The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-01-11

W1scon, MINIS.
sin. sofa.
Increase of cultivated area per
| cant" ~.:...:............"...... 81 3l4
1ncrese bushels of graln-wheat =
oats, corn and barley-rer
| cent ............................... 70 S75
| Increased number Of manuac-
turing establishments!..... 1872 26S
| 1ecreascp number of hands en-
| plOyed............................ los 3oS
| Increased value of annual pro-
! ducts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" wv 55
The Governor suggests the propriety
Of converting the Bureau of Statistics
(now attached to the Office of Secreta.
~ of State) into separate depart
ment, and of creating and attaching to
| it the office OF Commissioner of Insu-
rance-the fees of tho Insurance Com
missioner to be pail by the companies
doing business in the State.
During the past year thers have
oeen 457 IL miles of railroad com.
pleted and put in this State. The to-
tai length Of road in operation at the
close Of 1870, was 1902 IL miles, and
tho termination Of 1871 leaves US a
comprehensive railway system extended
to an aggregate length of 1850 miles.
Besides the road ironed in 1871, the
grading on the Brainard Branch of the
Northern Pacific has b,en done, and
the Sioux City and St. Paul is graded
to the State line and beyond.
During the year ending Aug. 81,
1871, GAL, passengers were carried by
the different railroads., an average dis
lance of 363 miles, at an average cost to
each If $l,6l, an average rate per
mile Of 2.5 cents. The total gross
earnings of the fifteen roads we're 49,
330,414.33 !; total operating expenses,
1885,, 435.10; net earnings reported,
SS47, 523.04, amount paid into State
Treasury in the LEU Of taxes, $50, 453.
IS.
The railroad law enacted last winter
crude and ill.considered, aud compare
lively but little benefit has been de-
rived from it. The report of A. J.
E1gerton, Railroad Commissioner, is
referred to as deserving Of careful at
tention.
Up to the close of the year 1871,
six railroad companies have received
grants Of lands amounting to 3,O21,.
965 acres, Of which they have sold
a40,54S acres, OF 1913 per cent Of the
whole.
During the year 3s,456, 500 feet of
pine logs were cut in this (the First)
District; in the Second District, 49,
TT, 235 feet. No reports were re-
ceived from the other districts.
The number of immigrants who
came to Minnesota during 1871 was
about 32l, 900. The only agent in the
employ of the State is E. Page Davis,
in New York City. During the year
$4,000 immigration pamphlets, in ad-
dition to large number o: copies of
the report Of the Commissioners Of
Statistics, have been distributed.
The Governor adverts at some
length t. insurance matters requiring
legisl alton.
He urges that amendment to the
Constitution be submitted to the PEG.
pie providing for the disposal Of the
internal improvement lands 100000
acres in accordance with the principal
enunciated to the last platform--i e.,
their appraisal and sale, at not less
than fixed price, the same as school
lands.
He thinks tree planting is a good
thing, and suggests that the Professor
Of Agriculture in the State University
be instructed to collect and distribu to
seeds and furnish information in some
popular but inexpensive way.
In the interests Of labor and of COM
mon justice, be recommends that the
laborer's wages, to u specified amount,
or for definite period, be exempted
from legal process for debt. AS the
law now stands property only is exempt.
A thorough geological survey If the
State the Governor thinks to be very
desirable, and believes it would reveal
sources Of wealth now unknown.
The boundaries Of the Judicial Dis
trict should be re-adjusted. The mum.
Der Of our District Judges is, and for a
number Of years to come will he, suf1i.
Gent to do the business, but their Ia.
hors are now very unequal.
The amendment providing that "each
stockholder in any corporation shall be
liable to the amount of the stock held
or owned by him." which was rejected
in 1870, should, he thinks be again
submitted.
The Adjutaut Generals rc3ort show:
that the Soldiers Orphans Home a
Wiuoua is caring we'll for its 38 in.
mates; the work Of correcting the va,
record of the soldiers Of the Minneso
ia is progressing favorably and that
officer, as ex-oficio State Claim Agent
has collected during the year S22,919.
So. free Of expense, for Minnesota
soldiers.
The State Prison is reported as quit
a happy sort of an institution. Excel
lent results are anticipated from its
management. The expenditures Las
year were S68,479, leaving dc6s;enc,
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