The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-02

the exports during the twenty three months
CENTS IN wms
cost the GSyer Ih n to inspect this amount o.
After Secretary Morton had discharged al
the microscopists who had nothing to insreet
and had effected all the reductions that he
showing what he had accom- plished II tho. way
Of ec3nomy In the few months that ne had been
| This table reads as follows:
| Amount saved per Annum by reduction of force Ia
| the Bureau Of Animal Industry:
Meat in.peeto l8dpio ID
rl,uro pneumonia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 6sIt9 oS
stock yards inspection ..............,. $500 %
Bennlns,s experiment station .........." 50oS %
Once Of CHIEF bureau OF Animal industry. $500 90
Total reduction up to date s2e6 ssI 20
Reduction in number of persons employed. 2s2.
This Is a pretty large sum Of money to sub
tract from the annual expenditures Of a single
Secretary Morton says It can be accomni ished
without i'm pairing the public service in the
sSne n H. doe be n DID IT
arranging to take still more radical action in
He has, in fact. about decided to do what
many people will =. regard as cutting of
m me- IN e f that the annaai
f9r TIE and stFt Se
De d ssses The fSas1
practically convinced. after study Of the
question. that the many thous OF dollars
| kinds OF seeds. good and bad. is practically
thrown away: and he Is apt to recommend IN
hereafter. in the pockets Of the tax payers.
The, Agriculture Department. which only at
eo hs q s the
ming OF the Harrison administration. grew out
Of a small annual appropriation made by Con.
the jurisdiction OF the Interior Department. to
make such reports and inyestieations on the
cal to the S, isrmin Ing intsrssts Since that
ss ass ana Is
large. and the results accomplished no greater
ao4h wes Ss ssa hnp. IF the The
as ~ vel buy sssdf e AID
has NO right to tax one class Of the people for
ersl way Is in favor Of restricting taxation to
the strict limits set BY the C9nstitution. From
action Rs9 Ct The ysS m aSeGn S
Verde Tsii + al an usufDstiOn q HeTsr and an
he declined to serve as one Of the Worlds Fair
Commissioners and in doing so wrote letter
taxation based upon the principles OF true JEFF
fersonian Democracy.
An official OF the Government, who has spent
OF the Agriculture Department and compar.:
ag Of with hs
too ridiculous for Belief. and that the wssteiuI
= not yet ready to take the public into his con
he has been making on Ills own behalf. but he
has discovered a few things Of which he thinks
open the eyes ey SOFT Of the " peCpe and show them
how portion OF the money drawn from their
pockets BY the tax CATERERS has been sguan-
pr2yemept Of the farmers.
When the Secretary was on his recent West
him before. that the Government maintained
at Garden CIV Ran so-eaisd e1psris
made to ascertain the best and cheapest
mmsthods Of producing good crop OF grass.
he aharss
asked where the superintendent was. the man
was in Beaver VT The sesrsry nosed aboae
The farm Ar - little; and when he came back
Garden Gits, Kan. Who boarded IN Ppm:
to ~ please give Kim
EXPERIMENT. Sith grass saisns; r. addressed
HIS letter to Denver and also to Garden City.
reply; A few days ago. therefore. the Score.
the pay roll and Is eonident that this viii re- n
suit In opening communication with him:
field for agriculture Experiments at the Gov
eminent expense. and the Secretary has dis
fNxea f Sa. the Dst son
hundred thousand dollars the only result
being an unyerif!ed report that the percent.
mae 81 SScGnane In cane mas been
The most fagrnnt abuse connected with the
yet come under the Secretary's notice is the
employment Of large number OF scientific
10 me to Ss
technical Information upon all sorts OF subjects.
none Of which Is understood OK any59dy In the
were Understood. TIE Secretary has ,dlso9y:
YEA oyer fss en %fsRs
have been left stored away in The, gray matter
q his brain a., This man his nnvsstaa;
duty. and no 10 Responsible to nobody for it's
faithful perlorpence. A few days ago Score
asking him to define the duties for which he
draws his salary IRON. the G ., nn, The
rected. II was 50 wa vagas and general that
Il mGans mDy nothing tbs to
apon addressed saotRcr aietter to The
professor: asking him TO kindly send Hp him
tlsStions and isSors ' in % Behalf Of the
or and awaiting sPy
OF other scientific men OF this description
upon the Government pay roll. and no has.
similar request for a detailed account OF tho
results OF their scientific Investigations. He
Ia OF the opinion that when the replies are re.
ceived he viii be able to reduce the annual
for the so-called scientific
branch OF the Agriculture Department as
largely as he did those Of the Bureau OF AMI
NAL Industry.
II the Secretary continues during the sum
mer the good work In which he is now engag-
I'D, OF smok ing out the frauds OF the Agrloul.
ture Department and cutting on absurd and
port to tina President next fall showing what
no has accomplished In the way OF wise and !
nHacticaI aannnmy will m ka vary intaraafinO |