Show AG secretary policy the report ot of tle the secretary or of it altro ire will wilf ho be found exceedingly interesting specially especially tj ta that birre birge part t of conr ati ren intimately concerned cone arned in a MCI occupations frit oils I 1 0 on th the eth day of ward march 1893 were upon it vur pay rols rolls 0 eiyo va employs emp loya this number ins his leen to lii isi in view of a depleted treasury bad the imperative demand of the people tor for economy in the administration of their government the seer secretary e t a r y has entered upon upun the task of latici rationally 1 rt I 1 1 y red expenditures by the n from the jj pay ay iy roll roh of nil ali 1 not at 11 ceded for rn nu effi efficient cien t co conduct net of the affairs of tho the department during the first guiti ter of u thil th present year the expenses wms of 0 I 1 the tit A 7 ss PS against for the corresponding period of 0 the fie fiscal year ending juno av W allm the secret secretary makes apparent nis its intention to continue this r rate at of i by submit tita g estimates for the next ne dit f kcal fiscal year ve ar less by twi ua than thosa of the present year the regulations of fo fever have been enforced during the lost last your and tile tho largest stock yards of the coull country try have been kept freo from froin infection occasional local olit outbreaks b re ka lave been largely such as aa could hai have c been effectually gu iu guided I ded against by the onders owners of the d cattle tle while contiguous flouro in cattle hits has leoa eon tuberculosis cu losis losiF a disease corresponding and more dangerous dinK Crous to human life than is prevalent investigations eions have been nia nna 4 durin during the p st your BK 88 to the means of its co mainnie stion and tac rue method of its correct di diagnosis L the exports e ap of agricultural products from t the he united ita strafes for tho the fiscal yea year ending andin julie 30 isy att attained aired tile tho enormous figure of in round num bers being per cent of our total exports of 0 pork products the total exports were of which great hi etain took ru la cotto and nicor minor products like ions sent to the inc destinations is are arc shown A review ft if our agricultural exports with special reference to their des ion will show that in almost every line tile the united kingdom of great britain and ireland absorbs by far the largest proportion of attle tile total exports aggregated in fit value tor for the fiscal year ending ane june 30 39 1833 1893 of which great britain took considerably over of beef products of all kinds our total exports ex ports were L of which great britain took aa from a small beginning the seed division of the department of 0 agriculture has grown to its present and unjustifiably extravagant proportions during daring the last fiscal year the cost of 0 seeds purchased was tile the remainder of an all appropriation of was exl aclei in putting them up and them it surely never could entered the ot of the those who first sanctioned appropriations of pit public alic moncy money forthe for the purchase of 0 new nev and improved varieties of seeds heeds for gratuitous distribution that from this would grow large appropriations for the purchase and distribution ditri di tri bu by members of seeds bulbs and cuttings abich are common in all the states elites and territories ind everywhere easily obtainable nt at to low prices under tile sanction auction of existing legislation there was sent out from theft the agricultural kicul during the last lasi laa fixsal year it I 1 fam i M 1 A litia 11 tl ty ol 01 amant to plant 4 03 0 acres beet seed enough to plant 2500 acres sweet corn en ought to plant acres sufficient cucumber seed to cover 2025 au 5 acres with vines and enough muskmelon musk and watermelon seed to plant acres the total quantity of flower and vegetable seeds thus dis I 1 was contained in more thun packages and they were if planted to cover acre of land in view low ol of the these theo o facts this enormous expenditure pend iture without legitimate leit imato returns of benefit ought to be abolished Antici anticipate pat inia all at so manifestly in the te interests of good administration more than has been stricken from tile made to cover this object for tile the year ending june 30 1891 and the secretary recommends that the ts of the estimate eat imato be confined strictly to the purchase of new and improved varieties of seeds and these be distributed through experiment stations thus the seed will ill be buted and after the test has been completed by the experiment station propagation varieties and of the valueless may safely be left to the common sense bense of tile the people ale tile the civil service raw law the continued intelligent execution of the civil chil service lawand the increasing approval by the people of its operation lire are most gratifying tile recent extension of 0 us Ls limitations and regulations to 10 the em eloyes aloyes ut tit true free delivery post offices odices which has been honestly and promptly accomplished by the with the hearty earty operation cooperation co ot of the postmaster geu on eral is au an immensely important advance tit in thu the usefulness of tile system I 1 am it if possible moro more than ever convinced conri of ortho the incalculable benefits bandits conferred by the civil service law not only in its effect upon the public service but also that it is ev more import important aut in its effect lit in elevating the tone of voli political lifo life generally sene rully the course of 0 civil service reform rc formin lu this country instructively and interestingly illustrators low how strocie strong a hold a movement gauis gains upon our deop people e which has underlying lying it a sent sentiment intent of justice and right aud and which at the samo same time promises better of their government the law em till tins reform found its wa way y into our statute book more from fear fu tr of the he popular sentiment existing istina tx in itofa its favor v or than front any love for the reform itsel I 1 on tile the part of legisla legislators leil titor and it capart has bas live lived and grown and flourished in spite ot of tile the covert 4 und d open hostility of sp oilmen and noth the querulous dOLIS impracticability of many self guardians guardia n S beneath all the vagaries and sublimated abed which are attracted to it there underlies this reform is a sturdy sense principle not only suited to tn this thin sphere but whose application our people ire mora inore and moro ril ord recognizing tip ig lie ire absolutely essential asive fitial to the most successful operation of their government ern ment if not to Ks its perpetuity it beems to me to be entirely with the character of this ibis reform beform as well as with its best enforcement to oblige the to rely lor for clerical assistance upon clerks detailed froni from other depart leenta ought not to be such stich a condition in any department that clerks hired to do the th work there cau can bo be s spared 1 aeed to habitually work nt lit another place and it does not accord with a ilou sible view of civil bel arr vice reform that persona should be 0 employed I 1 ou on the theory that their labor abor Is it ee essary in one department wheat III put ut of fitch lhoir services are devoted to entirely different work in mother department I 1 earnestly arge t that but the clerks necessary to carry on the work of the C commission be regularly put upon its roster and diat ili ilalio the system ablio ug tile cow cora missioners ners to rely upon tile service t ul of clerks belonging onins bel to other departments be discontinued this ought not to the ibe ox alt to the k ern ment while it would certainly T bo exare and add greatly to tho the efficiency ot of tho the commission nis sion in public expend 0 is 1 1 n adli in HIPA ili t t cd I 1 1 y ti s i i i tn tl ful n ri ti i 61 f i 1 flo n i tj ti iv IV fo 11 I 1 I 1 ia I 1 it r i i br bi ceeil e il at it 1 1111 I I 1 I 1 p ir i il all s r ea b h it ity in C our 1 1 ili 1 N M L 1 I csc ense aren tion vf u nn co it tn in n v yin sen timen them wilt flint the aw in in ili nc nd liture ture OL oi ino icy lie annn r ait and lonal the arid in tupe I 1 athy ini I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ini n I 1 r I 1 in 1 I a 1 liro large imet of 0 hid and degenerated ileno oseg aes ara I 1 feted it a of ft coluci to I 1 1 I ti 1 lalu iu led to lo antl in opria tion this timo time ahert a depleted public ury nry confront con us uh when many of our le ie ire em datre I 1 in a hard toi fol of life isail and W hell t only apoll of 1 I 1 cleir eTo urge with till nil arnes tuesa it ul nty my command tant con ligi latini toa ho so tl ly by t economy it to ex hibit nu kill ra i of the contrition ol of tile hio tr frasur asur sur ond I 1 n path lathy willi tho the strained i ir fellix catiz mitizi ci 8 duty of economy la Is also ot of onse impost iati in u its intimate and sunry rel geltion tion to th tha now in ill hall ovidia Ov ovi idin dins reveir revenue e to bouet rouet government rid iture s and yet reducing the lue peo I 1 I 1 burden of federal taxation tuxa tion |