The Princeton union., 1900-09-27

law was enacted the total sum of &la2,
10000 has been appropriate sss sls
Agricultural exp periment stat Ions have
been established at Crookston and
Grand Rapids The state gagricultur
society receives liberal annual appro-
priations from the stare. and $14 900 Is
distributed annually for the encoulo
agement Of county fairs. where the
products Of the farm are exhibited and
premiums given for the best specimens.
lB The Dairy Int rests. .5
It Is a we'll known fact that Mime
sofa is to-day one Of the leading dairy.
states In the union. The report Of the
dairy and food commits issioner to the leg
islature of 1899 gave the total number
of creameries in the state on Oct. 4,
$685. as S64. That number has, no
doubt, been greatly increased since that
time. These creameries are found In
nearly every county,, and Minnesota
creamery butter has taken first prizes
in open competition with the world.
The same report estimates that there
were 100 cheese factories Ia the state.
and that over $1,000 farmers are deliv-f
ering or selling milk to these creamer-3
. les and cheese factories. Itis estimated
Z that about S00,0 900 pounds Of butter are
made every working day Of the year
which makes q total Of nearly 100. .0O0, 900
pounds of butter annually, Figuring
the value at 20 cents per pound, which
is certainly low for the creamery but
ter Of our state, it gives the value OF
the butter manufactured in our cream
cries In one year at the enormous sum
of $20.000.000. This Is entirely separate
and distinct from the value of the
products of the cheese factories 5
BY chapter 149, G. j. 1885, a state
dairy and food commission was estab-8
lished, with an appropriation OF $4,000.
a year. The scope Of the department
has been increased by subsequent legis-
latures, and 1t now has $4,000 q, year
at it's disposal. It is fair to assume
that the phenorninal growth Of the
dairy interests of our state and the
enormous wealth that Is annually pro-
duced is in a large measure due to the
admirable laws passed for the protec-s
ton Of the products of the farm and
the creameries from the spurious imi-
tations that have been thrown upon
the markets in the form of oleomar-
garine, butterine, etc. Our stringent
laws against the sale of adulterated
butter has made it almost an impossi-
bility to find market for it in our.
state. The value of the butter and
cheese produced in Minnesota is second
only to the value of the wheat crop. F
Tree BouDties. 81
An illustration Of the practical way
In which Republican legislatures have
helped the people of Minnesota is found
in the aid that has been extended since
1871 in the form of bounty for tree
planting In the prairie counties,
where timber is only found growing
naturally on the river bottoms, the
value of a grove of trees is highly ap-
preciated, both as fuel and as wind
break, While it adds much heautytto the
country. The legislature of 1871 passed
an act giving a bounty of 50 per acre
and $2 for each half mile Of trees
planted along a highway; in 1873 the
movement for tree planting was given
wider range by making a fixed an
nualappropriation of $4,000, which has
Deen expended each year since tfa
time, and under an amended law. in
1881 the bounty was fixed at So per
acre and 81 for each half mile Of high
way, and the number OF years for
which the bounty could be claimed was
feduced from ten years to six years.
Turing the tWenty-nine years that this
Tree planting bounty has been paid the
Whole race OF the country in some Of
the southwestern and northern prairie
counties has been changed and beauti-
he'd, and 1t is safe to estimate that
from 10000 to $4,000 acres Of growing.
thrifty trees owe their existence to this
beneficial law. f5 II 4, S83 5s4,
The Republican Party FriendIy ~
Labor. f1
Ihe Republican party Of Minnesota is
now and always has been friendly dis
posed to the labor interests. s,
Here IS plank from the Minnesota
Republican platform which squarely
outlines the position of the party on
tne labor question: "In view Of tI1is
record and the conditions now existing
brought about by Republican legisla
lion, our party appeals with confidence
do tne laDOrlng man and pledges itself
anew TO protect and encourage Ia bor
interests In all their legitimate efforts
and That 1t will use every effort IL,
secure the passage Of legislation pro-s
vldlng that on all public works au
thorized by the state eight hours SHAH hail
be deemed and taken to be a legal
working day" q - -
At the behest Of organized labor 4
bureau of labor was established IN 1897
and the cause Of labor has been greatly
benefited thereby. The first appropria.
lion FOR the bureau was only s.. 900. ana
now Sl2,0 600 is appropriated annually For
the maintenance Of the department
and every workshop or factory Of anv
magnitude in the state is inspected reg
4 ularly by representative of the
bureau. Since it's organizat tion in 1897
.$ll3, ,S29.S2 has been expended by this
department.. t4 \ 8, 5''TT (
AS AS far back as 1866 we find laws for
Hhe fe protection of employees in factories
and workshops. Many measures highly
beneficial to the workingma1 grace our
statute books: Chapter 8, Laws of 1880
protects labor unions In the use snf
labels. devices and trade marlts
Thanks to the legislature Of 1893. the
motormen and conductors on the street
car lines are protected from the ~.
ClemenCy of tie woo fhnw 8Ye~ !. -, e. .,5f