Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11


The above receipts are from pine logging
only: Expert forestry administration Would
largely pay for itself in utilizing grades and
which the state as yet makes little a atte dne
to market Revenue from wise and scien-
Of dead and down timber, would pay for cost
odi ae I'M while at the same time
able classes. believe that, sven even from t the
beginning. Minnesota will find scientific for
estry source Of revenue instead Of expense
pletion without further delay, we shall each
year fnd our state forest a growing source
people instead of, as today, a source of peril
to life and property
DEPARTMENT Of Geology and Mines.
254,ooOooo tons Of iron ore, the worlds
record of production, Minnesota has now y
to 1,s47:5ss: 900 tons, Which is one"third '@ Of
the available and mercnantable ore of the
I'M; tnte a. states and upon which taxes are paid
s s,I this season exceed 10000 900 tons
which t; is ~ per cent. of the total production
cent Of that of North America, and perha ans
one nth of that of the world. And yet Min
and not even: in operation at this time, the
usual geological survey, found in most of
the states of the Union
Our educational institutions notably tho
puplc SCHOOLS. university and agricultural
colleges, lead the world in wealth and in
come from these mines. 1t has long been
apparent that mineral resources which prom
Use our schools and university a future in
come of more than 100000 900 require de-
tailed expert administration. Our stale
geoiogical survey. created from the proceeds
OF the government salt spring land grant
was discontinued over ten years ago, at the
height of it's usefulness, and before il had
FROM the standpoint of good business
management there can be only one thing to
40 and that is to establish a new geological
survey and department of mines ana fol-
lowing the example of Wisconsin Mich ran
ana Missouri, make such appropriations from
year to year as are necessary to maintain
department OF geology and mines worthy
OF our great mineral industry and resources
The expense of such administrator viii 10
returned IN revenue to the state many fold
Mine royalties and leaSes this year earned
i 10 our state institutions over s325.ooo. and
IN IN twenty years the state treasury has real
lzed from its mines $3.50, 900, not Including
taxes The state tax on iron ore this wear
IS sGls, 600 which is over thirteen times the
So1,r TAX rom iron ore in 1900 In the past
TOUR years, since the organization of the Min
ncsota tax commission. the state treasury
alone has realized S2.45O. 900 from iron mine
taxation not to mention the still larger rev
OF town, county, village and city government
and for roads, bridges, and Schools in tbe
ron-producing counties " ~
Department of Game and Fish.
Nature has richly endowed the state or
Minnesota with game and fish. It is one of
our natural resources. in the conseryation
OF which the state has been most fortunate.
The total disbursements of the department
for the year 1910 amount to s954o71T out
OF 504 prosecutions. there have been onIv
~ acquittals and the sum total Of fines FOR
the year 1910 amounts to sS.62445.
. One of the best Investments NADIA nv tho
state is the improvement of our fish hatch
cries SO as to increase the supply Of fish
The total distribution of fsh-fry for the
years 1909 and 1910 amounts to 199,SS6.o67
which is an increase of 100, sos, 6e7 over the
years 1907 and 1908. ~