The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-11-02
Uncle Jerry Takes occasion to Expose n
Democratic Forgery.


Democratic Forgery.
Jeremiah NJ. Rusk has reached home
from Washington, and on his way made
short visit in milwaukee, and while there
he spoke freely about the campaign, ana
the Democratic methods by which 10 de-
celve voters.
The Secretary of Agriculture was very
emphatic on one point lie said his mai
daily contained patches OF letters from
farmers inquiring as to the authenticity OF
the document Ii is headed, "l'rotectl0ns
Home Market and reads as follows:
had an opportunity to take some stock in
the combination american Harvester Com
panyl and know what inducements were Of
fercd. An investigation Will show that THIS
same combination Is now selling or Offering to
sell machinery in Russia and Australia and In
other wheat-growing countries. rms won
do and need not offer any argument TO prove
the weight or truth OF the assertion. The hrst
thing the farmer viii do when he ia acquainted
with the facts will be TO make a howl against
trusts and protection that does not protect.
Whether Justly or not he Will charge IL to the
Republican party L am certain as l can be
of anything that this Mower and Reaper Trust
will cost the Republican party hundreds OF
thousands OF votes at the next Presidential
election unless it takes a firm stand against it
and trusts in general.-Jercmiah nj. Rusk
Secretary OF Agriculture.
''This matter is entirely q villainOus
forgery" said Secretary Rusk. 81 never
uttered or wrote the words to which my
name is forged, and | have hitherto re-
peatedly, by letter and in the public press.
emphatically denied its authorship. The
forged handbills contain the same Ian
guage as bogus interview published III
Chicago Democratic paper III 1871. AT
that time denounced the interview as q
fabrication instantly it met my notice. L
did not suppose that after this denial pub
liShed as it was all over the country, any
one would have the hardwood to revive 1t
for the purpose of deceivlng class OF cur
citizens in whose interest my labOrS have
been directed for several years. But 1t
seems that some Democrat with too
facile and ingenious pen has seen fit To re-
vive it, l want TO say once for all that L
never uttered the words. attributed 10 me. ,
Secretary RuSk now took up the work OF
bis own department.. telling what the adj
miniStration had achieved for the farmers
and cattle raiSeIS OF the United States. He
emphasized the successful eradication OF
contagious pleuro-pneumOnia as 4 great
work, which had so tar deted the efforts
of Great Britain, France, Germany and
other European countries. lie SAID that
the regulations controlling Texas fever
saved yearly to cattle growers three times
more than the total annual appropriation
tor the department.; that by the proper
supervision or vessels carrying export
cattle. losses had been greatly reduced,
having been as low during the past fiscal
year as Seven-eighthS OF l per cent.
cattle shipped abroad had been reduced
from per cent to about 2 per cent, and a
saving effected on this item alone of So per
head on every steer exported. The meat
and cattle inspection had resulted III q
modification OF the restrictive legislation
enforced by foreign countries against our
cattle and meat, and as regards American
pork, in the absolute withdrawal of The
prohibition which had been enforced in all
European countries but Great Britain for
eleven years past. The effect of these pro-
hibitions had been markedly shown, he
said, by the drop in our pork exports from
I0i.000,000 to S2OOO,0OO the first year
they were put into effect. The
shrinkage continued until our pork
exports reached a minimum figure of
57,G00,000. The removal of the restrictive
legislation and of the prohibition on our
sork products had already secured most
favorable results. We exported in the past
fiscal year nearly twice rs many cattle as
i'm 1889, and this is at an advanced price, so
from less than 100000 i'll 1889 to 35,0O0,-
900 in 1892. Exports of dressed beef in
creased in the same time by 66 per cent.
The withdrawal of the prohibition against
our porlc products had been so recent that
its full effect upon the trade had been
manifest for only q few months. But,
taking the four months of May, June, July
and August, and comparing this with the
corresponding months of 1891, | found an
increase of GO per cent. In the quantity,
and this in spite OF an increase in the price.
The following official statement from his
department, not made public until now,
was produced by the Secretary. 1t shows
the quantities and values OF our pork
products exported to Europe during the
months mentioned in this year, as COM
pared with the corresponding months of
1891: