Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-04

BY examining this table you will OBJ
serve that only one state, Illinois, has
more actual immigrants coming into it
from 1880 to 1890 than did Missouri.
Per cents cut very little figure, and
have given them in the table only to
show how deceptive and misleading
they are.
During the last decennial period 3d.
Sa2 more people came to Missouri than
went to Michigan. 70, sO4 more came to
Missouri than went to Kansas, 139. 421
more came to Missouri than went to
Wisconsin, 223, 52S more come to Mis-
souri, than went to Iowa, and 296. 701
more came to Missouri than went to
Indiana. The superiority of Illinois in
this respect is due almost wholly to the
phenomenal growth of the city OF
Chicago. 1t seems to me. Mr.. Chairman,
that these statistics put Missouri pretty
migration is concerned. / see nothing
in all this for the republican states to
boast of, or for the Bourbon demo c-
racy' of Missouri to blush for.
WEALTH INCREASE.
/ have. also, recently examined CEN
sus bulletin No. 1872. dated June 4, 1892.
This document relates to the increase
of wealth in the several states, as
shown by their assessed valuations.
TOLu Tic OEICldl I'd I'd tDcTc given L uIS-
cover that the valuations increased in
certain western states in 1890 over
1880, as follows: Indiana increased
e11S, 1872. SIT. Iowa increased 1892, 023,-
$50, Wisconsin increased 1888, 91S. 96S,
Kansas increased $751;, 568, 255, Missouri
increased s253, 5s4. 952, Illinois decreased
$50, 200, 142. Thus it will be seen that
during the deoennial period the in
crease in the valuations of Missouri
exceeded that Of Kansas by s43, 046 697,
exceeded that of Wisconsin by 500, $685.
9s4, exceeded that OF Iowa by 1921, SOL
J02, exceeded that of Indiana by 1884,
712, 435, and exceeded that of Illinois by
s312, 795, 094. So it appears that in the
matter of wealth increase, ''poor old
bourbon democratic Missouri" has
taken the very front rank among all
these states in the census report OF
the United States, being now compiled
by officials of Ben amin Harrison's ap-
pointing. Maj. Warner need not vex
his mighty soul with the perplexing
mysteries of per cents. in his mad efforts
to disclose something to the discred-
it of his state. Here are statistics easily
accessible, plain and comprehensive,
which / commend to him. / beg him
to use such as these, and try to say
just once in his life to the
credit and the honor of his state.
PROGRESS.
Progress. Are there any In this state
so blind to what is before them, SO be-
sotted by their partisan prejudice tina t
velous growth? Go with me to my own
county of Vernon and my own city of
Nevada. What in 1870 was village of
800 souls is to-day prosperous city OF
more than 5000 people. In 1870 the
total population of the county was
about IL, 900, to-day it is 35 200. In 1870
the assessed valuations of the county
were little over $4,000, 900, to-day 1t
exceeds $1,000, 900. And this is only a
agricultural county in
western Missouri, whose wondrous
is but an example of that which
characterizes the growth of the state.
During these twenty years of democratic
1000. 600 people have been
added to the population of the state.
Its assessed valua ton, now aggregat-
ing more than 5000, OO0, 600, is nearly
double what it was in 1872. Over 4, 600
miles of railroads have been construct
ed and thrown out like a vast spiders
web spread on the bosom of the state.
Behold the enormous area of coal lands
that have been developed, opening
mines as rich in treasure as those that
lit up the caverns of the tabled Col
conda. Go into southeast Missouri and
into southwest Missouri and behold the
!. thousands toiling there in the lead and
t1oc mines and smelters of the state.
l1rly two-thirds of the zinc product
"a ke United States is now produced
.is Se zinc mines of Missouri, and yet |
tssaz years ago scarcely a pound OF |
tifIs valuable metal was either mined
or reduced. But, Mr.. Chairman, need |
not go into the mines. quarries. forests |
and fields of the state and bring all
their bewildering statistics here to es-
ia Nlish the fact of our tremendous de-
need not go beyond
the corporate limits of this impe-
rial city. Who can go to South |
st. Louis, to North st. Louis
anywhere in this great metropo-
lis, and not feel the great heart OF |
progress throb and hear its music in |
The air? Why need Maj. Warner go be- |
yond the confines of that noble city |
where he lives, which in these twenty |
years has grown from a river landing |
10 metropolitan city of POO, 900 people, |
instinct with pulsing life, indomnitable |
energy and an almost unprecedented de-
relopnent, and a development. too.
which has grown up ia spite of Maj. War
ner on Missouri soil on the very border
81 Kansas, whose people the patriotic
najo would have us believe are so
much broader-minded. open-hearted