Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-07
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IMPLEMENT
BIENNIAL MESSAGE
GOV. JOHN S. PILLSBURY,
DELIVERED AT ST. PAUL. JAN.
6. 1891.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentatyes.
Igladly welcome You to the first of the BIZ
eniial sessions which have been prescribed by
our amended constitution.
With single exception there has not before
been an interval exceeding one year between
legislative sessions, since the organization OF
our State government.
The longer period now afforded for testing
the wisdom of legislative enactments and the
better knowledge of their character necessarily
derived from longer experience of their practi-
cal operation, will, it is hoped, ensure more
Intelligent apprehension both of their merits
and defects, aud induce at once more thorough
corrections and more cautious changes in all
measures looking to public welfare.
For this reason and in view of the broader
field and larger interests which decade of
remarkable progress has con1ided TO vour
charge, the deliberations you now enter upon
VIII claim your most thoughtful attention
The two years which have elapsed since yOur
last assemb!agc have witnessed continued
ndaccelcrated rcyiyalS Of industrial prosperity,
undated progress in the construction of rail
roads and their facilities for transportation, a
constant accession of population and a steady
'sooul PIlOil IiltlNdllOU Ol tle pubic 10
main. 10 those causes OF encouragement may
be added the satisfactory condition of our
various public institutions, and the general
health, comfort and cOntcntment prevalent
among the people ri large.
1t is perhaps scarcely less source of salts
faction, all things considered, that the lessons
OF experience regarding our mistaken system
OF agriculture continue seemingly to be en-
phasZed by the kindly forces of nature For
three years in succession, while all other crops
have been produced in lavish abundance the
single cereal to which two-thirds of our cul-
tured area is devoted, has alone suffered such
diminished yields III the greater part OF the
State as scarcely to nave covered the cost of
production.
The result of persistence in this course must
be obvious. But an glad to believe that the
costly and reiterated warming is at last begin
ming to be needed. The crying need of our
agriculture is that its products should bc diver
Siiied, and that its varied rcsOurces should not
be restricted, but enlarged
There is no reason why industry, wisely
directed, should not he even more surely re-
warded in hu>bandfy than in other pursuits,
and it is especially desirable that the primary
culture of the soil, which is necessarily the
foundation Of public wealth, should not be
shorn OF reasonable profits to the cultivators
by msdirectOn of effort. This error corrected
there is little to impede our healthful progress.
Indeed the signs of the times are auspicious
Indications multiply that the country is en-
tering upon Il new era of prosperity. The
financial policy of the government is wise
ly assured. New credit is quickening the
pnlsations of industry in all its branches,
while sound currency will contribute to their
healthful stability. These are the hopeful
prospects, nevertheless, which are apt to lure
sanguinc people into the contraction of debt
and the indulgence of those extravagant ex-
penditures, which ripen sooner or later into
financial disaster Indeed, there are, unhap-
PLY, evidences already of a renewal of those
lavish habits of personal indulgence which
have so often ended in general ruin. have
taken occasion to deprecate this tendency, and
deem 1t OF the highest Importance that our
energetic people should receive new warning
against repeating the mistakes of the past.
Since our existence as State we have ey-
perienced most of the alterations of fortune to
which individuals or communities are sub
Iect; we have felt the calamites of war and the
blessings of peace; we have realized the pinch
ings of poverty and the eXhuberance of plenty,
and between these have tluctuated the deceptive
promises of hope and the depressing dread of
adversely.
As the outcome of all we see to-day a cond.
ton OF affairs, in my judgment, sounder than
has ever before been presented to the people of
our State or nation. Approaching our bles-
to use wisely our present advantages, we may
reasonably count upon better results for the
future. Thus admonished and encouraged,
with profound gratitude for all the fayoripg
and Christening dispcnsations of Almighty
God, let us address ourselves to the discharge
of the duties before us with an earnest p,ir-
pose to meet the larger demands and grayer
responsibilities now involved in the considcra
ton of public affairs.
The reports of the several departments and
State institutions, which will be laid before
you, will acquaint you in detail with the con-
dition of the various public matters requiring
YOUR attention.
STATE FINANCES.
A comprehensive exhibit of the financial sit
uation is offered by the report of the State
auditor, from which is obtained the following
general statement:
RECEIPTS.
Cash balances November 50.$ ts,49a 20 8 i22,Ga a
state taxes. 5S,SG W 3ou,.sS IS
Taxes from Railroad. lnsur-
ance and Telegraph Co.'S. sS6lO 81 5lO.s9 -
Fees of Insurance Compan-
Payment by Counties of Seed
Grain Loan ISIS. ........... 2l.SS q tSGS e
Board of United States Con-
V1CtS. AL 500 Is
County Indebtedness to the
Reform school: ....,....:.. l;yG.s 70 1851 IS
Dakota Territory, keeping in
sane persons. ................ 1924 81 al 70
Prison rent and labor. liui6 S. tS16 40
Interest on State deposits. 6,5l4 o. SiND .
United States per cent. on
cash sales of public lands. ALAS iI2I 10
Sale of grass on school lands. SIS % 81 IS
80 q n N m SrQtn