Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-15

agricultural soence at that time the legisla'ion
mentioned was adeunat" 10 the rirc"mS'an O..
But 1t should be borne in mind that in the
| general progress Of the past twenty years agri-
culture has not been laggard. Even within
| the past ten years progress in this and ita at
tendant Industries has been almost without q
| precedent, and yet the legislation on the sub
ject of twenty-five years ago is the legislation
| Of to-day.
The early completion Of the Capitol will af-
| ford room for an Office and museum for our
| agricultural manufacturing and mining indus
tries. In these our varied resources should be
exhibited, 30 that they would be interesting and
instructive to our own citizens, aud q valuable
advertisement to visitors from abroad. Such .
homo for department of industry should be
provided; and in charge OF competent super
intendent would illustrate many subjects upon
which you are called upon to le0islate Com
plete statistics Of the agricultural resources Of
the State could be gathered here; and, in fine,
such department would be to our Industrial
interests what the office of Superintendent of
Public instruction is to the educational
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
This organization is worthy of the fostering
care OF the Legislature. 1t dates its inception
in 1858. From 1856 to 1873 Except the years
1876 and 1870 the State has withheld its aid,
thus crippling the energies Of the society, and
weather during the fair. The State Agricult-
ural Society has been controlled, as a rule, by
the best men and the best minds in Iowa; it's
affairs have been conducted with intelligence
and prudence: its annual fairs afford our peo-
pie much-needed rest and holiday, and OPP
portunlty for social reunion; it has cOntrlbu-
ted to the advancement of agriculture and the
promotion of the mechanic and fine arts: its
annual volume of transactions has accom-
plished great work toward inviting immigra-
ton; 1t has given wide circulation to knowl-
edge OF our resources to other States and
countries; its compilation and preservation Of
statistics, its collection Of the products of the
field, and its library, are invaluable.
Iowa should rot be behind any of her sister
States. First in rank in education. in prog
ress, in development, in her possibilities, in
her agricultural resources, she ought to be
first in a liberal support of the only organiza-
ton which represents her greatest source Of
wealth and Observation-Disclosures
IMMIGRATION.
Iowa has 5000 square miles of territory,
with an estimated population of something
over SOC, 600, being not quite thirty souls to
the square mile. 1t has about "a ,OOO. QUO acres
of land, of which over 95 per cent. is arabic
and Of unsurpassed fertility. 1t has the soil,
the climate, and all the elements necessary to
sustain population unsurpassed in density by
any State i'll the Union, or by the most dense
ly-populated portion of Europe. 1t is safe to
say that Iowa can maintain within its borders
population ten times greater than the present.
When it is taken into consideration that, in ad-
ditiou to the natural advantages of coil and
climate, and the large area Of unoccupied land
open to settlement upon terms bringing the
possession of home within the ability Of al
most every industrious family, the State offers
substantial immunity from public debt; free
school system unsurpassed in any of the older
States; the social benefits Of an intelligent,
religious and law-abiding population-iti is evil
dent that those seeking new homes can no
where find more favorable field.
Since the repeal by the Fourteenth General
Assembly in 1873 of the law aiding immigration,
it is manifest to the most casual observer that
the State is not receiving a fair share Of the
immigration which has been coming West for
the past six years. l am advised by American
Cons Is in Great Britain and Germany that
there will be very large immigration
present year, of a most des rable class of
people This view Is corroborated by the pub
lie speeches of many Of the l aiding English
statesmen, and by the utterances of the inf1u-
entail press in discussing the agricultural rela-
tions o. their country. In view of these facts,
ing large sums of money for the
purpos. of securing immigration wi hin their
limits, earnestly recommend to your consid-
GRAFTON the propriety and expediency of MAX
irg an annual appropriation for the
dissemination Of information in order
that Iowa may not only maintain it's posi-
ton in the race for empire, but may
mora speedily secuae the development of it's
resources through knowledge of their unlim-
tied extent. Under the resolution of the Seven
teenth General Assembly, empowering the
Executive to appointsH Honorary Commissioners
of immigration without expense to the State,
good results have been obtained by bringing
In an accession of population to the Western
and Northern portions Of the State.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CODE.
Article ~, section 3, of the constitution, pro-
vides that, in the year 1870, and every tenth
year thereafter, the following question shall be
submitted at the general election aShall
there be a convention TO revise the constitution
and amend the same?" 1t will therefore be
incumbent on your honorable body to enact
law in regard to submitting the above question
to the people at the general election in 1880,
and for canvassing The vote thereon.
The statutes of the United States provide that
the election for members of Congress shall be
held on the Tuesday following the first Monday
in November in the even-numbered years. OK
cept in States whose elections are required, un-
der their respective constitutions, to be held on
other days. Under our organic law the second
Tuesday in October has always been held to be
the lawful day for the general election, except
in years of the Presidential elections There
is however, doubt III the minds of many as to
the date on which our members Of Congress
should be elected. Therefore recomm' nd the
submitting to the people of an amendment to the
constitution of the State, making our day for
general elections harmonic with the law of
Congress.
There are in the hands Of the Secretary of
State, at the present time, over 7OO copies of
the Code. This number will be ample for the
wants Of the present and two succeeding Gen.
ore1 ASonr,blina and for the pnhlic oficiaIa tn
who m the Code is furnished by law. 1nasmuch
as private individuals are understa i'd
about printing an annotated edition of the
Code, from whom lawyers and others can sup
ply themselves, it would not. in my opinion, be
advisable for the State to order reprint. The
present Code only went into effect september
/, 1878, and as it is possible that the voters Of
the State viii declare in favor of constitu-
tional convention in 1880, which would necessi-
tate much new legislation, it would seem both
impolitic and unwise to incur the expense Of a
re- codification at this time.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The frequent necessity for the Executive
and 9th Or State officers to consult the Attorney
General makes it almost an absolute necessity
that this off cial should reside at the capital
/ recommend that his salary be made the
same as that Of the other State officers and
that he be required to maintain an Office at the
capital
BANKS
Chapter, g. Title IL of the Code requires the
banks Of the State which are incorporated
under the general Incorporation law to make
returns Of their financial condition to the State
Auditor, AID also empowers the Auditor to
make, or cause to be made, examination of
such banks as often as four times year.
Chapter GO, acts Of the Fifteenth General As
sembly, provides for the Inauguration Of saw
ings banks. and requires the Auditor to exam
inc into their condition and report the same to
the General Assembly. The law does not fix
the compensation of the examining officers. 1t
should be amended in this respect, and should
alec require the banks to pay the expenses OF
at least one annual examination.
1t is the bounden duty of the State to protect
by legislation, as far as it can, the interests Of
depositors in banking institutions of this char
acter, and suggest that thelaw be amended 80