Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-24
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER is, lso,.
Report of Ihe CommissioneT oi Ag-
TiCultnre,

W. ate in reoeip, Of Annual Report 81
the Commissioner'o Agriculture, irau
il We learn that there has been expended
since Dec. 9TH, lsG1, Sel7,4OO, leaving a
balance uneSpended 81 100000 Ion the
balance Of the fiscal year which ends ,iNth
4 June, 1863
The agricultural prosperity, according
10 the crop statistics Of the current year,
shows a better average than usual, The
corn crop is much larger than that Of last
year and may safely I've estimated at over
aoooooUoa bushels, Tho wheat crop,
,l~o, Is ia excess Of the past yearalthouEh
tho increase is not quite $50 large as that Of
corn, hut can safely be estimated at go,
oo0,00o bushels, The cotton crop,dlthough
1t shows a slight decrease, owing chiefly
"a the damage resulting from the army
nj bali worm, bat will foot up, II is
nanfdcn'N cNrati, 10 over 100000
bales.
Notwithstanding the ravagcs Of the
anny and ball worm, which has effected
the cotton yield. yet it has attained an
equality with that Of 1850, and is half as
great q, the aggregate products Of 1859
aud 1850 Tho cash receipts for tie rot.
tan crop of lsG. we're larger than that Of
1859, though 81 less actual value, il
reckoncd in the acprcgio'od currency Of
he country
Tho sugar interest !, rapidly attaining
prominence, the product having doubled
"a the last two years Tho total product
# rice is also incroa.ine.
The Commissioner makes the following
remarks on the subject Of Canadian Rec
iprocity
The farmer, II the country, while en-
during the necessary burden Of internal
revenue taxation, and submitting cheer.
tally 10 imposts upon all foreign products
consumed by them, will enter a vigorous
protest against any proposition for the re-
nrwal Of the ahrogsted reciprocity treaty,
er any arrangement admitting untaxcd
and low-priced Canadian productions Gus
toms free, or at lower rate of duty than
is provided in existing laws regulating
the tariff upon similar imports from 9TH
or nationalities. They Justly demand
equality in taxation and in exemption
trumits burdens, they ask no favors for
class pre-eminent IN numbers that they
would not accord to one Of the smallest in |
the nation, and properly regard with
jealousy any assumption of claims for !
special privileges for the flew at the ex-
pen~c OF the many. They cannot see the |
justice of subjecting farmers TO a direct !
and rulnous competition in wheat, beef,
wool, and all products of the farm, along |
"a line OF thousands Of miles in extent, for |
tho benefit OF foreigners who bear none of
our burdens, and for the enrichment of |
few Of our citizens who stand in neces-
sary Yet uuproductiye position between
the producer and consumer. Such treaty |
Of reciprocity would bear with peculiar
hardship upon the wool-growing interest, |
and especially upon the production OF
combiug wool, the production of Canada, |
a fibre in growing demand. which our
farmers can readily supply, and at the
same time supply the markets with NUT |
ton of superior quality, ii no unjust dis
elimination Is permitted in the practical
working Of the wool tariff Whatever
settlement Of questions of navigation or
fisheries may be desirable, it is hoped that
no advantages may be secured by con-
ct,sions prciudicial to the farming inter
est