In 1912, a Congressional committee met to investigate allegations that the Secretary of Agriculture had suppressed a Report by J.
The following seven months of committee hearings uncovered a veritable horror-show of corruption, self-dealing, misuse of government personnel and property for private gain, the tarring of reputations in order to protect high-level officials, and outright blackmail within the Department of Agriculture and the state gove.
Wright on drainage in the Florida Everglades.
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In 1912, a Congressional committee met to investigate allegations that the Secretary of Agriculture had suppressed a Report by J