Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-12-06

nesded, or that continued yistIanceaud prompt
action are not necessary To The same e't't.
Department OF Agriculture.
A REVIEW OF ITS OPERATIONS.
The secretary of agriculture III has report re-
views the operations of ms department itf me
last fiscal year, and makes Recommendations
| for the further extension OF is usefulness. ne
reports a saving in expenditures dirins Inc
treasury. This sum il q per cent OF Inc en-
tire appropriation. y special study nus been
| made Of the demand for American farm prod
ucts in all foreign markets o>pe'iaiiy "fcdt
WHAT We SENT III ENGLAND.
That country received from the United $iales
/ during the nine HionthS ending September 30,
| 1891, tg5, 30 live beef csttitN2iae ats.6.FD,V0 as
against 49,. dit cattle valued at i6.tItfSs1 during
months Of 1894 the United Kingdom took also
liz. H0, 600 pounds OF dressed .heef from the
United States, valued at nearly si4FnWn me
| report shows that during III" nine months m
| mediately preceding September ~ 1894. the
| United States exported to Great Britain r.
hashels, valued IL S..S0105. and Of
horses ISL, al an average value Of
sI59 per head. There Vas a tal5in$ "t IN
| American wheat exports Of l~3,A0p.tN bushels,
and the secretary j. Inclined To believe tnat
wheat may not il the future. he the staple eH-
port cereal product of Our country, nut that
corn will continue to advance in Importance as
an ex port on account of the new 49, 70 which
it is constantly being appropriated me eA5
ports of agricultural products from Tic | hited
States for the fiscal year ending jane 20 1874,
amounted to S62s,363, G}S, beia" rs per cent.
| of American exports Of every description. ana
the United Kingdom of Great Britain took
more than 81 per cent. of all fsIill products
finding foreign markets.
TIRE WEATHER BUREAU
The amount appropriate for the weather
bureau was Sa5I 100. or that sun Sl3s,5O0. or IA
per cent, has been saved ana i returned 10
the treasury. As illustrating Tie usefulness
of this service, il may be here stated that the
warnings, which were very generally given, or
two tropical storms occurring in September
and GATpfpH of the nfaG-RI VpLG resulted IN
aetaini Rslaed 5a'g az s. 81 s..s! BE- laden Win with
What is much more important and grltifyE ing,
many human lives on these SHIPS were also
undoubtedly saved.
BUREAU OF ANIMAL, INDUSTRY.
The appropriation 10 the uurcHu or urtrIai
industry was $3.50, 600 and The expenditures for
the year only S495.429.2i. thus leaving nne@-
pened s35i. 510.76. The Inspection OF beer ami
mails for export and inter state trade has been
continued and II .944056 head were inspected
during the year, at a cost ot II. cents per head
against AZ cents for 1893. The amount OF pork
microscopica!ly examined was 321@I"b'
pounds against @0,67i,4 40 pounds in the pre-
cedine wear. The cost OF This inspection has
been diminished from 81 cents per head IN
1898 to 81 cents ia 1884.
The secretary of agriculture recommends
that the law providing for the microscopes
inspection of export and interstate meat pe ~
amended as to compel owners OF the meat III
spected to pay the cost OF such Inspection, anc
/ call attention TO the arguments presented IN
his report in support of this recommendation
ing the year numbered 3&3 535. This IS an !u,
crease of 1888 head over the previous year,
SANITARY INSPECTION or CATTLE.
The sanitary inspection of cattle shipped L
Europe has cost an average Of lu4 cents foj
each animal, and the cost OF inspecting south
ern cattle and the diSinfectIon OF cars ant
stock yards averages 81 cents per animal.
The scientific inquiries of the bureau OF ami
mai industry have progressed steadily durlni
the year. Much tuberclln and malleln lavt
been furnished to state authorities for use II
the agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tons for the treatment Of tuberculosis an'
| CHAMBERS
PROMIsCUoUs DISTRIBUTION OF ~DEPARTMEN.
, EPORT
/, The recommendation contained in the repor
of the secretary for 1893, that the vicious sys
TEN of promiscuOuS free distribution of its de
partmental documents be abandoned, IS aEall
; urged. These publications may well be fur
) nished without cost to public libraries, educa
tionai institutions and the officers and iibrarie
OF states and of the federal government, ou
: from all individuals applying for them a prtc
covering the cost OF the document asked 70
= should he required. Thus the publications an
1 documents would be secured by tthoSe WI
/ really desire them for proper purposes.
a GRATUITSUs DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS.
+ The secretary also agatn recommends tina
. the gratuitous distribution OF seeds ceaSt
n and that no money he appropriated for ina
g purpose, except to experimental stations. II
: reiterateS the reasonS given in his rcpOr' 70
1898 disseminating this unJuStifable ~gratuitN
. and / fully concur ia the conclusions which h
- has reached.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
Numerous additional Ofic SS ana places nav
| lately been brought within Clvil-service rule
an regulations. and some others will probaSl
; soon be included. Tho report Of the commits
Q sioners will be submitted to congress, and I il
. yite careful attention to the recommendation
it contains.
. NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
5 earnestly recommend the Inauguration of
: national board OF health or similar national il
strumenta1ity, believing the same TO be
" needed precaueion against contagious disease
n and Ia the interest Of the safety and health
our people.
THE STRIKE COMMISSION.
: BY virtue OF u statute of the United State
. passed in 1855, I appointed in July last Hol
John D. Herman, of the state of New York, an
) Hon. Nicholas Z. WorthingtGn, Of the state
D. Wright. commissioner of labor. WI
was designated by said statute. a commissiC
. for the purpose of making careful inquiry I'M
the causes of the controversies between &C
tain railroads and their employees, which ha
e resulted in an extensive and destructive strik
accompanied by much VIOLENCE and dangCror
disturbance, with considerable loss of life ar
y great destruction of property. TIT report
l. the commissioners has been submitted to m
J. and will be transmitted to the congress wit
a Their work has been we'll done, and the
o standing and intelligence give assurance thi
" the report and suggestions they make a
e worthy of careful consideration.
Of The Tarif Act.
&c The tariff act passed at the last session
"a the congress needs important amendments
10 it is to be executed effectively ana with &C
10 tainty. In addition to such necessary amenl
llEr ments as will not change rates of duty, 1 a
- Stll very decidedly in favor of putting coal al
: iron upon the free list. 50 far as the Sugi
:. schedule is concerned, l would be glad. und,
=, existing agSravatrous, to see every particle
d difTerential duty in favor of refined Sug;
=, stricken out Of our tariff law. If, with all II
~ favor ROW accorded the sugar refining intere
=. in our tariff laws it still languisheS to the e,
u tent of closed retineries and thousands of al
1%e charged workmen. 1t would seem to present
IN homeless case for reasonable legislative aid.
\ suggestion Reiterated.
Whatever else is done or omitted. l earnes
re ~ repeat here the recommendation I ha'
n. made in another portion Of this communicate
al ! that the additional duty of oue-teuth of q cs
~ per pound laid upon sugar imported fro
countries paying II bounty on its export,
abrogated. 1t seems to mt that exceeding
important considerations point TO the prop-i
ne ty of this amendment, With the advent of
i new tariff policy not only contemplated to I
Sc iieVe the consumers Of our land in the cost
on their daily life, but to invite "a better deyelo
pe ment of American thrift and create for
- closer and more profitable commercial rel
d lions With the rest OF the Worl
es 1t follows as Il logical and il
n p~erative necessity that we shou
an ut once remove the chiefIf not the only obstaC
y. IL which has so long prevented our participate
X in
ns Il FOREIGN CARRYING TRADE,
of the sea. \ tariff built upon the theory tn
az 1t is we'll TO check imports, and that u hor
market should bound the industry and enC
ar Of American producers, was fifty supplement
IL ny u refusal 10 ulLU" American registry
+, veSSeis built abroad, though owned and ma
II gated by our people, thus exhibiting a willin
IL hess to abandon all contest for the adyantag
er tf American trans-oceanic carriage. Our n,
.3t tariff policy built upon the theory That
Tr l. well to encourage such importations
IN. our people heed, and that our products a
n, manufactures should lind markets in eve
nd part of the habItahic globe, is consistently Su
nlenented by the greatest possible liberty
our citizens in the ownership and navigation
ships in which our products Rud manufIctur
'S. may be transported. The millions now paid
foreigners for carrying American paSScnre
~ End products across the sea should be turn
no into American hands: Ship-buiidiug. which h
az been protected TO stranEglaiiUa. should
,of ieyived by the prospects Of proital
oi employment for ships when built, and
~ TIE AMERICAN SAILOR
Should be rcsurrected and again take
place. a sturdy and industrious citizen in tn
tf peace and d patriotic aud safe defender
US tnrfenf nroyiSion nj nt,r Ia yy ,inrrin, hroo-;c
az registry TO ships built abroad and owned
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