The Forrest City times., 1890-12-06

among the farmers looking to increase ths profits of their business It will be found
 that tho efforts of tho deparsment have
 been intelligently and zealously devoted tc the promotion of the interests entrusted
 to It's carc. A very substantial improve
 'neut in tbe market prices Of the leading farm products during, he year Ia noticed.
 The price of wheat advanced from sf cents
 sn October, tss9, Co q ,00sl in October, isao,
 corn from S'c 10 50t4c; oats from iaisc to
 iSc. and barley frofs. 63e to 1sc Meats
 showed n substantial, but not sc large an
 increase The export trade in live animals
 and fowls shows avery large increase; the
 total value of such exports for the year
 ending June 20, 1890. was 33 million dollars,
 ind the increase over the preceding year
 was ovei l5 million dollars Nearly 100000 more cattle and over 45, 00p more hogs were
 exported than in the preceding year.
 Tho export trade in beef and
 pork products and in dairy products, was
 very largely increasCc The increase in
 the article of butter alone bcirie from 15,-
 50ig5s pounds to 29, ,7is, 04s pounds, and the total increase in the value ol meat and dairy products exported being 34 million dollars This trade, so directly helpful to the farmer 1t Is believed will be yet further
 and very largely increased when the sys.
 
 now provided by law is brought fully Into operation. The efforts of the Secretary to establish the heathfunass of our meats against the disparaging imputatiors that have been put upon them abroad have re- suited in substantial progress. Veterinary surgeons sent out by the department arc now allowed to participate in the i.i-pec-
 tion of the cattle from this country landed at English docks, and during the several months they have been on duty no case of contagious pleuro-pneumonia has been re- ported. This inspection abroad and the
 domestic suspection of live animals and pork products provided for by the act of August 30. 1890, will afford as perfect a
 guaranty for the wholesomeness of meats , offered for foreign consumption as Is any, where given to any food product, and it's
 non-acceptance will quite clearly reveal the real motive, If any. in the continued re- striction of their use: and, that having
 been made clear, the duty of the executive will be very plain.
 THE BEET stesR INDUSTRY
 The information given by the secretary of the progress of the beet sugar industry Is full of interest It has already passed the experimental stage and is commercial success. The area over which the sugar
 beet can be successfully cultivated i. 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 agri-
 culture that the official supervision provid- ed by the tariff law for sugar of domestic production shall be transferred to the de-
 partment of agriculture.
 The Country's Trade.
 l congratulate the congress and the country upon the passage at the first ses- sion of the Fifty first congress of an uu- usual number of laws of very high import | rr,t hA nf e ts<..s .. will be the quickeniog and enlargement of our manufacturing industries, larger and ! better markets for our breadstuffs and provisions, both at home and abroad, more constant employment and better wages for our working people and an increased sup ply of a safe currency for the transaction of business, I do not doubt. Some of the measures were enacted at so late a period that the beneficial effects upon com merce which were in the contemplation of congress have as yet but partially mani festod themselves,
 The general trade and industrial condi- tions throughout the country during the year have shown a marked improvement
 For many years prior to issS the merchan- disc balances of foreign trade had been | largely in our favor, but during that year and the year following they turned against us. II Is very gratifying to know that the last fiscal year shows a balance in our favor hs VftE tN uliilipt upilaES. tue UdHh cttdf- ings. which furnish good test of the vol umc of business transacted for the first ten months of the year isiN, show. as compared with the same months of lss9, an increase for the whole country of about s4 per cent, while tho increase outside the city of New York was over l3 per cent
 The value Of our exports of domestic merchandise during the last year was over il5 million dollars greater than the proceed ing year. and was only exceeded onco in our history. About i0o million dollars of this excess was in agricultural products. Tue production of pig iron--aiwavs a good gauge of general prosperity-is shown by 1 recent census bulletin to have been is3 per gent greater iu isgp than in Isso, an
 the production of steel 2g0 per cent greater. Mining in coal has had no limitation except that resulting from dehcieat tran sportation The general tendency is that labor is every. where fully employed and the reports fo, the last year show smaller number oi employees affected by strikes and lockouts than in any year since ls3t, Tue doprcs- sion in prices of agricultural products had been greatly relieved and buoyant and ! hopeful tone was beginning to be felt by all our people
 These promising influences have been in
 some degree checked by surprising and very uutavorable monetary events which
 have recently taken place in England. IL | Is gratifying 10 know that these did not grow in any degree out of the financial re lations of London with our people, or out ot any discredit attached to our securities held in that fnarlsaf