The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-11-12
ausk8 REPORT.

Rusk9 REPORT.
I'm. SECRETARY Of Agriculture subn,es a1
| Annual Rsport-what This Country Ell
| ported the Past Year-Meat inspection
WASHINGTON, Nov. - Secretary
Rusk, in his third annual report as sec
rotary of agriculture. says that, not.
withstanding the abundant yield OF
crops this year, values are well sus-
tanned. and he estimates that the In.
crease in the value of agricultural pro-
ducts over last year will be rot less
than S7O0, 900, 600 He states that dur.
ing the first three months OF the pres
emit fiscal year the exports In cereals
alone have aggregated $3.50. 600, 900, add
ing that indications now are that the
sales will during the present year
largely exceed those OF any previous
year. He notes the increase by some
5000. 900 in the imports OF agricult-
ural products during the first
ten months under the present
law, by comparison with the same
period during the last year Of tho old
law, but emphasizes the fact that the
increase is confined largely to articles
not competing with home products,
such as sugar, tea and coffee. At the
same time he states the change in rates
| checked the importation Of products
which may be produced at home. He
notes decrease in tobacco from ST.
| 600, 600 to Sc. 600, 600. falling off in for.
eign barley of nearly IS, 500, 600; in eggs.
! 81, $50, 900. in horses nearly 81, 10000
and gradual decline in the imports Of
! all live stock. Referring to the import
of hides. admitted free of duty, he
states that this causes a great de-
probation in prices realized for
hides of home production and
| earnestly recommends that the duty
| provided for in section of the
tariff act approved October 1. 1890, be
imposed in all cases where the
countries from which hides are shipped
have not granted equal concessions in
regard to the admission of the agricult-
ural products of the United States.
In speaking of the inspection of meat
for expectation, the secretary says:
''Our people demand something more
than protection from communicable
diseases. In most, if not all, European
countries inspectors, according to the
reports, freely pass for consumption
the meat of animals affected with foot
and mouth disease, pleuro-pneumonia,
tuberculosis, actinomosis and similar
diseases, which. according to the views
and customs of this country, must be
condemned. But all the meat for for
eign markets is inspected the same as
that for home consumption. In this
respect as in others, we have
met the objections which have been
raised to American products and have
not only removed the cause, but have
gone beyond what was asked by our
critics. Up to October there has been
total of 1,Ol6,6l4 animals inspected,
both before and after slaughter. There
were 63.671 carcasses of hogs examined
microscopically, and the total number
of animals condemned and sent to the
fertilizing tanks was but 1876. The
cost of the work has been within the
anticipated limit and is being consider
ably reduced as the work proceeds.
am of the opinion that the inspection of
animals and their marking for identifi-
cation, may be accomplished for sum
not exceeding cents per head and that
the cost of microscopical examination
of hogs will not exceed cents per
head"
PleurO-pneumonia the secretary re-
CARDS as quite under control and limit
ed in territory to two or three counties
on Long Island and New Jersey, over
which a thorough quarantine is exer-
cised Inspection by American veter
inarians of cattle landed in Great Brit
ain has been continued, as we'll as an
inspection of such animals before ship
ment Since the beginning of this
work there have been inspected. alto
gether, up to October /, 1926. $40 head Of
animals
A very slight decrease in the number
of cattle exported is noted, which is at
tributed to the increase in price, cattle
being in June. 1891. from 81 % to S1.50
per head more than in June, 1890. The
inspection of imported animals has
been rigidly maintained. The result OF
the inspection of vessels carrying ex-
port cattle has been to materially re-
duce the LOSSES resulting from lack of
ventilation, overcrowding and weak
fittings
The secretary points out the fact
that for more than year there has
been no we'll authenticated case Of
pleuro-pneumonia in American cattle
exported to foreign countries, and adds
that the condition Of the United States
trade and the vlgilant supervision of
the government justify the strongest
presentation to the British government
of the grievance which the cattle
raisers suffer 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 useless. and that their
maintenance can only be regarded a
an evidence of unfriendliness. He con-
cludes that Justice as we'll as proper
self-respect demand such a course"
and adds that he shall in the absence
of the removal of such unfriendly re-
strictions feel it his duty to suggest
the rigid enforcement of the law now