Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-10
DEPARTMENT OF leRIcuLTuRe.
Great Results AIre"dy Attained by It's Is
tablishrnont

Great Results AIrendy attained by It's Is
tablishmont
II the establishment of he department Of
agriculture was regarded 10y any one as a mere
concession to the enlightened demand of a
worthy class of people that Impression has been
most effectually removed by the great results
already attained. Its home influence has been
very great IN DISSEMINATING agricultural and
horticultural Information; IN stimulating and
directing further diversif alton of CroTs; in
detecting and Graduating diseases of domestic
animals, and more than all. II the close and in
formal contact which it has established and
maintained with the farmers and stock raisarS
or the whole country. Every request for infor-
nation has had prompt attention and every
subject merited consideration. The scientific
corps OF the department is o. high order and
Is pushing Its Investigation with method and
enthusiasm. The inspection 10y this department
OF cattle and pork products Intended for ship
ment abroad has been the Ia sis of tho success,
which has attended our efforts to secure The. re
moval of the restrictions maintained by abe
European governments.
Success Attained at Last
For ten Years protests and petitions upon this
subject from the packers an. stock rais,rS az
the United States have been directed against
those restrictions which 81 seriously limited
our markets and Curtailed the profits of the
farm IL Is "A source of general coHgratulatiuu
that succeSS has at last been attained for the
effects OF an enlarged toregI market for these
meats VIII ~ felt, not only b. the farmer, but
IN our pub L. finances and il every branch Of
trade. II Is particularly fortunate that the
increased demand for good p -oluCts. resulting,
meats and from the rcClprpCli trade arrange
nents Ia which have ref, rrcd, should have
come at a time when the agricultural surplus
! 80 large. Without tine h.lp thus derived
lower prices would have PR vailed. The sec
r tary pi agricultUrr cStin stes that The. re-
strictionS upon the importa ion of our pork
products into Europe lost 4 market for so
"nUni worth cf these products annually.
Largest Grain Cror.
The grain crop Of this year was the largest in
our history - per cent. grt alter than that Of
last year, and yet the new markets that have
been opened and the large demand resulting
from short crops in Eurnpo have sustained
prices to such an extent that the enormous
surplus of meats ana hrCadst lffs will he mar
Eeted mt good prices bflnginl relief and pros
perity to an industry that much depressed
The value Of the grain crop Of the United
States i estimated by the rotary 10 be this
year S.dD.issLHg more than last of meats. SIJl-
SivltsH,NFl moro. 1t i not inappropriate.
think. here 10 suggest that orr satisfaction in
the contemplation of this ma rvelous addition
10 the national wealth = un' louded 10y
picion of the currency 10y which IL is measured,
and In which the farmer Is pal for the product
of his fields
Civil service Reform.
The report of the civil service commission
should receive the careful att ntiou Of the on
pnnents Is well ~ tho friends, of this reform.
The commission invites personal inspection
10y senators aft representative of its records
and methods; and every fair 81 tic viii feel that
such an examination should p-ecrdc Judgment
OF condemnation. either of the system or its
administration II l. not claiTl ed that either i.
perfect hut ! believe the law J. being executed
with impartialiry. and that the system Is in
cntnparaHlN trtinr and falrer than that of ap
appropriations tfS' the civil SCI vice commission
10 made adequate To the incre; sod work Of the
next fiscal wear
The president again invites the attention of
congress {" the need Of n law protecting rail
way employees far As posi- de against the
dangers Of their occupation