The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-06
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N.,Y Co. VI Lipiarlan. S,OUO.W 1000. 90
Fish Commission 49,, Joo000 20
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This aggregate, it will be observed, far exceeds
twice the amount OF surplus estimated NV IN.
Auditor OF State to be available for thess oh;.ot.
doubtless additional appropriations for purno.es
not enumerated above, will be deemed advisable
~ ade General Assembly. Great care will there
the estimated receipts Of the Treasury, or else TO
provide additional means wherewith to meet them.
here would suggest that it would be well to au-
thoriAe q larger levy at least for the year of the leg
lslatlve session. The expenses of the SEES.
sion, with the numerous miscellaneous an
proprlatlons made at each, naturally cause the out
lay OF that year to exceed very largely that OF the
remainder of the fiscal term. The first year of the
biennial period Immediately preceding the one
now under review witnessed an expenditure Of
S25s,,o9.43 in excess Of that of tho other year, not
withstanding that during the latter the General AS
sembiy, held an adjourned session. and the code
adopted at that session was printed, necessarily
enlaillng unusual outlay. During the term just
ended the excess the first year was si5S,-
1880, much less than in the preceding Pc
ROD, bnt still too large: This reduction was main
ton bills the General Assembly limited the
amount which could be drawn the first wear: and
! would recommend that the principle be still
further applied by permitting only one-third of the
special appropriations for public Improvements to
be drawn within the present calendar year. This
would enable the Treasurer better to meet the de-
'ihhuz upOh ~ III HE ycdF. ana ALLOW lima for
the realization Of such additional means a. the
General Assembly may provide.
The State Li6rary.-The Librarian submits 4
report which will furnish you all the data neces-
sary to a full knowledge Of its condition. She has
prepared. in connection with her report, an inter
estlng and valuable history OF its establishment
and growth. l invite attention to this report, and
also TO the single suggestion relating to legislation
made therein. which l fully approve.
The STATE Agricultural ~Socieiy.-For many year.
the Agricultural Society has labored to promote
1 IDe nTPrRE Mt thu CfcfA To Ia. Il
resources OF Iowa, has stimulated = wholesome
emulation among the people, and has, through its
fairs and published proceedings, aided to improve
the methods OF farming. In view OF these facts
it seems to me it was a false economy to deprive
1t OF the small encouragement afforded by the
meager appropriation of former years. In the
past two years it has met with serious misfortune
in having unfavorable weather during its fairs.
This has involved it in debt and seriously EN-.
barrasscd its power for usefulness. Would It not
be wise to aid it in this extremity by restoring it
to the position OF former years?
The state Historical S0c,ety.-This society has
done much to preserve and perpetuate that which
will be regarded with deep interest in future
years. 1t has had to struggle against many diff :
cuLtles, and the report OF its transactions, which
will be submitted herewith, show it to be seriously
embarrassed. 1t deserves every encouragement
winch, with the numerous demands made upon
the State, can be afforded to il.
The Fish Commission, which was provided for
by the last General Assembly. and for the use of
which $1,000 was appropriated, has performed a
good work with little money. 1t was the design
to appoint men who had made a study of fsh-cuIt-
ure, and who believed thoroughly in the utility of
State encouragement. What these men have done,
and what they believe can be done in the future,
are well told in their report, to which special at
tention is invited.
Generosity TO the Northwest.-The commission
appointed TO dispense the appropriation made BY
your predecessors to purchase seed for farmers
made destitute by the grasshopper invasion in
some of the counties of the Northwest faithfully
performed the duty. Although supplying all who
came within the law, they returned $13, 7S6.5s
to the State Treasury. This appropriation, with
the generous private donations made to these peo-
pie both in 1873 and again in 1874. when there was
another partial destruction Of crops, / have no
doubt influenced 5000 people to remain in the
State, who, but for this generosity, must have left
the country. To this work of charity Gen. Baker
gaA time and heart, and deserves mention. The
past season the most of these people have har-
vested twenty bushels of wheat to the acre, and
are now living N comparative comfort.
Woman -SnTfdge.-The proposed amendment to
the Constitution adopted by your predecessors,
and which requires your sanction before being
submitted to the voters OF the State, will come be-
fore you. l venture TO suggest, as the uniform eX-
| preston In Wyoming Territory, where woman
suffrage is a fact, is favorable to its continuance,
and that wherever in Europe and America women
have voted for school or minor officers the intiu-
ence of their suffrage has been beneicent, and in
view of the peculiar appropriateness of submitting
this question in this year Is. e, when all America
is celebrating achievements which were inspired
by the doctrine that taxation and represent" ON
are of right inseparable, that it would seem to ms
proper 10 give tHe peuple Vi iowa III opportunity
TO express their Judgment upon the proposed
amendment at the ballot-box.
CeRtennidk.I regard it as very important to
Iowa that immediate and effective steps bs taken
BY the Legislature for the proper representation Of
the State in the forthcoming International Expo
sition at Philadelphia. During the past two years
considerable progress has been made by voluntary
contributions and voluntary labor in securing u
collection of articles to represent our material re-
sources and some of our achievements in art and
industry. Those who have given their time and
nflnr n this n in tho mast h na N uya ,rt rfI ~ a
point where 1t becomes necessary to ship and enter
for exhibition the collections made, and unless
the State gives immediate aid the work must
Cease. 1t will readily be seen that in addition TO
the value Of these Centennial obseryances in in
spring anew the patriotic fervor Of the people, and
in their educating. influence, We can in no better or
cheaper manner advertise our State and its re-
sources. 1t is impossible to enter here into de-
tails to show what has been done, but the commit
tee, named by me at the request of the managers
OF the Exposition, will present you a report which
will afford full information as to what has been
done and what is necessary to insure success.
THE THIRTEENTH CENSUS.
You have before you the voluminous and valua-
bic report Of the thirteenth census OF the State,
taken and complied under the immediate super
vision of the Secretary of State. The population
of the State is shown to have been, a year ago,
1,350. o44, double what it was in 1860, and four
times as much as in 1S5i-a rapidity OF growth al
most, if not quite, unparalleled. The amount Of
products both Of the farm, the mine and the fac
tory, as shown by this census, exhibits a still more
rapid and vigorous growth. The wheat produc-
ton appears to be five times us great as that
OF 1864, and that Of corn three times as
great as in that year; and nearly all prod
uCts of the farm, and the amount of all
kinds of live stock, have increased in large ratios.
The yield Of coal has multiplied enormously,
while OR manufactures were more than five times
as productive in 1874 as in 1854. The entire show
ing Of this census, prepared as 1t has been, is an
extremely valuable contribution to the statistics OF
sideration OF the General Assembly the obserya-
tons of the Executive Council upon the mode Of
taking our State census.
As the Constitution provides that the apportion-
ment for the House Of Representatives shall take
place at every regular session, l suggest that an
enumeration of the inhabitants Of the State be Or
dered to be taken in 1877, in order to furnish q
basis for such superintendent.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vqr0ncy and Crime.-l cannot refrain from
calling your attention to the increasing number
of itinerant Migrants. commonly called :" tramps,"
who infest many parts of the country, and of
whose depredatious and even crimes the public
press has been SO full. If legislative action can
eral Assembly will not be slow to appy it.
Here l would also refer to the kindred
but more criminal characters who haunt
railroad trains and fleece passengers out OF
their money, by the devices known to pro-
fessional gamblers. In one State this crime has
been made a felony and punished as such. In
another, railroad officials have been clothed with
summary powers for the suppression Of this evil.
Through our State passes the great tide OF Cali
fornia travel, and il behooves our lawmakers to
see that the fair fame OF our State suffers no det-
riment because Of this modern variety Of high
way robbery.
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