The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-06
confidence and consideration for the suggestions

OF the commissioner.
The enumeration OF the people OF the United
States under the act OF March l, 1890, has been
completed and tho result will be Mt once Official.
ly communicated to Congress. Tho completion
OF this decennial enumeration dcvolvcs upo 4
Congress the duty OF making new npportion-
ment OF representa- YES among the several
States according to their respective numbers
AZ the last session had occasion to return.
with my objections, several bills making pro-
visions for the erection OF public buildings, for
the reason that the expenditures contemplated
werc In my opinion, greatly In excess OF any
| public need. No class OF legislation is more IL
| able to abuse or TO degenerate into an un-
secmly scramble about the public treasury
than thia There should be exercised in this
| matter wise economy based upon some
responsible and impartial examination and re-
port Us to each case under general law.
AGRICULTURE,
The report OF tho Secretary OF Agriculture
deserves especial attention in view OF the fact
that tho year has boen marked in very unusu-
| nj degree by agitation nnd organization among
the farmers looking 10 an incroaso in the profits
| OF their business. 1t will be found that the eff
| forts Of the department have been inteligently
| and zealously devoted to the promotion OF the
interests intrusted to its care.
| very substantial improvement in the mar
ket prices of the leading farm products during
the year is noticed. The price of wheat nd.
yanced frem 81 cents in October, 1889, to 81 0Oai
in October 1890; corn from 81 10 BOZ cents f:
oats from 19k cents to i3 cents and bnrley
from GO cents to TS cents Meats showed sub.
stantiai but not so large an increase. The
export trade in live animals and fowls
shows very largo increase; the total
value OF such exports for tho year end
| ing June 30 1890 was s33 900 COO
and the increase over the preceding year was
over SIS 100000. Nearly 100000 more cattle and
| over d5 900 more hogs were exported than in the
| preceding year. The export trade in beef and
pork products and in dairy products was very
largely increased, the increase in the article of
butter alone being from To- 514 ,9IS pounds to 60
7ts,042 pounds and the total increase in the
value of meat and dairy products exported
being s34 100000. This trade, so directly help
ful to the farmer, 1t is believed will be yet
further and very largely increased when the
| system of inspection and sanitary supervision
| now provided by law is brought fully into ope-
| ration.
| The efforts of the Secretary to establish the
| healthfulness of meats against the dispar.
| aging imputations that have been put upon
| them abroad have resulted in substantial pro-
| gress. Veterinary surgeons sent out by the de-
partment are now allowed to participate in the
inspection of the live cattle from this coun try
landedat the English docks, and during the
several months thoy have been on duty no case
| OF contagious pleuro-pneumonia has been re-
ported. This inspection abroad. and the do
| mestic inspection of live animals and pork
| products provided for by the act of August 80.
| 1890 will AFFORD as perfect q guaranty for the
wholesomeness OF our meats offered for foreign
consumption as is anywhere given to any food
| product and its non-acceptance will quite
| clearly reveal the real motive of any continued
restriction OF their use, and, that having been
made clear, the duty of the executive will be
very plain.
The information given by the Secretary OF the
progress and prospects OF the beet sugar udus-
try is full OF interest. 1t has already passed the
experimental stage and Is commercial success.
The area over which the sugar beet can be sue
cessfully cultivated is very large, and another
field crop of great value is offered to the choice
of the farmer
The Secretary Of the Treasury concurs in the
! recommendation of the Secretary of Agrcul-
ture that the official supervision provided by
the tariff law for sugar of domestic production
shall be transferred to the Department of Agri-
culture.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The law relating 10 the civil service has, so far
as I can learn been executed by those having the
power OF appointment in the classified service
with fidelity and impartiality, and the service
has been incre 'singy satisfactory. The report
ofthe commission shows large amount of good
work done during the year with very limited
appropriations.
THE TARIFF.
congratulate the Congress and the country
upon the passage at the first session OF the Fif-
ty-first Congress of an unusual number OF laws
Of very high Importance. That the results OF
this legislation will be the quckening and en-
largement of our manufacturing Industries,
larger and better markets for our breadstuffs and
provisions both at home and abroad, more con-
slant employment and better wages for our
working people and an increased supply OF n
safe currency for the transaction OF business,
do not doubt. Some OF these measures were
an tan Mt Loft Ind hat thah han
icial effects upon commerce which were in the
contemplation of Congress have as yet but par
TALLY manifested themselves.
The general trade and Industrial conditions
throughout the country during the year have
shown marked improvement. For many
years prior to 1888 the merchandise balances OF
foreign trade has been largely in our favor, but
during that year and the year following they
turned against us. 1ti very gratifying to know
that the last fiscal year again shows balance
In our favor Of over sos, 100000. The bank clear
ings, which furnish good test OF the volume OF
business transacted, for the first ten months OF
the year 1890 show, Ms compared with
the same months of 1889, increase
for the whole country of about sd per cent,
while the increase outside OF the city OF New
York was over B per cent. During the month
OF October the clenrings OF the whole country
showed an increase OF 81 per cent. over Octo-
ber, 1889, while outside of New York the in
crease was 11Ii per cent. These figures show
that tho increase In the volume of business was
very general throughout the country. That
this larger business was being conducted upon
n safe and profitable basis is shown by the fact
that there were 800 less failures reported in Oc
tober, 1890, than In the same month of the pre-
ceding year, with liabilities diminished by
about IS, 000,000-
The value OF our exports OF domestic mer
chandise during the last year was over Sll5, co.,,
900 greater than the preceding year and was
only exceeded once in our history About Sl00
900 600 OF this excess was in agricultural prod
ucts. The production of pig iron-always n
good gauge OF general prosperity-is shown by
q recent census bulletin to have been 1873 per
cent. greater in 1890 than in 1889. and the
production OF steel 200 per cent. greater.
Mining in coal has fad no Limitation except
that resulting from deficient transportation
The general testimony is that labor Is
everywhere fully employed. and the reports for
the last year show n smaller number oi EN-
ployes affected by strikes and lockrouts than
in any year since 1894. The depression in
the prices of agricultural products had been
greatly relieved and buoyant and hope.
full tone was beginning TO be felt by
all our people. These promising nfiu.
ences have been in some degree, checked by
the surprising and very unfavorable monetary
events which have recently takon place in Eng
land. II Is gratifying to know that these did
not grow in any degree out OF the financial re-
lations OF London with our people or ont OF any
diseredit attached to our securities held In that
market. Tho return OF our bonds and stocks
was caused by moEoy stringency in England,
not by any loss OF value or credit In the securi-
ties themselves We could not, however, wholly
escape the Ill effects OF foreign monetary Ogi-
tation accompn nnied by such extraordinary In
nif ant us al is M balinyeA