The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the past year that the crop has acquired a commercial standing far in excess of its previous status.

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.