The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-01-18

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van IN NOW England. Bounced on the
Forth ana east by two of the greatest IN
/ 'nd seas o. the world, and On the west
/ oy the rather OF Waters, connected by
Yatef communication stretching over one
iaif Oh cur vast country, with wattf
lowers running to waste equal to moving
very water heel in the United Siates,
lie state 10 far behind many of her sister
States, which have no such natural al
V"nSages Another year Will see com
eted the Government improvement If
ne Mississippi at Rock Island at DIS
MONIES rapids. This may be regarded rs
lhc most valuable work ever undertaken
by the Government. When completed
steamers Of 500 tons burden will he abb
% navigate The Mississippi at The seasons
Nhen unrestricted by ice and when
supplemented by the Fox and Wlsconsn
| Improvements, cannot fail to tx rel G "a
uoIesome influence over the question Of
transportation. Then the raw cotton
may be brought to us for less than one
laif OF what 1t costs to transport it 10
Lowell, Manchester, Fail River, or
Lewiston and, when manufactured, tn
whole lake basin, and Valley Of the Mis-
>isslppi, offer unrivalied advantages Tor
markets reached by cheap transporta
| zion. With the best iron ore in the world
Why should nine tenths of all the IRON
consumed in the state be brought from
distant state or from Europe
Why send + wo i to New, England to
he worked Ia cloth an0 then buy it back
greatly enhanced IN value? Why go to
New England for our manufactures of
cotton, when 1t is so apparent that We
can fabricate then with 50 much advantage
1T home?
Il is apparent that for many years a
iArge portion Of the revenues to support
,he Government must be raised from
tariff duties. Common sense would seem
30 indicate that III raising a revenue dutI,
~houid be So levied as 10 best promote
hose branches of industry that can be
prosecuted here rs as in any other
country, but for The dearer capital and
tabor here and hope that your lrgisla
ti"n will be direct d as 10 encourage
the growth of those branches Of manu-
FIGURING industry To which the state is 80
we'll adapted ...
The existing tariff no doubt requires re
vision The duties on many articles are
unnecessarily high. Raw materials should
be admitted either free or at "a very low
rate Of duty.
INDIANS.
The northwestern part of the state has
been long infested wi-h rnvilg bands of
| Indians, mostly of the Winuebago tribe
they have reservations in Karsas or Ne
braska, to which they shou d long since
have been removed.
Their wanderiugs and depredations are
not confined to any particular locality, but
are mostly felt III the counties of Clark.
JackSon TremDeleau. Monroe and La
Crosse. The people are justly dissatisfied
that they have not been removed and have
practced great forbearance up to this
time, Our State Prison now contains one
or more inmates from this tribe Two
vars ago an appropriation was made tor
theii removal, but for some reason the law
was never executed.
recommend that Congress be memoria
| lied upon the subject.
THE NATION.
! Having thus hurriedly adverted to the
satisfactory condition of our state, I hope
that it may not be regarded as improper
OF notice in brief manner the condition
| y the nation
At no time has more general prosperity
and contentmeht prevailed than now,
and no former period has been marked
with an equal degree of progress and de-
velopment.
Our foreign affairs are in most salts
factory ccndition,and our standing abroad
was never higher than at this time. Our
financial credit has greatly improved
within the last two years, and our public
debt has been constantly diminishing.
The revenues have been faithfully col
lected and it is evident that all the wants
OF the Government may he supplied in
the still further reduction of the tariff
and internal taxation. at
The cause Of Civil Service Reform is
making good progress under the only ad.
ninistration that ever had the courage to
adv wise the adoption Of it. The President
has recommended universal amnesty, and
it is hoped and believed that Congress
will act favorably on his recommendation
at an early d<y. af
Our currency has been constantly i'm
proving until now the difference bstween
it. and coin is less than ten per cent, and
the time Is at hand when the Government
should resume specie payments. A de
preciated and fuctuating paper currency
is curse to any country, and should NOT
be tolerated moment longer than is alb
solutely necessary. From whatever stand.
point such currency may be viewed, in
time or peace it can oaly be regarded as
Il great evil. And so long as it exists, we
shall be shut OUT from fairly competing
with those countries which use no false
or uncertain measures of value. That the
greatest gold producing country on earth