The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-16

together, 1t Is mol TOO mucn TO say tnhs
Missouri surpasses them all; in other
words, that it can come more nearly
supplying from within itself then can
any other equal area in this or any
other country all articles which arc
necessary for the comfort and happi-
ness of man.
1t is capable Of sustaining in COM
fort ten times as many people as are
now within it's borders From its cot
ton fields in the south, its corn fields
in the north, it's splendid cereals and
grasses, it's endless variety of fruits.
and woods, its limitless deposits OF
coal, iron, lead, zinc and other miner
ais, it can come as near being self-sps-
tanning and independent of other COM
munities as it is possible for any state
to be. Missouri has over $4,000 busl-
ness manufacturers, with a paid-up
capital of Sls9, SIS, $40, with lab, 139 en-
ployes, making finished goods Of all
kinds amounting to 1924, SCI, 1888 an
nually.
Largest Available Public School Fund.
Missouri enjoys the proud distinc-
ton of having the largest available
public school fund of any state in the
American Union. This fund is divided
as follows: Common school fund, So
l41, 537.77; state seminary fund, $780,
26O.O3; permanent county, township
and district school fund, 81, 912, 692. 39i
total permanent school fund, S12, 1884,
491. 10.
The total enumeration of school
| .l.ll.U, F~. I en- ,-ne OAd O9E. fnfal "a,
ceipts SIS, 2S2, 97s. 81; total expenditures,
So, 45I, s7S. Il; average length of school
terms in days, 40; number of public
schoolhouseS in state, 10000; total en-
roilment of children for 1895, GA, SIT;
value of public school property, Si5,-
99a, AS.
The state university, located at CO.
lumbia, stands at the head of the great
educational system of the state. The
university is divided into the follow
ing departments: Academic, normal,
agricultural and mechanics, law, med
icine, engineering, military science
and tactics, mining and metalurgy.
Each one of these departments occu-
pies a splendid building especially de-
signed for the purpose it fulfls.
Total number Of students last year,
Col. The state has three normal
schools, located at Kirksville, War
rensburg and Cape Girardeau. These
institutions were established and
equipped to prepare teachers for the
public schools.
For the year 1895 the total enroll
ment at the normals was 1883. Lin
oo1, s,etffnfn lAnafal of lnffarEnn
a., City, the capital of the state, was es-
tablished as a normal school for the
, exclusive purpose of training colored
teachers, but it also has an industrial
department. 1t has become Il college
for the higher education of colored
! boys and girls. The institute is doing
a good work, and is well supported.
Low Rate of Taxation.
! The eleemosynary institutions con.
4 sist of three insane asylums, located
! at Fulton, St. Joseph and Nevada; a
school for the deaf and dumb at Full.
:. ton; school for the blind at st. Louis;
Z the reform school for boys at Boon
Vile, and the industrial home for girls
: at Chillicothe. These institutions are
literally provided for by the state, and
/. are in the forefront as to scientific and
= economical management.
The government of Missouri is con.
sentative and careful, guarding with
Jealous care the credit of the state.
The bonded debt of the state, which
t was over SCI, oOO. 900 in 1873, has been
e reduced to S5,O97, 900, and Missouri 81
per cent. 500 bonds sell at a premium.
Taxation is very low, the state tax be
n ing but 25 cents on the 500 valuation
e apon a low assessment.
u Ten cents of this levy is for payment
of interest and principal of bonded in
e debtedness, 5 scents goes to the common
IS schools, so that a tax of 10 cents on thu
e SlOO valuation pays for all the govern
mental expenses, including what ap
preparations are made from the rev
!. enue fund for the university, norma
schools and eleemosynary institutions
d No state can show greater results TO
l. the small moun of money taken from
the taxpayers.
Manufacturing and Finance.
Missouri has four cities which manu-
~facture largely-St. Louis. Kansa
City, ST. Joseph and Spring6eld-be
10 side a number of thrifty and progress
sive minor cities. St. Louis, whicI
d now has a population of 700, 600 people
is the third manufacturing city in tn
country.
1t has often been asserted, and tn
assertion a be maintained, that i
no country on the globe can a create
variety of industrial pursuits be mad
profitable than in the state of Mi:
souri,. Its our are PRACTICAL
in~exhaustible. They are greater i
IF variety than those in any other stat
ID of the American Union.
lie Their development is in its infancy
De and yet sufficient has been learned
o. regard to them to show that 1t is sal
- and profitable to invest money in
thousand avenues to assist in their Ell
ht terprises. In all walks of life-upo
ne the farm, in the workshop, in the ofnC
e. where intelligence, sObriety and il
IS. dustry have prevailed, success ba
n crowned the efforts of her people. He
q, farmers, her merchants and her PR
VS. fessional men are her bankers, and ht
es financial institutions are among ii
d, strongest and most conservative al
is the most safe in the Union.
During the recent financial depre
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