The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-01-21
Gov. Hartrantt's Messans.

change, of the Governor messoee
which was delivered before the Leg
isltture on the 9th inst
In view of the panic of 1873. aud
the present hard times. and unem
pioymcnt Of labor. tho Governor
urges that the efforts Of those who
nre serving the public shall be di-
reetod to the practice Of the mos.
rigid economy. y.-lIo particularly re-
commonas the closest scrutiny OF O.
very item Of the appropriation bill.
Nor does he believe that nuy oppro
priation should he mado for any in
stitution except to charitable iusti-
tutions other than those for which
the people Of the whole state Gro re.
sponsiblo.
Debt redeemed during fiscal wear
1874. ending Nov. 80. Sl.23o. 1867.
Total receipts, S7,G97,119.5I. Dis.
burscments, sf.6i2.5G7 So. Balance
IN treasurer. Nov 30, 1874. S1.O5i -
5jl.65. Public debt at same date,
On which is included Chambprsbury
certificates outstanding. eS2.7G9.2Sl
was S2t,5GS,635 81, Bonds in sink
ing fund, S9.OOo000 90
During the fiscal year ending Nov
30, 1873, the receipts OF the treasury
amounted TO $IO7G.723,2S. II will
be observed that in the past year re
venues hayo sonsibly diminished.
and the receipts were only S5.SI1..
gGS ~. This diminution OF SJ20I.
S5i % was oecasioncd by the repeal,
in 1878, Of the taxes Of gross receipts
OF raliroais, net earnings OF indus.
trad AMI other corporations, and tho
tax on cattle and farming imple-
meHts.
Our common school system is now
fixed upon firm basis. and free
education assured TO all who wish to
avail themselves of its benefits. and
inquiry should therefore. DO directed
To- the. discovery Of the best plan to
fit our children for the numerous
vacations that are tho outgrowth OF
the peculiar rcsolrc and varied in
dustries OF tho state. Upon n sur
Ney of tho agencies used in unfolding
these resources Of Pennsylvania, it
must be confessed. the mechanical
work necessary for their proper de-
yclopment, requires labor OF the
highest skill. Trained hands and
minds are always wanted. Reasona
ble and just complaint is made of
the want Of skilled labor. A very
small number of our boys become ar.
tiSans, and yet it is a maxim of po.
litical economy that the measures of
States productiycness is in pro-
portion to the. skill Of its labor. We
dlsburse in this Commonwealth ten
millions OF dollars annually to edu-.
cate our children, and no one doubts
tho wisdom, policy. or necessity Of
this expenditure; and of tho chill
drcn who complete their terms ut
her schools not one has any special
fitness for trade or any acquire
ments that enable them to compete
successfully with skilled labor en-
gagged, in many instances ut high
prices, in extracting our mineral
stores, or in the conduct of the great
industries that are the prido and
chief support of the State. Common
sense and a proper appreciation Of
the true sources OF our prosperity
dictates that some provisions should /
he made for training n portion Of
our children in knowledge OF the
mechanical arts. The Governor
suggests that all who desire such adj
vantages be transferred to schools
where they can be afforded the ad.
vantaGes named, and where their
time could be divided between the
school room and workshops. and
where the lessons taught in tho one.
would be reduced to practice in the
other
Compulsory education is again
strongly urged by the Governor.
Whom in certain sections of the T.
nitod States, You iiud only seven per
cent OF the people, above the age
OF ten years who cannot read and
write. md discover eighty per cont.
OF MI the crime chargablo to these
sections is committed by this ignor-
ant seven per cent il will not do to
deny that ignorance has most inti-
mate relation to crime. The most
effective remedy orthisis tho school.
llo also endorses an act of Congress,
undcr whose provisions n school
should be established at Philadel-
rhin for the instruction OF youths in
navigation.
The education and maintenance
OF tho soldiers orphans will continue
TO elicit your sympathy and aid.
The Centennial celebration of the
Nations Independence is warmly
commended We owo it to our
selves, humanity and Liberty to do
monstate that tho development Of
country and its resources, the cdu-
osticn OF the masses, the grRudcs,
achievement Of science, the most
abundant fruits Of industry, the
blessings Of religion and the Gmplest
protection TO life and property can
all be secured 10y, and arc consistent
with the largest share Of freedom to
man We 6ro to show that what tho
combined wisdom Of ages and all
nations endcavorod and failed to
obtain system Of government un-
iting under its authority forty mill
ions Of free people with no other