The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-21
WORKING FOR The Farmers.
-urtTrRAG. DEPARTMENT WID-
ryIxG ITS SPHERE.
AGENT. sent Throughout the
u.y,a CreasiaE New and Devel-
a,trg Old NarAets-surpias of
.~~senn Farms s-5S ,5o- .3f2.


.9aFNQsTFN. gcl At~-Tae great
| - ef the department ~ agriculture ~
a. fzrnsfrg 81 t.is aIte3 states Ras very
-, ast forth gr Assistant Secretary
s,,sgham. q the Department. ia his sd
s-ess before tA9 farmers congress the
-saer day The C5rErees raH invited tne
ss-~.s,,rg Of agrle..turo g. deliver the al
| s,xsS bat az BE- @as unable - be pres
=. me aaty GaEQlss3 upon Assistant
s.+-4,arv nri.ham. II Eas scarcely nee
- iu vlees IL The w33e dlsssmlnsl-
- ~ literature ~ fha department in
| 80 veare. FOR Mr. Brigham ~ ass@rt that
.ssrytnsng possible was being done 10
| ..erno,a the iatessts of agriculture But
| ,ae roiar which was !aoSt f2rcibly pre-
..r,sa 10 the members os tne congress-
| snss che depArtment has not content
Il isseif with educating the fartner In the
| ~sy 10 procure good Crops, but had gone
49, thar mere important work and more
extensive field Of eudeavoring to create
| ~srke,s abroad wherein the farmer
,lxhs dispose x lsss surplus products at
a. uricee White tire people OF the
r-nlssg States are better fed and better
rsothed than aBy other people In the
yefid. thereby consuming large Quantities
- the products VI tao farm, yett Wuen
.ssIr wants ars supplied ~ eti1 haze
large surplus 10 seil This surplus
amounted fl lsss 70 2u aggregate value
| 81
"a. surplus the present year will be
saqsliy as large. ana ts more likely 10
trefsase than - decrease Approaching
"a, fact the secretary of agriculture has
sssr sending agents III every direction
throughout the world in the hope OF de
ssiouing the markets we already enjoy
| ana extendiug them into new fields.
Agriculture and Expansiun.
Tha agricultural department. Is taking d
Asly Interest in the new dependencies
rnlch tne fortunes " war have. brouga,
uaae- the control os our government Il
4 realizes thai territorial expansion has
sasses hey the point OF discussion and
l has became settled fact. that there can
Il h developed a vide market in and through
l lais new territory Tor the surplus of otlT
/ .ssnas and has already commenced inVes-
/ ilga;ians with thig end In view /, IL looked
apon 80 higaly probab that with ii foot
1 t1si In Asiatsc gatiuus a. extensive mar
| h, viii he openC4 W IN Asia Tor the prod
/ ge.s ef American farms.
Exports from Pacific ports are rapidly
| hsrsasing Ten years ago The total ex-
Paris from shese ports we're s2s t-rJsp five
/ years. ago they were 100000, last year.
| To- they were 80 Vrna
/ ssrsa tins ago Mr.. Julian Hawthorne,
/ writing Ia Il 9eii-knuwu magazine On The
1 xsyk o. the de parfment Of agriculture
/ urged that the direct money returns nf tn.
/ xefk u the department. 70 the wealth az
Tia eoan,ry differentiated II from ans other
l apartment or the government ana woula
I lastly Il charging It's cost TO Investment
l account rather than 10 expense account
\ "la fact" be added rolioqulatlg ~ "a the
tssses-in-she-Slot machine u the United
sa'e2 government put IN Il nickel ana
.sT cut a dollar"
oar exports sad Mr. brigham. "hgve
sesn principally from the farm, because
HFseusGFe IN 3 new country develops
raFs rapidly than other industries. The
aiway has followed the farmer - rlas4-
II fs-r MI p In
savsefs have contributed % the ever
seHsasifsf volume Of agricultural exports
ia ieo'n and the forge have been busy
q w land endeaT0Fiug Ia keep pace w.th
~ sonaer Industry that makes ~ nance
a& there 8 10 he found this aide Of the
sssfe se'a without ruTr0w or i forest
sthoat wootUltn Whatever has been
ne public policy regarding manufactures
saether helpful or neglected.. agriculture
aas nsvnded and Increased supplying the
sene demand ana sending = surptls
iofoaa Manufacturing interests have
essn greatly fsenentr1 by the arrirttfsteaf
sevslapEnent which hss furnished an *.
| ssssnt home market. he lsost IN the world
1 va rreftded for wurklnEp1cn ghea yer food
/ tain"
The Demand for Horse. Abroad.
Toe secretary OF Agricultural has made
! n.giries into he demand for hofses in
/ ,Fsaga markets, believing that thu United
States can auj should supply IL WIN
ne exception ~ hungary and Russia we
Ssh produce horses cheaper than any either
! esSIi'Ey IN the WORTH. while AZ the "a ne
l nfas ear earse7 arr better Stated 20 the
isesTenlen's = furoVe he dTafg hers.
1 'ae coach 6or~e. tie cah horse tine street
i M hofse ana De 3TiHinF horse are al
i "shtso II tefnfgn r'lNfftsa. 8ui W. fau
l pNVeiR fer than s.ttcS that NlN Jay -
l sod ifui!.. ~ have cheaper sfaes ara
nsias ana can 'ntiefafe s.lss no. s. = far