The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war.

In 1905 he returned to UT to become that institution's president serving until 1908. He puDavid F. Houstond for easier credit for farmers and urged them to produce less. Under President William McKinley he was on the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

David Franklin Houston (February 17 1866 – September 2 1940) was an American academic businessman and politician.