Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-02-23
SaaH (itA ard County-Farts, Figures,
and Prospects.

1870 l.033 $50; an increase OF ABOUT lulr
ty>six per cent The population OF Iowa
county in 1860 was 1867, and in 1870
it was 81 555 an increase of 1855, or
about thirty one per cent The city OF
Mineral Point in 1860 had population
OF PAPA, and now has q population oil
3276 an increase of little over thirty
five per cent. in the last decade, while
the village of Dodgeville, with the coun-
ty seat thrown in, has only increased
about fifteen per cent
La Fayette county in 1860 had pop
ulation of 1874 in 1870 it had pop
ulation of % ,667; an increase Of 4.553,
about twenty five per cent.
Grant county in 1860 had popula-
ton 81 1879 in 1870 it had a population
1898; an increase of 6,1SG or about
twenty one per cent. Sank comfy has
increased about twenty six per cent.
Green county has increased about twen-
ty per cent. Some of the older counties,
as Walworth and kenosha, have actual>
ly decreased in population in the last ten
wears. Iowa county has increased more
rapidly in population than Grant, Green,
La Fayette or any other county in this
Congressional district, with the excep-
ton of HIGHLAND and Crawford, and as
a result we shall, in all probability, re-
tain our present representation in the
State Legislature unimpaired, while our
neighbors in Grant and La Fayette will
be likely each to lose a member in the
Assembly.
Although we have often called the at,
tenton of our citizens to their lack of
enterprise in building up and fostering
the resources Of our city and our county
yet, when we compare notes with adj
joing counties, there appears little
ground for censure and although we
believe we have let many golden OPP
portunity pass by unimproved wealth
and population passed by our doors with.
out being invited even to tarry with us
while; manufacturing interests been
compelled to seek other localities less
favorable, for lack of enterprise here,
where the raw material to sustain mills
and factories lies around in abundance;
We begin to think that our neighbors are
equally stolil and equally regardless OF
their own prosperity.
Our neighbors sometimes point to US
and say that the people of Iowa county
are burdened beyond the hope Of relief;
that ultimately the tax gatherer will
gather them in, but we beg leave to re-
ply, in the language of Jay Cooke & Co.
chat national debt is national bless
ing. Though our creditors become
hugely extravagant in their demands
and the courts unjust, we still prosper
Our people contemplated result of this
character years ago, and have built
their foundations deep and reored their
comes and the tempests. howl the oak will
stand Our county has made a respec-
table increase in wealth and population
and our city, being subjected to heavier
taxation, has made more rapid increase
than the county at large We venture
the assertion that the county and the
city are as able to pay the whole liability
now as they were TO pay it when it was
first created, Oar increasing wealth has
kept pace with the interests aud costs Of
Judgment, and hence we have lest moth
ing by delaying and fighting be the re-
suit what it may We know there are
some citizens in the northern part Of the
county who are selling their farms at n
sacrifice because they cannot have the
blessings attending, the payment Of
their taxes in the old fashioned
way, and are hunting for localities where
there are no irregularities in tins re-
spect; but we say 70 them hold on Be
NV He'V'Ncu ~ ~ O"' "ieSo'hS V''e1>
red, and is as sure TO come as "seed
time and harvest Even If we have to pay
the entire county debt, which is hardly
possible, eight per cent on the assess
ed valuation Of the property in the coun-
ty will DO it and leave surplus
nearly large enough to pay the running
expenses Of the county for one year.