The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-21
arr FARM EXPORTS.
secretary Rusk's Report on the
Business of a Year.
nc EXCESS OVER IMPORTS.
80 valuable Work Accomplished by
the Department OF Agriculture
In All Its Divisions.


ss;,s with q comparison of the export
s-sde of the past fiscal year with the
ss,mer year, and emphasizes the fact that
9 more than $l,0o0, 100000. representing
LOTS of domestic products in the past
-, nearly 50 per cent. consisted of agri-
rs,rr.l products. thus not only
LING the United States the
-.d;tor of the world for a sum
.s,,eding 500 COZ, 900 in the excess of our
s-.arts over imports, but relieving the
- markets from surplus product
-aeh would otherwise reduce prices to q
.i,t below the cost of production. In re-
"a 10 imports. the secretary finds en-
s.r,seement for the farmers in the fact
- while in the fiscal year ended in 1889.
aper cent. Of the imports competed with
AMERICAN agriculture, only "A per cent. of
,uports for the past fiscal year did so COM
IL. He nevertheless regards the imports
q nroducts competing with the products
I 4 our own soil still far too great. Since
sbs last report, the prohibition against
American pork products had been with
] dawn in all countries where they
sr;,ted and 100000 pounds of
;nspected pork, which, without in
.necrion, could not have found market
,b,osd, has been exported. He compared
DE prices for September, 1892, with those
of September. 1890, the year before pork
Inspection was adopted, and showed an
increase OF so cents per 100 pounds in favor
Il this year, an average of 81 per head on
usy hog.
Referring to the proclamation declaring
tits country free from pleuro-pneumonia
heemphasiZes the fact that precautions
h,d been taken before the proclamation
"a Issued and that thoroughly satisfac-
~ grounds existed for declaration of
ct immunity and for the control and
yvpnsion of Texas fever. He con-
auda with declaration that they
hss nyed three times as much
noDU 70 cattle growers yearly as is re-
eui5s1brun the whole department. He
m he inspection laws restored conf
deunto foreigners in the healthfulness of
or cattle. Live cattle exports in 1889
smcunied to 205. 900 head, whereas in 1892
sse1ported 1874 600, at an increase in value
msnging IS per head.
The secretary says of the work of his
ladian corn agents in Germany, that one
nsult is the maintenance of the price Of
nrn in the face of largely increased ex-
ports conditions which heretofore always
rcompanied great depreciation in the
Hicc.
Secretary Rusk says one of the crafty
ing features of our agricultural industry
during the past year has been a marked
nduction in the cotton area throughout
re cotton states. In connection with
Ibis subject. he calls attention to the great
Increase which has taken place of late
ysau in our importation of raw cotton,
imports of which but few years ago were
hardly known, saying:
With view to checking the imports of foreign
ettons, especially Egyptian. have taken meas
ue to undertake with the cooperation OF some
apartment stations in the cotton states
b experiment. with view to producing
thome growth which shall serve az an efficient
substitute for the Egyptian product l trust
that in this we may be successful before the
Import cotton trade increases to such an extent
4 to seriously affect our own cotton growers
With reference to our cereals, he at
tributes the excessive anticipations formed
regarding the price for wheat throughout
the crop year OF 1891 to failure to appre-
este the changed conditions now sur
rounding the production and marketing
Of the worlds wheat crop. Hence the
American farmer must reduce the wheat
acreage and so bring the production down
70 the normal demand.
OF barley, he says:
Tie domestic market, which has heretofore
Inscribed lo.0o0. 900 bushels of foreign barley, is
aeS reserved for the domestic product and our
s1saxe and production have increased and the
Fsaues has been disposed of at good prices.
IN experience of the department in the
domestic sugar industry for the past year
eoahfns his former reports and shows
wa. Domestic sugar can be produced with
PROM 70 the grower of the crop and to the
manufacturer, provided the conditions OF
1aaare and manufacture insisted upon by
we apartment are secured.
Inc secretary then INDUCES in retro
spees OF the work of the department under
An administration, which he believes ap-
p'vpriate In submitting the last report in
~ ne briefly refers 10 the specially import
ant measures undertaken and carried
oas during his administration; to
wig large increase in division
eeik and the important part
Hhieh the new divisions played in
sa'ehalng the usefulness and maintaining
-. vac ehelency OF the department. Refer
ing 70 the economy with which he en-
ssa'o'eo 10 carry out his comprehensive
. - ne does no Justify the restriction of
s appropriations within narrow limits.
1s uoes not claim credit for what has
seen accomplished with the limited
a'p.opria'ion at his disposal. In regard
~e sugar industry and its domesti-
4'a III the country the secretary SAYS
eis Is nothing TO add 10 what he mad TO
.' year ago Ola the subject beyond the
Nsae al experiments conducted by the
"" tfaent, both in the laboratory and in
=. heio, and at special experimental
srs -" ~ established for the purpose, con-
50. Tue hopeful anticipations he then
sSsea as TO the possibility of this
10y III TIE course of time supplying
sosh sugar. The rainfall experiments.
sass' are being made IS congress di-
sS", Dur the facts in his possession
NOT IN his opinion Justify the
ae'pa'ions formed by believers in the
aod OF artificial rainmaking. He en-
ases Tie need for new and suitable
iaen,. 'he oepari-
ehsS'e'ary Rusk suggests important
-ases IN regard TO the future
va dauon OF the department. bv
!. all division work shouI5
sISoaped with reference TO Character
a,eaus. following the organization
s,si. IN other departments of the gov
u,;~.s lie insists upon the necessary
,,nssA Inspection of all animal food
tpssS applicable not only TO the pro-
- intended for interstate or exnor: