Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-01-16
WASHINGTON.
Davis Speech on the Agrl-
cultural Bill.
ro,.,ssts Of the Farmer Ably Advocated
no Men Drawing Pay for the
SameSeat--TwO SenatOrstIIrt-
ing with an Actress
.A1IoSAL NoTEs-CAPlTAL CULLISGS

crease Oi duty on CHINA. p.,ll.t,n. For .
MesS,S; MNles.;.,inDs 10 make immigrant Ia,
snsrrnrs a means OF preventing 'ne 'P''
OF smallpox. .,;,ior stoned bv I
',;,.r,t men OF Indiana, tavorihS ieS'S,
istinn uniting an end 10 the mouoPCty !
n,.{;csI smpIoyments under tue govern
r1ent by a regular school, anu hlaALne rSr,
qualified physicians equal OeI0re 'u'
in government service. 10. ,ba in.
Mr. Garland: A petition agalh'' tuS IN ~.
] tsrfsrepce OF the tariff on cotton sceu sces W
Mr. Harrison: Against the PA>S1se "
the bankrupt law. -, ;r,,-,Jrced
4 number Of bills were then in'Io,t.,. I,',,.,,-
and referred and at the close Ol !Ie - Ban
80, Lu,inrss the bill for the relleI Ol peu
W6IIiGsv Was taken up. The question oe-
4 ipS, ON Mr. Piumb's motion TO SuoSti'Ise
isr il A bin 10 enlarge the powers anu u"'
nos Of the Department oi AgueutHeS.
TLeIiI. To enlarge tue powers anu uu'teS
of the department OF Agriculture or, u
other words. to make an executive IePaL
/ T,s,,t nf IL being under consideration III
Atbe S.nate to-day, Mr. Davis, OF West VIZ
,inia addressed the Senate IN ITS ia'or'
He said during the late conflict between
i the States when the resources OF tue
] country were taxed 70 its fullest extent, !.
wa, found how very important aST!CI!'uIe
/. Ir,s 10 the successful prosecution OF the
wa, and in the midst ot the soa;:,.,i s:.,,i,n,a
fl>ii2-tLp present Bureau ut Agriculture
Was or.auilrd. Since then - years nave
4 passed and but little has been done 70 pro-
mote this gre interest. ,.
In r--p lin -uiuced and had referred 70
! the Cummiltr ON Agricultural a r'sOI"'
firD setting i1. p the great necessity Ot IDS-
trrinp this iu.. try, and asking tRe con-
uittrp 10 rclur, what could be done tp oet
Ter advance. enc. urage and foster aSr''uI'
: tura. interests. bo
sane erd and the pending bill |Alsu
rasssd the House almost unanimously Is
uarrisllv the result Oi these efforts.
lie thought that
The Industrial Pursuits
lOf this country, Of which agriculture is
ttLe first and most important, were richly
+rutitlet o. an executive department We
tcuud not long prosper, as nation, with
fDut agriculture. mining, manufacturing
nud commerce. and this bill looks 10 the
fo.iering Of all four Of these leading IN
Eus'r.Cs.
II There are now seven executive depart
nents. Organized as follows: State, July
p l7Sq War August :. lIS9; Treasury,
Saptemhrr > l->y; POS.OlCe, Septe mOer
"a I-Sl: justice September -, 1859, Navy,
April 80. l7gS: Interior, March 3, 1919.
lie present Bureau Of Agriculture was Or
gsniled in May l>'i2
II As agriculture and commerce are both
closely allied. he would have preferred call
~ the department by both names, but Is
d. majority Of the committee preferred 10
OIL it Department Of Agriculture, he would
No. object
In Peace or In War,
q nation must depend largely upon agrl-
cllture. The whole financial world
MATCHES the crops with aS much or more in
Rre>t than the farmer. II crops are good,
Te have guud times. ii short, hard times.
agriculture is 10 the nation as the iounda-
GUU Co. tie house. il is the father, mother
NUS aud life OF al, industries. \ nation
of people that neglCCts agriculture soon
6kCays. The farmer and miner are prolu.
or, nearly all others consumers. Manu-.
hC'UrerS lud others are protected by a
bTlIl-tHe farmer must not only hoe his
owH row. but must labor to feed others.
III lie cI'rd a table showing the exports OF
khe pruo"c's Of agriculture and the per
centagr which such exports bear 10 the
ptal value ui exports Of domestic mer-
chandiSe from lS2O to ISL, from which it
Vas shown that beginning with lS2O
Agriculture Furnished
abOUt ~D per cent Of our exports and the |
Ib>t few Years show sn average Of 81 per
ccnt Of all exports.
The duties on articles used BY farmers
aSerage about Il = per cent. For instance
on iron and steel it is about 10 10 81 per
fnt; leather p 70 30; carpets 40 10 is;
ready made clothing 80 10 80, etc.
We do less 10 be- p agriculture than 9TH
er Ea,IunS. The farmer is our advance
guard IN civilization. He goes ahead an
opens up the country. Fully one-hslf of
onr population Of 2,OOO.OO are farmer.
Most ot the great powers of Europe recos-
MIC the importance of this industry aud
have ministers Of agriculture and spend
hrge sums Of money annually 10 foster
agriculture and commerce Russia. Pms
sia, France, Austria, Italy, Spain, all have
ministers Of agriculture and England is
nov taking steps TO create one. Russia.
onr great rival in
supply ing Europe
with grain, spends more money in one
year IN fostering this industry than the
United States have for the last forty wears
1he following will show the amounts ey.
pended annually on some Of the govern
mentS.
RuSSis - .... S5OtS e-n
Prussia ......... .................... 10[Iu-5
ApStria. : nos -
france. ............. 81 -
Italy y.......... [.1om1
Upited States last ten years N....... 2,-47 ~;
United States in lS>2 ............... %.s; 5SD
Aost Of the European countries eypend
more money in this direction in single
year than we do in 10 wears.
Out OF the 36g members OF the tvo
houses oi congress there are - LAWYERS
an o"t 10 farmers; while in the British
IL IL iiameht ont OF 80 members there are
go farmers and but loS lawyers. We have
70 Farmers to represent about 5000 ON
egrcnlIurlSis, while England I has 363
Value OF Farm Products.
TO show how very valuable the pro5nc
ton OF the farmer Is Ee gave the vsins So
1881 OF say, corn and cotton in the TnitsJ
States.
Germ ................ ........... : ,is,,-o
HAY .......................... ~ ~ ~,
-CottOn 25qOIf2Ii
lntai ......... ts} Ggg Nj
It is estimated by the Agricultural NJ
partment that the entire farm products IN
lS6l, IN the United States. amounted IN ,ba
epormOus value Of $50 ,.OOO.WDO. The
wheat crop Is worth more annually in Cali.
fornla than their gold and silver mines
We import and pay large amonnts fo-
prodCctS that ought 10 be raised here ~.
insAnce, in 1881, We paid:
On sugar and mOlasses. ....... ~ 40 M,
On tsbacco and manufactured to.
baccO...... .................... c,-,o,,
fruits and nuts. r5{,',5,,, -.
~I-tt ......... ..... 1lS ~
xbe census of $50 shows the va,ra of
the agricultural products of that vas-
ainrnnted 10 more than the entire Nati9nsi
dsbk -'A''OUa'
when the Balance OF Trade
Is ~ our favor no tinancial troubls "a,
harm US, but when against us as in lS.,%
lSoifand 1873, then comes financial rri,
ano distress. IL We do our duty in sns
copr1ging and promoting agriculture t5s
bele1ce OF trade will remain in onr favor
sc1a Ne will 7eyer again have to send an,
Eo.d and silver abroad to pay a foreiSn
The products of the soil not only nav,
n1ttof our foreign debt, but nearly iii of
our nternal tax or revenue. The entirs
suolNht of revenue collected in 1850 U,ss
{1t4 70 27S, OF which spirits or whisky nsi5
re4r4 S700O0,0O0, and tobacco about Si+
U0X(<D OF the whole amoupt w. ~