The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-18
IN ASTOUNDING FACT.
o,..half Our Imports Agricul-
ture Products.
TAX WITH SECRETARY MORTON
cbandler's Memory :. General
.. and His Friends-Engiish as "she
,y.o,s"-T The Ex-Queen Of the Hs-
,,.ods-The Loss of Her Throne

III
fetary ',.al department has had many |
tgrcUh ut none more valuable TO the |
hoOD.s, tban his efforts to promote foreign |
COUNT for the produce of American |
oena"N In conversation today Secretary |
larms oalled my attention &c remark
Mor' W.. one which caused me much sur
aOie low" WI which, / doubt not, will sur
prise' ~i, readers of this dispatch. Just
prlse me- of all the. imports TO this
a~ntry said secretary Morton, are
sgrcutural products ms may appear
s'ssrrsdble. but it is true. taking al the
,"rr,cnltural imports, Including articles not
SUN SUN on American farms, ana the per
ssntaoe of all our agricultural imports ia
w Goo Tyos so. or a little more than one half
~ rsos il was AS; in 1894, nearly oo' IN
=, ,sas 80. and in 1896 40 -
sugar. Coffee and Wool.
,vord do not mean TO say that one-haif
!, al the imports of the greatest agricul
VI .',.s - country in the world are agricultural
pV THAT is lust what do say OF course
,.r,o mart of these importations Is repre-.
ssrted by such articles as tea and coffee'
h,oS we do not produce, but they are
srrcnltural products just the same Let
&c &c ,,ve Won some interesting figures. Our
.atol IMPORTS in 1896 were in round num-
nc s7so 600 GOO More than 1882, 900, 600
attbese were agricultural products, or SO 90
sor every man. woman and child in the
United States. The largest item was sug-
=, 600 GOO. 600, and sugar is farm prod
~.t in our country. The next largest item
wac coffee. ss5, 600, 900. Next in order was
wool 70 the amount of $50, 100000. The
fourth is hides and skins, which reach the
srormous total of $50, SOC, 900. Fifth Is
slk with sg7, 900, 900 Sixth came fruits
and nuts. $40 GOO 600; seventh, tobacco,
stS 400 600. eighth, tea, $1,000, 900.
Theso are the large items, comprising more
Than s3Oo 600 900 1t will be noticed that
onv sl25 600 600 of this total is represent
Cd nv articles which American farmers do
not produce
"What was the remaining seventy odd
millions composed OFF,
well, you will be surprised at some OF
the items. Cattle, live, $1,000, 900; horses,
s669 900; sheep, 1858, 900; bristles, VI, 435,-
600; cheese, 81, 49l 900; feathers and down
G,SSe 900; glue, s556, 900; grease, $l,244,
OOO hair, 81, 244, 900; meat products, VI,
O59, 900; sausages and sausage skins, 1869,
prJ; in ALL animals and their products
$4,000, 600 Why, we imported nearly ~,
O00, 900 of breadstuffs, including S3l7, O0l
Ia arley, 81 1856, 900 In wheat and 81 900,
600 If macaroni and other food prepare
tons Of wheat
"But this is not all, !" continued Secre
ary Morton "We imported last year 49,
$4,000 worth of cotton and nearly Sl2,
100000 of fax, hemp, jute, MANILA. sisa
grass and other flbers, Think Of this coun
try importing nearly %, 900, 900 worth o
hay in single year and over So, 00O,0 O'
worth of vegetable oils. 50, 1876, 900 worth
Of plants trees, shrubs and vines, nearl,
100000 worth of seeds, s31, 900 wortl
Of straw and 81, 800, 900 worth Of vegeta
besl With proper development and varia
ton of our agricultural industry con
Guided the secretary we ought to cut OF
sarge part of this importation and suppl
the market with home grown products.
A Good Memory.
Senator Chandler Of New Hampshire
said by his colleagues to have the bes
-daemory Of all the members of the uppe
house When he feels inclined to do sc
Mr.. Chandler can repeat almost word fo
word any speech which he may have hear
markable faculty for this sort of thing, an
on tests has been known to reproduce froi
= memory short speech made by some OIL
er senator almost verbatim Newspapt
correspondents have endeavored TO utiliz
the New Hampshire senator's extraord
nary memory by getting him to tell thei
what was said in executive session, bt
Mr. Chandler invariably declines. II az
init am newspaper editor, he say
but | am not correspondent. T" NJ
Vnandler owns paper in his state, II
which he writes when he gets time.
There has been good deal Of gossip hel
aoout the efforts Of certain friends OF Gel
eral Miles to raise funds with which
present him with house in Washington
senator Allen of Nebraska introduced
resolution calling on the war departmel
ior information as to what law there is c
IN, IN, subject of army officers receiving gift
ahere is no such law. Generals Gran
sherman and Sheridan received gifts
nomes from their admirers, and Gener
Orant was the recipient Of two such pre-
ents 4FtaI ~. r+ 80
Specimens Of English., Ed IN
some fearful specimens Of English fir
nelrway into public documents, but pro
GUY nothing worse than the following WI
ever ever perpetrated: The other day Senat
nh introduced bill the title OF while
,ead, "A bill to authorize the public bull
lug IN the city of Buffalo to be builtan a
u''onai story and In the body of the b
srecited that the public building no
~lng erected in the city of Buffalo may
''ected an additional story
one OF the interesting subjects sure
v'n up for consideration early in the M
m'nley administration Is that of Hawaiii
.nnexation. The Americans In Haws
se determined to press the matter with ,
sne'r force, and they have strong hopes
,uuecess Most of the 1 800 Americans
~, uwail are well to do. prospecting great
e %"n their sugar plantations and CONNIE
ls ,a' houses. But II they can have the
, ,anus annexed to the United States tn
MN svson that the value Of all their proper
az, III oe doubled because of the guarant
T T,,s Will give of future peace and ord'
sn rsie are two factions In congress on I
cessation question. and IL Is difficult
ny which Is the larger. fo
M. niuokalani, the ex-queen OF Hawa
hss oeen In Washington several weeks s
sa s Tried very hard to win favor In soc
wpontical circles. but has made no hcs
Wy The prevailinu vicxp If her effort