Evening journal., 1891-11-09
GOLD FROM THE FARMS.
Points Of Interest from Secre-
tary Rusk's Report. q
ONE YEARS INCREASE $7oo,ooo,ooo

The Secretary Says That Amount win
Represent the Value Of Our Farm
Products for 1891 Above Their Value
Last Year-To Make Our Own Sugar.
WASHINGTON, Nov. o.-The annual re-
port Of the secretary of agricultural de-
partment estimates the value Of the proba-
Bile increase in agricultural products OF
the country for 1891 over 1890 at 500 900.
During the first three months Of the pres
ent fiscal year.. e., July, August and Sep
tember, the exports in cereals alone have
aggregated IN value over s76,000,000
Why Imports Increased, Too.
The increase Of s2s, ,OOO, 600 In the imports
OF agricultural products during the first
ten months under the present law is
largely that Of articles on the free list
which do not compete with home produc-
tion. He notes the serious effect on home
prices by the free importation Of hides.
and congratulates the country on the
withdrawal Of the prohibition against
pork by Germany, Denmark and italy.
Less Tobacco Comes In.
While the change In rates has checked
the importation Of products which may be
produced at home, the secretary notes a
decrease In tobacco from sl7,e00,0Oo to
S6,0O0,000, a falling off in foreign barley Of
nearly three and half millions; ia eggs
one and q quarter millions; in horses a
falling off Of nearly million and half,
and a gradual decline ia the imports OF all
live stock
10 Keep Out All Live Animals.
The secretary recommends that, unless
the British government will remove the
unfriendly restrictions against our cattle,
tie law now In existence prohibiting the
importation into the United States of all
live animals be enforced. The law has
been suspended only as a matter Of friend
ship toforeign governments. Some action
against the importation Of adulterated
coffee and bogus coffee beans Is also rec
commended
The middleman Question.
The secretary devotes paragraph to the
middleman and the extent to which he is
enabled 10 absorb a large proportion Of
the prices paid by the consumers for farm
| products, thus unduly limiting the profits
Of the farmer. Admitting the difficulty Of
remedying this evil, he points out that a
| partial remedy Is to keep the farmer fully
informed Ia regard TO the market values
Of his wares, aud he concludes by stating
that II is his earnest desire and intention
to extend the work In this direction until
every farmer may know the value of his
goods before he markets them. The secre-
tary emphasizes the value Of greater di-
yersitcation IN our crops to take full adj
vantage Of our home market
To Make Our own Sugar.
He congratulates the country upon the
success attending the practical application
at the department experiment station in
Kansas Of the alcohol process perfected in
the laboratory Of the department last year
for the extraction Of sugar from sorgum
The cost Of the process is found to be
so trihing as to be practically insignificant.
"There seems to be no reason he says,
why we should not therefore look for
ward with confidence to the day when the
l0O,O0O0O0 paid by Americans to foreign
/ producers for sugar should be turned
into the pockets OF our own people"