Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-12-05

of the several stations, with great alacrity SnG
cordiality, have approved the amendment to the
lures anticipating that it will increase the eff
| fcency of the stations and protect their di-
| corning their of public funds besides bring
| ing the Department of Agriculture into closer
and more confidential relations with the expert
| mental stations, and through their joint service
largely increasing their usefulness to the agri-
Acting upon a recommendation in the
year 1890, congress appropriated $4,000
| vestigate and report upon the nutritive value
of various articles and commodities used for
wholesome and edible rations less wasteful and
more economical than those in uses ea
| prepared and now has nearly ready for distribu-
ton an OF f Food Wbee
we consider that fully one-half of all the
lied world is expended by them for food, the
| Importance and utility of such an investigation
The department expended in the fiscal year
1892; s., BOD, 500 Sc, and out Of that sum the
out of a total expenditure of $1,94s, 9SS.3 50. the
to scientific work and investigation. 1t is, there
fore very plainly observable that the economies
| of the department have not been at the expense
of scientific research.
! of the secretary for 1896 that the various sys-
| partmental documents be abandoned is again
urged. These publications may we'll be furnished
without cost to puoe Libraries 10 IN
| and of the federal government but from all in
ydg8 f b for them price sboUG R the
qured Thus the Pubieato1s and documents ait
| them for proper purposes. Half million of
copies of the report of the secretary of agri-
nua cost of about $500 Large numbers of
| them are numbering store rooms at the capitol,
l
| waste might be avoided If the recommendations
| of the secretary were adopted.
| The secretary also again recommends that
| the gratuitous distribution of seeds cease, and
that no money be appropriated for that pur-
pose, except to experiment stations. He re-
| for disseminating this unjustifable gratuity, and
| fully concur in the conclusions.
An Agricultural Census.
| A further important utility in agricultural sta
| tisttcs is found in their eucidation of the re-
| lation of the supply of farm products to the de-
5Inited, States and of the world; It is
may be taken each year through the agents of
the statistical division of the department Such
that division. Its scope would be- a. The area
under each Of the more important crops % The he
| aggregate products of each of such crops. ~
| The quantity of wheat and in the hands of
| paintings and before the beginning of harvest;
and also the quantity of cotton and tobacco re-
manlng IN the hands OF planters either at the
The cost of the work is estimated at $500,000.
|
| clans work. and the natural and acquired fitness
| necessary to its successful prosecution the sec
under the chief of that division should be adj
| haustiye and successful examination at the hands
! of the United States civil service commission
of candidates for the position of assistant sta
| tisticians. and also of candidates for chiefs OF
The work done by the Department of Agri-
culture is very specifically dealt with in this
secretary and the very Important interests with
which it deals, to the careful attention Of the
| congress.
Civil Service Reform.
The advantages to the public service of
| adherence to the principles of civil service re-
| is encouraging to those in official life, who
| honestly desire good government, as the increas-
Vantages vast majority 9th of the voters of the
land ready to insist that the time and at
! important public duties should not be distracted
by doing out minor offices, and they are grow
| ing to be unanimous in regarding party organ
ization as something that should be used in
ing the dstrbuon Of pubic places as 81 rewards
of partisan activity. Numerous additional Of
Within civil service ' rules e and Ges regulations
ana some others will probably
missioner will be to the congress, and 1 invite
careful attention to the recommendations it con-
tainS
For National Board of Health.
be longer without a National Board of Health
duties than such as pertain to the protection Of
| our country from the invasion of pestience
nent by such board or officer, of proper quar-
antine precautiOn, or the necessary aid and
counsel to local authorities on the subject,
| prompt advice and assistance to local Boards of
Health or health officers in the suppression Of
no such local boards or officers, the immediate
Gy 1Re board or 9er OF
| Information concerning the health of foreign
related to contagious disease, and consideration
| of regulations to be enforced in foreign ports
our cities and the measures which should be
adopted to secure their enforcement. There
| seems to be at this time decided inclination
to discuss measures of protection against con-
tagious diseases in international conference
| with a view of adopting of mutual as
| sistance. The creation of such a national health
| establishment would greatly aid our standing in
such conferences and improve opportunities
to avail ourselves of their benefits. l earnestly
recommend the Inauguration of a national
Board of Health or similar national in 1sf1-
! mentality, believing the same to be needed
| precaut1on against contagious disease and in the
interest of the safety and health of people.
Report of the Strike Commission.
By virtue of a statute of the United States
passed IN 1888, l appointed in July last Hon;
Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington of the state of
Illinois to form with with Hon Carroll D Wright
said Statute commssoner for the purpose of
making careful inquiry into the causes of the
controversies between certain railroads and their
employees which has resulted in an extensive
and destructive strike, accompanied by much
violence and dangerous disturbance with con-
siderable loss of life and great destruction of
T&operty. The report of the commissioners has
been submitted to me and will be transmitted
to the congress with the evidence taken upon
| their Investigation Their work has been we'll
done, and their standing and intelligence give
assurance that the report and suggestions they
make are worthy of careful consideration.
FavOrs Free Coal and Iron.
The tariff act passed at the last session Of the
congress needs important amendments if it is
to be executed effectively and with certainty
In addition to such necessary amendments
will not change rates duty, 1 still
very decidedly in favor of putting coal and iron
upon the free list. So far as the sugar sched-
ule is concerned, l would be glad, under
listing aggravations, to every particle of diff
ferential duty in favor of refined sugar stricken
out of our tariff law. If with all the favor
now accorded the sugar refining interest in our
tariff laws 1T still languishes to the extent of
closing retinereies and discharging thousands of
Workmen, 1T would seem to present hopeless
case for reasonable legislative aid
Whatever else is done omitted I earnestly
repeat here the recommendation 1 have made in
another portion of this communication that the
additional duty of One-tenth of cent a pound
laid upon sugar imported from countries pay
ing bounty on its export be abrogated 1t
seems to me that exceedingly important con-