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

1SAUWQ0Sy 10y S0sAS 81 ~ " u0tss 6SAtO0 1ye
not yet sufficiently ascertained 10 afford
azbs,l. ioE oollp ,ris sxespt d wiz.
consin, Nth .hioh "a mako 81 the fl
lowing soqpara,i ,s exhibit, showing
AN rat ssnt q iaors.a dnsise
ths decade ending ] uas lst, 1870.
Wiscon. Minis
Increase Of cultivated area per
cAne....-A-.. ................. ID 3l4
lncrsss buahslsoi srain- wheat -
oats. corn and barley -rsr E. So Ee+s.Ss.
Increased number Of manufac-
turing establishments. 1872 26S
11creasep number Of hands en-
Ines.sssd value Il annual pro.
ductg ......sS IL ~ a by8
The Governor sugge,ts the propriety
Of converting the Bureau Of Statistics
(nox attached % the Office Of Sscreta-
3 q state) into ! separate, depa,t.
mllent, and Of creating and attaching to
It the Office, q Commissioner Of Insu-
rance-the fees Of tho Insurance Com
missioner to be paid By the companies
doing business 10 tue State.
During the past year there have
been 457 IL miles Of railroad com.
pleted and put 10 this State. The to-
tai length Of road in operation at the
close Of 1870, was 1000 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 ID 1871, the
grading on the Brainard Branch of the
Northern Pacific has bsen done, and
the Sioux City and St. Paul is graded
to the State line and beyond. s
During the year ending Aug. 81,
1871, GAL, passengers were carried BY
the different. railroads, an average dis
lance of s6} miles, at an average COST to
each Of 1851, an average rate per
mile Of 4 2.5 cents. The total gross
earnings of the fifteen roads were 49,
$3.50, 414.33 : total operating expenses,
$2,564,435.10 net earnings reported,
S47,52s.04 amount paid into State
Treasury in the LEU Of taxes, $50, 45s.
10. .,.o'% = ,'-1tss- p u E-:s:'z
The railroad law enacted last winter
crude and ill.cousidered, and compare.
lively but little benefit has been de-
rived from it. The report Of "A. J.:
Edgerton, Railroad Commissioner, Is
referred to as deserving Of careful at
tention. ''zH'5sf y ,F9G'S'fT M *''fs ~ =
! Up Is the close Of the year y 1871,
six railroad companies have received
grants Of lands amounting to 3,021,-a
865 acres, Of which they have sold
340,548 acres,o 1913 per cent Of the.
whole. ss5 q ~ IL ss':ss: s=sa = @9stt:s s'.'s:
! During the year 1873, 456, 500 feet Of
pine logs were cut ID this Cthe First)
District; in the Second District, 49,
III, 235 feet. - No reports were re-
ceived from the other districts. 1879 h
The number Of immigrants who
me'to Minnesota during 1871 was
about 32l, 900. The only agent in the
employ of the State is E. Page Davis,
III New York City. d During the year
$4,000 immigration pamphlets, ia ad-
dition to large number .. copies Of
the report Of the Commissioners Of
Statistics, have been distributed. W 2'ts
The Governor adverts at some
length to insurance matters requiring
legisl alton. 2sssa .T'si .T55 .@31%s%.,@e3: r
He urges that amendment to the
Constitution be submitted to tho peo.:
pie providing for the disposal Of the
internal Improvement lands $780, 900
acres in accordance with the. principal
enuuciated to the last PLATFORM. e.,
their appraisal and sale, at not less
than fixed price, the same as school
lands. 81. I. -.: - =
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. 49,
In the interests Of labor and of com.
mon justice, he recommends that the
laborer's wages, to u specified amount,
or for definite period, be exempted
from legal process for debt. As the
law nov 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 tho judicial Dis
trict should be re-adjusted. The mum.
Der Of our District Judges is, and Tor .
number Of years to come will he, sufli.
cieut to do the business, but their Ia
bors are now very unequal. .5.
The amendment providing that ssseach
stakeholder in any corporation shall be
liable 70 the amount Of the stock held
Or owned 81 him;" which was rejected
in 1870 81 ], should, he 9. thinks thinks b again
submitted. ..x;:: ..,.s,,ss ,,...,..,. ..,,.,.
The Adjutaut sGsueral's nortshow:
that the Soldiers Orphans Homs.sss;a'
Wiuoda il caring we'll for its 50 in.
mates; the work of correcting the VA,
record of the soldiers Of the Nlinneso.
to is progressing favorably /; aud that
officer as ex.of6eio State Claim Agent
has collected during the year $22,919.,
So. free Of expense, for Minnesota
soldiers. 5 ,.S AK. "a. !. ~.
The State Prison is reported 20 quite