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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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GOV. HUGHES AND THE CATTLE CASE. 
\\ hen Theodore Roosevelt was Governor of New 
York he came one night before the Eastern New 
York Horticultural Society and made an excellent 
speech. He told us that he intended to be surrounded 
by clean and capable men, and looked particularly to 
farmers to help find them. He went so far as to say 
that all we had to do was to point out an official or 
office holder who was not that kind of a man and he 
would get rid of him at once. 
The Fruit Growers took the Governor right at his 
word. For some time previous, and under Governor 
Black, quite serious charges had been made against 
Mr. Hamilton Busbey. Nothing had been done to in¬ 
vestigate the charges, because Governor Black simply 
took the advice of Mr. Busbey’s friends. J. H. Dur- 
kee, now a State Fair Commissioner, will remember 
how he tried to get the ear of Governor Black in 
order to present these charges. He was put aside and 
made to wait, until finally he told the story of the boy 
who was sent to borrow sour milk. The neighbor 
told him that they only had sweet milk. “All right,” 
said the boy, “I’ll sit here until it sours,’’ and Mr. 
Durkee did sit there until Governor Black saw him. 
After Governor Roosevelt's talk we decided to sit 
with the Busbey case till it soured, confident that the 
Governor would settle it right as soon as he learned 
just how farmers felt about it. We kept at it, until 
after some months Mr. Busbey dropped out. 
Now, Governor Hughes has spoken, perhaps, more 
than any of his predecessors, about the need of high 
character among public officials. We have accepted 
Ins speeches as brave, strong utterances of an ideal 
citizen, fully believing that all the Governor needed 
to do justice was to understand all the facts in the 
case. For nearly two years now we have been trying 
to obtain a fair hearing before some judicial authority 
regarding serious charges against F. E. Dawley. The 
office which Mr. Dawley holds is a peculiar one. The 
man who occupies it must, of necessity, be brought 
into close contact with farmers. He must command 
their confidence or his work will be of little value, 
though it might go on with apparent success. Tf in 
his dealing with farmers Mr. Dawley has taken advan¬ 
tage of them, or used the State’s money and time to 
advance his own business interests, it will certainly 
be evident to the Governor that it is peculiarly his 
duty to investigate serious charges. The A. J. C. C. 
has thus far failed to settle this important matter, 
and Mr. Dawley himself has refused to submit to a 
fair investigation of the facts. Further than that, 
during the past year, while these charges have been 
repeatedly made, no one has attempted to definitely 
deny them or prove the innocence of Mr. Dawley. On 
July 24 lie brought three alleged libel suits against 
The Rural New-Yorker. Our answers were filed in 
due time, yet the cases have never been put on the 
calendar, and there is no assurance that they ever 
will be pressed in court; at any rate, they cannot now 
be tried for several months at least. After exhaust¬ 
ing every effort to compel Mr. Dawley to answer 
these charges it becomes evident that he is waiting 
until the sick cattle now kept by Rogers at a loss shall 
die, and remove evidence, or else he is attempting to 
stave off the investigation until the expiration of his 
present term of office. \Ye, therefore, sent the fol¬ 
lowing letter to Governor Hughes. We believe that 
when he realizes the feeling which exists among the 
real working farmers of New York and the rest of 
the country he will see the significance of the prin¬ 
ciple involved in this case. Quite likely, now, as was 
the case with Mr. Busbey years ago, the Governor 
depends very largely for information along this line 
upon the employees of the State Department of Agri¬ 
culture and Mr. Dawley's friends. We know that 
Governor Hughes would not knowingly do an injus¬ 
tice to a poor man like Mr. Rogers, nor would he 
permit a man guilty of such things as are charged 
against Mr. Dawley to remain at the head of an im¬ 
portant State department. In order that the Governor 
may understand the true sentiment of real farmers, 
we are asking those friends who have interested them¬ 
selves in this case to write brief, respectful letters 
to Governor Hughes, telling him frankly what they 
feel about the principle involved in this case, and 
how they regard the continuance of Air. Dawley in 
his position under these circumstances. 
A Letter to Governor Hughes. 
Nearly two years ago Air. Isaac C. Rogers, a farmer 
at Dansville, Livingston County, New York, wrote us 
complaining of the treatment that he had received 
in the purchase of registered cattle from Air. F. E. 
Dawley, the director of Farmers’ Institutes under the 
State Department of Agriculture, of Fayetteville, New 
York. At a considerable expense of time and money 
we made a thorough investigation of Air. Rogers’ 
charges, with a view to learning the exact facts with¬ 
out prejudice or favor. This investigation satisfied us 
that Air. Dawley had bought some grade Jersey heifers 
of Air. F. D. Squiers of Rodman, Jefferson County, 
New York; that he had registered some of these in 
the books of the American Jersey Cattle Club, and 
sold them to Mr. Rogers as registered purebred Jersey 
cows. 
Our information also convinced us that Dawley sold 
Rogers other cows which are not properly registered 
and transferred—in short, that they are substitutes, 
and that one of them was registered as the daughter 
of a cow which had been dead at least two years be-* 
fore this particular cow was born, according to her 
registry papers. The evidence also convinces us that 
some of the Dawley cows were diseased and worth¬ 
less when sold to Rogers. Furthermore, we are con¬ 
vinced by the evidence that Dawley falsely certified 
to the breeding of five of the cows which were with 
calf at the time of sale. The evidence is that Rogers 
was unfamiliar with the breeding of dairy cattle. He 
admitted to Dawley that he knew nothing about 
selecting them and left the selection entirely to Daw¬ 
ley. He states that he was induced to do this because 
of Dawley’s position and prominence as a State official. 
Our investigation further convinces us that of the 
six registered cows which Dawley sold Squiers in ex¬ 
change for grades referred to above, one was a sub¬ 
stitute in the name of a cow that was entirely un¬ 
known to a herdsman who had been in Mr. Dawley's 
employ seven years: a second was a grade cow which 
Mr. Dawley previously bought at a neighboring auc¬ 
tion for some thirty odd dollars, and the third was a 
substitute for a cow which had died of pneumonia two 
years before the sale to Squiers. All of these cows 
were transferred by Dawley to Squiers as registered, 
purebred Jersey cattle. Like the cows sold to Rogers, 
these cows transferred to Squiers were diseased and 
spread contagion in Squiers’ herd just as the others had 
contaminated the Rogers herd. We asked Air. Daw¬ 
ley to answer these charges in a fair, open, but thor¬ 
ough investigation of the whole matter. He refused 
to do so. 
Air. Rogers is a poor man. He has been keeping 
these animals at great expense in the hope that some 
one in authority would make an investigation of the 
case so that justice might be done him, and the rec¬ 
ords of the American Jersey Cattle Club be cleared 
from the suspicion of error or fraud, if either is 
found to exist. Some of the cows have already died 
of the effect of their disease, and others are so affected 
that they are entirely useless for any purpose of pro¬ 
duction. He is unable to support them much longer, 
and even if he were, more of them are in danger of 
dying at any time. With the death of these animals 
will pass away important evidence in this case, and 
we feel that they ought to be examined by a com¬ 
petent authority before they are all dead, and without 
further delay. 
Knowing your many cares and great responsibilities, 
we have hesitated for a whole year to bring this mat¬ 
ter to your attention, hoping to dispose of it satisfac¬ 
torily otherwise, but we have exhausted every other 
attempt to secure a judicial announcement on the evi¬ 
dence that was so conclusive to us, and there is noth¬ 
ing left for us but to appeal to you to make a thor¬ 
ough investigation of the charges in this case. The 
farmers of the State are showing greater concern in 
this matter than in any other that we have known 
them to’take up in our experiences with them for the 
last 25 years. With the exception of those farmers 
who have been in some way connected with the de¬ 
partment, or with the institute work and drawing 
money from the State, farmers are insisting and de¬ 
manding an investigation of the charges, and farmers 
from all parts of the country as well as from New 
York State regard Mr. Dawley’s activities as director 
of the institute work a scandal to the agricultural 
interests of the State of New York. 
We feel it would be useless togpromise an investiga¬ 
tion of this matter in the future. When these cows 
are dead a thorough investigation will be impossible. 
If anything is done it must be done at once. Does 
not. the matter seem to you of sufficient importance 
io justify a speedy inquiry? Tf so, the details of the 
facts in our possession will be at your disposal. 
Very truly yours, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
ONTARIO NOTES. 
This has been rather a strange season here. We hen a 
late, cool Spring, also a cool Summer with, only a very few 
hot days, but the crops in this part have turned out better 
than what was expected at one time, hut still teed of all 
kinds will not be quitp as plentiful as it used to be. Prices 
have been very good until lately, but now thev are down, 
except butter and eggs, which are still a fair price, but 
the feed is stiP high in price. We have had a good Fall 
for getting the work well ahead, and now Winter seems 
to be sett ing in gradually. Land here’sells at all prices 
from $10 an acre up, according to improvements, $55 and 
Sf50 being the average. The soil is good for all kinds of 
farming, and a!«o fruit growing. There are thousands of 
fat cattle shipped from here every year to the British 
markets. _ 
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