Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-16
REPUBLICAN TRUTHS
THE LAST CONGRESS.
Some of its Practical Work for
Farmers

In no congress since the inception oil
our government have the interests OF
the great agricultural class received
the same conscientious attention which
they did from the Fifty-iirst congress.
.3r The upbuilding of the department OF
agriculture was one of its first cares.
1t has been made something more than
q seed sampllng institution. Today it
is second to the Smithsonian institu-
ton, a great laboratory OF practical
science the effects of whose labors are
felt on field and farm and range, at
every stockyard and great slaughter
house, at every shipping point and
port Of entry, day by day disprovlng
the malicious lies of foreign COMPETE
tors Of the American agriculturlst and
stock man, and breaking doWn the
barriers which have prevented the ex-
ransiOn of or ira lie in meat products.
The Fifty-frst congress made this
possible. It's laws providing for the
inspection OF live cattle for export, for
the inspection of live cattle for export,
for the Inspection and tagging OF cattle
carcasses, were supplemented by the
most important OF all, a measure which
gives government guarantee OF the free
dom from trichinw OF every pound OF
pork which leaves our shores. The
daily Increasing exports OF meats tell
the story of results. Through the ei-
forts Of the rejuvCnatcd agricultural
department IcurO-pncumonin has been
stamped out and Texas fever has been
held in rigid quarantine. Millions OF
dollars yearly wilt not represent the
savings Of the American farmer due
alone to the work OF the Fifty-frSt
congress.
The reciprocity amendment to the
tariff law, itself the conception OF the
most brilliant statesman Of the day,
will stand forcner as Il republican
achievement in whose magnificent re-
suits the western farmers wilt share
largely. 1t has demo lstrdtel the wis
dom of its author and the folly OF its
partisan foes. 1t has opened a way
for the expansion Of trade without the
destruction Of home industry, and in
dictated method by which the policy of
protection may BE- preserved without
adherence to he theories of cNtrem-
lists.
The Fifyy-fr-t congress met the de-
malds Of the west for n more liberal
OF the land laws in the
Interests OF honest hOmcsteaders and
for the fulfIImcnt on the part of the
Of its pledges to reimburse
the sufferers from Indian dcpredations.
Its senate by resolution, caused an in
YES tigation by the interstate commerce
which resulted in II re-
ductiOn on grain rates from the far
West. II opened the way for a study
of irrigation pr,blcm, in the arid re-
gious, provided literally for keeping
open and improving western water
ways Of commercial necessity, and laid
the Foundation for n work Of trcmen-
dOus national rs we'll aS western i'm
portauce-,he IIennepi1 improvement.
No, mmindful for the demHnls for
u more liberal use of silver and the
Of value OF a great nation
o. product, it provided II market for
the entire production OF our mines.
and Il corresponding increase IN the
mcdium by certificates is
sued on the ba,i of the make, value
Of the bullion.
The efforts Of the republican con.
gre-S were strongly bulkwarkcd by "A
and efficient republican
administration. do not believe that
the western fu mer. naturally republic
can. born and living in section whose
settlements upbuildiug aud free insti
tutious are the result OF a storm and
stress for which rcpub lean effort in
tho forum and republican valor on the
field were primarily responsible. will
overlook the record of its past and the
splendid vitality Ofits present. -Sena-
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