The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-12-06

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States was SSS, 922. 10. The quantity in
spected was greater by 100000 pounds
than during the preceding year, when the
cost of such inspection was $1I2, 361.0S.
The secretary of agriculture recommends
that the law providing for the microscop-
ical inspection of export and interstate
meat be so amended as to compel owners
of the meat inspected to pay the cost OF
such inspection, and | call attention to
the argument presented in his report in
support of this recommendation.
The live beef cattle exported and tag
ged during the year numbered 1863, 535.
This is an increase of 69,533 head over
he preceding year. The sanitary in
spection of cattle shipped to Europe has
cost on an average of 10 "a cents for each
animal The cost of inspecting Southern
cattle and the disinfection of cars of
stock yards averages 81 cents per animal.
The scientific inquiries of the bureau of
animal industry have progressed steadily
during the year. Much tuberculin and
mallein have been furnished to state au-
thorities for use in the agricultural col
leges and experiment stations for the
treatment of tuberculosis and CHAMBERS.
The office of experiment sations, which
is part of the United States department
of agriculture, has during the past year
engaged itself almost wholly in pre-
pairing for publication works based upon
the reports of agricultural inquiry in the
United States and foreign countries. The
secretary in his report for 1893 called at
tention to the fact that the appropriations
made for the support of the experiment
stations throughout the Union were the
only moneys taken out of the national
treasury by act of congress for which no
accounting to federal authorities was re-
uuired. Responding to his suggestion,
the Fifty-third congress in making the APP
for the department for the
present fiscal year provided that the sec
rotary of agriculture should prescribe the
form of annual financial statement re-
uuired by section of said act of March
., 1887. Shall ascertain whether the eN-
under the appropriation hereby
made are in accordance with the provls-
ions of said act and shall make report
the statistician of the department of ag-
rculture is the ascertainment by dill
gence and care of the actual and real
conditions favorable or unfavOrable OF the
farmers and farms.
Quite recently this department has pub.
lished the results of Its investigations or
bovine tuberculosis and its researches Will
be vigorously continued. Certain herds in
the District of Columbia will be thu r
oughly inspected, and will probably sup
ply ADEQUATE scope for the department to
prosecute its scientlhc work,
and furnish sufficient material Tor pur-
poses of illustration, description and Cen
milton. The sterilization of milks suspect
ed of containing the bacilli OF tuberculosis
has been during the year very thoroughly
explained in a leaflet by DR.. Desalmon,
chief of the bureau, and given general
through the country. Under
this application the department has
and now have nearly ready
for distribution an elementary discussion
of the nutritive and pecuniary economy
of food. When we consider that fully one
half of all money earned by the wage earn
ers of the civilized world is expended by
them for food, the Importance and utility
of such an investigation is apparent. Inc
department expended in the fiscal year
1892. $2,354 ,S09.56, and out OF that
sum the total amount expended In sClen-
tifc research was 45.G per cent, but in the
wear ending June 30, 1894, out of total
expenditure of 1915, 9SS.3S the depart
ment applied 81 per cent of that sum to
scientific work and investigation. 1t is
therefore very plainly observable that the
which have been practced Ill
the administration of the department
have not been at the expense OF sclentlhc
researches. The recommendation con
tanned in the report of the secretary Tor
1893 that the vicious system OF promls-
,uous free distribution of its department
locumental notes be abandoned IS AGAIN
urged. A course is commended for trial
nv the chief of the agricultural division.
IFS scope would be:
First-The area under each OF the more
important crops.
Second-The aggregate products OF
each of such crops.
Third-The quantity of wheat and corn
n the hands of farmers at date alter
he spring sowngs and paintings, and Pc
fore the beginning of harvest, ana also
the quantity of cotton and TOBACCO re-
naming in the hands of planters either at
tho same date or at some other designat-
ad time. The cost of the work is estimated
ut 100000.
Owing to the peculiar fealty of the sta
tisticion's work, and the natural and ac-
nuired fitness necessary to its successful
the secretary OF agriculture
expresses the opinion that every person DE
pmplOyed in gathering statistics under
the chief of that service only after thor
ough. exhaustive and successful eXamlna,
tion Mt the hands of the United States civil
service commission. This has led him to
call for such examination at the nanuS Oh
the United States civil service commits
sion. This has led him to call for such
examination of candidates for the. posi-
tion of assistant statistician and also of
candidates for chiefs of sections in that
division.
The work done by the department is
very specifically dealt with in this com.
munication and l commend the report OF
the secretary and the very important
facts with which it deals to the careful
attention of congress.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The advantage to the public service of
an adherence to the principles of civil
service reform are constantly more appa-
rent and nothing is so encouraging to
those in official life who honestly desire
good government as the increasing ap-
probation by our people of these advant.
ages. A vast majority of the voters or
the land are ready to insist that the time
and attention of those they select to per-
form the important public duties should
not be distracted by doing out minor of
fees. and they are growing to be unani-
nous in regarding party organization as
that should be used in estab-
fishing party principles instead of dictat-
ing the distribution of public
places as rewards of partisan
activity. Numerous additional Offices and
places have lately been brought within
civil service rules and regulations and