The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-01-01
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

oetotofa oAu ttt Dfeeetiottped
You are summoned by the sufIrages Of your
fellow citizens, TO the important duties Of 1egis.
latiun. at periud " peculiar interest both 10
Stale aud National affairs.
The year Just clused has been strongly
marked by prosperous and adverse eiroumstan-
ces
Abundant harvests have fulfilled the farmers
hopes; almost LnbrOken health has blessed
our humes aud animated our activities indus-
try, 10 every vocation, has successfully pursued
its Legitimate ohjecle Education, with steadily
enarglug aims and pnwers constantly aug
menting, has prepared the youth Tor the duties
and responsibilities Of citizenship and Relig-
ion, uuemharassed by the interference Of the
Slate with the domain Of cunscience, has full
hlled it's holy mission Of instruction In the du-
tto8 OF the life which now s, aud OF prepal alton
for the awards Of that which is to come. In
short no year since the organization Of the
Stale Government, has been more cOnspicuOusly
distinguished by substantial increase IN all the
elements IT real wealth, permanent power, and
true greatness
And yet, this year. 90 distinguished by these
circumstances of prosperity, has been marked,
hardly less conspicuuusly, by the evils Of disor-
dered currency, prostate credit aud impaired
fortunes.
The financial endorsements which have af-
fecied the citizens II Ohio, in comm with
those Of the whole country, have been augmeu-
ted in this State, by special aud peculiar causes.
The criminal misconduct Of furmer Stale
Treasurer, resulting in defalcaion Of over half
n million Of dollars. concealed from The people
by the false statements aud reprehensibe con.
trivaucss Of himself aud bis successor in office.
deprived the Treasury, at a critical moment, OF
the proper means Of paying the interest on the
public debt, and Of meeting the ordinary de-
mands of the public service; while the failure
Of great moneyed corporation, intimately con-
necled with the business interests of the COM
munity, suddenly disclosed the alarming fact
that vast proportion Of all the immediately
available resOurcee Of very many OF the banks
Of the State, bad been abstracted by the fraud
Of its cashier in New York, and converted into
means for postponIng, If not Rverting its fall.
Itma most gratifying fact, and it we'll IL
lustrates the energetic good faith which 30 hon-
orably Distinguishes the people Of Ohio. that
Notwithstanding these emba RAISING circum-
stances, every obligation Of the State has been
punetually fulfilled, aud her banking institu-
lions, With very few temporary exceptions, have
performed their entire duty Of specie payments,
without evasion and without delay.
The disorders and embarrassments Of the
present time, thus manfully encountered, must
soon pass away. They may check for mo-
ment, but cannot arrest the advancement OF the
State. Our fertile soil, our productive mines,
and our varied industry, will soon redress pres
ent incOnveniences, aud revive, in full measure.
our financial prosperity.
That you may clearly see the foundations Of
this anticipation, permit me to direct your at
tentiOn to a briefreview Of our industrial con-
dition, which will be more fully exhibited by
the reports Of the Commissioner Of Statistics,
and Of the State Board Of Agriculture.
OF the 25.5769 $50 acres which constitute the
area Of the Slate. according to federal comPu-
tation, no portion worth consideration, can he
classed as absolutely uncnllivable. Only l0.-
nnn anluuIlvr nulfivafad
and Of these. only about 5OOOO0O acres by the
ploW, while more than i50OO.0OO yet remain TO
be brought under contribution 10 our power aud
wealth.
This whole area, with a trifling exception, is
reduced to individual ownership, and is divided
among about $40 200 Proprietors, excluding the
OWnere Of town lots. The average quantity OF
land held by each proprietor, is estimated at
about ninety acres.
This division Of the land into small proper
ties, promotes improvement in methods ot cul-
ture, Rugments production, insures individual
independence and contributes largely TO the
security of public freedom. Every tendency
in the oppnsite direction should be watchfully
observed, Hnd wisely checked
The value nf these properties as assessed for
taxation, iA St35, 500 655. and that Of town lots
and chnttelr is. a4l3.626 426-mAking an ag-
Rregnie 0f as49 329Osl The real value largely
exceedA Sl.OOOOUO,OOO.
The present population Of the State, uTon the
best attainabls data, il estimated at 2AOO.O0O
persons Of whom nearly all, except the ve'y
young and the very old, are actively engaged
in purauits which increase or preserve public
and private whalth
The efficiency Of this vast human energy il
enhanced almost beyond computation by the
machinery 20 extensively introduced into every
uoPuFtFsIsnt % iuduatry- The agricultural ma
chimes, pct in operation during the last few
years, do the work Of more than 100000 agnr
cultural lahOrens, and do Il quicker. better aud
cheaper than they could. Il is difficult 10 make
any estimate even proximaiely accurate, in re-
speet 10 machinery otherwise employed. IL Is
reasonably computed, however, that the steam
engines alone, now 10 use In Ohio, periO m la
Dor equal 10 quantity TO that Of more than half
million men, aud better in quality, an well as
cheaper in cnut.
The forces Of aature thus engaged to the ser
vice nf man, through the instrumentality Of
machinery, augment the means Uf existence
comfort and enjoyment in Ohio, a. least four
fold. The results are leen on every hand, 10
the increased rewardaO of labor. aud in the in-
proved aud constantly improving condition Of
The people.
Some general statements, under few heads.
will clearly exhibit the more important sle-
mshts Oftfia industrial progress.
l. AoRIouLTUHAL PRoDuoEa
In 1857 according 10 the best inior-
maiiun, the value of vegetable pFO-
ductu, was S6I 952500
animal and animals products sSsI5OOO
Total value Of agr'l products el6l 1851, $40
10 l649 acenrding TO the
censns Of 1880, the value
Of vegetable products
was 45.554549
That Of animal and Ani-
nal products 4S,45sO98
Making the total value Of hgrieultu-
ul products S89Ol2.647
Ant showing an increase Of annual
agricultural production in eight
yena S69654,s59
The value Of live stock in 1857 was S7s6s7 .4sU
1850 was 44.l9l TAI
Inersuis in seven ysars S29,ses,749
No siuela fact connected with the agyicultu-
ml roanln Of the past year. is probably Of
greater impQrtRnca than the establishment BY
actual experiment, Of the pacticability Of the
profitable culture Ia Ohio, Ot the Sorghum, o.
InI.t-t.. 81 kN.fnan Smear .nnnna The ront of