The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13
Mr.. CARNF CIR TO THa 6 CRE-
TaRY OF AGVISULTURE.

cial sense.
Short but to the poine is the follow
irg, written D ccmber 2 d., by DIR.
Andrew Carnegie, to the Hon. James
Wills N, Secretary OF Agriculture,
Washington, D O.:
the coed work you ara doing fer
the agricultural interests of the u
try induces me to call your attention
to the following:
PROVISIONS FROM AUSTRALIA o
DEWEY s FLEET
VANCOUVER, 3 9, Dec. 2.-Ad
vices from New South w eIes say & that
the steamer CuIgon his sailed from
~ dney with a cargo Of provisions TOR
Rear Admiral D3wey's Il OF at Manila
Toe cargo consisted OF 5 600 Carc9ses
OF mutton, $50 lambs, 1875 "ra OF pOTa
tnna. 81 cOns OF onions, and % gons Of
carrots
Secretary Gage finds commercial
expausioD' q 81 fl .ient reason for re
captinE his former opinions and be
coming an impeEialis5. Is this q sam
pie of the commercial expansion
"ulCu lhAE "a sAFhECA LAO4s 4 "O-SNA I
M. Secretary, non know better than
yourself that the open door which the
President has given TO the foreigner III
the Philippines means the CLOSED
door t q products Of the soil and If
the mines Of your own country. Toe
foreigner gets the trade-tne American
pays the taxeel
TIE Philippines treaty is soon to
come before toe Senate. Surely every
farmer Of the United S 5ates can LOOK
60 you as the head Of the AgTi cultural
department. TO secure a change III tie
clause which puts the producers OF
America, both OF the soil and OF tie
mine, at so serious a disadvantage, be
i,g thcusands of miles iurther away.
''Oce would have thougn5 that the
TODD Of our soldiers might have been
purchased by the government upon
he Pacific coast, but even San Fran
cisco is thousands of miles furGher
from the Philippines than the C M
Deritive agricultural country OF Au~
ITALIA. Egen India is nearer still. AS
the New York Trirune justly say,
The Philippines art z 600 miles a~. =,
tar Eeartr 10 Other great pO"trs -
their pJssessiN 8 Than t. u, and belong
iug so the geographical aud cCmmer
cIal aystem of anO0ner continent
"Kuowitg your strict g~usrdianshlp
II the interests Of agriculture in taIs
country, l beg to lay the subject o.
fore you, knowing that you wlil give
lU due attention. With sincere c,u
gratuietloDs upon your successiui
work lu varioue durecCIors,
Very resp C fully yours,
ANDREW CARNEGIE
It is unnecessary I Us tO say that
we endorse whes Mr. Carnegie bes :
we'll said. Those who read THE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER last week know tina
u vi imperialism 10 not veTy
exalted. A tremendous responsibility
rests upon Our Coug~esscen, N fac
~ has G eaid, so absolute a Change
IN a n4Clon's p-iIuy YES never go hastily
3nt, red upon" Ta9 people have nae
40 chance 70 vote u3Ol tGis matter
nd We think thai uuc Coagressm1n
.huutd nO1 b slow - ask Lh0 u1vic5 OF
,neIr cOnst to MS uOr Should Cnoee
3 IsueGts decide the matter hastily, IL
ur hour Of triumph, 1t Is veil for Us IL
listen to the venega2 Die Senator H,ar, O
Massachusetts, whose words are, VT
tnInk, as Timely as we're those OF the
servant whose duty it was TO remiGo
the old Roman coEqlerer hat h3 was
out % 4rtal. Senator Aoar says:
This year has been crowded with
history AID crowded with glory. IL Ii
also, TO my mild, crowded with a
ger. Tle flag OF Spain, formerly the
proudest On earth sInce TIE day of
tae Roman empire, has gone down III
darkness and Ia blood before the VIC
sJTlJus navy aDd army of the United
s ares. Toe flag Of the y aiEed S,aCee
. a RISEN IN the K 1ztern SKY nGo a NV
Constellation. LIT US not accept the
JuL,o6 aUd TespDi S OllIgy q Edis victory
IN any temper OF vulgar v4la glory.
! still less Of a vulgar greed OF p0%er r
i Of gatn. The UuIoed 5oares comes 10
. vLese Cypress q people, East and WesC
! as q great oeIIverer. To deaf wIoa U4ls
| Srsa5 OCCASION Dy talking a0vuC Goa ILg
stations end yrsGa alvougAgcs Cagradag
and Uelitll=s 1t. We nave uos over
tnrO"n Span, we ave not imported
the ives u our SON th4g W. may
make money L OF oar no~ relations.
"Bus e. the first auUy Of Uhe am r.
can people Is to themselves, ana wnen
| say lG IN no spirlC OF seli4nness OF of
Ind ference co the welfare Of mankind.
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