Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-19

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On the 10Th of January, less than two
months ago, the house of representatives
passed by almost, if not quite, unanimous
vote, the following resolution:
ResoIved, That the commissioner of the department
of agriculture and he is hereby requested to COM
municate to this house
l. Ghe nm unit of moneys that have been received,
from any source by his department since he has had
charge Of The same.
q A statement in detail of the disbursements and
expenditures Of said department during the same
period.
g. The We Flv cost to the government of said depart
ment including every expenditure connected with the
came.
p. In response thereto, the government print
ing office has been required to print an &C.
tavo volume, containing forty-four pages,
adding thus to the already enormous, and,
in great part, profigate expenditures of this
department. But an old adage says, we
have no loss without some small gain.
Proven true in this case, for we are shown,
wherever the facts peep out biushiDgly from
beneath the gauze intended TO cover them
up, that there is something decayed in Dem
mark. Taere appears to have been appro-
priated from the Golfers of Uncle Samuel,
since the organization of this Inherently i'm
portant department, four hundred and
ninety five thousand enc hundred and Sc
venty-four dollars and five cents, with a re-
turn of good, genuine and palpable, to the
country, of flee cents, making tabular ex-
hihit as follows:
Sum ,17405
Sum gained ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. b
Total defict..... 1895 l74OO
Allowing good deal for " grace" on
this posting of the books, | should like to
know what practical farmer or agriculturist
of any other special branch, is willing to
ass TT as his faith grounded on reason, that
this department under its past and present
management, has benefited the people of
the United States to an extent equal to a
half million of dollars l know that it is a
dry job to worm ones way through forty
four pages of awkward statistics, figures
distorted and seduced, and wheedled into
semblance of falsehood- l shall proceed
hastily, only giving the aggregates, and
presenting a mean of what is palpable to
the reader.
This $ mercheen known as the depart
ment of agriculture, inhaled its first breath
of existence May 10, lS62-less than four
years old There has been paid at different
periods during this time:
Fer seeds" and Expenses" concerning
them 49,. s191, 21OsO
For propagating" supposed IL be one of
the commissioners compound ard
centrated words meaning for propping
open the gate entering) in the Family
Truck Patch .,................. 81 1882
For experimenting in "A cabbage-bed denom-
mated No. >" little snug................ 1330150
Total expended for seeds, roots, verbs, and
other S235, 1882
A little analysis of these expenditures
will be wholesome, especially to the tax
payer who knows how absurdly, if not Grim
inally these tens of thousands are thrown to
the four winds of space.
/. Nine tenths of the " seeds" referred
TO are purchased by the commissioner, Sir
Isaac Newton, of some of his garden seed
merchant friends in Philadelphia and else
where. William Hacker and Paschal Nor
ris are doing the biggest thing with Sir
Isaac in this line, the latter merchant
prince having sold TO the department F"
ITO be distributed to the especial female
friends of the various NJ. C.'s,) seeds to the
value of four thousand six hundred and
thirty-one dollars and seventy cents. during
the month of January, 1866. Seed dealers
usually make profit of twenty five per
cent. aud all government contractors are
expected, in this enlightened and patriotic
age, TO add twenty-five per cent. 10 net
gains when selling TO the government, for
the scountry's sake" Hence, you see, our
friend Morris has a good thing of it, And
it is probably not known, generally, when
a package is received per mail by a guild
housewife" on which the mark of the agri-
cultural department is seen, and also the
frank of an NJ. c., that for five or ten cents
in any country seed store, the same package
could be purchased People-unsophisti-
Gated and honest people. TO whom this great
department, in its distance, is enchanting
imagine that the seeds are all imported
from some glorious Garden of Eden in the
old world, and that something enormously
great, or magnIfeently beautiful will be the
result of successful qualification.
2. The festive spot of all this exhibit Is
the one where we see propagation, In aid
Of which only thirty-one thousand four hun