Fair play., 1892-09-10

By examining this Ia BILE You will OBJ
serve that only one state, Illinois, has
more actual immigrants coming into 1T
from 1883 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 lcccnnial period 3d.
So more people came to Missouri than
went to Michigan, -, s0i more came to
Missouri than went to Kansas, l3o.i:l
more came to Missouri than went to
Wisconsin, 223, 52:i more come tn Mis-
souri, than went to Iowa, and 29G. 1Ol
more came to Missouri than went to
Indasa The superiority of Illinois i'll
this 1sspect 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
well uo towards the front so far as i'm
migration is concerned. | see nothing
in ali this for the republican states to
boast of, or for the bourbon dcnioc-
racv" of Missouri to blush for.
WEALTH INCREAsE.
have, also, recently examined cen
s,,s 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.
From the official data there given dis
cover that the valuations increased in
certain western states in 1890 over
1889. as follows: Indiana increased
SllS.S12.5l7. Iowa increased Sl32. 023,
$50, Wisconsin increased Sl33,?lS.?6S,
| Kansas increased SlS7. .56S. .25J. Missouri
| increased S253. ISL. ?52, Illinois decreased
$50, ,a0n,142 Thus it will be seen that
during the decennial period the i'll.
| crease in the valuations of Missouri
| exceeded that of Kansas by Si3.oi6.6 .6?'-
| exceeded that of Wisconsin by S99.6ti5,-
0S4, exceeded that of Iowa by sl2l Sol
| 102. exceeded that of Indiana by Sl3i.
| Tl2. 49,. and exceeded that of Illinois by
| S3l2 80. .0ai. So it appears that III the
matter of wealth increase. poor old
| bourbon democratic Missouri has
taken the very front rank among al
| these states in the census report %
the United States, being now complied
by officials of Benjamin llarrison's ap
pointing. Maj. Warner need not ve'
| his mighty soul with the pcrplexino
mysteries of per cents. in his mad efforts
| tn disclose something to the discred
! it of his state. Here are statistics easily
| accessible. plain and comprehensive
| which commend to him. ! beg hin
| to use such as these, and try to sag
something Just once in his life to thu
| credit and the honor OF his state
PROGRESS.
| Progress. Are there any IN this stat
so blind to what is before them, so be
sotted by their partisan prejudice tina
| | should give them evidence of our mar
velous growth? Go with me to my OWL
| county of Vernon and my own city o
Nevada What in 1870 was village O
500 souls is to-day prosperous city q
more than 5000 people. In 1870 Tn
total population of the county wa
about lS. 900, to-day it is $4,000. In Isl
the assessed valuations of the count
were little over $1,000, 900. to-day !
exceeds 100000 And this is only
representative agricultural county /
western Missouri. whose wondrou
growth is bat an example OF that whic
| characterizes the growth of the state
During these twenty years OF democrat
ascendency 1000, 600 people have bee
added to the population of the state
| Its assessed valuation, now aTgrega'
ing more than 1900. 00o coo. is nearl
double what it was in 1872. Over +,o3
miles OF railroads have been construc'
ed and thrown ont like a vast spider
Behold the enormous area OF coal land
that have been developed. openln
mines as rich in treasure as those th5
lit ND the caverns of the tabled TO
coDda. Go into southeast Missouri an
into southwest Missouri and behold II
thousands to;iing thee in the lead an
zinc mines and smelters of the stat
Nearly two-thiris of the zinc produ'
of the United States i now produce
in the zinc mines OF Missouri ana y
twenty years ago scarcely pound :
this valuab ble metal was either mine
or reduced But. Mr.. Chairman nee
not go into the mines, quarries fores
and fields OF the state and bring a
their bewildering statistics here TO
tablish the fact of our tremendous d
velopment I need not go beyor
the corporate limits OF this IMP
rial city. Who can go to Sou'
ST. Louis. to North St Louis
a,ivwfere in this great metrop
lis. and not feel the great heart
progress tnrob and hear its music
The air? Why need Maj. Warner go b
yond the confines OF that noble CT
where he lives. which in these TWEEN
years has grown from 2 river landlI
to metropolitan city of 200. 900 peopl
instinct with pulsinc life. indomnita b
energy and an almost unprecedented d
valoprlent. and development. u
which has grown up Ill spite of Maj. Wa
oer on Missouri soil on the very bord
Of Kansas. whose people the patriot
major would have US believe are
much Predetermined. cpen-hearr'
and enterprising than our OWE? VI