Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-02-26


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sil0s. 10 ~ cloaF that much depended
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~ A9flculture, whoever ne might be.
10 fh this important post, to repre-
ssent the agricultural tltcrests in the
eabtnef of The President OF the United
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TIE department devoted especially to
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csses rTeslacnt HARRISON selected 2 man
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"a several important pubic positions,
9 q the state legislature, %
congressman. g commander OF = regi-
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9Ieat ssasc.
~ review IA detali tne work accom-
pIlsnea under an admlnlssrallon 80
euepaclously, begun. down 70 the present
gate,. 9 REQUIRE many cnaptefs.
For the present we VIII select Dut one
5ieatur0 81 vast work accomplished
undei secretary kusk,s administration,
nAMeiy me down o. the artl-
Hciat phfrieys elect0d against american
meat producss u iofeign countries;
"a siernaany. france, A~ustria-Hun-
eary, LAZY, ana other European
tFies, 2 importation O. american hoE
nag Deeil absoinleIy pfonlDited
~ 1921, very lew ngures wiii snow
the damage inHlcted on american agri-
culture ~ harsh and unnecessary
iews. 4 reiiaDie authof1tles u was es-
tnat Q requirement OF ,mme-
dlate slaughter ~ treat britain depre-
GATED me price q American cattle IN
that market rom Ply e Sio g head IS
compsrea win 1snaaian pniiocks az
mattod restriction. rVen atthe
lower igure THIS meant at the rate OF
oxpOrtation R~ievailng during me Dast
lew years, . direct loss OF about $4,OO,-
wv per annum, n for n period dur
ing which the prohibition has been en-
forced, over $2O,OOO,OOO; but the indi-
rect losses we're necessarily far greater,
iof this depression affected The price o!
every steer marketed In the United
STATES, . loss 0stimated Oy the best in-
formed cattle deaiers % aggregatlng in
tie nelRnbornood oil $2o,OOO,WO yearly,
while ~ 70 sneep ana hogs, the restric-
tion practically effected . prohibition Of
the export trade.
Such . situation Of affairs very
promptly attracted the attention OF Sec.
rotary Kusk and he Ut once resolved
upon the measures necessary to meet,
70 abato II not to remove. these obsta-
cies 70 our trade.
10 assure ourselves oil the absolute
heaithfulness OF all cattle shipped
abroad, system 81 inspection. and
idonu1catfon was undertaken ana sue
cc1efnlly, established, IN spite OF the
declarations from many sources that
snch 2 9 Undertaking could . 9 pos
slbly be carried out successfully. Under
this system abont 100000 individual an
finals have been annually inspected,
and each one numbered aud tagged for
identification, inspected again on ar.
Rvs! at the foreign port, and We need
hardly say, the British officials rem
dered 20 conservative IN thei! diagnosis
Of American Imported Animals that, for
NOR thRn 2 year past, only three com
plants OF this kind have reached us,
which have been conclnsiveiy proven
u~ntOund0d.