The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30
GOVERNOR RAMSEY'S
n A i G. u r l. MESA G. E. /.
enfiemen of the Senate and House of Representatives

entenen Of the Senate and House of Representatives
The positions of trust with which by the suage
people, this ime responsibilities Of unusual mo
The financial people the
tpcvrns our Count, Township and the
the complication Of the State with the Land Grant
a Companies and the Of the through
nd % things present for our action questions Importance duy
Legislatures and Executives seldom called upon to determine
an honest 0Gss Judgment State
nd doubt that though the the times mucn at our
Minnesota during the indeed had
un through the 1857 would for obvious be
n % a a ee%nsa rs s1 sno NSs
greatly dependent the wealth Of and the money Of
hopeful people had embarked magnificent and
Of p and md @ ha ~A ss1 Of any me, Tsss %
debt their their stock and few Of them produced
mad occasion to use very large proportion population engsg
trade and ~ sssss ws been
Upon community sudden withdrawal that credit which
he financial REVISION must lasting injurious
sao powers to cure such evils Ihe remedy lies IN tine people
9d nr amd 0' As beyond the CLOUDS 00'
Contrast the condition of the State Minnesota to-day
lie prnes or welcomed crowded ev
a daily pough nvabe waters no mills on every stream convert
the the forest into lumber or the cereal growth into -four
the territory scarcely the total valuation Of
property but little eight hundred thousand dollars
taxable for 1858 forty ,i millions Of dol
enterprise the State the growth has been
following prepared from township canvass embracing
undoubtedly reliable They show the present
interest which will always be the leading one and also
he fitness capabilities and climate for agricultural
Whole under cultivation, 1862 4646OO acres
- Number of farms 1883
average OF titled land per farm 2lt
PRoDUCrs 1859:
Bushels of Wheat harvested, 3,435950
Corn 34I695O
Oats 33O9480
Potatoes about SpOOOUO
GRAIN PaODucE RIVER Towns MINNESOTA
Wheat, 372y 625 bushels.
Oats. 1755OO
Corn 47T42
Potatoes, 1l7OO0
exports deal produce of the Southern
shipped ports Iowa. Cranberr and Ginseng
gathered expectation they hardly pertain agriculture Wool
already begins form article OF expectation Hides form consde
bic Item, and butter is exported to extent
the total of wheat and potatoes
during the fall amounts to about four millions
the hundred thousand dollars
bushels wheat harvested last within the
bushels surely sufficient for home consumption
leaving still in the State waiting Market OF 2OOO
bushels Calculate the surplus of each other article enumerated above
and will appear that have agricultural
the production of the tenth existence worth probably two
million dollars.
question providing market this future
will demand consideration. 1t
with what relief should be nby affected what SELL
could cheap speedy those who have to buy
The Weld Of wheat for the past this State
bushels This which nearly double the yield the
indicates either better
Probably
unusually productive long been claimed by those who have had the
opportunity know that Minnesota does in fact the other Mss
States. in that particular.
though
The following of exports Of Lumber Logs &C. from
Minnesota