Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-26
The Farmer in Congress.
From our own correspondent.

allowing the Agricultural Experiment
bill to 20 through last winter in such
bad shape. His committee (tgricuturel
gets to work reports fivorably the bill
to appropriate $4,000 to each state to
do the work that the progressive farm
ers have heretofore had to do at their
own expense. and the bill goes through
the house. In few days every state
that has genuine Agricultural College
or will start one. can receive at once
$4,000, from the National Treasury
1t is safe to say that very few states will
allow this change to go by. Once this
system of experimental work is in force
there need be no losses TO farmers from
fruits, grains or vegetables not adapted
to their farms, nor need they keep onin
the same old ruts because they haven't
time or money to try improved products
and new tangled ways of doing things
fhe agricultural experiment station or
college will do it all for the farmers for
nothing and they have only to profit by
the results of the Stations experiments.
This begins to look as ii tho farmer is
going to receive soma attention from
the big Government that heretofore has
been more chiefly to benit the manu-
facturers, the politicians and the soldiers.
A Boston bunker whose modesty forbds
mention Of his name, is here TO look
after bill 10 prevent the free a1ulter-
alton OF lard 1t is uid4csto 81 that
this gen tleman represents the Butchers
Protective Association of the u. S. which
is interested with the public. ia having
adulterated lard sold for what il is He
says that few m !nufacturers sell spur
ious lard that looks better than the pure
article and the public is deceived into
buying it. As the bulk of the lard max
ers, as we'll as farmers and consumers
are interested in having lard sold on its
merits asl lard Congress will undou bt-
edly pass bill which will effsctually
stop the manufacture and sale of an IN
ferior compound for pure lard. This IS
u matter OF no shall moment to US all
for because of this lard aduteratiOn bills
have already been introduced in tae
British Parliament prohlb ting the i'm.
portation of American lard. Such act
. ion by Great Britain would be very
likely to be followed by Germany who
has already placed an embargo upon
our hams. aud the cutting off OF oul
export trade in lard means of course M
immense loss to farmers. Petitions are
pouring in from farmers organization
al! over the country begging that meas
ures prompt and effective will be tAker
to avert this threatening disaster t
! Uncle Sans hogs.
The House Committee on Public land;
has positively declared that it will dc
all that is possible TO secure the repe4 =
of the present presumption, imber-cult
ure and homestead land laws. Specia
meetings Of ttiy Committee are being
: held to deterEaine the best means tC
: secure this result. Some members Of
. the Committee were SO much in earnes
about this matter that they wanted
! meeting every day, but this was founC
iaspracticablc Evidence showing tn
: sarge humber of fraudulent entries OF
: Government land is before the Com
P mitteo and Judging from the mum .e
size and tone OF the petitions receive,
!. the people are demanding the aAsi,t;o
q of system which permits foreign an
! domestic land sharks to secure an
: hold against actual settlers, millions l
g acres of soil, valuable for agriculture
e purposes. Ia these petitions Congre.
! is asked to re-classify all unoccupie
: Government land; 10 clearly define VIII,
! lands the railroads shall have, aud the
. to enact laws which will encourage an
9 protect honest settlers in securing HON,
at low cost. 1t is evident that the me-
. land laws, whatever else they may TAI
f to do, will prevent foreign wealth fror
: acquiring large tracts of Governmer
k lands.
J The Senate Committee oa Agricultur
! has for three days been discussing th
: pleuro- pneumonia question with a vic,
t of determining upon 9 better plan fl
; stopping the ravages Of that disease i
/ this country. From the great diversit
of opinion upon this question, and frol
the fact that there are strong outsid
influences at work, it is feared that bu
little will be accomplished of real benef
! to the cattle growers, the butchers anC
} the consumers. Ii Bureau of Anima
. Industry is established rs is provided i
two or three of the bills introduced q
/ this session, it is difficult to see how
could fail 10 do some good for tn
cattle cause. Arother que stion come
up in Congress this winter 10 the settle
mcnt OF which farmers are greatly in
ierested. This is tho qsssage Of law
to protest the innocent uses of patente,
in7eRtions. Senator Palmer of Mich
IS strong advocate of the enactmen
efsuch law and he is at work system
@ticatly and vigorously to pass such a
Dill through the Senate. This is such
, legislation as to the propriety of which
there can be no question yet when i
comes up in the house. many member
willtry 10 defeat it. Every farmer
should write his member Of Congress
to vote for the bill, to protect the limo
cent users Of patented articles.
This done and the farmers would
never have 70 pay royalties on patented
devices bought on good faith, for III,