The Redwood gazette., 1893-10-19
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penses q the state government, s14s,-
$40.
For buildings and improvements at
our various state institutions. $685.
t46 v8.
For the running expenses Of our vari-
Gus state institutions, $038 618.S9.
For common school purposes, derived
from the income Of the permanent
school fund and the mill tax, 81, ,O64,-
S53. 40; and for university and normal
schools, $296, ,sss.41.
Healthy Moral Condition.
That cur state is in healthy and
vigorous moral condition is apparent
frcm tie fact that few other states, if
any, have SO small a proportion Of
prison population. On the 31st of July
las there were in the state prison, ex-
elusive Of federal ccnvicts brought from
other states, 33S inmates, and in the
state reformatory 158 inmates, thus
making the aggregate of our prison
population OILY 491.
Empire Of Fertile Lands
The estimated total area Of the state,
exclusive Of lakes and water courses,
is 5O, OOO, 600 acres of which upwards of
6,O00,0 600 acres are still owned by the
state and federal governments and are,
or soon will le. subject to sale, settle
ment and entry. Much of this land is
valuable for tim Der 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 third, or upwards of i5,-
600, COO acres are still wholly undevel-
oped and'in state Of nature, and of
the residue, the far greater proportion
is used in its natural state as meadow
or pasture land. though all of it is fit
for high state of cultivation.
New York, with. total average of
81, 100000 acres, has population of
considerable over 6,0O0,O0O. At this
rate Minnesota (and surely nature has
equipped her as highly as New York; is
capable Of giving homes to and sustain
ing a population of upwards of 10000
COO prosperous and happy people.
Minnesota's Important Physical Fea-
But let us turn for a moment from
the contemplation of our state in its
economic aspects and give brief
glance at its physical features.
In its bosom are the sources of three
mighty water courses-the Mississippi
the st. Lawrence and the Hudson, Bay
natures great arteries throbbing to
the outermost verges of the continent
the vehicles Of our commerce and the
silent regulators of our railroads.
Extensive forests, rich in woods of an
ornamental and useful character, and
in places interspersed with mines OF
iron and other metals, cover the north
eastern part-a full third of the state.
The residue of our vast domain is an
ocean of billowy prairie, besprinkled
with numerous islands and reninsulas
Of undulating woodlands, all as fertile
as any the hand, of man ever titled.
And all this broad expanse of forest,
prairie and woodland is jewelled with
10. COO lakes, sparkling, alive and trans
lucent.
And to make this earthly paradise
complete and the 1t hcme of thrifty
and hardy race. it is possessed and sur.
rounded with an atmosphere pure,
health and work-inspiring
such as necessarily appertains to d
country and people like ours.
Minnesota's Splendid Citizenry.
Fortunately, the soil and the climate
have Gene into tie poss ession of a
people worthy of it. Minnesota has
entered many fire and important ex.
hibits at this fair, but of all her ex.
hibits none are so TYPICAL, none sc
interesting. and none SO instructive as
the exhibit size today presents Of her
own reople-of TIE men and women
who have wrought her into being as
one of the great states of the Federal
Union.
Yankee and Anglo-Saxon, Teutor
and Northna an. Frank and Celt, for.
eigner and native, have here, under
liberal laws, and on a footing ofequality
labored hand in hand, in patriotic
spirit of en- ulation, and have evolved
out of natures chaos the substantial
beginning of mighty empire.
And when these different elements
which constitute our chronological
makeup, haze become fully assimilated
into one pee lie, of one language and o1
one spirit, intensely and truly Ameri
can, then Will the complement of the
great destiny of Minnesota be wholly
filled. andthen will she exhibit to the
world nation complete in physical
moral and Intellectual equipment.
That day, when it comes-and it il
near and approaching with swift ane
irresistible strides-will be the great
Minnesota Day of the Future.
We have in our midst today men
venerable and full of years-the patri
archs who have led our people into tn,
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