Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-11

made clearer. the duty Of the Executive VIII
I be very plain
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY
/ The information given by the Secretary Of
! the Progress and prospects Of the beet sugar
+ Industry is full OF interest II has already
/ passed the experimental stage and i z com
! Inercial success The area over which the
/ sugar beet can be successfully cultivated is
VERY large. and another field crop OF great
value Is offered to the choice Of the farmer.
TIE CTVIL-sEgyICE Law.
The Law relating TO the civil service has, so
/ far a. l can learn, been executed BY those
having the power Of appointment in the
TALLY. and the service las been increas ITl-ly
satisfactory The report Of the COMMISSION
shows large amount Of good work done
during the year with very limited app7opTla-
J tons
LEGISLATION.
congratulate the Congress and the country
upon the passage al the first session OF the
Fifty first Congress of an unusual number OF
laws OF very high importance That the re
suits OF this legislation viii be the guzcEe11ng
and enlargement Of our manufacturing n
dustries- larger and better markets Tor our
abroad. more constant employment and bet
ter wages for our working people, and an
increased supply OF safe currency Tor the
Transaction q business / co noI tloAot
some OF these measures weTF enacted Al %
late period that the beneficial effects upon
commerce y 2-cl were n the coIttIl Pl2Iioil
OF Congress have - yet buT partially mani
Tested themselves
Trade AND ISDUsTRT.
ne general trade cC5E2-lI
Throughout the country during f1e year nave
shown marked Improvement Tor many
years prior 70 ls5> the merchandise balances
Of foreign trade had been Target! n oCT IA
vo-, bur n that year and the year fol-
lowing -hey turIeo against Is II : very
gratifying 10 know thai the last fiscal year
again shows a balance in our favor Of over
s. .ae9.oJ1 The bank clearznZs. which fur
15zb a good test of the volume Of business
transacted for the first ten months OF the
year 1880 show, IL compared with the same
months OF lSs2, an increase for the whole
couDtT! Of about 50 per cent. while the in
crease outside OF Tha city OF New York was
over 13 per cent. During the month OF Octo-
Der the ciear'ugs OF the whole country
showed an Increase Of 81 per cent over
october, lss9, while OUTSIDE OF New
York the Increase vas III. per cent These
figures show that the increase II the volume
OF business WAS very general throughout the
country That this large business was being
conducted upon safe and profitable bass
j. shown by the fact that there were three
hundred less failures reported in October,
1890, than in the same month OF the p-eeed
ing year, with liabilities diminished by about
S, oo5.oJo.
The value Of our exports of domestic U9er-
chandise during the last year was over slls-
o0o.8o9 greater than the preceding rear, and
was only exceeded once in our history About
SI0-pf9-0to OF TINS excess was IN agricultural
products. The production OF pig iron-al
ways a good gauge Of general pTOsperity-is
shown by recent census bulletin 10 have
1881 and the production Of steel go per cent.
S7fo1 except that resulting from c.eficIeTt
r-ansp oTtat5Oo- The general testimony *
tbaT .f70r IS everywhere fully employed and
the reports for the last year show a smaller
number Of employees affected by strikes and
lock outs than in any year since Iso4- The
e esRITs.0n pro ID s hd 0 been gs s
relieved and buoyant and hope
tul tone was beginning 70 be fell by all
have been in some degree checked by the
surprising and very unf4vora5Ie monetary
events which have recently taken place in
England. II is gratifying 10 know that
these did not grow IN any degree ont
credit attached 70 our securities held
in that market The return OF our bonds and
England. not by any loss Of valDe or credit
in the securities themselves We could not,
of z foreign monetary agitation. accom-
panied by such extraordinary incidents as
ever that these evil incidents, which have
for the time unfavoTably affected values in
this country. can long Withstand the strong,
safe and wholesome influences which are
operating TO give our people profitable re:
turns in all branches Of legitimate trade and
industry. The apprehension that our tariff
may again and al once be submitted 70 i'm
por-ant general change would undoubtedly
add :. depressing influence OF the most Sc
rious character.
TEE M'KIsLET TARIFF.
The General Tariff act has only partially
provisions being limited TO take effect at
dates get in the future The general pro
visions of the law have been in force less
trade and prices stall stand in connect
ure. 1t Is curious TO note that the
advance in the price OF articles Who'll
~ unaffected by the Tariff act was
by many hastily ascribed to that
the general tendency Of the markets was up
ward from influences wholly apart from the
recent tariff legislation. The enlargement
Of our currency By the silver bill undoubtly
gave upEar tendency tc trade and had 4
marked effect on prices; but this natural and
= 49, Fvgz lois If
many erroneusly attributed TO the Tariff
act
TARIFF REVISION.
There il neither wisdom nor suggestion
that the subject OF tariff revision snail be
opened before this law has had fair trial.
sa b to % oh;ec Go 80 BIZ vas ever
framed, suppose. that in all Of its rates and
a party caucus. such legislation is always
and necessarily the product OF compromise
as TO details. and the present law is no
and effect, 1 think, il win Justify the sup
port Of those who believe that American leg
islatiOn should conserve and defend Amer
lean trade and the wages OF American WORK
men
The misinformat ion as TO the terms of the
act. which has been so widely disseminated
at home and abroad. Will be corrected by ex-
pe-lence and the evil auguTies as TO it results
confounded by the market reports, the say,
Ings banks. international trade balances and
the general prosperity of our people Already
we begin to hear from abroad and from
our custom houses that the prohibtory effect
upon irnportations imputed to the act Is not
justified. The imports at the port OF New
were nearly per cent. greater than for the
same period IN ISss and y per cent greater
/ than II the PERIOD OF 1SSs- Ana 80 lar
( from being an act TO limit exports, conf
IDENTITY believe thar under i We shall secure a
larger and more profitable participation IN
foreign trade than have ever enjoyed and
that W. shall recover q pTopoTtlonate par
TicipaIion = the ocean carry ing trade OF the
+ word
PgoHIBIToET OR RETALIAToRr LEGISLATION.
There i no disposition among any OF our
{ people TO promote proh5blIoTE or re1diiatoTy
! legislation puT pol5c are adopted not to
the hurt of others but TO secure for ourselves
{ those advantages that fairly grow out OF our
/ favored position as nation our form OF
! government. with its incident OF universal
Suffrage makes il imperative that we shall
save our working people from the agitations
! and diStreSses winch scanT work and wages
that have no margin for comfort elH avs
4 get But altar all this j. done II VIII De
& found that markets are open 10 f-SfnGlE
/ commercial exchanges OF enormous ya4ue
/ to the other great Powers
RECIPROCITY.
| There were but two methods Of obtaining
! control OF this question open to Congress
| To place all these articles upon the dnts2bie
! list subject TO such treaty agreements as
| could be secured, or to place them AL pres
entity upon the free list, but subject To the re-
/ Imposition 81 specified duties II the coCn-
! tries from when We receive them should re-
! fuse TO give Is suitable reciprocal benefits.
! This latter method. / think, Possesses great
/ advantages L expresses IN advance
/ the consent Of Congress to reciprocity ar
/ raugeEne-t- affecting these products which
/ must have otherwise been DELAYED and
/ aSce-tajned luIzl each treaty WAS ratified hy
| the Senate and the necessary legislation en-
/ acted by Congress Experience has shown
/ that some treaties looking 10 r-ocgl
/ trade have failed to secure d two third vote
| II the senate for ratification and 9th