Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-11-09
Mr.. RUSK'S REPORT
Shows an Increase
in Agriculture.
WRECK OF THE DESPATCH.
Consul McCreary Will Probably Sue
ceed Egan as Minister to Chill.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 0. Secretary Rusk
has presented TO the president his annual
report rs secretary Of agriculture. The
report opens with q general expression OF
congratulation upon the outlook for agri-
culture and calls attention to the crop
values OF the present year They are so
we'll sustained In the presence of abundant
Yields. that the secretary estimates the
probable increase in value of agricultural
products for 1891 over 1890 at not less than
ZOO, 100000. Reviewing our
Exports and Imports
OF agricultural products Secretary Rusk
states that during the first three months
OF the present fiscal year our exports In
cereals alone have aggregated in value
over sac, ,00O, 600. Referring to the import
of hides, admitted free OF duty. he states
that this causes q great depreciation in
prices realized for hides Of home produc-
tion and earnestly recommends that the
duty provided for In the reciprocity section
of the new tariff law be imposed ia all
cases where the countries from which such
hides are shipped have not granted equal
concessions.
He reviews the subject of meat inspec.
tion, stating that it was not only de-
N anded in order to keep our foreign mar
kets and develop them. but that there was
very ge eneral demand for such inspection
by the people Of our own country. He
urges system OF inspection for all articles
of food which are the subject Of
Interstate or Foreign Trade.
He points out the fact that for more than
a year thsEs has been 10 well authenti-
Gated 6Aao Of transmission to foreign coan-
tries Of . single case Of pleuro- pneumonia
in American cattle
BE says we have far more justification
for the exclusion from the United States
Of all animals coming from Great Britain
aud its dependencies than they have for
the interp sition Of any obstacles to cattle
exported from the United States
The secretary dsvotes paragraph to the
middleman, aud the extent to which he Is
enabled by various conditions to absorb a
large proportion of tho prices paid by con-
sumers for farm products. Admitting the
difficulty of rsmedying this evil, he points
out that a partial remedy is to keep tho
farmer fully informed in regard to tho
market value of his wares.
He concludes by stating that II is his
earnest desire and intention to extend the
work in this direction until every farmer
in the country may know before he mar
k.ts his goods just what their value Is in
the nearest market. He speaks highly Of
the experimental station in Kansas for
the extraction of sugar from sorghum by
the alcoholic process. The cost of the
process is found to be so trifling as TO be
practically insignificant. There seems to
bc no reason" he says. "why we should
not look forward with confidence to the
day when tho slo0,000,OO0 paid foreign
producers for sugars should be turned into
the pockets Of our own people"
Secretary Rusk devoies considerable
space to a review Of the work Of the bureau
OF animal industry. Pleuro-pncumonia
he regards rs quite under control and
limited to two or three counties on Long
Island and in New Jersey, over which
thorough quarantine is exercised
He earnestly recommends increased ap-
preparations to extend meat inspection to
all applicants.