Facts Foe Farmers

Here are a few of the advantages that have come to the farmer under the McKinley law and under President Harrison's administración : Under the combined efforta of j dent Harrison and his secretarles of state and agriculture, coupled with the work of his ministers abroad, the prohibition against American ineats and live stock has been removed in foreign markets, and through reciprocity other farm producís given advantages in the I markets of the world, A comparison j of the last year of the Cleveland i istration with the present year just ended shows the following increase under the Harrison administration : Increased exports of bacon, hains and lard, $19,000,000. Increased exports of beef producís, $12,000.000. Increased exporta of cattle, 16,000,000. Increased exports of wheat, flour and corn, $15,000,000. Increased exports of cotton, $20,000,000. Increased exports of seeds, $3,500,000. Increased exports of fruits and nuts, $1,500,000. Increased exports of oilcake and meal, $2,000,000. Increased exports of all agricultural products, $375,000,000. Besides this the McKinley tariff has given the farmer: First - A home maAet for his barley, worth over $5,000,000 yearly. Second - A home market for his tobacco, worth $7,000,000 yearly. Third - A horne market tor ms potatoes, amounting to $1,600,000 yearly. Fourth- A home market for his eggs, amounting to $1,700,000 yearly. Fifth - A home market for his raisins, prunes, nuts and other fruits, worth $5,250,000 a year. Sixth - Saved the American wool grower from utter ruin by protecting him from a disastrous competition with foreign eight cent wool, keeping the price of American wool at an average of 80.5 cents per pound by comparison with an average of 13.7 cents per pound of similar grades at corresponding dates in London. Here are some things the agricultural departmeut has done for the farmers: First - Contagious pleuro-pneumonia completely eradicated. Second - Losses from Texas fever almost entirely prevented. Third - Treatment of cattle on board ship regulated and losses prevented. Fourth - Danger of introducing disease with imported animáis removed. Fifth - Prohibí tion of our pork by Gerinany, Denmark, Austria, France, Italy anü Spain removed. Sixth - Froin half to one cent per pound added to valué oí' our pork in United Scates and Great Britain when bearing United States govemment inspection certifícate. Seventh - Refutation of allegations of contagious diseases among American cattle shipped abroad as result of a system of inspection. Eighth- The sugar industry placed upon a footing which promises to supply the entire dornestic consumption with a home grown ijroduct. Ninth - Indian corn successf ully introduced as a human food in the leading countries of Europe. Tenth - Extensión of our trade in agricultural producís throughout LatinAmerican countries. Eleventh- Measures adopted to check the iinports of raw cotton from abroad. Twelfth - Savingto farmers annually of millions of dollars, by combating depredations of diseases and insects on vegetation. Thirteenth - Wide extensión of weather bureau service in interest of agriculture. Fourteenth - Publication on more extensive scale of valuable information for use of farmers.