Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16

these STATISTICS under the present laws for
one year 1882, OOO). added to the federal con-
tingent would certainly exceed the increased
cost Of the enlarged schedules Nearly the
same would be true Of the cost Of printing.
The towns pay the assessors, and the
counties the clerks for the services here
spoken Of, and it is easily feasible, il de-
Slrabbe, to leave the same burdens upon
the counties, by charging them with the
payment OF the compensation of the
fifth schedules, which embrace the agricul-
tural and vital statistics, and properly pro-
Forthcoming the rates OF compensation for all
the schedules. A change in the manner of
collecting vital statistics is elsewhere re-
ferred to. Some change seems necessary in
regard to the agricultural statistics to OBJ
tain more accurate results A good many
county auditors agree that, for various rea-
sons, the assessors in their counties give lit
tile care to this part Of their work. Insult
cient pay for their time does the mischief
in some towns Prejudice against the pub
LEGATION of such facts affects some. The
| changes which have sometimes been made,
before publication, in the most carefully
made returns have contributed to the same
! end. 1t is due TO the officers and people Of
many towns TO say that In some counties the
| case appears to be different It is worth
| your while to consider how to procure tie
making OF returns which shall correctly r.
| resent the facts they are intended to MAKE
| known.
IMPROVEMENTS OF WESTERN RIVERS AND III r.
! transmit herewith report Of the "strts
commissioners for the Improvement u GAe
| Mississippi river" in which the intere IS OF
! our state in connection with the ex rE',Gi-
| lures by the general government for the
! impro vement of Western rivers and hal ncre.
are practically considered. 1t is OF grea.
! interest to Minnesota and the Northwest.
| hot no rxx-|ic b hos
prosecuted since 1878. for the improvement
OF navigation Oh the upper Mississippi from
St Paul to the Des Moines rapids, should be
developed as rapidly as possible. until its
| full benefits are realized Results already
! accomplished assure the certainty of a chan
| mel of sufficient depth to accommodate the
| largest upper river steamers during all sea-
sons Of an open. river. The competition of
water routes everywhere is the great
regulator Of rates, Of transportation,
| and always a check and restraint
upon combinations that seek to maintain a
| monopoly in the carrying trade. With such
! assurances and protection to navigation as
the complete development of this system
| contemplates, the certain channel for the
| export of our surplus products would be the
| for transportation of but traction now paid
| under prevailing railroad tariffs III their land
| carriage to the seaboafd A moderate OK
penditure as shown by estimates of govern
rlent engineers, upon the Red River of tue
North. Would greatly improve it's navigable
character and thereby confer inesuimable
benefit upon the large and rapidly increasing
population occupying the fertile valley OF
that stream.
The growing Importance of the trade of
Duluth the principal lake port Of the
state should command such govern
mental aid and protection as shall give
its harbor the fullest possible facili-
ties required by it's RAPIDLY increasing COM
MERGE The development, also, of our min
eral resources in the territory on the north
shore OF Lake Superior, which have assumed
| = magnitude that has stimulated the build
ing OF railroads. to accommodate the mining
Industries OF that region, justly claims such
| appropriations as may be required to pro-
vide harbor facilities at ports from whence
| the ores are shipped abroad Such express
! sions from your body, addressed TO congress
as may best command its attention in these
interests. are among the duties devoiving
! upon you The river commission" to whose
| report reference is here made, has been of
much service to the state in this behalf. and
| ! recommend q continuance Of the annual
appropriation Of 81 600 for its use.
ADMISSION OF DAKOTA.
The rapiditv of the later growth Of the
| territory on our west has carried it, since it's
first application for admissior,i INTO the Union,
| far beyond what has hitherto been recog-
| nized as the requisite i'll population to be-
come state. As The area is more than twice
| the average in existing states. there is reason
| in the demand for division But, however
it might be divided, one part ut least, and
probably both would have more than the
| population required for a member Of con-
! gress. No territorial population has ever
| been on the average, better fitted by their
| Intelligence, their experience or their cir
cumstances to assume the duties Of statehood
! than that OF Dakota. The interest of Mime
| sofa in her neighbours elevation in dignity
and importance Is 50 clear, that it is not to
| be doubted that our senators and MEN,
bers OF congress Will earnestly support
! her admission into the Union without incite-
| ment from us; but as it is feared that there
may develop in certain direction, an oppo-
sltion thereto, motived chiefly in partisan
ship, perhaps, if the legislature of this state,
! unanimously by the votes Of its members OF
! both parties, were to memOrIallze congress
in behalf OF such action for admission as
Dakota desires, not Inconsistent with former
! precedents in regard to new states, it might
| tend to secure for the question consideration
! above that of party gain, from the stand
! point of the public good.
The prob lbition by the consti tuition of GER
! tain kinds of special legislation imposes upon
| you the duty which should no longer be de-
| ]ayed OF completing the provision for such
cases by the enactment OF general laws
| The population Of Lake county, almost en-
| tirely clustered about the port and railway
| station, Two Harbors, need such a law to
| bring to them the county scat from Beaver
| Boy, thirty miles distant.
The encouragement OF timber culture has
been for years the policy of the state: 1t
| will be equally wise to preserve ~ the BEST
| means our existing forests against wan
ton or needless destruction. Fires on lands
| from which the timber has been mostly
cleared, are among the greatest disasters
| Some anxiety is felt among those who ap-
| preciate the influence of abundant forests
as to the effects of the submersion of timber
! lands by the reservoirs about The sources OF
the Mississippi An interesting inquiry was
| begun in that regard by committee OF the
American Forestry association, whose chair
| man visited the region last summer accom-
panied by the state land agent, Mr.. W. P
Jewett A copy Of their report is trans
| mitted herewith.
! STATE INSPECTION OF GRAIN.
| venture to repeat the recommendations
made to the legislature of 1843, regarding a
system Of state inspection of grain. In my
Communication to that body, I remarked
| that:
| The grievous complaints Of the AGRICULTURAL
class in some sections of the state in regard to
| warshOusinR and grading OF grain, Is subject
| that demands attention. The abuses complained
Of are Of character that cannot be ignored,
| though they may not be fully sustained bv the
facts in all cases. It is equally in the interest OF
| the buyer well as the seller Of grain, that
some system be devised by which the differences
| arising between them may be arbitrated and
settled through agencies entirely disinterested.
! The farmer now complains that he has no option
or appeal in the transaction Involving the lispo-
! sition Of his product, but must perforce accept
the Judgment Of the buyer AS to its quality and
value, system of state inspection which COM
prehends the fixing Of grades Of grain and the
| adoption of rules regulating the management Of
| elevators and warehouses, has been tried with
! success in other states I recommend a careful
| consideration Of this subject upon your mart