Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-11
RoARn 0r HEALTH.

past year is complete and detailed presen-
tation of the important matters committed to
their charge. The information and sugges-
tons they offer are invaluable aids to the
proper sanitary condition Of our various pub.
tic Institutions, and should have due weight
lures. l commend their report to your due
consideration. Ht=
From the report of the Superintendent Of
the Institution for the education Of the deaf
dumb and blind it appears that the total at
tendance during the year was l25. OF whom
| 1903 were in the deaf and dumb department
The statistics and classification Of the pu-
pills, their condition and characteristics, and
| the needs, aims and transactions of the in.
stitution, are detailed ut length BY the sever
nj documents comprising the fourteenth an.
nual report. The directors ask that the cur
rent appropriation Ike increased to S2S, 900 and
| that the iurther sum OF S4O, 900 be granted for
| the erection aud luclosure OF the main centre
OF the building for the deaf and dumb. In
| addition to the need Of enlarged quarters the
necessity tor protecting the basement already
| constructed is given rs reason tor erecting
the proposed superstruction.
For want Of the requisite funds l declined
to approve the appropriation voted by the
last Legislature for this purpose. It upon
desired grant justified by the present and
prospective condition OF the treasury l recon-
mend that it be made. No needful aid with
| in the means Of the State should be withheld
from a class OF unfortunates appealing so
| friendly to our sympathetic care while the
character Of the management guarantees the
fcithtul and judicious use OF all funds design
ed to promote the enlarged usefulness ofthe
| Institution.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS.
Another charge upon the care Of the State
| are the orphaned children Of its soldiers in
the late war. Every patriotic and grateful inl-
pulse is appealed to tor the tender guidance
and protection Of these destitute children to
| which assume you will give favorable re-
Spouse. The plan Of operations OF the trustees
| and the condition and progress OF the children
under their care, are fully and satisfactorily
set forth in the report to which your attention
is directed. The maintenance and instruction
point of economy and efficiency with those of
any similar charge elsewhere. There have
been seven admissions and twenty. four dis
charges during the year, leaving 80 inmates
at its close.
Itook occasion one year ago to repeatedly
| express my conviction of the imperative ne
| economy, officially and privately, as the first
| essential to recovery from widespread embar-
| rassment. l rejoice at the indications now
everywhere afforded that this salutary work
| OF retrenchment has earnestly begun. The
| more cOnsiderate disbursements on public ac
count and the curtailment OF individual liv-
| ing expenses alike evidence the prevalent
movement tor reform. With whatever degree
of success may result, the tendency, at least,
is in the right direction. Persistence in this
course must, sooner or later, solve the vexed
problem with which all practical affairs are
more or less concerned.
But a discriminating appreciation Of these
simony. Indeed, due practice OF the first
precludes occasion for that Of the second
The truest economy is not unfrequently
| shown i'll generous expenditure. The brief
review l have made of the condition and
| wants of our various educational, charitable,
miliar considerations which should guide our
treatment OF them. l need hardly invoke at
your hands wise, broad liberality towards
! them. Such 4 course is obviously both Just
! and polite; but it cannot be safely followed
| without the practice OF the economy that ac-
cumulates the enabling means towards the
desired end. 1t was specially with q view to
such means and ends that have so often
plead the necessity for retrenchment
IMMIGRATION.
In my last message endeavored briefly to
set forth the importance OF taking suitable
measures for the promotion OF immigration,
and as the most effective means to that end,
that our State should make thorough dis
play of COW incing evidences of our resources
and attractions at the national Centennial Ex-
position at Philadelphia. The Legislature
saw tit to decline to take the action recon-
mended. The observations and events of the
year have strongly confirmed the conviction
then entertained respecting the wisdom of the
adoption of such measures. The failure OF
Minnesota to be properly represented at the
International Exposition will prove, l fear,
not the blunder OF day, but the lost oppor-
tunity of a century; and in my judgment it
is incumbent upon us to endeavor to repair as
far as may be the consequences of an error We
will not soon cease to deplore. Kansas and
other competitors with us tor immigration lie
nearer the central route over which immi-
6, ants seek their new homes. They are law
ish with their means and efforts to publish
their advantages to the world. They made
such ample display, at the worlds exposition
OF products attesting their fertility OF soil, as
served to attract the attention and elicit the
admiration of large classes from whose intlu-
ence the greatest benefits may he expected.
Unless persistent efforts be put forth to adver
tise our advantages and correct misrepresent-
atoms respecting u.s., these rival States will
Immigrants who are naturally attracted to our
State. II we recognize population and the de-
velopment of our unoccuPied lands as the first
essentials to our material prosperity we cannot
afford to be idle while our neig hbors in friend
ly competition wrest from us these first condi-
tons to such prosperity.
leave for your deliberation the choice OF
the methods best adapted to the object sought.
The experience Of other States is that the
sending and maintenance of Agents in New
York or in Europe is followed by no results at
all commensurate with the expense involved.
Until comprehensive and systematic scheme
shall be happily secured and put in success
iul operation Isuggest that the revision and re-
publication OF the excellent State immigration
pamphlet complied with adequate provision
for its wide distribution, would afford cheap,
practical and ready means toward the desired
end.
TREE PLANTING.
As practical consideration pertaining to
the inducements offered to immigrants can
the action OF the last Legislature Tor the pro-
motion Of tree culture, and to the excellent re-
suits following it, By the support given the
State Forestry Association, especially shaped
by the efforts OF its indetatigable secretary, a
comprehensive movement has been begun for
the prosecution of this important work.
About $50, 900 forest trees were planted on
our legal Arber Day and from seven to ten
millions ware, it is estimated, during the sea-
son Of 1876. 1t is to be regretted that through
the changed management Of the St. Paul &
Pacific Railroad the noble work in tree plant
ing prosecuted by the First Division OF that
company has been stopped. Is it not incum-
bent upon the State to supply the place TO
the force thus withdrawn from this enterprise?
It is difficult in my Judgment, to exaggerate
he ultimate benefits to be reasonably expect
ed from the successful prosecution OF tree
culture. Succeeding generations will honor
the men through whose comprehensive fore
sight our fertile praries shall have been man
tied with inviting groves, completing with
their beauty and utility the features alone
lacking as requisite for the abode of q pros
porous people. Invoke your further aid in
this matter by whatever practical means may
commend themselves to your judgment.
DIsHoyoRED BoNDs
In my first message communicated to your
honorable body one year ago took occasion
to urge the performance Of long neglected
duty on the part Of the State in respect to the
adjustment Of our dishonored railroad bonds.
Time, reflection and further knowledge OF
the evil OF practical reputation, have served
to deepen my conviction OF the solemn obi
CATION resting upon us In this mater: and l
feel it to be my duty to reiterate the recon-
EmendatiOn then made and to emphasize the