St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-14
GOV. NELSON.

at Duluth with the best system of in
land water transportation in North
America. And let US hope that the day
is not far away when vessels crossing
the Atlantic will break bulk in the har-
bors OF our own state.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
Looking at our state as a municipal
corporation, we find it to be in a most
safe and prosperous condition. The
total Indebtedness of the state is only
S1,971, ,306. The permanent school fund,
already accrued from the sale of school
lands, is SO, ,2S9, ,439, and the permanent
university fund.- accrued from a similar
source. is S1,056, ,5S4, making total per-
manent educational fund OF S11, ,414, ,024.
The total revenues of the state for the
fiscal year ending July 81, 1898, were
s., 5,0S3, COS; and the total disbursements s
were 81, 352, 964, leaving net surplus in
the treasury of S730,643. OF the reve-
nues, 81, POP, 500 was obtained from tax
upon the gross earnings of railroad and
insurance companies, and S42S, ,666 from
the income of the permanent school
fund. The balance of the revenues was,
in the main, obtained from direct taxes.
The principal items of eXpen diture
were as follows: For legislative ex-
! penseS, S142, 11L.7l; for judicial eX-
| penSes, S135, ,345.5l; for executive and
administrative expenses of the state
government, S143, $40; for buildings and
improvements at our various state in
! stitutIOns, S9S. 1858; for the RAINING
i expenses of our various state inStitu-
tions, 1888, S13.39; for common school
| purposes, derived from the income or
In
| mill tax, Sl,064, 953.49, ana for university
| and normal schools, 1896, SIS. Al.
OUR MORALS.
That our state is in healthy and
! vigorous moral condition is apparent
from the fact that few other states, il
/ any, have so small a proportion of
! prison population. On the 31st of July
| last there were in the state prison, eX-
| elusive Of federal conYicts brought from
| other states, 33S inmates. and in the
! state reformatory, 153 inmates, thus
! making the aggregate of our prison
| populati on only 49l.
OUR LANDS.
The estimated total area of the state,
| exclusive of lakes and water courses, is
50,000,000 acres, of which upwards of
i 100000 acres are still owned by the
| state and federal government, and are,
or soon Will be, subject to sale, settle
ment and entry. Much OF this land is
valuable for timber or agricultural pur-
! poses, and some of it is valuable for
mineral purposes. In addition to these
lands there are nearly 100000 acres
still owned by the various railroad
companies. OF the lands in private
ownership, more than a third. or up-
wards OF ID, ,000,00 acres are still wholly
undeyeloped and in state of nature.
and of the residue. the far greatest pro-
| portion is used in its natural state as
meadow or pasture land. though all of
| it is fit for high state of cultivation.
j New York. with total acreage of 3D.
100000 acres, has a population of CON
siderable over 6,000,00O. At this rate,
Minnesota (and surely nature has
| equipped her as highly as New YORK; is
capable of giving homes to and sustain
ing population of upwards of 10000
600 prosperous and happy people.
But let US turn for moment from the