The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-11-21
UNCLE JEREYS REPORT
York Of Tho Agricultural Department
the Pat !eaf.
PROSPERITY OF FARMERS
Increase In Exports Of Grain and
Produce-Amerioa Meats In
Foreign Market-Cotton
lndustr'.

WASHINGTON, Nov. O-The annual 10
port Of tho secretary Of griculture begins
with comparison Of tls export trade OF
the past fiscal year witiformer years and
emphasizes tho fact that of more than
q ,O00, ,0OO, 900. Representing the exports Of
domestic products ths past year, nearly
30 per cent consisted oiagricultural prol-
ucts, thus not only raking tho United
States the creditor Of nc world for sum
exceeding saO,OOO, ,OOOthe excess Of our
exports over imports but relieving the
home markets from surplus product
which would othcrwiss reduce prices to q
point below the cost production.
Since tho last rcprt tho prohibition
against American pos products has been
withdrawn in all coutrics where they ex-
isted and 4O,0O.00O punds Of inspected
pork, which without ispection could not
found market nbrad, were exported.
He compared the piccs for September,
1892, with those o September, 1880, tho
year before pork inpcction was adopted
and shows an incrase of 50 cents per
hundred pounds inavor OF this year. m
average Of g per head on every hogs
hcad.
Referring to thc,roclamation declaring
tho country FREQ fpm plcuro-pncumonia,
he emphasized he precautions taken
bcfore tho PROCLAMATION was issued
and tho thoroughly satisfactory
grounds existiu for tho declaration
OF our immurty for control and
prevention of Teas fever. He concludes
with a declarati0 that they saved three
| Al In
growers yearly ms required to run tho
whole tepartmnt. He says that tho i'm
spcctim laws hive restored the confidence
OF foreigners , the hcalthfu!ness Of our
cattle. Liy cattle exports I'm 1850
amourfcd 10 D5 600 head, whereas i'm 1892
We cxvortcd 394, 900, mt an increase In
value .vcra.ing Is per head.
Tbcsecreary says of the work Of his
India cor, agents In Germany, that ono
rcsul is tie maintenance of the price OF
corn tie face of largely increased ex-
mort cor ditions which heretofore always
wcraccompanicd by great depreciation
in pee.
Swetary Rusk says: zone of tho
6raf f-ina features Of our agricultural In
b during tho past year has been tho
mef1ri red uction In the cotton area
/
ucctia with this subject he calls atten-
tion tthc great Increase which has taken
placcn late years In our imports OF raw
cottc, imports Of which but few years
aRo ere hardly known. With view OF
checng imports OF foreign cotton,
cspcally Egyptian, have taken meas
ureso undertake, with the cooperation OF
somof tho experimental stations In the
/ ...f
proacinR cotton Of home growth which
sha servo rs an efficient substitute for
the tzyp tian. l trust in this We may be
sucsssful before the import cotton trade
incnscs to such an extent as TO seriously
afft our own cotton growers"
Tb secretary INDUCES In retrospect
of b work OF the department under his
administration, which no believes appro-
prip In submitting his last report. In II hc
speally refers TO the specially important
mcsurcs undertaken and carried out
dung the administration TO q largo In.
Greco In division work and the important
parwhich the new divisions played In ex.
teung its usefulness and maintaining
efiiency Of tho department. Referring
to te economy with which he had en-
deaored 10 carry out his comprehensive
plup, he docs not justify this restriction
Of spropriations within narrow limits, but
doenot claim credit for what was accom-
plisDd with tho limited appropriations al
his isposal. In regard TO the sugar in
dusy and its domestic action in tbs
coutry, the secretary says there is moth
ingo add to what he had TO offer veal
ag0n the subject, beyond tho fact thai
all 70 experiments conducted by the dc
parucnt both In the laboratoryand in ths
iceland at special experimental stations
estsiishcd for the purpose, confirm TIN
horfui anticipations he then expresses
a. tho possibility OF this country In th'
couDo Of time supplying It's own sugar.
Rnfall experiments. he says, are beini
mao as congress directed, but the fact
In h possession do not In his opinion
Justly the nnticipations formed by the he
, licvss in tho method OF artificial rail
maInR. He emphasizes need for ne,
andsuitable buildings to accommodat
tho department. Secretary Rusk suI
gest important changes In regard to th
futup organizat tion Of the department. b
whis all division work should bc groupc
with reference TO it's character int
bureus following tho organization
} adoyed In other departments OF tho go,
ernrent. He insists upon the nccessit
Of utvcrsal inspection Of all animal foo
} PREDICTS, applicable not only to product
intesied for interstate or export trade
but ntcring into domestic consumption
everywhere.
Secretary Rusk also points out that ther
arc sany reasons for making natioua
stanard Of grain highly desirable an
concudes that some system oil nationa