The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
Department of Agriculture.

Department of Agriculture.
, REVIEW OF ITS OPERATIONS.
Tn secretary Of agriculture in his report re-
views the operations Of his department for the
last fiscal year. and makes recommendations
for the further extension of its usefulness. He
reports q saving in expenditures during the
treasury. This sum is q per cent of the en-
tire appropriation. A special study has been
made of the demand for American farm prod
ucts in all foreign markets, especially Great
Britain.
WHAT WE SENT TO ENGLAND
That country received from the United States
during the mine months ending September 80,
1894. 305 $40 live beef cattle valued atse6 .500,0 600 as
against 1921 ll cattle valued at Si6, 634. 900 during
the same period for 1893 During the first six
months Of 1894 the United Kingdom took also
IL, 10000 pounds OF dressed beef from the
United States valued at nearly $40, The
| report shows that during the nine months i'm
mediately preceding September 30, 1884, the
$4,000 pounds of pork; OF apples 100000
bushels, valued at S.50l,000, and Of
horses 2.Sl1, at an average value Of
American wheat exports OF 13,50O.0O bushels,
and the secretary is inclined to believe that
wheat may not, in the future. be the staple ex-
port cereal product Of our country, but that
corn will continue to advance in Importance as
an export on account OF the new uses TO which
il is constantly being appropriated. The ex-
ports of agricultural products from the United
| States for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1894,
amounted to SOS. 1863, 03S, being 722S per cent.
Of American exports of every description. and
the United Kingdom of Great Britain took
more than 81 per cent. Of all farm products
finding foreign markets.
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
| The amount appropriated for the weather
bureau was 1851 100. OF that sum $780, 90. or II
| per cent, has been saved, and is returned to
the treasury. AS illustrating the usefulness
of this service, it may be here stated that the
warnings, which were very generally given, of
4 fUn trnnip1I storms occurring in SantQm her
and October Of the present year resulted in
aetainin ns,ueS safely .s sa s,assPs G5s laden scSeD w wfs,
cargoes of probably still greater value.
What is much more important and gratifying,
many human lives on these ships were also
undoubtedly saved.
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
The appropriation to the bureau of animal
industry was SS50,O 900 and the expenditures for
the year only S495, 429.2i thus leaving unex-
pened 1854 ,57O.76 The inspection of beef ami
. -s-.cued, and 12,94i,056 head were inspected
! 6ss.as the year, at a cost Of IL cents per head
, ssa.nst Az cents for 1893. The amount Of pork
/ .icroscoplcally examined was 35,437,s37
| pounds against 20,6T, 4l0 pounds in the pre-
. eSding year. The cost Of this inspection has
/ been diminished from 81 cents per head in
1888 to 6s cents in 1894.
The secretary OF agriculture recommends
that the law providing for the microscopical
| inspection of export and interstate meat be so
amended as to compel owners OF the meat in
| Spected to pay the cost of such inspection, and
call attention to the arguments presented in
his report in support Of this recommendation.
The live beef cattle exported and tagged dur
ing the year numbered 363,5S5. This is an in
crease OF 1888 head over the previous year.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF CATTLE.
The sanitary inspection Of cattle shipped to
Europe has cost an average of l04 cents for
| each animal, and the cost of inspecting south
ern cattle and the disinfection OF cars and
| stock yards averages 81 cents per animal.
The scientific inquiries Of the bureau OF ami
/ rnal ip1pStrt haua nrOUrosGad SfnadilV during
the year. Much tuberclin and mallein have
| been furnished to state authorities for use in
the agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tions for the treatment of tuberculosis and
CHAMBERS.
| PRoMIsCUoUs DISTRIBUTION OF
| REPORTS.
The recommendation contained in the report
Of the secretary for 1898, that the vicious sys-
tenn Of promiscuous free distribution OF its de-
| partmental be abandoned. is again
urged. These publications may well be fur
nished without cost to public Libraries, educa-
tional institutions and the oficers and Libraries
of states and of the federal government, but
from all individuals applying for them a price
covering tho cost Of the document asked FOL
should be required. Thus the publications and
documents would be secured by those who
really desire them for proper purposes
GRATUIroUs DISTRIBUTION OF Fed
The secretary also again recommends that
the gratuitous distribution Of seeds cease,
and that no money be appropriated for that
purpose, except to experimental stations. He
4 ANANSse ~ WV SN'OAo eAfSA 80 49, ASRNAs -
1893 disseminating this unjustihable gratufty
and / fully concur in the conclusions which he
has reached.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
| Numerous additional ofic IS and places have
lately been brought within civil-service rules
and regulations, and some others will probably
Sioners will be submitted to congress, and 1 in
wife careful attention to the recommendations
1t contains
A NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
Earnestly the Inauguration Of q
national board of health or similar national in
strumentality, believing the same to be q
needed precaution against contagious diseases
and in the interest Of the safety and health OF
our people.
THE STRIKE COMMISSION.
by virtue Of q statute of the United States
passed in 1885, 1 appointed in July last Hon.
John ID. Herman, of the state Of New York. and
Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington, Of the state Of
Illinois, to form with Hon. Carroll
ID. Wright, commissioner OF labor, who
was designated by said statute, a commission
for the purpose Of making careful inquiry into
tain railroads and their employees, which had
resulted in an extensive and destructive strike,
accompanied by much violence and dangerous
disturbance, with considerable loss Of life and
great destruction Of property. The report of
the commissioners has been submitted to me,
and will be to the congress with
the evidence taken upon their investigation.
Their work has been well done, and their
standing and intelligence give assurance that
the report and suggestions they make are
worthy Of careful consideration.
The TarIn Act.
The tariff act passed at the last session of
the congress needs important amendments IL
it is to be executed effectively and with GER
tainty. In addition to such necessary amend
ments as will not change rates of duty, l am
still very decidedly in favor Of putting coal and
iron upon the free list. So far as the sugar
schedule is concerned, 1 would be glad, under
existing aggravatlonS, to see every particle of
diferential duty in favor Of refined sugar
stricken out of our tariff law. II, with all the
favor now accorded the sugar refining interest
in our tariff laws it still languisheS to the ex-
tent Of closed rehnerieS and thousands OF dis
charged workmen, it would seem to present 8
hopeless case for reasonable legislative aid.
A Suggestion Reiterated.
Whatever else is done or omitted, l earnest
ly repeat here the recommendation 1 have
made in another portion of this communication
per pound laid upon sugar imported from
countries paying a bounty on its export, be
abrogated. 1t seems to me that exceedingly
important considerations point to the proprie-
ty Of this amendment. With the advent of q
new tariff policy not only contemplated to re-
lieve the consumers OF our land in the cost of
their daily life, but to invite = better develop
ment Of American thrift and create for US
closer and more profitable commercial rela-
tons with the rest Of the world,
perative necessity that we should
at once remove the chief If not the only obstacle
which has so long prevented our participation
in
THE FOREIGN TRADE,
Of the sea. A tariff built upon the theory that
market should bound the industry and effort
OF American producers, was htly supplemented