The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-01-16

unteers and all volunteers from the State should
be held in equal regard in whatever branch of
the service they may have enlisted. special
tax or temporary loan may be necessary. Ac-
ton on this matter should be taken at once or
much complaint and suffering may be the re-
suit. The statute also requires amending in
details, to the end that the State be better pro-
tected against the abuse of its provisons-es-
pecially should heavy penalties be enacte
against Justices making false certificates.
BY an act of Congress passed on the 9th day
of August last, direct tax of twenty millions
of dollars is annually laid upon the United States
To the State of Wisconsin there is apporti oned
of said tax the sum of $5l9, 66867, which is
.0033I2 upon the dollar of the present valua
ton of real property in the State The law Of
Congress further provides. that the tax shall be
| asses sed and laid on the value of all lands and
lots of ground, with their improvements and
dwellings,
| 1t follows, that, if this tax is to be collected
by the United States, personal property will es
cape altogether. 1t is provided that any State
may assume to assess and pay its quota in its
own way and manner, and deduction of Is pei
centum will be made for expenses of asses sment
by the State from assuming and paying its quota
Of this tax. are the large per centums of Dis
counts offered, and the opportunity of providing
that all the property of she State bear its just
proportion of the burden. In new State like
ours, however, so large proportion of the tax
es remain unpaid upon delinquent laws tha
the State can scarcely afford to pay this whola
tax in money, and hold these lands for redemp
| ton -..
would recommend that tina Governor be au
thorized to liquidate the tax by offset of claims
Of the State against the United States, to the
amount for which allowance can be obtained
on such claims beyond provision for existing
liabilities against the State; otherwise that the
tax be left for collection by the United States
SOLDIERS ALLoTMENTs OF PAY. =
A law has recently been passed by Congress
and approved by the President, providing 70
the appropriation, By the President, of not ex
csedipg three persons for each State having vol
unteers in the United States service, who shall
be authorized by their commissions, to visit tn
regiments from their respective States, and re
ceive from the volunteers, 'from time to tim
their respective alotments of pay to their fami
lies or friends" The second section of said &C
provides ''such Commissioners shall receive m
pay or eInolument whatever, from the Treasur
of the United States" The propriety of pro
viding that appointments of such an impOrtan
character, and of such nature shall be mad
by the President of the United States, Will
they are to be paid by the States for their ser
vices, may Justly be questioned. Ofthe neces
{sity of some provision under proper safeguards
by which the volunteers may be enabled at stat
ed times, to send their earnings their families
there can be no question; and means should b
set aside for the expenses of such persons a
may be commissioned to attend to this import
ant duty.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Professor Hall, Commissioner of the Geolog
ical Survey, has forwarded a brief report Of tn
progress Of the work, which will DE laid before
you. The delivery of the volume Of Report o
this survey, contracted for under the law of tn
last regular session of the Legislature has been
by consent of my predecessor for reasons ad
duced by Professor Hall, delayed till Februar
LIST, at which time the Commissioner will b
lpresent to confer with committees of the Legis
lature, if desired.
A comprehensive State policy must take il
every judicious measure inviting Capital an
Labor to the development of our resources -
The census of 1860 shows 3,746,037 acres OF tn
area of Wisconsin to be improved. Our Stat
is rich, far beyond all she now enjoys, in capa
bilitieS of production-in forests OF timber---i
lunappropriated water power and in latent mir
eral wealth These vast resources need but tn
touch OF labor and capital for the realization {
the widest dreams of prosperity for our State
The policy of the State is, donb tless to encouI
age and, so far prudence will permit, assis
investig and experiments having for thei
object The increase and diffusion of knowledg
of our mineral wealth, and all enterprises looE
ing to the establishment OF new manufacture
industries in our midst, 1t is recommended tha
you consider the propriety of exempting fror
taxation. for a limited period of years, capits
engaged III the branches Of manufacture With
out State
Also, that measures be taken to make prop
err representation of the soils, ores and produCl
of Wisconsin at the World Fair in London, tn
coming season. | am advised that distinguish
ed citizens Of our State would undertake to rt
present Wisconsin at the proposed Industrls
Convention, and incidentally 10 represent he
advantages to capitalists and manufacturers i
England and Oh the Continent, on being con
missioned to do so by the State suthoritie
chiefly or entirely at their own expense. Th
matter deserves attention. So tar from the u:
certain condition of relations between Englan
and the United States serving to discourage sue
enterprise, this condition will necessarily Ill
settle very many in existing business relation
and thus induce, for the first time, thoughts
emigration
memorial should be promptly presented t
Congress by this Legislature, asking the estal
lishment of United States Armory, Arseni
and Naval depot within this State. The city
Milwaukee possesses advantages in a c;.paciot
harbor-protected locations for works at point
still touched by navigable waters-water pow
er, and the cheapneSs of the material for builC
ing ships or manufacturing arms, superior
any other point on the lakes while her faca
ties for distribution by lake and railroads al
surpassed by none. Ifa location for the A
mory back from the shore shall be favored, tn
| line of Fox river presents succession of waite
powers, where abundant power and any desire
quantity Of lands offered the gOvernmer
tree of cost. The best iron ore in the world ca
be got at Lake Superior.-wood for charcoal an
timber for all purposes, are at hand in abur
dance, while river communication leads to tn
lake, and railroad connections unite with til
whole railroad system of the Northwest
l desire 10 reiterate the repeated recommen
datiOn OF my predecessor Of Il reduction in tn
rates of interest With the era of successfu
speculation in real estate, the time passed whe
we could afford to pay high rates of interest
inviting capital into the State on terms tina
must inevitably bankrupt the labor and enter
prise which employs it, is most runious Stat
Ipolicy. Practically, the prevailing rate of in
terest will always be the maximum permitted b.
law. That should be fixed at per centum tha
will make it generally for the interest of tn
capitalist to invest or employ his own none,
rather than loan it to others.
The people of Wisconsin have, with every year
experience, renewed occasion to be gratified TO
that provision of wise foresight contained in thei
Constitution, prohibiting the contracting of an.
considerable public debt. To illustrate, the Stat
now owns u fixed capital in buildings for Capitol
State Prison and Humane Institutions of 1913, 81
46. They are built and paid for, within the nearl.
fourteen years of State Government, at an average
of taxation for each year equal to about the annu
al interest million of dollars, which the ex
ample of other States would have taught US TO Dor
row for their construction at the start of exis
tence State Taking into account the time
and the extravaganza always characterizing th
outlay oil borrowed means, especially that borrow
ed upon public credit we could not have obtained
equal value by the loan supposed to that W.
have in possession and free from debt. On the 9th