New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-23

while in some OF them startling hae this evil become
that legislators udrcllng their brains 10 devils
some method Of rcpopulatng their abandoned agr
cultural lands.
one glance at the comparative rate. II duty levied
upon agricultural a, compared with other prtrluois.
one glance ~ the free let the greater portion Of which
consists Of agricultural product-, either gown
which could be- rr,wu upon soil aud
parison of these figures with the rate OF duty
levied upon manufactured artclcs ought to b. sun.
cicnt 20 silence forever opposition 10 the demand
have made behalf Of the american fIrmer in ms
Annual Report. namely that by a wise Application Of
our admirable protect =, stem an the benefits %;
our home market be secured 20 him Tor every thing
he may be able % produce.
FOREIGN MARKET
Accompanying this principle Of protection e. the
American farmer j. that ~ reciprocity. which should
invariably bc applied whenever tht Of protection Is
RELAXED If there are products grown o. b.tt'i AL
vantage other countries remission Of dnt, which
would seem TO De- 90 the Interest Of large portion %:
populatou. such remission should ONLY be- accorded
~ The result Of reciprocal in the way Of
remission 81 dutics bv such other COMMITTEES
product, readily grown her. Manf of tho-e
countries which would be- specially benefited by
mission Of the dut, sugar hy our Government
would afford an excellent mar6,t for bread tufts
and dair and meat products were II not for The hrh
duties imposed thereon b, them with other
products and whenever duty on such pr,duci- /.
lowered or aud the protection to farmers
TINS diminished. il should be- the price Of con
cesslons made 20 IN the iarf ~ other countrl"s
IN favor Of farm, products IN thi, wav.
and In this only our farmer he adc luateiY
protected. new markets being thu, thrown open g.
them for those product which they can most easily
and chcaply produce.
To farmers producing. a. do onr~ a vat surplus -
agricultural products the question 81 foreign market.
and ~houh BE- deeply Interesting N0t on, do they Of
fer an outlet fol this supius.bnt If untrammcled hy M
some friction, and uncontrolled rs combinations slr
a. referred to elsewhere they .. useful
checks u,.Dn those VINO might othcf".e succeed
trolling our home market Unfortunately. i.l some c
sricious do exist and especially b. this the case with
reference u livestock industry. Evidence . NOT
wanting that a demand eAst, In Great Britain for
live-tock and bur Tor the oppressive restrictions l
posed by the British Government and said bc nc,os
s,ry ov ng the alleged cNicncr NJ sor- g.,
eases among American cattle there is little doubt hu
lre. proportion Of our product II I've cattle would
ind there a profitable market TIM, greatly relieving
our home markets. 20 with our pork products op
lr...,-i lv the cmbareoc- PLACED upon them D., o.r
tain European roVcr- WITH Tire result of orYfipDt,
de.fase durins the last siN wears m our clpur. ~
/ bacon aai hams. for whereas these export. u 80
10 and l,-I AVERAGED about 7i,.ooO.ooo pounds
they hld fallen I'm 1873 TO le than 5000 600. and
until lat year never exceeded i-O.oOo.ooO. The -
,c, 81 this has naturally been greatly b. re-tr, com
petition among purchasers. and seriously - dcprc-,
the ur,re Of our hogs Aided the farmer and ,atte
r,owei, must be- by supplying them Win authentic
statistics a. h. supply and demand # their prduct
,n, remains for them . d. directly through their Own
rtllecnt and active operation directed 10 intel
l.cut control Of the supply. This f. matter worthy
Of the earnest attention of our numerous farmers or
! caulz,tou-. on the other hand. the National GOV
! crpmcnt owe II 10 the farming AID cattle growing
coumunit, That effort shall be- spared to secure
naval of to,c restrictions upon I've toe, and mc,
trade which know to be unnct e.art. ana therefore
! feel TO be unjust. First Of all W. must maintain an
bsoe and efficient control Of cattle d,ca-cs aud pnr
,c with the utmost energy the course which ha5 re-
suited t,day I'm the almost complete eNiirpston from
,,.rcan soil Of the most dreaded di-cs-c Of all.
,..,,,. nleuro pneumonia. The energetic application
a. eaccn, measures must eifectually stamp ont tins
dcase from IT. last remaining stronghold. and once
lani.led from American soil IT must be Kept out bN
tl, ,nost rigid regulations hs 70 our meat product
can Sc but WAY to accomplish th' desired results
and that f. b. the eh'''n''' VI ''' N'' YIN '''
| meat ins pcctiOn law
| Another duty devoves upon us In connection with
our forI, markets. and that is careful study Of their
wants II i q stigma upon American agriculture that
~ h ,,or exnorts for instance. should be reported ia
| email ln nnantU and poor in quality. ana that the
| South American supply '"'"' wv ''7''' "''" '''"
| Europcan countries.
,t,Ving taken all precautions necessary 10 glaran
too fine immunity Of live stock from disease and
the hcathfnIncss of meat products we must then
| ,ro,ec, them from unjust allegations on the part OF
,,cgn COMPETITORS and. not infrcqucntly happens,
~ foreign governments or their representatives. Ia
do ,,i. u Incomes necessary that We should na.tain
a,,.,hed o some OF the American legations abroad
nron.rIv oualncd officer representing the agricultural
interest whose special duty IT shall be Ia watch over
,.. interests of American agricultural product, hi
FOREIGN 1nnrkcts with the proper 60 operation on The
mart of our Conss and Others such officer could be
Of ncalclahc service In the manner indicated a. wei
a in supplying valuable Information a. to the demand
e,istine IN foreign countries for such prodncii
t,rnerS are able TO supply, to the best manner 81
prepnring the 10 meet the wants ri foreign con
sinners. etc.