St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-15
WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAYS.

| laGlHg common cdIIleIS HdS DCCh Aolu
unconstitutional by the supreme court
of the United States.
That there are great many difficult
| ties connected with the matter Of grain
| inspection.
That the states prison is in pretty
fair shape, and may, after time, begin
to turn out binding twine.
That reformatories are good kind OF
things. and, as far as he knows, the one
at ST. Cloud is good thing of its kind.
That better provisions should be made
for the states insane.
That the states bonds had better be
funded as soon as possible into others
! bearing lower rate Of interest.
That the Australian system of voting
| should be made applicable to the entire
state.
That Minnesota's schools are doing
quite well, and would do better if they
! had more money.
That the states oil inspector ought to
be paid salary enough to secure the
proper performance of his duties.
That the states national guard is
doing quite well, but needs new over
coats.
That there is going to be worlds
fair in Chicago in 1898, and that it is Inn
portant that the Minnesota climate
should be represented.
That the war history of the Mime
sofa troops has been extensively circu
lated, and is an interesting book.
That the railroads to which swamp
lands have been granted ought to be
compelled to come up and take what
belongs to them.
That the lands which the state owns
in Kandiyohi county ought to be sold
for what they will bring.
| That the bank examiner has too much
to do, and that, if he is to look after the
states building societies, he ought to
have more clerks.
That the state will have available in
the years 1928 surplus of 100000 OF
receipts over disbursements, and that
this ought to be distributed among the
states eleemOsynary and educational in
stitutiOns.
That the legislature has great respon-
siblities.
This is what the governor says, and
all that he says.
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
The people of the state of Minnesota
say
That Minnesota is the most fertile,
salubrious and God-favored state in.the
Union.
That it has noble population of
young men-sturdy, industrious and en-
terprising.
That it is spared the complexities and
entanglements of the crowded civlliza-
tions Of the East.
That if there is any place in the
world where the battle ought to be to
the strong and the race to the swift, il
is here.
That if equality of opportunity and
a harvest commensurate with oppor-
tunity are ever to be secured men any
where, this is the land and now is the
time
That the states great industries are
calling for more hands, and yet that
there are a great many unemployed in
our large cities.
That taxes in st. Paul and MiDneapo-
lis are per cent, and in the smaller
towns of the state or per cent.
That the system of taxing realty to its
| full value, and ut the same time taxing
the mortgages which are secured by it,
imposes a double burden OH every
| owner of an encumbered homestead in
| the state, because he has to pay the
| mortgagee'S tax in the rate of interest
| which is cxacted Of him, as well as his
| own.
| That every homestead in Minnesota
| contributes more than its share to the
states support because there is no ade-
quate and effective machinery provided
for the taxation OF personal property.
That the owner of stocks. bonds anG
other forms of secret wealth pays nC
tribute to the state, while no wares OF
the small shopkeeper are too trivial to
escape the tax gatherer's scrutiny.
That the state itself, and every munic-
ipality in the state, has given away the
most valuable franchises, or bartere6
them for song, to individuals and cor
porations who are exercising the gov
ernment's functions to their own great
personal profit.
That the burden of taxation is so great
| in Minnesota because one class, ant
one class alone, bears it, and because
the state has squandered and is sQuan
| dering its natural sources of revenue il
unjust largesses to favored few.
That the rates OF interest in the stat,
are so ruinously high that the farmer
cannot meet them and earn a living
from his industry.
That the lands Of the state are owned
| by the railroads, to whom the KNEE
must be bowed and the purse opened
before they can be settled on.
That the railroad system of the state
permeates the life of every citizen, ane
has in its power to enrich and to make
poor. to build up and to cast down. to
fructify and to blight.
That a power so vast should be sub,
jected to the minutest regulation by the
state, based ON the most intimate knowl
edge of its character and condition.
That this knowledge should be ac-
quired by insisting on the utmost pub
licity being given to the affairs of all
corporations enjoying and exercising
natural monopolies.
That great many mortgages are fore
closing in the state; that there is gooC
deal of complaint and distress, ever
among the capable and industrious
that large number of citizens have mi
grated to other commonwealth; tina
the inequalities of crowded civilization
are beginning to confront our people.
That the governor of the state shoult
know of these abuses, these hardship
and these dangers. That he shoul
comment on them in his message an
suggest definite and exact methods c
dealing with them.
This is what the people of Minnesot