The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23

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s.,.a Cousols opened at G4s+ and closed
NC At e50s5,,4, against G51 4@657s on Tues
80 premium Bonds closed steady at 291141
Il ~ AGAINST 2glst029s4 on the previous days
Dat.tiops. The sales at the Stock Exchange
q.,pted 90 $4,000 Of State Consols and
900 a Premium Bonds.
h Minnesota. though one OF the most pros
-~ous gtates In the Union, with the most
r+ie lands and the finest products Of wheat
ia ceresls has still 1250O,000 acres Of land
.asuryeyed, or territory equal to Massa-
Auaetts Connecticut, New Hampshire and
ohode Island together. In all Minnesota
80 "A 900 900 OF acres, Kansas has 81 ,OOO, 900.
r0braska 4s,O00,O0G, Colorado GIG, 100000 Ore
~ sOOOO.Ooo, Nevada 100000, California
~ 400 900. Compared to such magnificent
distances or areas, even Illinois, with her
u ooo.OOO. or Ohio with her $4,000, 200, or New
yak with her 3ooOo,OoO, seems insignificant
,.hn one thinks Of the future and constant
s,owth of the Northwest.
The growth of our agricultural interests
M their vital Importance to this country
ysre admirably illustrated In a recent speech
=, senator Davis. from West Virginia. Some
Il the figures are really as interesting as
romance. In 1850. for instance, the total ex-
oorts Of the United States were sl3G, 9iG. 912,
/. ii which agricultural products constituted
~. s2s. sos, or aO.A per cent Of the whole. In
u7s the total domestic exports were $722,-
ntsIs. OF which $500, 1883, or sl9s per
mt were agricultural products. The total
,.Dus of the crops raised In 1863 was 81, no.
Dl5sa, and in 1877 81, 035, 57o,47s The lowest
value Of the crops raised In the intervening
wars was In 1879, when 1t only reached the
um Of 1914, 5a4, i59. Senator Davis showed
INV the tariff legislates against the farmers,
md declared that tax on spirits and tobacco
mainly paid by the agricultural States.
He then presented statement showing the
amounts expended by various European gov
erpments during 1877 in aid Of agriculture
nom which IL appears that while France gave
yN5g4,4 40, Russia $t4,S26,1s4, Prussia and
Italy over S2,0OO,O00 each, England nearly
100000, the United States appropriated
only Si74.6se. Even Sweden gave for this
purpose s651,75 He next presented table
shewlng the importations Of agricultural pro-
didions, which he said ought to be grown
within our borders. During the ten years
mdIng June 30, 1873, we imported IA, 254, $685.
nc pounds of brown sugar. valued at $685.
f9l,337; ABS, S44, 510 gallons OF molasses, val
ned at $780, ,237, and COS, 31a, 452 pounds of
nelado Gand syrup Of sugar cane, valued at
q, s61, 4S0.
There was great glut in the poultry mar
iatof London during the holidays. and In
one Of its regulation editorials London
iulrnal seeks to give the reasons. These are
dino moment here except as Is incidentally
mentioned that from Canada and the United
Mates extensive and systematic arrivals OF
poultry are likewise reported, and the birds
have reached our shores In excellent condi- |
ton Our own poultry farmers should bear |
b mind that the American goose and the |
american turkey, both from the Dominion |
~ from the States, are much finer and fatter |
0nde than we as a rule can show. The ac-
m0wledged superiority OF the New York |
pecimens OF both these branches of the feath-
red creation has been accounted for by the
bet that the New Workers. eat goose and |
'urkey on four annual holidays Christmas
Day New Year Day, Evacuation Day and
Day whereas we only eat
hem on one" The goose is hardly rival
\ the turkey In this country, and /!
sew Yorks turkeys are not regarded |
y better than those Of any other State.
xew Year Is not regarded as a turkey
~ particularly. and Evacuation Day is not |
. generally observed even In New York as to
make any distinctive dinner thereon. The
ruth OF course, ia, that upon American tables
esason turkey Is quite as common as beef
u just ~ cheap. The surplus seeks the
Inglish market, where poultry Is regarded
Y more OF luxury than 1t is on this side OF
" Atlantic. The London journal notes also
y arrival OF vast quantities Of "the delicious
Ame called prairie hens" which ''are packed
barrels Of 100 pounds weight gross; they
10 brought by rail from the remote State Of
'xa to the port Of shipment, and they can be
lnded at Liverpool at q cost for carriage of
va barrel, which is precisely the tariff
aarged by the English railway companies
z conveying a similar weight Of merchan-
lse from Liverpool to London" What with
w|sltry and fresh beef exports to England In
milton to the fonr and provisions which
We been sent thither for half century, |
nerica may be said to al most have J ohm
Wis stomach In its keeping.
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lord Derby, the late British Secretary for
zelgn Affairs, In speech delivered at !
kndale, January Q, on the present depres-
aof business in England, advised that
1kingnen turn their attention to America
aemigrate. where he believed they could
ain more than bare and precarious sub
nee. He thought that England had
kept from internal troubles in the
J largely by having the colonies as
vets for her surplus and unem-
We'd population. This is no doubt true
FOUR own country is rather poor objective
nt for British emigration just now. and 4
British workmen can, In fact, get the 4
sns to make the venture in this time of n
Hress. Lord Derby. In the same speech .
ached upon the subject of protection for
1ssh trade, which he does not seem Ia K