The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-11-05

other eat-growing countries. This won't
20 ana need not offer any argument TO prove
the weight or truth Of the assetf ion TIE first
thing the farmer viii do when he ia acausir1ted
With the facts Will be TO make howl against
irasts and protection that does not protect.
whether justly or not he will charge il 70 the
Rcpubiican party. an a certain As ! can he
OF ANYTHING that this Mower and Eeaper Trust
VIII cost the Republican party hundreds OF
thousands OF votes at the next Presidential
election unless it takes firm stand against 1t
ahd trusts in geGeral.-Jeremiah NJ. RuSk
Secretary Of Agriculture.
II his matter is entirely fllanoi:s
forgery, sad Secretary RuSk. II never
uttered or wrote the words TO which my
name Is forged, and ] have hitherto re-
leatedly. by letter and III the public press.
tmphatlcal!y denied its authorship The
forged handbillS contain the same Ian
eaage as bogus interview published III Il
,hicago Democratic paper III 1899. At
slat tlnie denounced the interview as Il
fabrication instantly it met my notice /
did not SuDpUse that after this denial pub
ilShed as 1t was all over the country any-
one would have the hardihood to revive il
lor the purpose OF deceivlng a class of our
citizens i'll whose interest my lahorS have
Deen directed for several Years. But it
seems that some Democrat with 4 too
faciie and ingenious pen has seen iii to re-
NiNe II. | want to say once for all that |
never uttered the words attributed to me-
Secretary RllSk nov took up the work of
u.
minlStratlon had achieved for the farmers
and cattle raiSeIs of tie United States. He
emphasized the successful eradication of
contagious pleuro-pneumOnia as 4 great
work, which had 50 far defed the efforts
OF treat Britain, France, Germany and
other European countries. He 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 carving export
cattle. losses had been greatly reduced.
having been as low during the past fiscal
year as seSen-clghthS OF | per cent
FROM these causes insurance rates on
cattle shipped abroad had been reduced
from per cent. to about per cent. and a
saving effected on this item alone of 50 per
head ON every steer exported. The meat
and cattle inspection had resulted III
modlllcatlon OF the restrictive legislation
enforced by foreign countries against our
cattle ana meat, and as regards American
pork. in the absolute withdrawal OF TIL,
prohibition which had beer enforced in ali
European countries but trreat Britain t0r
eleven years past. The effect OF these pro
hlbltlOnS had been markedly shown. he
said. by the drop III our pork exports from
lUtOJO.000 to S2.GGO 900 the first year
they We're put INTO effect The
shrlnkage continued until our pork
cXl .orts reached a minimum figure of
legislation and Of the prohibition on our
uork products had already secured most
favorable results. We exported in the past
fiscal year nearly twice as many cattle as
III 1889, and this is at an advanced price, 50
that the value of cattle exported increased
from less than 1000, 600 in 1889 to $1,000,
coo in 1872. Exports Of dressed beef IN
creased ii the same time 10y it per cent.
The withdrawal of the prohibition against
our pork products had been so recent that
It's fnli effect upon the trade had been
manifest for only Il 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 t6 per cent. Ill The quantity,
and this in spite Of an increase i'll the price.
The following otHclal statement from his
department, not made public until now,
was produced by the Secretary. It shows
the quantities and values of our pork
products exported to Europe aurin g the
months mentioned in this year, as com
pared with the corresponding months OF
1871: