Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-12-23

1883, IN Dakota, is as follows:
Number OF acres In wheat, l,OO6 900:
average product. per acre, sixteen bush.
els; total produst Of wheat OF 1928.
QUO buShsh Only twelve stases ia che
s0ttmate foe that year ara eiveu htaher
papd1oe3oo; to- IT, otsesifdf1t a. OaEoka.
notice in the srepest of the governor.
inst submitted, a6 estimate -oi the crop
OF 1884 He says: Z Stsis3
The wheat crop for 1884 il yariously
estimated ut from 20.00O,O GOO to 25, 600, 600
bushes; fiax, 8.000,O bushels: corn.
1.oOO.O00 bushels; barley. {, 2,OOO, 600 bush.
els; oats, IL. 600, 900 bushels,
II seems from report made BY Mr.,
Charles 3. Lamborn. Of the land depart
ment OF the Northern Pacific railroad.
which 10 given in note to the govern.
or,s report. having been received after
this estimate had been made, that the
eetmete Of the governor IL far below
the truth. Mr.. Lamborn's estimate "A "A
follows: - 80 I
tits probable. he says, that the es-
innate of 10000, 900 bushels for the
wheat production Of southern Dakota
is also too low, and you will, therefore.
see that the estimate Of 10000, 600 bush
els Of wheat for Dakots, for 1884, would
be safe and conservative estimate.
Mr.. President. in view Of such facts
can any one question that within the
limits OF the proposed state there is .
soil capacity not only sufficient to main.
tain an enormous population within the
state, but to furnish, as it already does.
. large surplus for export?
In dealing with an agricultural coun.
try We are not assuming any of those
risks as to population which are assumed
when state which is given largely to
mining and which is devoid of aRricul-
tural land is admitted to the union, Oar
experience with the great agricultural
states in the west, which have come
through territorial organization to
statehood, whether in that timbered
region in which my own state was stu
ated or in the prairie region west of il. is
that in the productiveness of the soil
there is guarantee that the state will
continue to increase in population.
i do not know whether there will be
any ono here in the assumed interest of
the citizens of Dakota to suggest that
the burdens of state government
would be oppressive to its people. II
such suRgestion should be made by
any one the author Of it would find It
difficult to produce any commission from
the territory to make that objection.
The people themselves feel that they are
able to take upon themselves the bur.
dens OF state government; and when
We look at the property assessment 70,
taxation, in the territory for the present
year. which has just been returned,
think no one will doubt it.
The whole territory id 1883 had an a.
seesment for taxation of $69.154,6O9. II
1854 the assessment. was $S4, ,O54, ,5S3, &
gain of nearly $4,000, 600 in one year il
the total assessment of the whole terri
tory, OF which $12,OO0.0 coo was in south
ern Dakota. In 1880 the following state
had smaller valuation than Dakot,
has at the present time. I am contrast.
ing now the present condition of Dakot,
with the condition OF some OF the state.
ss returned in 1880: Delaware as hsv,
said, had J. total valuation of $59, ,95l 900
Florida, Of $50, 938, 900; Colorado, $74,
~ 900; Nevada. S29, POI 900, and Oregon
S52522,O00. We lind. then, that in l6e
hve OF the states of the Union, one q
them at least an original state, an,
others that have been long enioyine tn
benefits Of full participation in on
government, had not then for the suppor
Fof their state government valuatio
equal to that presented by Dakota thi
year. OF this assessment of $S4.O54,5s
southern Dakots had $44,594, 900. O
more than Florida or Nevada.
concluded tomorrow