The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-04-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Late Items from tho National Cap-
itaL
Secretary Morton Modines ais Cattle Order
-Imports and Exports-To Make
Moro Accurats Crop Reports
The A1int Shortage.
Order Modified.

Order Modified.
WASHINGTON, April l6--In view OF
the great rise in the prico of beef and
the reported scarcity of cattle, the
chief of the bureau of animal industry.
Dr. Salmon, has recommended to the
secretary of agriculture the admission
OF Mexican cattle into the United
Statcs under stringent regulations,
calculated TO insure rigid inspection
Of all cattle admitted. Dr. Salmon be-
lieves such course may bc safely pur-
sued with the exercise of due vigilance,
aud that under the circumstances IL Is
judicious. 1t is hoped by this means to
check the tendency to excessive prices
to the consumer, without injuriouSly
affecting the interests of the beef pro-
ducers.
In accordance with these recon-
mendations, Secretary Morton yester-
day issued the following special order:
1t Is hereby ordered that the regulations OF
this department issued Februiry 5. 1895. ce1n-
ing the quarantine line on account OF Texas or
sp.epeticfever and the regulations Of February
~. ise'. concerning the importation OF animals
into the United States is modified SO far ~
they relate to the admission OF Mexican cattle
into the United states. as follows:
Mexican cattle which have been inspected
By an inspector Of this department and found
free from any infectious or contagious dis
ease. may be admitted into that portion OF the
state OF California south and west Of the said
quarantine line through the port OF San Diego.
and into that portion OF the state OF Texas south
and east OF the said quarantine line through the
ports Of Eagle Pass and Laredo. for grazing or
for immediate slaughter. Cattle may be ad-
mitted through the port OF Ell Paso for imme-
diate slaughter only. In oil cases where cattle
are admitted for immediate slaughter they
shall be shipped by rail or boat to the point OF
destination
On and after May !. 1895. cattle will be al
mitfed ct the port Of Brownsville. Tex. for
grazing anl Immediate slaughter
J. STERLISo MORTON. Secretary.
Imports and Exporis.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE regular
monthly statement of the bureau of
statistics, issued yesterday. shows inn
ports and exports during the month of
March. 1895, and during the nine
months of the present year with COM
parisons with the same periods in 1894,
rs follows: Exports OF merchandise
during March, 1895, sG4.s15,0 ,0o7, rs
against $40. Coz, 500 during March, 1894.
Imports OF merchandise during March.
1895, $50, 90 |, ,s07, as against sG5, ass, ,6s5
during March, 1891 During March,
1895, therefore, the excess of imports
over exports was si,4l9. 500. while in
March, 1894, the excess of exports over
imports was IS, l5l,s75, making a diff
ference of S9,571,6s5
During the nine months of the pres
ent fiscal year the amount of merchan-
disc exported was s622, Geo, ,ezSxn01 -
amount imported g
an excess of exporte - " =
against excess of exp
The amount of gold Imported during
March, 1895, was s7,25s,62i; exported,
S3,l35,2i9. The exports of gold during
the nine months amounted to SCI, 529, 9se
and the imports se3, ess.9 .9is The ex'
ports Of silver coin and bullion during
the nine months amounted TO 1891, ,oss,'
i6s and the imports TO 50. 6.si5,eiA
Accurate Crop Reports.
WARRINGTON, April l6:-At the meet
ing of the National Board of Trade
delegates yesterday Secretary Of Agri
the gathering, said he presumed thu
delegates were aware they wers
entering upon an inquiry of great
gravity and difficulty. 1t was n mates
between two great classes, the pro-
ducer and consumers, as to what wa'
needed, he said, in order to get aeon
rate statistics. He said an annua
crop census was needed, after which
approximate facts of crop acreage couls
be obtained Some persons thought
this was too costly. He had dis
cussed the matter with the presi
dent and had believed 1t was the onl,
way. 1t had been estimated it woul'
cost $500, 900 a year, but the secre;ar,
believed, even II 1t should cost thre'
times as much as this, II would b
money well expended. lie assured tn
members present that the agriculture
Department was anxious to co-operat
with them in improving the crop re
ports.
The Carson Mint Shortage.
wAsmsGToS, April 10. MIR. Preston
> the director of the mint, has receive
from Superintendent Mason, of tn
~ New York assay office. now at Carso
City, New, a report of his investigs
=, ton Of the defalcation In the Carso
3 City mint. He finds a shortage Of SIS
54e.75, which covers defalcations e,
n tending through several years. job
!, +. Jones, the assistant melter and finei
!. has been placed under S.5, 900 bonds.
TERMS OF PEACE.