Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-01-17
acres Q, wet, suampy and o,erflowed lands

the drainage, become enhanced in value to
an extent exceeding the amount Of money
expended by the state. In 1894 the board
let contracts for the Mustinka river ditch
in Traverse county the Borup ditch in
Norman county, the Ada ditch in Norman
county, the Snake river ditch in Polk coun-
ty and the Kennedy ditch in Kittson coun-
ty. The Mustinka river ditch is finished.
The other bitches are incomplete, and will
not be finished until next summer.
These bitches will drain and reclaim
a vast area of overlooked and wet lands,
some OF which are owned by the state. Not
only will large areas Of land be reclaimed
by this comprehensive system of drain
age, but the entire valley will be affected
and undergo vast improvement and
change for the better. Wet lands have
caused late seeding, and late seeding late
to contend with early frost. Drained lands
lead to early seeding and to early crops,
beyond the reach Of the frost. The Red
River valley contains some of the richest
and most fertile lands in the state. Some Of
these lands are low, wet and overnowed.
and require drainage to become arabic and
productive.
The work Of drainage is too extensive
to be carried on by local enterprise and To-
cal means. The federal government gave
our state large grant of lands to be used
In draining and retaining just such lands
as these. The state having accepted the
lands, stands morally, If not technically,
charged with the trust, and in expanding
money for this work of drainage, is doing
no more than what 1t fairly undertook
to do when it accepted the grant. The
contracts that have been let will nearly
exhaust the money that has been appro-
priated There is still a considerable
amount of drainage that ought to be under
taken by the state. OF this, perhaps, the
nd inn pf to fho
opening of the Middle river near Argyle
in Marshall county. This involves ditch
as large, as difficult and as expensive as
the Sand Hill river ditch in Polk county.
The Strengthening and dyking of the
Otter Tail river in Wilkin county, and the
opening of the Rabbit river in Grant
county, are also works of Importance.
There are. in addition to those mentioned,
many other important places where drain
age, too extensive for private enterprise,
is urgently needed and called for. I have
visited and personally examined all the
bitches have referred to and nearly all
the localities where further ditching is
needed. More funds are required to COM
plete this system of drainage, and I am
confident that no money can be expended
to greater advantage or with better results
than for this purpose. l. therefore, earn
estly recommend this matter to your ia
vorable consideration and attention.
State Census.
Pursuant to section % of article Nv Of
the constitution, it is your duty to provide
for census of the state during the pres
ent year. Provision should be made, not
only for a correct enumeration of the in
habitants, but also for correct census
of the real and personal property, the
manufacturing, agricultural, mining and
commercial Industries OF the state and of
49, 1~l sk@1 49,
same. Such census, II properly taken,
will be valuable guide in the future prog
ress of our state. In order to insure
correctness, the work in it's detail ought
not to be committed to local assessors,
but to some other public functionary or
to persons especially appointed for that
purpose.
Legislation i'm the Interest Of Labor.
The factory act Of 1898 has, on the whole,
fulfilled the purpose for which 1t was en-
acted. There are some minor defects
developed in the practical workings of the
law that should be corrected. Our mining
industry needs mine inspection law, in
spirit and purpose similar to the factory
inspection law. Chapter Is Of the General
Laws of 1898, the so-called personal lib
erty law should be amended so as to be
clearer, more specific and more stringent
in its provisions. ~
Recent labor StrikfI prolonged and eX-
tensiye, strongly suggest the Importance
of enacting suitable laws for the concilia-
ton or arbitration Of disputes between
capital and labor in some tribunal or be-
fore some board designated by law. mas
much as both capital and labor have the
undoubted right to make peaceable
strike, compulsory arbitration is not war
ranted and would be unwise. But in most
cases, II proper tribunal, with judicious
safeguards, were provided, capital and la
Dor would both be disposed to voluntarily
submit their controversies to arbitration.
And the tide of public opinion would, in
such cases, not only impel the parties into
such court, but would make it's DEGREES
respected and obeyed He who would re-
fuse to arbitrate or, having submitted to
arbitration, would refuse to accept the re-
suit, would forfeit all public approval, and
would, in the outcome, and In one form or
another, have to submit.
School and University Funds.
Our school and university funds are in
vested in the following funds and secu
INVESTMENTS OF SCHOOL FuNns
Land contracts (inciudng s1.sssss.- s0'o'o
920.44 transferred internal i'm
provement land contracts). $500. GIL S63 AZ
Minnesota funding bonds, 3h per
Tennessee settlement bonds s per i's'ooooo
Minnesota revenue bonds, per t'0.oo0ooo
Minnesota building bonds, 4 per ooooo
Tennessee redemption bonds, AZ '0OO'OO
Tennessee redemption bonds, per <'o'ooo'Oo
Alabama isn conscis. series 20ooo
and per cent ..:...:.:;;::.... 1873. 600 90
Alabama funding bonds, per cent 1oS,9s9. 50
School district and county bonds,
5 per cent Observation-Disclosures. 1o27.7ss.72
Total Observation-Disclosures. .s1o,712.119 go
INVESTMENTS OF UNIVERSITY FUND.
Land contracts Gncluding $780, '-''~'
76349 transferred internal i'm
provement land contracts) ...... 5O9, 100 6S
Minnesota funding bonds, 3h per
Tennessee settlement bonds, per 000O0
Minnesota revenue bonds, per
Tennessee redemption bonds, AZ J..
per cent ....................,.. UOVOUO
E EEparm 1ae% farm s s09 90 90
rh o.at ~ ,,d. thas. f,,nio ;u
vested in state bonds. limits the investment
to not exceeding a dozen enumerated
states, and most OF these are not borrowing
states, so that it Is now very difficult and
in time will be next to impossible to make
investments in such stocks. The field Of
investment In state bonds should. in the
discretion of the investment boards, be ex-
tended to all the states Of the Union. The
foregoing table shows that the highest
rate Of interest Is derived from school dis
trict and county bonds. In view of this
fact, and in view Of the urgent demand for
an enlarged field Of investment, 1t would
seem to be judicious and good economy to
permit investment to be made, under prop
er safeguards, in the bonds OF the several
towns, villages and cities of this state, Is
sued for general or specific municipal pur-
poses. It is better for the state and bet
ter for the borrowing municipalities that
these funds he invested among our own
people. accordingly recommend that
proper constitutional amendment be passed
and submitted TO the people for ratification
at the next general election, authorizing
the investment of the school and univer-.
sity funds In the bonds of these various
municipalities of our state. In this con-
nection also call your attention to the de-
cision Of our supreme court in the case of