The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-01-10
0oy. DnNNIsoN's MEssAoE.


The mcrsarc of Gov. Dcnnison. on re-
firing from the gubcrnotorial chair. isvcry
lcngihy--so long indeed thot we despair
Of being able 10 produce il entire in the
columns orthc TribuBc. n ~, however
as able n II IL lcrgthy. and is the Best re-
sumo Of The history and progress Of Ohio,
that We have ever met with. We will
preren, Only a few Of i,e points
The growih Of population 10 OHIO l.
most r,mnrkublc. ~ tsn9 when the
Constitution was formed, Ohio had 0,00n
people. In 1900 the ccufus gave her o.,
COO. From 1900 to 1890 Is received m
addition ~ 63e 900 pcrsots. From 1870
to islO, the addition wns 93S 900. From
1910 Ia 1850, " was 1000. While the
'inorcssc still continues inmcnscly pren',
the raiio Of incrrnse huF diminished:
fact which Ia always apparent when tho
basis of population il much cnInrgcd.--
Taking into view the str.occ Of land, as
well NJ the number Of persons. no State
having usgrcut density Of hahitntion has
increased We r-pid y, csssrt hfsss whore
growth Is almost eniireiy the, of manu-
E,ruring towns. Ohio II mulnly an npri.
cultural Stute. Hence It's rapid growth.
since Il obtained million Of people, Is the
morc remarkable.
The able hodicd men ever lwoniy-onc
years OF age were
In 1919 GouOO
In 1892 22O 600
/ In 1861 100000
The otr"nuth Of the State, Tor purposes
oi war, is not shu~,n merely by this
growth. Tor, us population grows dense
and towns are multiplied, the surplus Of
,"t,s d" q" Of lil" fG bccSSesse sse Igm the ordinary
proportion. !"
Taking the rggrcg, g. Of all cereal crops
together with potatocs, for three dcccnni.
al periods, we have these rcsuts;
Bushcls.
In 1880 7,iBl ,rO3
In lSlg - q2,9Ib. .tG4
In 1860 lb2,3lg,I55
The following In n comparison Of the
1 production .! iron, coal aud salt, Ia 1910
and 1850:
rurnacrs. Pig Iron. Value.
IN 1910, 10 25 1850 tons SGi5 0Tb
In 1850 % lO5,bo0 90 S3,l7I00O
on CuAL.
Bushels. Men. Value.
I'm 1910, a613,IL0 daD S26G.UUV
In 1860, bO,tOo,0O0 1000 S5t 10000
Bushels. Value.
In 1910. 2n7sIO SsgoO5
In 1850, g,OOO,OOO sb,ru 600
The aggregate Of roads, railroads and
canals urr nearly rs iollows:
N"nnls zoo miles. !
hllfoads 3,OOO 4"
'ommon Roncs 67,tO0 "
These make scvcnty-iuur thousnnd
five hundred miles OF transit lines in
drrondent of tho const FMS OF Lake Eric
SIs SSa" ,9SVlSltEfh BtlSG&Rc99 !.s.r. Sge seeess.
Tho laud surface OF the Statc is q0,IU0
square miles, so that there is one milo OF
railroad to every thirteen square miles,
and nnle aud half of common road TO
each squire mile of surface. The FAR.
nlcrs ore within easy reach Of u road,
Willie The great commercial arteries. GU
uals aud railroads, pnss through or near
he commercial twns,
The pres, nj valuN of property IN Ohio, |
II We take into vitw the large amount |
which escapes Usscs smCrt, aud tie small
value placed upon animals aud other spc. !
ccs 81 personal property cannot he osti. |
mated at lcss than thousand millions OF
dulOrs, or twenty. Gye-iold that of 1909.
The accumulation OF this wealth, as the
r,sult of the growth aud labor of sixty.
ytafs, is one ul the mott extraordinary
facts in the growth of the United Sta
trs.
The increase in the extent, and appli-
cation ofpublic education to the people.
may be estimated lr,m the following pro-
portions, b tween the population n, given
periods, and tho number attending all the
places of education;
In 1850, .2al ,Gl2 l6Itct Of pop, in school,
la lSil. ~, Gus. lS
Ia 1889. GO0,Oai %
The average uumher of indictments FOR
crimes in Ohio, for four years ending Ia
Gl, was 3lOO, ofwhich onc-half were stat
utory oilcnsos, and the residue crimes
against persons or property. The pro.
portion of crimes Is about the same as in
Great Britain, but the proporiio" against
property Is much loss.
The uverago rutnbcr of deaths by vio-
lonCe in Ohio is live hundred, or one IN
forty .hundred. Tho average number in
Prussia Is one IN eighteen hundred aud
sevcnty-,hrec. Grimes OF violence seem,
therefore, 10 be much lees frequent here
than on the continent Of Europe.
The number OF marriages IN Ohio va
rics but little from ons in ono hundred; in
Prussia. one IN one hundr 4 and tcn,--I
Hut the proportion In Germany probably
greater Than in either France or England.
iIl'gitmncy and inlentivid,, thtugh ire
queht IN dcnsrly populated co0nuics, are
comparatively rave here.
The Gov. recommends the establish
mcu' ol an experimental farm, ona por-
tion OF the Reform School Farm, aud also
the sorGipg OF delegate To the interua-
tionul exhibition, ut london, in May next,
Tho benevolent it-l,tutiors of the
State are in u 1ourlshing condition.
The number OF patients in tho Central
Northern, aud Southern Lunauo Asylums
at the md OF the last iiscol year were;
Central Lunslic Asylum, 2As
Northern " ill
Southern 100
.-
Total ba2
Tho number OF Tupile in Novcmber las,