The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03

records and exchanges OF the Board in an
easy and accessible condition" lie re-
commended the appointment Of State En-
tOm0logist on account Of the increase III
number aud varieties Of destructive insects
''I'hc census of 1880 shows" continued
the President, ''that Z, go, 493 persons were
engaged in agriculture, or who earned wages
and lived by work in this industry and to
follow the usual ratio OF increase there are
to-day about 1000, 900 people employed in
agriculture. The agriculture Of the c0un-
try is as intclligently carried on as that of
any other country, yet the farmers have
not attained that degree of prosperity and
happiness that the capital invested and la
TO" employed Justly entitie them 10 enjoy
The primary cause Of tltis is the want Of a
good and steady market for the surplus
products Of their farms and gardens. which
surplus IL to the farmer what the manu-
featured product is to the manufacturers
Unless he car sell at remunerative prices
there is 40 Incentive to produce more than
he himself can consume, and. II lac has
nothing to sell, of eourse he has nothing
with which 10 buy manufactured goods.
Yet all must be fed, and no nation can re-
main prosperous with a depressed agrieu-
ture. The farmer must be protected, en-
couraged and supported or the whole su-
perstfueture, of necessity. will fall. !" The
President complained that the present du-
ties levied upon the products Of the farm
Amounted simply to 4 tax and afforded bnt
slight relief to the hard-w orking produc-
ers. lie gave iIe amount Of duty now
levied upon the various farm products ard
the value OF such articles imported
during The past three years, and
u, .
port into this country more than SO 800. 900
worth OF vegetables, including cabbage
from Holland, 317. 156 bushels of potatoes
from Scotland, /, AL, 46G bushels of pot4-
toes and COS. 2S3 bushels Of beans and peas
from Nova Scotia? Why was it necessary,
in 1886, when every section of the country
reported over the average crop, to import
over : ,000, 900 worth Of hay and nearly
s., 900, 600 worth OF breadstuifs, and over
1G, 0G0, 600 dozen of eggs. some of which
came from Denmark, Norway and Swe-
den. Tie duty on the importation of farm
products amounts 30 over g, 000, 600 annu-
ally. lie deplored the fact that the pro-
duce of American farms WAS being sup
planted in the home market by foreign
competition, and claimed that the remedy
lay in doing one OF the two things ""The
present tariff on all manufactured goods
must be reduced to revenue basis only
or the duties on farm produce mast be in
creased" The speaker favored the latter
of these alternatives and said that every
thing the American farmer can produce
should be subject To duty. There must
be no free list of farm products Of any
branch of that industry.
In conclusion the President said. II be-
iieve il right for the American people to be
clothed with American goods, and 10 be
supplied with furniture and implements Of
American manufacture, and | insist that
the people Of America shall be fed By
American farmers with the products Of
American soil, and ash. for a steady and
active home and export trade, and that for
eign agrieultGrists be restrained from COM
pefing with the American farmers ia the
American home market. | Enow of 10
better motto for MS to adopt Than '0rgani-
cation, Education and Protection. y
Governor Green presided at the evening
when Hon Edward Burnett, of Massaehu-
sets, delivered an address on dairy COWS
and methods for raising them. A Feeep-
tioa was subsequently held ia the exceu-
tive chamber.
The morning session yesterday was de
voted to discussion Of the law regulating
the sale of milk. In tie afternoon the
estate Weather Service Was discussed
and Dr. George II. Cook and Hon. John
Z. Lyman read papers on the Protection
of our Forests from Fires, aud State Sa-
pcr'ntendent Chapman presented & paper
on the ''Study in our Public Schools on the
Care aud Culture of Trees" To-day the
laws protecting sheep and poultry will be
talked about, aud amendments 10 the pres
ent laws suggested. The election OF Off.
GERS fer. the ensuing year also takes place
before the noon adjournment.