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onice. They proved by figures which
cannot be contradicted that raise Of
grade was made in 2,77S cars, and that
thereby they save to the farmers OF
the state of Minnesota almost $4,000,
or about $3.50 per car. I am not goo
ing to question the figures published
by that COMMITTEES. Comparisons are
laot always odious. During the recent
Drop year ending August l, 1906, the
board Of appeals appointed by me has
raised the grade of 4,772 reinspected
cars OF grain. If the figures published
at that time were correct. and APP
piled to the changes made by the
present board Of appeals, the saving
to the farmers by the present board
OF appeals would be slS7. 400, or more
than $4,000 ir excess Of the amount
that time. The present board Of ap-
peals ut Duluth and Minneapolis re-
inspected over $4,000 cars Of grain as
against 1900 cars by their predeoes-
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State Binding Irvine Plant.
Another matter which the farmers
OF Minnesota have keen and vital
Interest In the manufacture Of binding
Irvine at the state prison. For many
years the state has maintained a man.
ufaoturing plant at this institution for
the manufacture of this important
commodity. Believing that the farmer
Of Minnesota should have his Irvine at
the lowest possible price, and that the
the state prison plant has done much
to reduce the price of this product to
the grain growers Of Minnesota, 1 was
and am convinced that practically all
the convict labor which could possibly
he devoted to this enterprise be di-
rooted to the state manufacture OF
Irvine.
=. Prison labor should not come in
competition with the free labor of the
state. Instead of that, the labor of
the prison should he so far as possible
devoted to the manufacture of goods
which would not compete with the
product Of thu legitimate business in
situations Of cur state. Our present
contract system 10 open to a great dear
Of criticism, and / have done wha,
ia this direction.
Drainage, Forestry and Good Roads.
Drainage. forestry, and good roads
are three sister lines Of state develop
1nent, which go hand in hand. The
state has made marked progress by
Legislative and administrative action
along each OF these lines during the
past ten years. and has received in this
work the hearty and effective cooper
alton of the respective counties and
towns. as we'll as of public spirited
individuals and interested corpora
| tons. The important work of develop
mont for which the people Of Mime
sofa have created and maintained the
state drainage board, the state forestry
! commission. and the state highway
commission, has the hearty co-opera-
tive support of every section and GLASS;
every Industrial and political interest
I'm the state, and there is every assur-
E1nce that tho work so we'll and aus
piciously begun will be pushed with
even greater vigor in the future in
step with the growing public interest
The Public Schools.
During the campaign OF 1904 II
stated on every occasion upon which
p addressed the people Of Minnesota,
that I believed the educational depart
mont of our state should be divorced
10 far as possible from party politics.
/ and that If were elected 1 should do
Everything within my power to bring
about this condition. 1t is WELL
lNAOWA A0SS IAdI lN6 3OucdtlOnAl SyS.
item Of Minnesota leads in progressive
methods and efficiency that of every
other state in the Union, and that
along this line as we'll as many others.
MINNESOTA stands first in the sister,
hood of states. 81 Departing
from the usual custom of appointing
political friends to office, have for two
years maintained this department in
tact as found it upon my entrance
to official position; and so we'll am
satisfied that this has been for the
best interests of the state that take
occasion at this time to renew the
pledge made two years ago. The prop
er education of our youth is a sacred
trust, and I am entirely convinced of
the wisdom of the policy pursued in
this regard.