The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-15

shall order Il dl banded,
IMMIGRATION,
lie urges most earnestly upon the
legislature q vile and literal policy ~
this regard, and q strengthening ~ No
hands Of the states agents ~ lhelf To-
bOrs 10 direct the stream Of lnnllgfA'
ti0n toward our borders, lif reenln'
mends the appointment Of agents ~
the cities NJ New York, Chicago, ht
Louis, NOrfolk, Atlanta aud New Or
leans, aud thai they 10 literally sup
piled with all the appliances when
have proved ~ effective IN Inducing
pOpulatlOn la other states, such as maps
aud descriptions Of the various parts ~
the state, embracing character ana
quality of soil, water, tlmber, game,
Dish, productions, mineral resources
etc., homestead exemption laws, prices
Of lAnd, labor, ETC.
FRONTIER pEFENaE,
The frontier has suffered less than
usual during the past year, owing 70
tho organization ~ the lr0nl Ter hhllhl,
lon, aud the vigorous campaign hghlnhl
the Indians lnnuguraled aud prosecuted
hy the United States,
ESTIMATE ron ls76,
The estimates fur support ofthe state
government for The fiscal year c1ln-
mencng September 1873, are " iOiD,'
300, exclusive Of the cost Of maintain
ing the public schools, of the frontier
defense, aud of u session Of the leglhla-
ture In 1870.
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
The organization Of u system Of pub
llc free schools, which shall be ade-
quatc 10 the educational wants NJ Tex
~, and NJ the same time within I no
ability Of the people a. maintain, n u
work Of greater aud more OyprshNd'
owing importance aud Of grcntcr dilll'
Guilty Than any other that the govern
ment IN chilled on 10 perform. The pnr-
tial failure oi the effort now being
made, In this direction IN attributable
10 several very natural causes, not the
leAst OF which nrc, the Hhncklea I'M
posed by the constitution upon efforts
ut amendment Of the system, and the
unwillingncss, II not the inability Of
the people to bear the burden which n
thorough system OF public education
necessarily Imposes upon them.
Asa thorough system Of public edu'
cation II second In Importance 10 no
measure Of policy affecting the public
interest, II NJ the same time involves n
larger expenditure of money, than any
other, In fact than Nil others combined
in the ordinary administration of tho
government. The benefits OF such u
system are of transcendant importance
In the material growth aud the polit-
zeal and moral health of u state, and
the cost Of II, bears some proportions Ia
its advantages.
THE PENiTENTlARY.
The governor then reviews the state
Of the penitentiary, which IL over
crowded, there being In charge of the
lessecs, on the first of September, 1874,
one thousand four hundred and fifty.
four convicta, and the number Is rapid
~ increasing, while there are only
four hundred and three cells, calcu'
lated for the occupancy OF only one IN
mate. The number confined In the
prison walls gives three convicts to u
cell, and the remainder of them M,
employed outside. Additional ar.
engagements for the custody of convlcts
are necessary, and the state Is not de-
barred by her contract with the lessees
from making such arrangements as
may he deemed best by the Legislature
He recommends the construction o
another penitentiary, and such change.
In our penal system rs will serve moi
only as punitory, but refoImatOry, es
pecially ns regards the more youthful
offenders, and for this purpose house
of correction Is recommended.
FINANCIAL.
The account of the treasurer shows Oh
hand, $lSS,O4l 70, currency; 81 $3.50 u.s.
specie, Of special funds, and debit OF
state revenue to special funds of ST.
$40 II.
The repor. Of the comptroller, shows
the entire public debt of Texas, up t.
January |, 1875, excluding from the
computation about $500, 900 due to trust
funds of her own creation, the obliga.
tions for which are in the vaults of hei
treasury, to be S4,0l2,42l q. OF this
amount the unbonded or floating debt
is $076,0S7 81.
Deducting the amount of the float
ing debt from the total entire debt,
and the balance, S3,035, 483 30, is the
amount of the states outstanding
bonded debt. The increase in the pub
lie debt since the report in January,
1874. is represented by the bonds and
certificates granted to .the revolution.
AIRY veterans of Texas, 10y act of April,
1874, amounting to 1895, 1899, and a few
thousand dollars of miscellaneous in
debtedness. The remainder was in
Cured before January, 1874, and is due
to school, teachers and others for SER
vices in 1874. The estimated defcien-
cies for the present fiscal year are,
$685., 574. 70 this must he added the
expense Of the present session of the
legislature, and that OF the anticipated
constitutional convention.
TAXATION.
The net proceeds of the taxes for
1875, after deducting all cost of collec-
ton, the usual per cent for Delinquent
Cy, anu Ole-lOuTln UtiOuRlnS 10 lne
school fund, are estimated at 81 ,2S9, 34S,
being,an excess over estimate eXpendi-
lures of S2lO,053, and when the esti-
mate for expenditures is properly re-
duced, the estimated receipts will ex-
coed ut least S3O0.0O0, and probably
more. The estimates for cost of COM
mon schools for the same years are
1867 $50; and of receipts for available
school funds, are S7l5,l29 20, being an
excess over anticipated expenditures
of $l47,579 a. These estimates are
based on certain and reliable data, and
will upguestioliably he verified. The
entire value or taxable property in
Texas, as actually assessed Tor 1872,
wan 500, 9l0,5 $50; for 1873, was SOB.
4l0, 80, aud for 1874, was S24l ,s4l $50,
and the amount for 1915 is estimated