People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-09

lss-, amounted 10 c-iUVuu pOuuus, against ~
10000 in the same month OF 1921: in June
1892, the exports aggregated $780,
900 pounds, against $4,000 pounds
in the same month Of the previous
year; in July there was an increase Of Al per
cent and in August So per cent over the CORE
spending months OF 1891. Over D,OO),OOl
pounds OF inspected pork have been exported
since the law was put into operation, and
comparison OF the four months OF May, June,
! July and August, 1892 with the same months Of
1891, shows an increase in the number Of
pounds Of our export Of pork products OF g
DER cent and an increase in value OF 66h
per cent The exports OF dressed beef increased
| from l37, 10000 pounds in 1889 TO ~, $4,000
pounds in 1892, or about 80 per cent During
the past year there have been exported SsL6O7
| nead OF cattle, against 2O5, 7s5 exported in 1889
This increased expectation has been largely
promoted by the inspection authorized by law
and the faithful efforts OF the secretary and his
Official subordinates 10 make that inspection
thorough and TO carefully exclude from all car,
goes diseased or suspected cattle, The require
ment Of the English regulations that live cattle
arriving from the United States must be
slaughtered at the docks had its origin in the
claim that pleurop pneumonia existed among
American cattle and the existence Of the dis
ease could only certainly be determined by
! post mortem inspection.
The department Of agriculture has labOred
! with great energy and faithfulness TO extirpate
| this disease and on the 26th day OF September
Iasta public announcement was made by the sec
fetary that it no longer existed within the
| United States. He is entirely satisfied after the
most searching inquiry that this statement was
justified and that By continuance Of the inspec-
ton and quarantine now required Of cattle
Drought into this country the disease can be pre-
vented from again getting any fOothOld The
value to the cattle industry Of the United States
of this achievement can hardly be estimated
We can not perhaps at once insist that the
sevidenc shall be accepted as satisfactory by
other countries; but if the present exemption
from the disease is maintained and
the inspection Of our cattle arriving
at foreign ports, in which our own veterinarians
participate confirms it, We may Justly expect
that the requirement that our cattle shall be
slaughtered at the docks will be revoked as the
sanitary restrictions on our pork products have
! been. II our cattle can be taken alive to the in
terror the trade will be enormously increased
! Agricultural products constitute Ill per cent
Of our unprecedented exports for the fiscal
year, which closed June 30, 1892 The
total exports being g. O5O 2S7 $50 and the value
Of the agricultural products S93,7l7, SIC which
exceeds by more than $500 DO 900 the shipments
of any previous year.
An interesting and promising work for the
benefit Of the American farmer has been
through agents Of the agricultural department
in Europe, and consists in efforts TO introduce
the various products Of Indian corn as articles
Of human food The high price Of rye offered a
favorable opportunity for the experiment in
Germany Of combining cornmeal with rye to
produce a cheap bread A fair degree Of success
has been attained and some mills for grinding
corn for food have been introduced. The secre-
tary is OF the opinion that this new use for the
products of corn has already stimulated expor-
tations and that if diligently prosecuted large
and important markets can presently be opened
for the great American product
The suggestions Of the secretary for an en-.
largement Of the work of the department are
recommended to your favorable consideration.
QUARANTINE
! The subject Of quarantine regulations, inspec.
| ton and control was brought suddenly to my
attention by the arrival at our ports in August
last of vessels infected cholera quarantine reg
| ulations should be uniform at all our ports.
| Under the constitution they are plainly within
| the exclusive federal Jurisdiction when and so
far as congress shall legislste,
| In my opinion the whole subject should be
taken into national control and adequate power
To ivof D. ,ut
/ plague invasions. On the first OF September
last, l approved regulations establishing a
! twenty day quarantine for all vessels bring.
ing immigrants from foreign ports. This order
| Will be continued in force. Some loss and suf.
fering have resulted to passengers, but a due
care for the homes OF our people iustifes in
such cases the utmost precaution. There is
danger that with the coming Of spring cholera
will again appear and liberal appropriation
should be made at this session to enable our
! quarantine and port officials to exclude the
deadly plague,
| But the most careful and stringent quaran.
tine regulations may not be sufficient absolute
| ly to exclude the disease The progress OF
medical and sanitary science has been such,
however, that II approved precautions are
taken at once to put all of our cities and towns
in the best sanitary condition and provision
is made for isolating any sporadic cases and for
thorough disinfection, an epidemic can, am
sure, be avoided This work appertains to the
local authorities and the responsibility and the
penalty will be appalling II it is neglected or
unduly delayed
We are peculiarly subject in our great nation
Of the spread OF infectious diseases by rea-
sons OF the fact that the unrestricted immigra.
ton brings to US out Of European cities in the
overcrowded steerages Of great steamships q
large number Of persons whose surroundings
make them the easy victims Of the plague This
consideration, as well as those affecting the DO
litical moral and industrial interests OF our
country lead me TO renew the suggestion that
admission to our country and to the
! high privileges Of its citizenship shall
be more restricted and more careful We
have, l think, a right and owe a duty
to our own people and especially to our
working people, not only to keep out the vicious.
the ignorant, the civil disturber, the pauper
and the contract laborer, but to check the too
great flow Of immigration now coming by fur
Their limitations
The report of the worlds Columbian exposI.
ton has not been submitted. That OF the board
Of management Of the government exhibit has
been received and is herewith transmitted The
work OF construction and Of preparation Of the
opening Of the exposition in May next has pro
crossed most satisfactorily and upon scale Of
hoerality and magnifcence that will worthily
sustain the honor Of the United States.
ELECTIONS
1 have in each three annual messages, which
it has been my duty TO submit to congress,
called attention to the evils and dangers con.
nected with our election methods and practices
as they are related TO the choice OF oficers Of
the national government In my last annual
message endesvored to invoke serious atten-
tons to the evils Of unfair apportionments for
congress cannot close this message without
again calling attention to these grave and
threatening evils. l had hoped that It was DOS
sible to secure non.psrtisan inq uiry By means
Of acommission into evils the existence Of which
is known to all and that out Of that might grow
legislation from which all thought Of partisan
advantage should be eliminated and only the
higher thought appear Of maintaining the free
dom and purity Of the ballot and the equality
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