The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-01-06

with the English. A large butter dealer
in Liverpool told me his customers re.
CARED it as the best, and il commanded
the highest price. cav 700 tubs land
ed in a single shipment Much OF the
outcry against American butter comes
from the Carelessness in the packing and
delay in shipping, defect which the
American shipper can not afford to per
nit. | should certainly pronounce
American ham and pork superior to the
English. In fruits, England can show
no comparison. In the first place she
does not grow half the list, aud what she
does are not 80 perfectly developed or 30
finely favored. | do not know that my
taste "has been refined even in indul-
gence," but / am certain chat | had re-
spectacle amount of sea sickness from
which have keen APPETITE, and one l
am certain, not vltiated by American to-
bacco, or by English rum EnglisA beef
is greatly super o TO the American, par :
ly because the animal ls fed on 70 is,
but more from the good cooking. Ell
glish landladies are generally better
co ks than the American, perhaps be
cause cookery is taught in many of the
schools. English mutton is vastly su-
perior to the American, largely from the
fact that the animal is fed upon roots.
At the Smithtied Club Cattle show
held here last week, the exhibit of fat
cattle was larger than one sees in Amer
lea, there being 1913 very fine cattle. Yet
| have seen at the Southern Ohio Fair
at Dayton, and at the State Fair at Col
umbus, cattle equal to any of these DO h
for size and beauty. The show of hogs
fell below that seen at an ordinary War
rem or Butler county fair The show of
sheep, for mutton, was far superior to
anything of the kind seen in the States
For fine wool, / am informed by a Mass
achusetts manufacturer, who gathsls
wool from every quarter of the globe,
that nothing exCels the Northern Ohio.
At the Smitnteld Cub Snow there was
also display of the root crop beyond
anything to be found in America. A
great number of Cabbages we're to be
seen, each weighing fifty pounds; tulnips
and swedes used for feeding stock
weighing from fifteen to twenty pounds;
and so might 60 on throughout the list.
A prominent feature of the show Was the
careful exhibit of various fertilizers. The
chemical needs of each plant or vegeta
BILE have been carefully studied, and fer
tiliztrs produced to meet that want of
the plant. Hence they have "po alto
fertilizer" "turnip fertilizer" wheat
fertilizer" &c. Elgish wheat is not
fner than the American. yet they can
make better bread. The greatest de-
teCts in American agriculture are care
lessness and extravaganCe-not extrava-
ganCe in money, but in the means and
methods of good husbandry. With these
difficulties remedied, ne can ship his
produce even 3 900 miles and compete
fairly with the Eugish farmer.
1t is likely the English landlords cry
out a, ,ainsJ American products, because
they foresee possible reduction in their
rents, brought about by this competi-
tion. If there is a reduction in rents,
there should be a reduction in taxes.
Yet the Government is sinking into
deeper debt constantly. A reduction OF
taxes would mean a reduction in the
army, in salaries paid officials and in the
enormous horde who live at the public
crib. English papers are just now de.
nouncing thu United States bitterly be-
cause we do not pension our ex Presi
dents and great men. Yet with her
immense army and her heavy pension
roll is burdened with debt. Can she
retrenchP Every loyal American Cer~
tainly desires to do what is right by our
noble and great men, but forgetS not
that it is the spirit of the Republic that
public service does not uuii man for
private citiz n3hip, and b 1t having bten
called to the Presidency even, a man can
return again to the duties and business
of a professional or a mercantile life.
and does not necessarily become an OBJ
iect of charity or of pub ic support.
O.P. K.