Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14


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WORK Or TdE STATE DAIRY &.
AND FOOD coMMls ssloN.
During the past two years the eff.
cheney of the state dairy and food
commission has been brought to q
greater state Of helpfulness. to both
the dairy and mercantile interests Of
our state than ever before since its
creation. At least 100 more creameries
and 26 more cheese: factories are now
in, operation. Every one Of the 7C,
creameries and 100 cheese factories
have been inspected once and many
of them twice during the biennial
period, and the excellence of the
dairy products is In q large measure
due to the efforts of the department in
assisting creamery officers and pat.
rons to better methods and especially
to the inspection and management oil
the state educational butter and cheese
contests conducted monthly from April
I, 1901, to May /, 1902. -
Minnesota butter commands q pre-.
MUM In the Eastern market of cent
pound, which, upon the output OF
55,OOO,OOO pounds, means net gain
for quality alone of $550,O00. This be.
ing true how earnest should be ou1
efforts to dot every one of Minnesota s
eighty-four counties with creameries,
especially in the twenty-one in which
none are now in operation. No bette,
or more promising dairy field is now
open to the energetic husbandman
than in Northern Minnesota, which,
with it's healthful climate, pure water
and luxuriant grasses awaits theif
coming.
Great credit. too, is due this depart.
ment, for it not only advances the
dairy interests, but gives encourage.
ment to diversified farming, which is
so essential to our future prosperity.
Food inspections have been equally
meritorious and the results commend.
able. Approximately 10000 food sam.
pies have been analysed by the depart.
ment chemists. These samples have
been gathered from every city, town
and hamlet in the state by the corps
of inspectors, and wherever the result
of any analysis has demonstrated the
1uegality of any article, prompt and
vigorous means have been taken to
drive them from the market. Thus
the people of the state are sure that
the food they consume is free from i'm
purities or injurious ingredients and
the public health thereby promoted.
Department OF INSURANCE
AND THE BUREAU OF LABOR.
The vast interests over which the
has supervision renders said depart
ment one OF supreme Importance to
our citizens.
A vigorous warfare has been waged
by the commissioner against all finan.
cia]ly irresponsible corporations, and
such as may have been found ins0lv'
ent or unreliable, or whose business
methods were of a questionable OF
dishonest character, have, if Mime
sofa corporations, been placed in the
hands of receiver and their affairs
wound up, and if corporations organ
lied under the laws of other states,
have been debarred from further busi.
ness transactions in this state, there.
by safeguarding the interests of oul
people to the fullest extent possible
under the existing laws
1t would be difficult to find a COM
munity where labor troubles are fewer
than in Minnesota. While other ma
tiOns and many sections of cur OWE
country have been disturbed by seri.
GUS strikes and lockouts, eliminating
in violence and bloodshed, and result
ing in the loss of many millions of dol.
lars, both to labor and capital, ouI
state has been singularly free from
them. The inhuman employment OF
children; the unlawful importation OF
cheap. and pauper labor has not dis
graced the records of an y industry in
our fair state. Our fortunate condition
in this respect is due to our wise stat
utory provisions, enacted in behalf Q.
labor, and in the enforcement of these
statutes.
! shall heartily approve any meas.
ures which have for their aim the i'm
prOvement OF the conditions of the
labOring people, or which will give
| them fuller share OF the fruits o.
their toll
IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC EXAMINER
The Office of public examiner is be-
ing conducted with the greatest eff
cheney. This department is rapidly
growing in Importance and the neces-
sity of diligent and painstaking serv
ice in the administration of the Office
is appreciated by the public At the
last general session law was passed
! making it the duty of the public ex
aminer to examine the books and &C.
counts of all corporations which by
law pay taxes to the state on a gross
earnings basis: Under this law the
public examiner has been enabled to
examine the books of the different
railway companies and to ascertain
whether the amounts required by law
on gross earnings have been properly
computed and paid to the state. These
examinations have brought large sum
| of money to the state treasury owing
to the discovery of errors and over: