Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
Rusk's BUREAU.
What Uncle Jsfr,'s Department Has Do"t
for the farmer

The report OF the secretary OF agTicnituro
contains not only u most Interesting Alhte-
msnt Of the progressive and valuable Nork
done under tho administration OF secretary
Rusk, but many for tiss ENLARGED ose'olhesso,
tbis important department. In ihc suocsssiui
effort 10 hreas down The restrictions To the
FREQ introduction Of cur meat products IN tue
countries Of Europe. tho se' Rotary mas beeh
~pntirtpg frnm the FIRST. stimulating ana alu,
ing III other government officers, al home ana
abroad. whose official duties caused them 10
participate in the work. The total trade IN
borne prod uc,s with Europe IN May lSg2,
amounted 10 s., O0B,UU pounds. against fo,sp'-
uHD hounds In the same month OF 1921. IN June
1899, the exports aggregated oh'J ~ pouuu.
against Al, 5D.UU pounds In ihe same Lnontno i
The previous year: IN July there vas an d
cTess. o. 81 per cent. and in August OF % pei
cent over the corresponding week OF iosi'
Over t0,y0O.GD pounds of inspected pork have
been exported since tho Law Was pat into op'
GRAFTON. and a comparison OF the -four months
81 Msy, June, July and August, nv, Wild the
same months of 1891 shows an increase In tbs
number of pounds of orr sfport oil PORK proo-
ucts Of 81 per rent, and an inoreass IN NAiue" u,
6bls. The exports OF dressed beef Increased
ffnn ~. eDO AZ pounds IN 1859 to ~ so, %
bouuds in 1892 or .bout % per cent. during
The psst year there has been exported 5s4,eH
bssd Of live stock cattle as against z-o,'S
axportsd In 1889 This Increased exportstloD
has b.eu largely promoted BY the inspection
.,iHorifed ~ law and the faithful efforts oil
,ha s-ste,sry and his efficient subordinates to
make that inspection thorough aud IT. care
fully exclude from all esrgocs diseased "
suspected cattle
E,,rmous Agricultural Exports.
ss,,orItrral products constitute ISL pes
.ant 81 mt ,tpprecedeutsd exports for the
a.cnl wear which closed June ~. 1871, the to'aI
exports beinx sI,0o.2S7,tJ and the vaiue OF
th. agricultural products $'sa,Ii1'o't. "h'cn
s1c.eds by more that Sl5D.0-O,DD the shipfnenf
OF agricultural produ' - In any previous year
Ru.k'- Suggestions Commended.
Tn. suggestions Of the secretat! for an en-
Israsmsnt OF the work of the department. s'e
recommended 10 your favorable consioeis-
ion, IL may be. ] think. said without chal-
isnva that IN no co responding period has 10
much been a6ie as during the las, four yeA's
for the benefit OF Atfisfiesn agriculture
Quarantine Inspeetiohs
Tho .upiso,s of quarantine regulations. in
s,action and control we're brOu.ht suddenly
40 INV attention by the arrival al our ports in
August last of vessels infected with cholera
Quarantine regulations should lie UNIFORM az
~ our rorts. Under the constitution they are
plainly within the exclusive federal Jnrisaie-
tic n, when md SO far ns congress SNAIL 'es's
late.
In M ~opinidn the whole subject should be
,.lsn into national control. aud adequate
mower given to the executive to protect the
peoule against plague invasions There 70 osh-
Eet that with the coming OF spring ctolsra
will again appear, an a liberal appropf' aIch
should be made at this session to ensele our
quarantine and port officials 10 exclude the
deadly plague.
For Restricted immigration.
we ,te peculiarly subject In "ur great ports
IN ,he ,p,sad of infectious diseases by reason
~ tho ts-t that unrestricted immigration
h.,ngs 10 Us out Of European cities In the over
crowded steersges of great steamships large
humber OF persons whose surroundings G.shs
them The easy victims OF the p.asue. rms
confederation, as well as those affecting the
n%oIi,ic.l.m moral and industrial interests of our
country lead me to renew the suggestion that
admission to o country and to th'. high prirf-
Ieue, Of It's citizenship should be more re-
s,rictsd and more careful. We have. think
tight and owe q duty to our own people, AMI
AspsotaIly to our working people, not only TO
80 cr,t the vicious, the ignorant. the civil
Sisturbers the psaper and the contract u.
~ but The too gredt ffow Of immisratiofi
lion now coming by further hmltafloEs.
Tn. president renevs his recoBlnendation
for legislation for the protection oil rd'irosb
smnloyes and also for an election law which
viii Insure a free ballet End a iair count.
In Conclusion.
This exhibit OF tne "ofk ~
departments is submitted 70 congress ana 10
A., prblic in the hopa that there viii be found
/, 1, a due sense of responsibility and an
sa,nest purpose 10 maintain the national
honor and to promote the happiness and pros
perity of all our people. And this brief s1-
bibIt OF the growth and prosperity of the
country will give US a level from which TO
tote the increase OF decrease that new lesis-
Iatiye policies may bring TO US. There Is no
reason why the national influence power and
prosperity shoald not observe the sams rates
of increase that have characterized the pss'
thirty years.
We carry the great impulse and increase OF
these years into the future. There Is no
feesop why in many Ices OF the production
we should not surpass all other nations as we
have already done IN SHINE There are no near
frontiers to our possible development. Retire
gression would be a crime.
[Signedl BENJAMIN HARRISON.