to rest) the shortest statement that I could make about the demonstration field-work of the Department of Agriculture.

This is the best tool yet invented to shape country life.

Other (and shorter) briefs will be ready in a little while.
You asked me who I thought was the best man for Secretary of Agriculture.

Houston[7], I should say, of the men that I know.