East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-01-11


Of wealth. Regarding labor as honorable, they
cherish just pride in working out with their own
hands n competence and securing for themselves
and their families comfortable homes They also
bring with them more or less wealth. 1 invite
your attention To the importance Of this subject
and will express the hope that such Legislation
may be had rs will materially aid in inducing
immigration TO our soil. This Is the more necess-
airy from the fact that Mich gan has often been
misrepresented, to her disadvantage, either thru
ignorance prejudice, by those Interested in So
curing the greatest possible share Of this immi-
grafton TO States lying still further west and bo-
yond US.
MANUFACTURES.
Michigan, in tho future, Is destined to become
On important manufacturing district, and there
10 perhaps no State in the Union which to-day
holds out so many advantages for the establish
ment Of many kinds Of manufactures
We here possess not only the raw material for
many Of the leading and staple manufactured
products Of our country. but also In abundance
the necessary supplies for tho sustcnance Of those
very groat extont, not only home market for
these products, but can roach vast western
Market" at less expense by far than can those
portions Of our country now Supplying such mar
ket. BY encouraging the establishment Of man
ufactures and introduction Of the necessary capi-
tai and labor for such object shall not only sup
ply ourselves with needful articles at lesscos than
must otherwise be incurred, but at tho samo time
very greatly increase the home consumption Of
the farmers surplus products; thereby increasing
to US the prices received for what we may have
to sell and decreasing the prices paid for what
may be required 10 bsy, The idoa Of depending
upon New England and tho East, under such eir-
cumstanccs, for our manufactured goods, is
simply againstthe laws Of trace and in direct
..ls - H.. r.
omy. Our policy shoald certainly be 10 legislate
so as not TO repel capital and skill and labor
from the State, but to invite and encourage their
introduction
recommend, therefore, to your favorable con-
sideration all measures having tendency W en-
courage the investment Of capital and labor in
any and all branches Of manufactures.
GEOLOGY.
Although science has partially revealed to US
the rich stores Of mineral wealth which abound
in our State and lie beneath its soil, and skull
and labor have conclusivcly demonstrated the
fact, yet We know very little Of their vast extent
Tho geological surveys which have heretofore
been attempted, although attended with consid-
cradle success, have nevertheless been partial
and incomplete in their results. A full and COM
Siste net iisc,sd And when II II remembered
that for every dollar heretofore expended in this
thousands in returns, submit to your judgment
and discretion the propriety Of making such sp-
preparations for the speedy prosecution of the
work, to its final completion, as its present con-
dition and the Importance Of the subject demand.
In my opinion the required outlay would DO fully
justified even in times like these, in view Of the
value Of the Information which would thus bo ac-
quircd.
sAuLr OF. NARr's FALLS SHIP CANAL
This Is a great national work; and although
Michigan can derive no direct revenue from IL,
yet il Is Of incaculable value 10 the State by rem
dering material aid 10 her commerce and opening
immense avenues Of trade 10 her people. The
Superintendent Of the Canal in his annual
port states that the value Of the exports and im-
ports Of Lake Superior for the past year does not
fall much short OF s<5.000000. The amount re-
ceivcd by tolls during 1855, the first year the
canal WAS in operation, was Si,374 50. Tho
amount received during the year 1864 Is S34,-
2S7 81. This shows the rapid increase Of busi-
ness Tin the Lake Superior region for the last ten
years, the result almost wholly OF the existence
Of this Canal 1t was originally constructed by
means Of grant Of lands from the general gov
ernment and after its completion was committed
TO tho care and supervision Of the State, with
the authority on her part to charge such rates Of
toll on vessels passing through the samo MS would
meet the expenses of all necessary and extraor-
care and charge OF tho same.
Extensive repairs being then required for the
preservation and efficient operation Of the Canal,
the Legislature, by an act approved February
l4th, 1889 authorized the raising Of sum Of
money not exceeding 500 600, by loau TO be
applied sololy in making from time to time "such
repairs upon the locks gates and walls thereof"
as might be deemed necessary for such object;
and for the reden ption Of which, us the same
shall full due, all the tolls and other income from
said canal were pledged, afterthc payment Of the
cost Of its care and management In accord
ance with the provisions Of said net, the bends Of
Of the State were issued in June, 1859, to the
amount of sl0O, 900, and the proceeds placed to
the credit Of the canal fund, to be applied and
used for the purposes aforesaid. Tho total ex-
pcnditures upon the canal in pursuance Of the
act authorizing said loan, as determined by the
Board Of Control, was 500 063 49,
The amount OF net earnings Mt the present time
after the payment OF all repairs and other sxpcn-
ses, and which goes TO constitute fund for tha
payment Of said bonds ut maturity, is $50 U64 o.
The present rate Of toll is sir cents per ton the
enrolled measurement OF vcssel passing through
the canal have rosson TO believe that appli-
cation will be made to the Board of Control by
parties interested In the Lake Superior com
merce, urging reduction of this rate for the
coming year The superintendent Is Of the opin-
ion that four cents per ton will be sufficient here
after to keep the canal in repair, pay running ox-
pcnses, make such improvements as may be nee
cssary, and leave . sufficient Of net earnings
to pay the Indebtedness assumed by the State, in
1878, the period when the canal bonds fall due
Much can perhaps 10 said in favor Of this change.
On the other hand, 1t may be a question whether
the interest to be affected by reduction Of tolls
would not be more efectually benefited by main
tanning the present rates, and thereby acquiring,
at tho earliest practicable moment, the meens
necessary TO make such improvements, and such
an eplargemcnts Of the work as will meet the
rapidly increasing wants Of the trade dependent
upon the ready passage Of vessels to and from
Lake Superior.
But as this whole subject Is in the hands Of the
Canal Board Of Control, apprehend no legsla-
tion will Mt present bc required thereon.
SWAMP LANDS AND STATE ROADS
The policy of using swamp lands for State roads
was inaugurated by an act of tho Legislature, APP
proved February H. 1859, and by subsequentacts
and repeated appropriations this may now be re-
garded rs the settled policy Of the State. The
purpose for which these lands, amounting TO near-
iy six million acres, werc cedcd 10 the State, rs
expressed in the act Of Congress approved Sep
tembcr 20, 1850, was to enable her "to construct
the necessary lovees and drnins to reclaim the
same" and the net Of cession expressly provides
that I" the proceeds Of said lands, whether for
sale or direct appropriation in kind shall be APP
piled exclusively far as necessary, 10 the pur-
pose of rcclaiming said lands by means Of the
icvees and drains aforesaid by an act Of the
Legislature, approved juno 28th, 1851, the State
accepted this grant according to the conditions
contained therein; and she expressly declares in
this act Of acceptance, that all the money re-
ccived from the sale Of lands shall be and remain
q fund for tho purpose Of rcclaifning said lands
in conformity to the provisions Of the grant"
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