The Worthington advance., 1879-01-16

Agricultural, manufacturing and commerciaI indn.!
1rlcs and enlarge the field Of employment for both
capital and labor while high rates Of interest have
| the contrary effect, and tend to discourage enterl
! prise and to encourage men to loan their capital
rather than employ it in tho active pursuit Of WEALTH.
Experience during the past ten years has taupha
those engaged in promotion of the various industries
mat our commercial and manufacturing pursuits ard
to be conducted in direct competition with those Of
our sister States, where the rates Of interest ara
| much less.
lam satisfied that law reducing interest rates ss
| nucn at least rs to correspond with the legaized
rates in neighborins States, would result to the ad-
vantage Of all concerned. The resumption of speca
payment as the settled practice of tho government!
and the low scale Of values which must prevail from
the souner basis upon which business is conducted
must render sma! margin of profits inevitable liz
I'll branches OF business, and there is every roasou
why the price of money should share III the common
| reduction.
| AGRICULTURE.
! During the first half of tho growing season thd
past year the unvaryng report from a parts Of the
State was that the prospects for wheat were never so
| good nor for corn SO poor, as appearances then
held forth. The result in two-tlrds OF our tiled
area was the poorest wheat crop and tho finest corn
yield ever known in the State. Nothing could more
| eml'hafically Illustrate tho uncertain promises of
| agriculture, nor more pointedy condemn tho foi!y
oI nmu9g lis varied chances , TO the precarioua
| by instances which have come to my knowledeel
were men heavily pressed with debt had fortunately
resisted the prevailing excitement for wheat and del
voted half thcir '-eS7red land TO corn, with result
pg goed profits uau gAappy rescue from bankrupt!
cy. Il is indeed tho opinion of observing men o1
longest experience that no. .uit}sanling our pccuan
adoption to wheat growing and the eu,pc-itun tnas
our latitude is too high for the most successful pro-
duction of Indian corn the latter is nevertheless thd
nore certain and profitable crop when the ayeraed
results Of several Years considered. At all eventa
it s the part CT wisdom to try both, and to still fur
iher employ the resources which, beyond those Of
all other pursuits. give agriculture assurances
against needless failure. The profit resulting from
the transportation or neat cattle inc ocean,
and the extending facilities by which the farming
products OF t!l!E country coming into
eoD.reition with those of Europe, should encourage
producers to avail themselves OF ali their multiplying
advantages.
WHEAT INSPECTION.
IN view OF the ezcltenant rooo;y created regard
ing The inspection and grading of wheat / suggest
that a commission be created by your honorable
body to take tho whole matter into special consider
etion. The peculiar nature of the injury Indicted
upon the maturing grain the past season was made
the occasion for much complaint with tho cassifca-
ton OF the product and tho Of testing its
grades and inasmuch as serious charges have been
repeatedly made Of dishonest practices by wheat
buyers to the injury OF producers, it is important
that thorough aud impartial investigation of tho
matter by men representing all the parties Interested
be made without unnecessary delay.
INSOLVENCY..
Since the repeal the national bankrupt law many
complaints have been made respecting tho injustics
attending assignments by bankrupts. BY the collu.
sion of the insolvcnt with one or two leading crct
tors is claimed, the assets of the debtor are frel
quently sequestered and absorbed to the injury OF
should be equitably divided. In my Judgment the
wrongs inflicted by such practices demaud the enact
of law which shall provide aliko for all creli-
tors and strictly prohibit the preference Of one cred-
tor over another.
FRONTIER MATTERS.
Tho absence OF leg prc vision for the actual organ.
lzation of counties which have been established and
uarned by the act oft legislature and the resultngI
confusion, Irregularities and occasioned b,
| premature Efforts to create county governments!
/ n O.,.
questions raised in the Of election re-
turns ss well as the tauger Of future coup!i ations
growing out of the doubtful legal s!atns of these
counties emphasize the importance of timely rene!
dial legislation. AS or less irresnarity attend-
ed the organization of many of tho newer counties,
suggest that tn various proceedings had in relation
to them undergo careful examination with view to
| such legalizng action may be found necessary,
and that provision be made for tho uniform and reg
| Uar organization Of counties in future.
If legislative discrimination concerning localities
be ever justifabe it should surely favor rather than
oppose the interests of those frouter sections which
ufer the unavoidable disab has inc.l" It to their
| exposed situations. Tie failure ofthe legislature
| to make the required appcrtionment following the
census OF 1879 sernnf Injustice tn the newer
counties III deprviDg them Of the increased repre-
| sentaton (Which they entitled by thei: rapid
growth OF popnlst!on; an: if anSt; II CO. r,.sry
DO done at the present c~sion to make amends fo1
that injustice by Facilitating. tho llnnlt anporti5l-
rnent to follow the federal census Of 1850. trust
| may not be withheld.
Information has reached ME that in eo:le Of the
| oftlc past yeats crops fulowi the Impoverished
condition rcsnui'g from y>sivc g:.,zsh,;,pcr
raids th; people Will be unable meet the rcu,, re-
inents OF ti eccd gra II law. and suySts: the 1ro-
prlety of granting further time t, ena1io them to
meet nee Their engagelnc's's. forced repayment at
law by dep-iving the most n.ctsstoils Of the seod
grain needed for their coming scs us CROPS.
Another matter affecting the pract:ca interests Of
the frontier people deem of sufficient Importance
to require attention. Cons ,irrIny Tho similar toroc-
rarly and identity OF interests marking wrie
rrario areas the multiplication of small new counties
burdens their inhabitants unnecessarily with the
costly mac hinery of government. Largo counties
like handyohi, Stearns and Otter TAIL while srfii-
cienS convenient to all parts of their territory for
the transaction Of business with the scat OF govern,
ment, distribute the burdens Of taxation upon larger
populations and thus lessen their hardship upon i'll
di'idnas III the considerations touching the sala-
ries of county officers and the expensive buildings
and provisions required for the care of county re-
cords the advantages which large counties afford
small ones without increase Of taxation worthy
| of attention.
The improvement of the connecting channels and
increase Ct harbor facilities for Transportation upon
the great lakes arc demanded by tho rapid increase
! Of their trade and the marvellous resources and
growth grow OF tho vast country whose bulky products
| must seek such water transit to the seabuard.
Iho recent completion of continuous railroad
from st. Paul to Winnipeg affordng overland con-
nection with the three great water systems of the Mis-
sssippi river Hutsons Bay and the lake chain and
the immediate extension to be made of the Northern
Pacific railroad to the mineral and grazir section Of
the far West indicate the extent. OF the expanding
commerce which must here converge. The impor-
| tance of the subject leads me to urge that you
memoralize Congress In furtherance of the objects
sought by the late convention in behalf of lake nav-
| cation. The condition Of the terminal harhor at
| Duluth and the erection OF at least lighted
refuge for vessels upon the long coast between that
port and Thunder Bay, wo'd to bo among tho
important considerations pertaining to the interests
] of lake commerce.
| The resumption of specie payments adds another
| to tho proud achievements of prosperous nation.
1t corrects perhaps the most fruitful of the radical
disorders bequeathed rs by the demon of civ1 war.
| 1t signals the end of the long night of ieversh dis.
tress and hastens the glad morning health, peace
and prosperity. In her dire struggle for life and
health the nation has never seen a more auspcious
epoch than that with which she receives the greetings
| of the year There remains now but needful
time and rest for restoration to the full measure OF
| her normal strength.
History indeed records no obstacles moro for::id-
able than those which confronted the American pco-
pie in the great work of pacincation following tho
| commissions of their new birth. A desrotc power
! may suppress insurrecton by simple force, visit
summary punishment upon its rcbelious subjects
and reassert lis absolute sway. With popular gov
| ernment comprising a voluntary Union of Statcs
| without unrepresencd territory, tho task is not
| merely to enforce the national authority, but to
reconcile central power with local dsaffecton and
wiring from snllen and discontentcd communities the
willing support requisite to its cohesive existence.
| In the performance of work 30 complicated, to
wholly escape bunders would be to evince in human
affairs more than human wisdom. If the govern
ment has carried it's forbearance to point exciting
the amazement il not the ridcnlo Of natons-ifit
has withheld punishment for treason by blood
hscation-if tho insnrgcnt States have felt the
avepging hand OF the government in little else than
Its benefactions-if leading offenders find swift
habilitaton in the councils of the nation they sought
to dissevert may prove that wise government is
stronger in the hearts Of it people than in tho prow-
ess Of its arms. Whether such shall be the happy
| outcome Of all internal disturbances depends
upon the conduct of the people upon whom the
pertinent is tried. The control of their own affairs
! has been surrendered wholly into their own hands
It's for them to show that the nations magnanin-
tty has not been misplaced nor its confidence be.
| trayed.
| While much may be pardoned to tho commissions
| which overturned southern Society, and clothed it's
ignorant masses with dangerous power, nothing can
justify resort to violence or fraud remedy.
local sentiment ferocious and ntolerant to per-
init parties to exist only of those who sought
to destroy the government, must inevitably provoke
in other sections party of those who rallied to ts
| defense. The country becomes thus embroied anow
in worse than sectional strife. If such perforce
must be tho guage of battle the loyal sentiment Of
the country csnnot avoid the issue. But wiser and
nobler contest should engage the people Of a com.
! mon country-a contest of brotherly deeds ana Of
the conquering arts Of peaca. For tho sake of tho