Telegram-herald., 1891-11-10
RUSk REPORTS IN FULL
Enormo rs Increase in the Value OF
Farm Products.
FORCIBLe FACTS and IICURES
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WARRINGTON, Nov. O. - Secretary
Rusk in his third annual report esti-
mates that the increase in the value of
agricultural products this year over
last will not De less than $780,
oo0. 900. He asserts that during
the nrst three months of the
present fiscal year American exports
in cereals alone have aggregated
SO. 900, 90. with indications that tho
sales abroad OF the surplus from farms
will, during the present y ear, largly ex-
eeea those Of any previous twelve
months He notes the increase of some
SIS. 900, 600 in the imports of sgricultur-
al products during the tirst ten months
under the present law. by comparison
with the same period during the
last year uhder the old law, but en-
phasizes the fact that the increase is
confined almost entirely TO articles not
competing with home products; such
as sugar. tea. coffee, etc. AT the same
time. he claims that the changes in thu
rates have checked the importation OF
products which may be produced at
home.
He notes . decrease in tobacco inn
ports from 1000. 900 to 81, 900. 600. q
falling of in foreign barley of nearly
$1,000, 600. in eggs $3.50, 900, in horses
nearly $500. 900, and gradual decline
in the imports of all live
stock. Referring to the import
OF hides, admitted free of duty, he
says that this causes a great 6epre-
citation in prices realized for hides OF
homo production. and earnestly rec
ommends that the duty provided for in
section 8 of the tariff act. approved
October !. 1890. be imposed in all cases
where the countries from which such
hides are shipped have not granted
equal concessions in regard to the ad-
mission of the agricultural products of
the United States
He speaks at some length OF the with
drawal OF the governments of Ger
many. Denmark and Italy of the pro-
hibition against American pork. re-
views the subject of meat inspection
and urges q system Of inspection for
all articles Of food which are the sub
ject of interstate or foreign trade.
The secretary earnestly recommends
that congress be asked to make an ap-
preparation sufficiently large to extend
the inspection to all applicants.
He estimates that the losses to our
pork raisers during the past ten years
owing to the prohibition, which an ei-
fcient market inspection can alone re-
move. aggregate over $500. Geo.
600. He concludes that the condi.
ton of the United States trade
and the vigilant supervision of our gov
eminent justify the strongest presen-
tation to the British government of the
grievance which our cattle raisers suf-
fer unjustly by reason of its arbitrary
regulations enforced against American
cattle, coupled with an urgent demand
for their removal, adding that they
have been clearly shown to be use
! less, and that their maintenance can
only be regarded as an evidence of un-
friendliness. He says we have far
more Justification for the exclusion
from the United States of all animals
coming from Great Britain and it's de-
tendencies than they have for the in
terposition of any obstacles to cattle
exports from the United Statea
The secretary regards it as highly
desirable that the people of foreign
countries should be informed of
our resources and facilities for
supplying their wants, and refers
to the work done in Great Britain
during the last year by the special
agent Of the department charged
with introducing Indian corn and its
products to the attention of Europeans
as an economic substitute for other
cereal foods. AID highly commends the
work already done in this direction.
The secretary deems t the duty of
his department to keep the farmer
fully informed of the market value OF
his wares in order that he may
know before he markets his
goods Just what their value is.
He congratulates the country upon
the success Of the experiments in
the extraction of sugar from sorghum.
There seems to be no reason" he
says. why we should not look forward
with confidence to the day when the
sl0o. 900, 900 paid by Americans to for
eign producers for sugar should be
turned into the pockets of our own
people"
In all efforts towards diversifying
crops climatic conditions must play an
important part, and in this connection
he declares his convictions of the i'm
portance and value TO agricultural in
tcrests OF the transfer 10 his depart
ment of the weather bureau.
In reviewing the work of the division
of chemistry with reference to the
adulteration of foods the secretary
emphasizes especially the adulscra-
tons of coffee. which are found to ex-
tend to very large per-
centage not only Of the ground
coffee but the coffee bean. wholly
artificial beans having been introduced
into the market. of which many
samples bought on the open market
were found to largely consist These
artificial beans are sold to the trade al
four cents q pound. In large measure
they are imported and the secretary
urges that such importations. az well
as their manufacture and use in this
country. be absolutely prohibited
Touching the experiments in pro-
ducine rain. he states briefly that they
have been made. but that he has no
data yet ~ hand which would justify
him in making any conclusions on the
subject
In sonelsdine his report Secretary
nask ststss thai from the time he ss-