The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-14

TO all children o. 6ullADit dSc . 7uPACiuO
and our care for them will be jealous and
constant. The public school system,
however. was not intended to restrain
the natural right Of the parent, after con-
tributing TO the public school fund, to
choose other educational agencies for his
children.
I favored aid by the general govern
ment to the public schools, with special
view to the necessities of some Of the
Southern States. But it is gratifying to
notice that many of these States are with
commendable hberality, developing their
school systems and increasing their
school revenues to the great advantage
the children of both races.
FAcrs FoR FARMERs.
The oonsiderate attention Of the farm
ers of the whole country is invited to
the work done through the State and
Agricultural Departments in the interest
agriculture. Our pork products had for
ten years been not only excluded by the
great continental nations Of Europe, but
their value discredited by the reasons
given for this exclusion
All previous efforts to secure the re-
moyal of these restrictions had failed,
but the wise legislation of the Fifty-frst
Congress, providing for the inspection
and official eertifcation ofour meats, and
giving TO the President power TO forbid
the introduction into this country ofse-
lected products Of such countries as
should continue TO refuse our inspected
meats, enabled US to open al the mark
cts Of Europe to our products The re-
suit has been not only TO sustain prices
by providing new markets for our surplus
but to add fifty cents per hundred pounds
to the market value Of the inspected
meats. Under the reciprocity agree
ments special favors have been secured
for agricultural products, and our exports
Of such products have been greatly in
creased, with a sure prospect Of a further
and rapid increase.
The Agricultural Department has main
tanned in Europe an agent whose special
duty il is TO introduce there the various
preparations Of corn as articles Of food,
and his work has been very successful.
The department has also sent skilled
veterinarians to Liverpool TO examine,
in connection with the British veterina-
rians, the live cattle from the United
Sta ties landed at that port, and the result
in connection with the sanitary methods
adopted at home, has been that We hear
no more about our cattle being infected
with pleuro-pneumonia. A judicious
system ofquarantine lines has prevented
the infection Of Northern cattle with the
Texas fever.
The tariff bill of 1890 gives better pro-
lection to farm products subject to for
eign competition than they ever had be-
fore, and the home markets for such pro-
ducts have been enlarged by the estab-
ment ofnew industries and the develop
ment Of others. We may confidently
submit TO the intelligent and candid
judgment Of the American farmer wheth-
er in any corresponding period so much
has been done TO promote his interests.
and whether, in a continuance and ex-
tension Of these methods, there is not
better prospect offered to him than in
the invitation of the Democratic party to
give our home market to foreign manu-
facturers and to abandon the reciprocity
policy; and better also than the radical
and untried methods Of relief proposed
by other parties which are soliciting his
support.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
have often expressed my strong con-
yiction Of the value Of the Nicaragua ship
canal to our commerce and to our navy.
The project is not one Of convenience but
Of necessity. II is quite possible, be-
lieye, ifthe United States will support
the enterprise, to secure the speedy COM
pletion of the canal without taxing the
Treasury for any direct contribution, and
at the same time to secure TO the United
States that influence in its management
which is imperative.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
II has been the purpose ofthe admins
tration to make its foreign policy not
matter of partisan politics, but of patriot
sm and national honor; and have very
great qualification in being able to state
that the Democratic members of the
Committees Of Foreign Affairs responded
In true American spirit. have not
hesitated to consult freely with them
about the most delicate affairs, and here
frankly confess nv obligation for needed
cooperation.
They did not believe, as some seem to
believe, that to be Democrat, one must
take the foreign side ofeyery international
question, ifa Republican administration
IS conducting the American side. 1 do
not believe that tame submission to
insult and outrage by any nation at the
hands Of another can ever form the basis
Of lasting friendship-the necessary
element of mutual respect will be want
ing.
THAT CHILEAN INCIDENT
The Chilean incident, now SO happily