The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-01-14
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Regisiid and enr'od ton 60 On '56 IO6 ,54l .
l6l9 57,l00 F"
Increase in seven years 49,4u 90
Vessels entered Ohio ports from
CuDnda On 1856 6iQ
Tonnage Of them 70,505 81
Vessels eutered same porte irom
Canada in 1919 Qd9
Tonnage OF them 2td83
Increase in number s6l
tonnage 55Ila .uH
. ". RAILROADS. t...-
Miles Of Railroad in operation IN 1857 ost,
Miles in 1854 according 10 Cpmpendiun
TO Census q9ey
Increase On three years az
Number Of uilas oonsiruotsd in 1887 so
in progress, about 400
Total cost Of Railroads in Ohio 90,OO0,u0O
Estimated gross receipts lO.OO9.O0O
net " 500 OOo
According to the Compendium Of tho
Census, Ohio had, in 1854, more miles
of railroad in operation than any other
State of the Union. The same state
ment is probably true at this time. If
so, the railroads Of Ohio form about
one-eighth Of all tho railroads in the
United States, and more than one-fC-
tconth of all in the world.
v. EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION.
The value OF vegetable products exported an
! 1857, Is estimated al 500. son q m
| The value Of animal products lL50OO0g
/ mineral fog mn
60 products Of manufactures Q0.UOh,09O
Total exports 40 400 600
The total exports as above shown
are 9GI eC7. 5eo
Leave for home consumption Si9I,467 500
These condensed statements exhibit
clearly the immense actual resources of
the State, and inspire a just confidence
in her future progress.
IL will be seen that manufactures and
mines contribute in increasing propor-
tions to the aggregate Of annual pro
ductions. The coal fields of Ohio are
nearly equal to the entire coal fields of
Great Britain, and fully equal to those
of all Southern Europe. This fact. IN
connection with the immense beds of
iron ore so widely diffused in the Stat.
demonstrates the vast capacity of Ohio
for mineral production and for manufac-
lures. Still Ohio is emphatically an ag-
ricultural State The products Of her
farms, during the last year, very large
! ly exceeded in value the entire cotton
crop of the United States. An inter-
est so important cannot be too earnestly
commended to legislative regard.
AN AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE PROPOSED.
The State Board Of Agriculture ha,
| performed a service of great value in
stimulating and promoting agricultural
Improvement, and its annual reports add
largely to our stores of agricultural
knowledge, But this Board cannot do
all that should be done or must be done.
five wish to retain our present agricul-
tural position. 1 respectfully suggest
to your consideration the expedienov of
establishing an agricultural Institution
for the instruction of the rising genera
ton in those branches of KNOWLEDGE
which pertain especially to the theory
and practice Of farming. It is thought
! by persons qualified to Judge, that such
an institution could be so organized and
administered that it would almost NJ not
altogether, sustain ITSELF No one can
doubt that any cost Of which itcould be
the occasion, would be repaid TO the
State thousand fold in benefits.
i While on the side Of industrial devel-
opmont, there is so much to excite prat-
ifcatiou and inspire hope, there IS an
other class Of facts essential to a correct
estimate Of our condition, which must
not be overlooked.
OUR DEBTs-sTATE AND INDIVIDUAL.
The Commissioner of Statistics has
instituted extensive inquiries, with
view to ascertain, as accurately as DOS.
sible, the debts due from the State, from
corporations aud individuals. tt Is OBJ
> vious that, except as t0 debts Of record.
IL was impossible to obtain precise ro.
suits; but it is believed that the follow
ing statement is at least an approximo-
ton to the TRUTH
Debts Of he State, Foreign and
| Domestic Gl6.iOi Ogs
Corporate drbts OF Towns, Co1u
lies, and Municipalities, ure
about Is 0OO UO0
Debts Of Railroad Companies $1,000 400
IN Judgment IO.00100n
" secured by recorded MoH'Eas 5lOl0 coo
20 Banks aud Bankers $4,000 600
OF Merchants due outside Tie
sbte lsOa0OW
Otaer individual 6sbls 100000
Aggregate debts Of all descriptions 22l io2,O95
/ Debt is not always au evil. Loans
wisely invested by the borrower ia ageus
oies of production, such as lands, mineH
aud implements, or Of movement, suolI
as canals, railroads or steamboats,, often
afford essential aid in the doYelopmuut
Of resources, and even create the means
Of their own liquidation. A few Of
these debts are Of that character. And
in many cases the same debt appears
more than once in different FORMS Far
the greater part for instance Of tho in-
dividual debts, are due 90 retail mor.
chants, who, In turn, Dwe che same mon 4.
ey 10 banks and wholesale dealers.
But with every allowance ~ those c0u-
siderations, this mass of iRdobtadhe
remains a subject of by no monns agree.
able contemplation For 50 seduction
or extinction we must rely on augmant.
ed production and increased economy.
n That theso may Do safely rolled uu1r