The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-01-23
amount Of our growt during the Ave
wears which terminatd4 with the rebcll-


amount Of our growt& during the Ave
yeass which terminate with the rebcil-
ion. t'4i ..,..
zion OF the state hase only given the
number actually retprtled by the differ
ent township assessors, who, in too
many instances, are neither accurate
nor thorough i'm their work. These re-
turns having been nAade early in the
season. include but little of the spring
and none Of the sunlincr and fall imnt-
grafton. They also omit the prpduc-
tions OF the last, and cpnfesse1ly the
most prosperous year with which Prov
idence has blessed our State. From
careful observation and n thorough anal-
ysis of the data thus furnished, feel
altogether warranteds in saying that
there are, at this time, mot less than one
hundred thousand Inhabitants not in
cluded in the census last year, which,
added to the nnmber returned, give us
one million as the present reputation Of
the State.
1t is gratifying to contemplate that,
while we have thus steadily gained in
population, the material wealth of the
State has been augmented ut u cores
ponding rate, and the labor and enter
prise OF our people have been abundant
Iy re warded. Upon this subject the
census returns, carefully compiled and
published by the Secretary of State, will
afford much interesting and valuable
information. 1t will appear that with
the advance of railroad enterprises, there
has been rapid appropriation or our
vacant domain to agricultural purposes,
and that far in the interior, and on the
western slope, flourishing towns, and
even cities, have sprung up mt points
where., until recently, the adjacent
country has remained in its primeval
condition. The rapid and constant year.
ly addition to the number OF cultivated
acres indicates the progress or our agri-
cultural interests, and the immense
annual surplus Of grain aud stock, ship
ped to the markets of other States, de-
lnonstrates beyond all question that our
soil and climate are favorable, To the
highest measure of agricultural develops
Ment. .-rr ft
1t is not, however, in the pursuit OF
wealth of our people are advancing. In
the general development of our varied
resources, other departments of enter
prize and of remunerative labor are like
" to command u large share of atten-
ton, aud realize an adequate measure OF
success. Our coal, peat, gypsum, rock,
timber and plentiful supplies Of water,
together with various kinds Of law ma.
terial produced within the State, Ol
readily 0b.ainable in exchange for oui
own productions, present the strongest
induccmpNts that can exist for the intro
dnction and promotion of manufacturing
enterprises. That these advantages are
already understood and realized Is suf.
ficiently illustrated by the fact that the
capital employed in manufacturing pur.
poses, AS shown by the census returns O
last year, amounts to Sl5, ,757 500, and
that the capital thus invested has been
more than doubled within the last tive
years
It would be we'll il the people of this
State more fully realized the important
fact that the various implements adapted
to agricultural and mechanical pursuits,
and the machinery required in various
manufacturing purposes, may be abund-
antly supplied by the labor OF their own
artisans aud mechanics The vast sums
now annually expended Ia the purchase
of these articles from the princely estab.
lishments of the Eastern States should
be retained to augment home capital
and encourage the enterprise and reward
the industry of our own citizens. We
should understand, as II grave question
of political econoMy, that buying more
than we. see, whereby the balance o
trade is turned against US, eNhansts cap
ital and prevents the accumulation o
wealth. / hope to see the attention o
our people more fully awakened to tht
| Importance of subject which 80 Init
mately concerns individual interests no
only, but also the general welfare of tht
State.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The carefully prepared and compre
hensivc report of the Superintendent q
Public Instruction, will explain to yo,
the condition and progress OF our com
mon schools. If shielded, a. they wise
| ly have been for several years, tron III,
/ disturbing hand OF attempted Legislative
! Improvement, and if literally sustained
by an intelligent public sentiment, on
common schools may continue to ad
vance in usefulness, and become an Ell
during monument tn the eminent mei
by whose wisdom this admirable system
of popular education was devised.
| Cur laws generously extend the benc
fits of common school education to al
persons within the State, between til
ages of five and twenty y-one Years, whii
III many States school ages begin at 81
and end at fifteen or eighteen years. /
this manner the total number to bc pre-
vided for is largely increased, and edit
cational advantages are thereby NOR
widely extended. The enumeration to
1867 shows the whole number of person
of school age to be 372, ,9G3. being and il
crease over the former year of 24,47l.-
The total number of teachers employe
during the last year WAS ln,343 m IA
ditiOn of one thousand to that OF the pr
eeding year, and showing that for ever
number Of thirty-six persons having
right to commons school privileges, ql
teacher has been employed. There a
5,454 school houses reported, making u
average of tifty-siX for every organize
: county in the State, many Of Whie
counties contain less that one thousai
.. inhabitants each, and AVERAGING ov,
. five schools houses to each organize
township. And these, it should be +
: nlcmbered, are Independent Of the sixt
two academies, colleges and universiti
established at different points in Il
!, State.
The total amount expended for Il
: support of common schools during Il
! last year was s., ,O69, ,597.S2, making eig
7 dollars and four cents paid for each pul
= in attendance during the year, and ii
! dollars aud fifty-iive cents per capita
the entire number Of school age, and Il
7 sum of two dollars aud twenty-ni
\, cents per capita for the entire popul
] ton Of the State, as shown BY the reee