Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-12-10

ltnlS OWusu ny the 0tal0' "NlNN"S
cost for completing the Miami
sxtensioR Canal, is $l5 ,517 ,233 Is
rho investmen Of the
SIa,t 10 The stock Of
canal aud turnpike
companies is 243l ,43O SO
Loans oi CIT di, 10 railroad
Compsnies 747,l35 90
Total inves,men; OF the
Stale iE pubic works lS,7o5,706 OO
The product Of this investment Of the |
State has amounted, the last year, to
S544 1854. Some Of the public works
will doubtless be more productive in tho
course Of few years.
The present condition Of our resources
commercial advantages and other ele-
ments of national wealth and prosperity,
are in high degree hattering. The
people Of Ohio possess an area Of ter
ritory, in temperate and saluhrious cll-
mate, with fertile soil, containing a
fraction over 40, 600 square mies,or 25,'
800 600 acres; OF which atleasl 20 ,OOO,>
900 of acres are suitable for cultivation;
and Of which about 100000 Of acres,
including meadow and pasture lands, are
now actually cultivated. The actual val
ue Of The real property IN The State, with
all its Improvement cannot be les9 than
1920 600 900, Bnd the value Of all the
personal property and effects, not less
than $3.50 ,OO0, 900. Tho population Of
the SIute is about 100000. The inter,
.Ial commerce OF the Stale is aided by
The facilities which aIo afforded by S53
miles Of canal, 100 miles Of railroad in
actual use al This time, by 1920 miles Of
macadamsed road,9i miles Of slack water
navigation, and by over 300 miles of
streams, now actually navigated, besides
437 miles Of the OhioRiver, on the south
and east, and 1870 miles of Lake Erie on
the north border Of The State. The value
of The products Of Ohio, during the as
year, as near ns they can bo ascerIained
from The data within our reach, are as fol
lows:
Agricultural, $45,j62,4UO
Manufacturers, l7,505, 600
Commerce. 9,650,370
Mineral, 2,93l2l6
Forest and lumber, 1913 ,06G
Fisheries, 1885
Total, 76,GS3 1855
Tho value of the products OF OHIO ex.
ported from the State during the past
yoar, have been about $25 900 900 -
These estimates may not approach per-
feet accuracy, but they arc computed
flom tho most accurate means which al
this time exist for ascertaining the true
facts.
This immense field for industry. on-
terprse, human happiness and national
greatness, has been created and opened
oul upon a soil, which, but little over ir-
ty years ago, was covered with an un.
broken wilderness. The extensive, CON
pick, and rapidly increasing interests of
tho people of Ohio, properly fall under
you: close and scrulinizing examination,
and call for the exercise Of your wisdom,
as the law.making power OF the Stale.-
The means al this time, afforded for &C.
quiring full and accurate information OF
the condition and growth Of these great
interests inOhio, are extremely imperfect
and defective. Extensive statistical n-
formation, showing annually the condi,
tion Of The agriculture, manufactures and
trade, and the growth Of the re sources
and wealth Of the state, would not only
be Of great utility 10 The people. in order
to enable them the better to appreciate
and understand correct legislation. but il
is Of essential importance to the Lesisle.
ture, in order that the extensive and
complex interest Of the people may be
fully comprehended, which II is the pur>
pose Of that body to protect and promote,
Hasty enOctments and Legislation, based
upon loose, partial and imperfect inror>
nation, will often prove oppressive, and
inflict wrong upon one part Of the com
munity, when the desire is to advance the
interest Of all. The effect Of legislation
is not easily TO be seen always at it's first
enactment; and laws apparently hannless
at first, may, in the lapse Of many years
carry with them consequences OF potent
aud fearful magnitude, For the purpose
therefore, ofa more perfect knowledge
OF the results OfOur institutions, and the
working Of our laws upon the interests ofl
the people, ] recommend 10 your con.
sldeTa,ion, tho importance Of adoptino
measures for obtaining annually .cOmpIe,e
compact aud we'll digssted statistical state
lnen's OF the various resources and inter.
esls Of The State. This object can be. 10
a very great extent, effected by the sew.
erai township assessors, in connection
With their present annual duties,