The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-12-12

SE0g;c Isars and inSks Ipcrt u the patia-
otto impulse OF a grateful people.
RspOrt ON Agrluultura

Report ON Asrlsrltura
The secretary OF agriculture. in bis re-
port reviews the operations Of his depart
ment for the last fiscal ycar and makes REQ:
ommendations for the further extension OF
Its usefulness. He reports q saving In ex-
pemditurcs during the. year. Of 100000
which is covered back iYto the treasury.
This sum is 90 per cont Of the entire appro-
prlation.
maud ior American farm products In aIl
foreign markets, especially Gfont Briaain.
That country received from the United
States during the nine mouths ending
Sept 90 1891 Sos,elo live beef cattle, val
SsH Ssias sssndis During 0s Tic 'sss1S ssms
bur,ng the iirst six months Of 1894 the
United Kingdom took, alsp. i12,us0,00
pounds Of dressed beef from the United
report shows shows that "a during during sten tho nine months
!nmediasely preceding Sept. 50, 1894, the
United States exported TO Groat Britain
e2o, $4,000 pounds Of pork; Of apples,
ieSo, QUO bushels s, valued at 1850, ,oooi and
per head.
There Is q falling Of In American wheat
exports Of 10, 600, 900 bushels, and the secre-
tafy Is inclined to believo that wheat may
not IN the. future be che staple export
corn viii contiuue to advance In import
ance as iu export on account Of the new
uses to which 1t is constantly being ap-
proprated.
aS The sTUpOT1 UpS1 & gnssss sio's l ss Ds sYdpSs,
ending june 90, lsv4. amounted TO so2s.
863.UDS, being THeS per cent Of American
exports of evory description, and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain took
more than "a per cent Of all farm products
finding foreign markets.
The (lpNnrtment Of AUrfr1sfti1re m nm.
dertaken during the year two new and I'm
portant lines of research. The first relates
70 grnsses and forage plants with the
purpose OF tnstrucLlng and familiar
es q tie S 0nised States I aud % ssasSing Them them
how to Introduce valuable foreign forage
plants which may be adapted tu this coun.
Try. .o
IS Of samples Of soils from ali sections 81
tho American Union to demonstrate their
adaptabillty to particular plants and
crops.
The amount appropriated for the weath.
er bureau was $961 ,100. or tat sum $685..
6O0, or ID per ceut has been saved and is
returned TO tho treasury.
Eleventh Census.
The completion OF the llth census is now
In charge of the commissioner Of labor,
The total disbursement on account of the
fiscal year ending Juno 90, 1894, amounted
to ei0,865, ,678Sl. AT the close OF the yenr
census office vas 6To. At present there are
about 400.
The whole number Of volumes necessary
to comprehend the 11th census will be Is,
an and they viii contain e, s7o printed pages:
The assurance sur nee, is soetidently E made that
year the material, still iucomploto, viii
| be practically in hand and the census cnu
| certainly be closed by the 4th at March,
| 1895. After that the revision aud proof
reading necessary to bring out the volumes
will still be required.
Labor Commission.
BY virtue Of statute of the United
last Hon. John q, Herman Of the state Of
New York and Hon. Nicholas i. Worth
lngton OF the state OF Illinois to form with
| Hon. Carroll d. Wright, commissioner Of
labor, who was designated by said
statute oSinn commission nass for !,o the pur,
tho causes of the controversies between
certain railroads and their employees,
| which had resulted in an extensive and de-
structive strike, accompanied by much
considerable loss 6f life and great destruc.
The report OF the commissioners hos
been submitted to me and will he trans
mitred to the congress with the evidence
taken upon their investigation.
Their work hus been well done aud their
Standing and intelligence give assurance
that the report and Suggestions they make
are worthy OF CAREFUL consideration
| Tari1.
Tho tariff oct passed ut the last session
Of the congress needs important amend.
mente II 1t Is to be executed effectively and
! with certainty. In addition to such neoes-
. II snsNfG kAb.,
OF duty, am still very decidedly Ii favor
of putting coal and iron upon the free list
sernsd, / would be gfad, under exissing ae.
gr,,ya,raSns to see every particle OF difsf-
~ out Of 10 our = tarils l.r, II with al ai'' the
favor nov accorded tho sugar refining in
terese in our tariff laws IL still languishes
to the extont OF closed reAperies and thou.
sends OF discharged workman. It woald
.Ss d ,ssgsss 20 gEssS"s hopeless case for ''"''A
Wnatever else Il done or omitted, I
earnestly repeat here the Recommendation
have made Ia AnVher portion Of this
sommunicstion thatT the additional duty
ef ono tenth Of o cent per pound, laid upon
bounty on its export, be abrogated. II
Iesms to me that exceedingly iMportant
considerations point to the propfiety Of
this a;nendmep6.
rot only contemplated to relieve the COD
lumers of our land II the cost of their
Gaily life, but to inr!es better dayelop-
raent Of American thrift aad create Tor US
closer and moro profitable commarolal re-
lations with the rest Of the world, 1t fol-
lows as q logical ond imperative necessity
that VIC should.
| Finance.
During the last month the gold reserved
In tho treasury for the pufpo sACf redeem
ing tho notes OF the eovernuienScirou luting
as money Ia tue hGn'ls Of the people bo-
camo SO reduced. and its further depletion
In the noar future seemed SO certain that
In the exercise Of proper care for tho public
welfare 1t became necessary to rcplenish
this reserve and thus maintain popular
faith in the ability and determination oil
the government to meet as agreed, its
pecuniary obligations.
It would have been woil II In this oiner.
gency authority had existed to hsue the
bonds OF the governments bearing low
rate OF interest and maturing within q
special period; but tho congrass, having
failed to oonfer such authority, resort was
necessarily had to the resumption act ol
1879. and. pursuant TO its provisions, bonds
were issued drawing Interest ut the ratio OF Z
after their Issuing, that being the shortest
time. authorised by the net. am glad u
eay, however, that on the sale OF these
bonds the premium received operated K
reduce the rate OF interest to be paid bJ
the government to less than per cent
Final redcinptie7 ! or the putting aside O
the currency obligation nov used to re
pcatedly and constantly draw from til,
government itS gold. and as long ~ u,