Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-11-26
AS 10 AGRlCULTIe
SECRETARY MORTON MAKES pm,
HIS ANNUAL REPORT. !
He Effects n Saving of Txv
Dollars, which He SAYS 10
suit of the Operation of ca, /
vice Rules-Revfew NJ a..
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n. /
mendations Made. 1

Washington, Nov. 81. soc..
Morton, in his fourth annual rr
just made public, shows tho.
$2So,0O0, which may be saved fror.
appropriations for the currant
year, there will have been covered
into the treasury since March , ,SsJ
over $2,00O,0OO out of the tota, os ny
priation of $11,175,455.45. Tia,
great economy was effected Win.
any loss Of efficiency he attributaS y
large degree to the Improvement !, n
personnel OF the force under civil \
vice rules, which he declares IN no III
sGlutely indispensable to the mai,.sa9
ance OF an economic and etficien, !
ministration OF the public service "
To complete 'the already almost /,
feet system of civil service" In hi. !
partments the secretary recommaoS
the appointment OF a permapept n
rector in charge of the bureaus so,'
tific Investigations. The chiefs !
scientific bureaus and their assist,n,s
he declares, are not Adequately eou
pensated, and strongly recommanS
that the salaries of this class ~ -
ployes be increased.
The inspection of animals intona,
for food is treated at length. and strs
Is laid upon the increased efficiency
the work, due 10 the extension of civ
service rules, which has been 70,
rapid in this service.
The report shows q steadily jnccos
ing demand in England for AmerIes
horses. During the first nine mont
of the present year more Of these On
mails ere shipped to that couut
than for any previous entire year.
The secretary again takes occasjc
TO express his opposition to the gat
itous distribution OF seeds and 10 .
press the hope that'the practice win /
discontinued.
Condition of Farmers.
The report concludes with a conn,
hensive review of the condition Of Il
American farmer. Seventy-two n
cent of the farms In the United Stat
occupied by their owners are absolut
ly free from mortgages or other |
cumbrances. The secretary refutes 4
idea prevailing that the farms Of d
West and South are more heayl
burdened with mortgages than those
the East and Northeast. States alOl
the North Atlantic, he says. are qui
heavily incumbered with farm mo-
cages, and New Jersey carries a de
of this kind greater in proportion TO
farm valuation than any state in Il
Union. The frequent claim that d
farmers are almost universally in del
respondent and suffering, he declar
to be without foundation, a belitt
ment Of agriculture and an indignity
every intelligent and practical farm,
The farmers are not mendicants n
wards of the government TO be treat
to annuitles. but the Representatives
the oldest, most honorable. most esse
tial occupation of the human race, up
which all other vacations depend I
subsistence and prosperity.
Legislation" he says, 'ican Meth
plow nor plant. The intelligent pr
tlcal and successful farmer needs
aid from the government. The igr
rant, impractical and indolent farm
deserves none. Ii il n beneficent
rangement of the order of things a
the conditions of human life that leg
lators r. not permitted to repe
amend. or revise the laws OF prod,
ton and distribution"