The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-01-16

VaIuo mining prcducIe. $S,u%43dVV nO'ooV
IncTease OF coal mined, 0Du per cent
DC DO saf ssit made made. 900 5 :.
do values, 4oo
MANUFACTURES.
1850. 1860.
,,.ctures prorer, $41 ,l24 ,7O7 ee7, ,294,1s5
tSrisg, mining al = D'''"0 1853 1885, ,laS
ica industry: .S, "tnres. ll2per cent
increase Oh n.ahu'".i .,,,, NAVIGATION.
COMhEhCH AMI 1850. 1850.
Vessels built number, tons 1851 tons
Tonnage of vessels ou'its 60 ton ~ 1894 :"
Aggregate tonnage,
Vessels cleared for foreign ocs 460
States.
TGDnTsS a,ssa 90 fs'''
Increase o' Vess"s no s,i 46O
p. - do whole tcHEAga, cM tt
" doe foreion trade, "
LoCOMoTIoN. .
1850. Is6U.
$50 miles $50 miles
CSnah' $50 " 20-4 "
TSrnpikss and Plank Roads, s0tO " -oG $,gO loo os.,
Increase Of Railroads, 'rT poi teN'
Tho estimated cost Of 300 uilos of Railroad built
aimee le5e, is eighty mii!ions of fdoiiarS'
pEoPERTY AND DEBT.
rh value of all property, aJC472fM COO $3.50 800 Gnl
State Debt, A't -'l'0N
The ,pereea,e debt of tho StSte, munici.
n,r,ira, bankers merchants end isd'vldus's,
Wse estimated by the Commissioner of Sea
tistics, in hia Report OF 1863, at SleS o92'
al6 excinsve.ot railIc tds, which is speCinS
plfdce or the rosds.
Debt due out Of the State, $65 O0o''Oo
.orss,ipg OF debt due by the State, municf
p,Ii,ies, bark~ and merchants.
tnsrSssS IN " s deet q yste II property, 2S '
propo,tiop of debt due out of State to the 1.
whole value Of property
TIE entire debt of the State and OF the
rson,e OF Chic, is considerably less then the
;nr,asse in the vnlue OF property in the i6St
An veers. Small ss is this debt compared
v;ih the resources Of the State, 1t ls yet
heavy burden on the industry OF the people,
wh;ch csp only be lessened or removed, by
augmented production end ere'ter economy
The prest increase Of mining tnd menu
t.eturee, exhibited by these condensed state
ments. il highly encouraging aud Rra'lfy'
;ro tact. It jpdics,es a still further nnd
Indefinite progress of development OF these
important interests. The cePebilltles OF tbe
Slate in that regard ere elmost unlimited.
The duty Of the State to foster these 6rsnch-
"a O, useful industy by ell tuiteble ieRls'''
,ion-ts it is the duty OF ell gooo govern
merts 10 insure TO labor Dot only tuil occu'
nation, bot the greatest producuveness--is
vel, appree,sted. Aided 90 we may hope
snch en- obligation will be BY the genera!
ooVerrmept, The future will find Ohio second
70 none Of her contederated sisters in mln'ng
I'D manufacturing wealth. end in all the
.cccmnnpyine essentials Of eocal independ
epce, whith characterize an lDdustFlCus Pco'
ple OF diversified pursuits.
Important as are these interests 10 '"e
people oil the Stote, end IS deserving as 'heS
s,e of being carefully cherished we shooi'
betr 10 mind that it is on seicuitofe ina
we uust depend as the main source or on
welfare. Fully three .6'ths OF cur pOfuIa'
81 ,;on ere cultivators OF the coil. Whatever
therefore, will promote the development o
This branch OF cur industry, sheuid receive
the sDims,ing and iHvigoraiing encourage
ment OF the StOte
I, must be admitted that agriculture, e.
tber as q science or al art, is thr from belpt
curs, ed with thet grdent end success ul sprl
tpe to i,s importance. The productive re-
sources OF the state are but mperfeetly de-
welcomed TIE area actually cultivated doe
mot exceed one-tourih of the entire territory
Thit returns, perhaps, as abundant crops
,hp natural fertility of the soil, little aide
hv science. Gun produce. Other countries
IN conseouence OF their dsnse ana inrreas'
;no noonIstiops, hove been obliged to apPea
u, - cience and solicit aid from It's treasure
~, onlv to restore the fertility OF the SOL
hui hv artificial applications, to increase u
a Drimi,iye proGuctivenesa. 1t 's gratiiy'hg .
know that the intelligent efforts OF the Uni
S,n,e Board Of Agriculture, to lntfoouc
rmoug our lermers an improved system
.or;rniture founded or scientific principles
..s he,pg crowned by the hBppiest results.
~ s,a is no doubt that The progress {
.or;cn nltrre would be promoted il the edvar
tspes resulting from an exPefi"eh'al 'a,'
could be conferred upon the '"tmS'S VI W
State. To inuugura,e 80 defifSole Oh iiis''
tuition it might be well to place p0t'ion
the Reform School FERN under tDe'oHecuo
Of the Ohio State Beard of Agriculture On
10 direct the results OF experiments IN I'll
several departments OF farming and stoc
u raisinp. to be communicated to the farmeI
'| Of the State through the annual report
that Board.
... Agricultural sehools, wherever establish
ad. have been productive OF valuable result
Snch an institution in this State, organize
ppon principles adapted to the hablis OF u
. I, .eople, do not doubt, would receive the
IN approval. I invite your favorable consider
atomic this subjsct,
As our civil and political institutions a.
derived from the wisdom and exist in II
will Of the psople-the source Of all righ
full authority and Of all legitimate sovereign
sv.-it il obvious that 1t 10 upon the eduCatiC
Of the people we must rely for the purit
tha observation, and the perpethation Of o
a ,Spublican form Of government. ln Ii
q .,cred cause we cannot exercise too mu
literally. 1t is identified with or best ii