Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-01-16

effect DO submitted to the people at
the earliest possible moment
ST cRoIx AND LAKE SUPERIOR LAND
GRANT
The renewal of the ST. Croix and
Lake Superior Land Grant is great
~ desired by the people Of the north-
west part of the Safe. Having
made their settlements in rbe expect
tation thai this road would be built.
and purchased their lands at double
government price, il ia but just that
the grant should be renewed 20 the
state ! and 70 secure thu. end, i Is
recommended that you ask Conarass
70 take such action as is due To the
State aad the people most directly
Interested The care r. The lao3
Wlthin the limits OF this grant eaa
intrusted by tho Secretsrv NJ ,ba
Interior and my predecessor 10 ca
eral Samuel Hartman, who wac an
thorlzed 70 act both for the State and
General Government. His renort
shows that there was in the Smte
Treasury on the first day OF October
1871, - lhe credit OF tho St Cro;v
and Lake Superior Railroad Land
Trespass Fund, balance ofS35 coo
30, and that suits are now pending
against responsible partiea to recover
about S75, 900 more.
AGRICULTURE.
The reports of the County and STATE A.;
cultural Societies afford evidence or 80,
and progress IN agriculture that are ooite sat.
lstactory. The exhibitions at our iate Ststo
and County Fairs were the best eyer haJ -
the state, and a was generally observed that
the farmers We're dsyoting more attention -
ne growth and breeding Of stock, and less 10
'he growth ot grain, 10 be transported. AT an
expense q more than half lis value, TO A dist.
am market Tor consumption, and greatly 10 the
| lmpoVeishment Of the soil That ihey wn
! find their advantage in more diyersifed H.
duslry, there can be no doubt. AS apricnl-
thre Is, and must continue TO be for . lonr
uine, 1t not always, the leading interest of the
Stale, 7 will no doubt receive your fostering
care.
MANUFACTURING,
While the interests of agriculture have been
IN 'he main satisfactory for the past wear.
I nose o. manufacturing have been progressive.
ont not all that could be desired. There is
no Stale IN the Union that can present as great
natural advantages as manufacturing STATE
as Wisconsin. Her raw material Of iTon con-
per and lead are found distributed over the
State in eXhanstless quantities, from the shore
OF Lake Superior to our southern border OF
building stone, we have every variety of gran
lie and OF limestone, and the beautiful and
never-ending fire proof brown freestone of
Lake Superior. Kaoiin, or the finest quality
of porcelain clay, exists in immense beds al
Grand Rapids, on the Wisconsin River. Our
forests of pine, hemlock, and all kinds of hard
wood, are exceeded by those of no other state.
For the growth of wool, our Stote has prov.
ed to be among the foremost, and the cotton
of Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas can
be laid down ia Wisconsin for much less
cost for transportation than in New England
Bounded on The north aud east by two of the
greatest inland seas of the world, and on the
west by the Father Of Waters, connected by
water communication stretching over one half
of our vast country, with water powers ran
ming TO waste equal 10 moving every water
wheel in the United States, the State is far
behind many of her sister States, which have
no such natural advantages. Another year
| Will see COunlekeu the government Improve
ment of the Mississippi at Rock Island and
Des MONIES Rapids. This may be regarded
as the most valuable work ever undertaken by
the government When completed, steamers
| of 800 tons burden will be able TO navigate
the Mississippi at all seasons when unobstruct-
ed by ice; and when supplemented by the
Fox ami Wisconsin Improvements, cannot fail
to exercise wholesome influence over the
! question Of transportation. Then the cotton
may be brought TO us for less than oae-half of
what IT costs to transport it to Lowell, Man
chester, Fall River or Lewiston and, when
manufactured, the whole lake basin and val
| ley Of the Mississippi offer unrivalled advan-
tages for markets reached by cheap transport
| tation. With the best iron ore in the world
why should ninestenths of all the iron con-
sumed in the State be brought from distant
State or from Europe Why send our wool
TO New England TO be worked into cloth and
then buy it back greatly enhanced in value ?
! Why go to New England for our manufactures
OF cotton, which il so apparent that we can
! iabrcate them with so much advantage at
home F? 1t is apparent that for many years a
large portion Of the revenues to support the
! Government must be raised from tariff duties.
| Common sense would seem 10 indicate that in
raising revenue, duties should be so levied
as to promote those branches of industry that
can be prosecuted here as we'll as IN any other
! country, but for the dearer capital and labor
here; and hope that your legislation will be
so directed as TO encourage those branches of
| manufacturing industry, TO which the State is
so well adapted. The existing tariff no doubt
| requires revision. The duties on many art-
Giles are unnecessarily high. Raw material
should be admitted either free or at very
low rate of duty.
INDIANS
The northwestern part of the State has been
long infested with rowing bands of Indians,
mostly of the Winnebago tribe. They have
reservations IN Kansas or Nebraska, TO which
they should long since have been removed
Their wanderings and depredations are not
confined 10 any particular locality, but are
mostly felt in the counties of Clark. Jackson.
Trempeleau, Monroe and La Crosse. The
peon'e are Justly dissatisfied that they have
not been removed, and have practiced great
forbearance up TO this time. Our State Pris
on now contains one or more inmates from
this tribe. Two years ago, an appropriation
wus made for their removal, hut for some
reason the law was never executed. recon,
mend that Congress be memorialized upon the
subject.
THE NATION.
Having thus briefly advered to the satislac-
tary condition of our State, | hope that il may
no; be regarded as improper to notice IN a
brief manner the condition Of the NATHAN. AT
no time has more general prosperity and con-
tentment prevailed than now, and no former
period has been marked with an equal degree
of progress and development. Our foreign
affairs are in most satisfactory condition,
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 collected,
and il is evident that all the wants Of the gov
eminent may be supplied in the still further
reduction OF the tariff and internal taxation
The cause Of Civil Service Reform is making
good progress under the only administration
that ever had the courage TO advise the adop-
ton OF it. The President has recommended
universal amnesty, and il is hoped and believed
that Congress will act favorably on his rec
ommendoIoh at an early day.
Our currency has been constantly impTov-
ing, until now the difference between it and
coin IS less than ten per cent, and the time is
al hand when the government should resume
specie currency. A deprecated and luctua:-
ing paper currency IS curse to any country,
and should mt he fotarafed rnnmanf lnpnar