The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-29


subject of foreign markets and give
figures Of four agricultural experts
especially those of Great Britain. Tha
country paid during the year 1893 TO
American breadstuffs, provisions, cot
ton and tobacco, over 1924, 100000 In
Guiding about $10,000,0O0 worth of min
eral ole with agricultural exports, tn
United ingdom took 54.31 per cent o
all expos of breadstuffs provisions
mineral oils. cotton and tobacco. O.
dressed beef, Great Britain took from
us during the first six months of tn,
year 1894, 100000 worth. Austral
asia is our chief competitor for tn,
trade.
Mr Morton deems it probable the
American farmer will find more adj
vantage from the shipment of dressed
beef than from the expectation of live
cattle.
Referring to the repeated allegations
on the part of he European govern
ments THAI live animals from the
United States are diseased, the secre-
tary expresses the opinion these ale.
cations are sometimes based on fear
OF infection, but are at other times
made for economic reasons. He ar
CUES If all American beef going abroad
were shipped in the. carcass, bearing
the government certificate as to whole
someness, it certainly could not be shut
out on account Of the alleged dis
eases. He suggests If certain European
nations continue to insist on micro
scopical inspection of our pork and
veterinary inspection of our beef with
governmental certification to each. the
United States government might well
insist upon such inspection and GER
elhcation by such foreign governments
of all importations therefrom whether
edible or beverages intended for HUI
man consumption.
He reports a very large increase in
the exports of beef and hog products
over the previous year with. on the
other hand, a marked decline in the
exports of wheat
The review of the foreign market
leads him to certain conclusions as to
the future of our export trade in ag-
rlculturaI products as follows:
Competition of Russia. Argentina
Australia and other countries favored
by conditions which enable them to
grow wheat at a low cost and espec-
tally the proximity of their wheat
growing regions to water communica-
uons warns American farmers to no
longer depend upon wheat as a staple
export crop.
On the other hand a good market at
fair prices is to be found in the United
Kingdom for barley and corn. and ow-
ing to the great variety of uses to which
it may be applied, promises to be in
constant and increasing demand. The
secretary reports the inception of two
important scientific Investigations. the
first relating TO grasses and forage
he tAth
crop production. The secretary believes
the importance of these investigations
juStifies the creation of each into an
independent division and he has so
provided in the appropriation for the
ensuing fiscal year.
With reference to the weather bu-
reau, the secretary shows that nearly
s140DO0 has been saved from the appro-
priations covered back into the treas
ury. He shows that by needing ad-
monitions Of the bureau relative to the
great tropical storm of September. 1894.
vessels valued at over seventeen mil
Hon dollars We're saved; so in October,
when over twelve hundred vessels.
ralued at nineteen million dollars were
kept in port owing to the bureaus
warning. Moreover, many human lives
were preserved. The secretary con-
clUdeS the investment is a paying one
and properly comes within the func-
tons of the government. The work
of the bureau of animal industry dur
ing the year has been greatly increased,
the reduction in the
appropriation. The secretary con-
cludes review of the inspection of
export and interstate meat with the
that the law providing
for the same may be so amended as to
compel the owners of the meat insDec-
ted to pay the cost of the inspection
The inspection of American cattle in
England is still continued. More than
two years have passed without the de-
velopment of any pleuro pneumonia or
other disease in this country which
might be dangerous to British stock
interests. The hoped for revocation,
nevertheless. remains unrealized.
The scientific investigations of the
bureau have progressed steadily
Special mention is made in the appro-
priation bill for the current year, of
and sheep scab as diseases.
The secretary of agriculture is author
zed to guard against cases in view of
the danger to human life from tuber-
eulosis and the sterilization of milk mas
been thoroughly explained in a leaflet
which has had wide circulation. 1t
appears sterilization of milk may be a
wherever milk is used.
The Russian thistle is made the text
or a suggestion that seeds of new
grasses and other plants from abroad
must he hereafter very carefully in
pected
The report concludes with a state
nent showing that of the total exports
# this country for 1894 Fiscal year,
arm products aggregated $62S, DOC, 900.
-. % ,aar can't M thp whole
The markets of the world. he says,
from the American farmer the
cry best quality of breadstuffs and
materials. The farmer exchanges his
PRODUCTS. the results of his labors,
which have specific purchasing power
or money having a general purchasing
,ower. Under the heading For prime |
,ork give us prime currency" the sec |
etary asks:
Would the $500. 0o0 600 worth of farm |
roducts from the United States sold |
asst year to foreign nations have been |
: remunerative to the American farm |
r if they had been paid for in silver |
s they have been when paid Cor in |
old or its equivalent?
when the standard coin of the e.
ublic shall be made of metal worth as |
luch after lit is melted as it Durports |
D be worth in coin and the mint values /
nd the commodity values of ali metal
C money approximately equal it, viii !
OF the American farmer and all ether
itizens become more permanently
If the American farmer or laDorar Or
are compelled by law 10
ubnit to the measurement oe the
alue of the products of their efforts by
silver standard, will not the foreign |