V# lVK^ ^^^^^^^S^^I^^^SK^'l^i^. $- I, that she should not show a like Indifference character, and thereby confer inestimable members, and the -subsequent selection of cpunty treasurers and auditors, no as to af- rniUing value and bread-producing qualities, these corporations to declare regular divi- to the opportunities this exposition afforded. benefit upon the large and rapidly increasing Bev. ft H. Hart of Worthington as secretary, ford a suitable check upon their mutual ac- and the direct consumptive demand for dends upon then- exaggerated issues of stock., population occupying the fertile valley of tyiarterly meetings have been held and re- Won, and* insure the thorough supervision those grades that contain the elements of The report of the railroad commissioner- MONET CONTRIBUTED. that stream. quent visits of inspection made by the full and safely of state and county funds." In It soon became apparent, .that most of the "body and strength" would absorb her prod- shows continued prosperity to have pre- board or its committees and secretary to the the prosecution of his duties undei this re- states and many of the territorieswould present several public institutions and most of the quirement of the law. the examiner encoun- an illustration moreor less complete of. count jails, poorhouses and reformatories ters much embarrassment on account of. the their arts, industries and resources "at New of the Btate. The character and extent of incongruous provisions of the statutes re- mental aid and protection as shall give culture of the various productions of the Orleans, and certainly -Minnesota could not was 3,749.13. The total number Dec. 1, the work accomplished by this board is indi- luting to the administration of the public its harbor the fullest possible facilities husbandman, from whence reports are frequently afford the second time to become ''conspicuous 1884, was 4,162.22. of which 250.84 miles' cated in its report which is before you. I revenuea "What these embarrassments are, required by its rapidly increasing commerce. issued for public information. Upon twelve1 by her absence" from such a representative were constructed within the last believe I hazardf nothing in saying that the and their evident remedy, are made known The development, also, of our mineral a similar basis the department of agriculture exhibit To collect, arrange and install months. The total earnings of these roads results thus far accomplished fully justify to you in the examiner's report, and are fa- resources in the territory on the north of our state university could provide the facilities such an exhibit and properly care for it during within the state was. for the year ending xoeuibs-HUM- S Aa .UUUUIUIHIDUCU iiuij jununj- miliar"to those who have v|rv. examined r his re- shore of Lake Superior, which have assumed for such.scientific experiments a,s the the six months' continuance of the exposition June 30.1882, $18,805,193.16 Th total uvuw, iooi,pio,ouu,io.ID j.ne total the judgment of those who earlv advocated miliar to those who have exammed his re- a magnitude that has stimulated the building would involve great labor and corresponding system in contemplation would requireior earning* for the vear ending June 30 1884 the owantoation of the board, it is already ports for recent years. In the matter of of railroads to accommodate the mining suggest and provide the means by which recognize as an authoritative agency expense. From as careful an estimate suggest, and provide the means by which in- was $23 24a 4KR W TII tnt.i was $23,243,466.22. Th total operatin'' recoarnized as an authoritative agency enforcing a uniform system of bookkeeping industries of that region, justly claims such spectors could receive the instruction required as could be made, it appeared that through which the people in different coun- Keepin county auditors an a treasurers treasurers, expenses, which amounted to $10 221- by county auditors and appropriations as may be required to provide to qualify them for their duties. It fully $30,000 would be required to give ties are 'becoming informed a3 to important he has met with reasonable success, but this 783.69 in 1882, were $11,784,253.58 foe. harbor facilities at ports from whence details regarding the condition and manage uue uu i aum & muu* check. uuc^n u^iu u^* is not contemplated by such a system that Minnesota such a representation as would do details regarding the condition and manage- does not "afford a suitable upon their the year ending June 30,1884. The average the ores are shipped abroad. Such expressions ment of their county affairs, the manner and mutual action,'' because tiie laws, as they every load of wheat shall be subjected to her credit There was no appropriation earnings per mile had increased from from your body, addressed to congress now stand, "have taken what only can prove scientific tests, but that the svstem shall be cost of the care and maintenance of thencounty available for the purpose, and the conditions $o,642.24 to $5,924.77 in two rears whilethe as may best command its attention in these to be an npequate check out of the hands of controlled and directed by an intelligence poor and other dependents, were not favorable forprocuring the amount average oneratinar expenses had been interests, are among the duties devolving any co-ordinate and independent officer, and that shall secure to the farmer offering and, by the correction of errors required by private subscription. Believing reduced from $3,068.90 to $3,004.28. The upon you. The "river commission," to whose placed it solely in the hands of the very for sale the best qualities of grain such and abuses of administration, to the people of the state would willingly assume average cost ot construction of the roads in report reference is here made, has been of officer in regard to whose account the check which attention is thus directed, they will be omcer regaru vo wnose account me cnecK advantage as superior husbandry should the cost, and being .fortified in this belief this state, including equipment, as represented much service to the state in tins behalf, and enabled to save large sums in the adoption is necessary to be devised." The theory of always command. by the fact that the legislature of 1881 by their issues ot* bonds and Rtook, is I recommend a continuance of the annual of more discriminating and economical our system relative to the collection and dis- more made an appropriation of $25,000 for a given by the commissionerg at $40.094.06bs appropriation of $1,000 for its use. BAILBOAD& operatin expense -urtvUoHrrnrrinrr mora tribution of public funds is, that the county methods of expenditure while bringing more world's exposition then in contemplation, per mile. The average earnings of the same Nothing will engage your attention of such auditor shall act as a check upon all transactions humanizing influences to pervade the management but which was not held, I appealed lasgtetwelve ADMISSION OF DAKOTA. tor thaev months' report exceed vital import to a very large part of our population era of the county treasnrer. In practice of county institutions. In the exercise to several of the principal cities The rapidity of the later grrowth of the as questions of railroad legislation. he is in no sense any check whatever, as of its advisory functions it has rendered of the state, through their commercial territory on our west has carried it, since its $2,920.49 per mile. The taxes paid to the Many reasons for action seemed to he can audit the treasurer's accounts material aid to the several boards in bodies and leading citizens, for an first application for admission into the Union, state on the gross earnings of the railroadsin exist at the last session, but although the "only by means of data furnished by charge of the 6tate institutions, with whom advance of the required sum, with the assurance far beyond what has hitherto been recognized this state during the past year were subject was considered in committee, so that officer himself." A remedy for the most cordial co-operative relations have that I would recommend an approIiriation as the requisite in population to become $645,735.18. This large amount will be persuasive were the assurances that the railroad this is so apparent and so urgently been maintained. The board have attended at this session to reimburse them, a state. As the area is more than twice steadily increased from the increase of business companies would voluntarily remove the national conferences of charities and demanded by the simplest principles applicable response to this appeal I received 10.- the average in existing states, there is reason upon these roads and from the new every just cause of complaint that nothing corrections annually held, and through the to all business methods, that it would 000 each from the two cities of St. Paul and in the demand for division. But, however, lines, of which a number of important ones was done. In less than a twelvemonth afterwards, secretary orindividual members, spent much seem only necessary to call attention to this Minneapolis, and nearly $5,000 additional it might be divided, one part at least, and are soon to be completed. under the intensified pressure of the time in flue inspection and study of the systems defect in the system to have the remedy from other cities of the state. Four thousand probably both, would have more than the same and some newly developed practices, and methods controlling the charitable promptly applied. I trust that this will be CONCLUSION. dollars was contributed by the management population required for a member of congress. many numerously signed petitions came up Confident that the influence controlling and reformatory institutions of other states. done at this session, as recommended by the of the exposition from the congressional No territorial population has ever from widely extended agricultural sections, your deliberations here will be a desire to They have sought in every way to qualify examiner, even though it may involve some loan. As soon as assured that the been, on the average, better fitted by their asking that an extra session of the legislature serve the best interests of vour constituents themselves thoroughly for the duties imposed innovations in the tax law of the state. Your requisite means would be provided, effective intelligence, their experience or their circumstances.to be called to adopt measures of relief against and trusting that the peopfe of the state may upon them, in which they have taken attention is directed to the flagrant instances measures were adopted to secure the best assume the duties of statehood the oppression of railroad management. great interest, and given their time freely to not be disappointed in their expectation of cited by the examiner, of misappropriation possible illustration of the varied interests than that of Dakota. The interest of Minnesota There were controlling reasons their discharge. The character of the gentlemen such practical remedial legislation at your of public funds by boards of county commissioners. and resources of the state. The result is in her neighbor's elevation in dignity against reconvening that body but constituting the board is a guarantee of hands as shall best promote their prosperity Though these cases are rare, their eminently satisfactory. The state collective and importance is so clear, that it is not to as I called their attention earnestly its future usefulness, and will command for and happiness, I commend the subjects of existence should suggest some security by exhibit is second to none, I am assured, presented be doubted that our senators and members to the subject, so I give it to vou as one its work the confidence and co-operation of this communication to your considerate attention. legislation, against their possible recurrence by any state. It is especially complete of congress will earnestly support which, in my judgment, cannot "lightly be the people of the state. Secretary Hart has F. HUBBARD, in the future. The examiner's statement of in its display of agricultural products, her admission into the Union without incitement manifested much aptitude for the delicate passed over. Whatever reasons for complaint GovernorEXECUTIVE county finances shows receipts for 1884 of fruits, lumber, flour, geological and zoological from us but as it is feared that there and intricate duties of his position, and in of discrimination or extortion there $9,381,126.99, including balance on hand, OFFICE, specimens, and the general industrial interests may develop, in a certain direction, an opposition their.prosecution has shown great industry were two years ago are believed to exist today and disbursements of $7,369,703.59. ST. PAUL, Jan. 7, 1885. of the state, also in the departments thereto, motived chiefly in partisanship, and much enthusiasm. while the evil of certain other praotlces BANKING STATISTICS of education and woman's work. Arrangements perhaps, if the legislature of this state, and rules of management his disclosed its are summarized as follows: The British Franchise BUI. PUBLIC HEAJ/TH. are perfected for a complete display unanimously by the votes of its members of enormity. The assurances of the representatives Increase The state board of health is proving a most London Correspondence New York Nation: of dairy products, and also of live stock, both parties, were to memorialize congress of the companies to your predecessors since 1882. efficient agency in promoting the public The bill goes further than anybody expected poultry, etc., at later dates, designated for in behalf of such action for admission as that the interests of the farmers might safely Number of banks 214 3(5 health In the treatment of epidemic diseases six months ago, or than could have been exhibitions in those departments. A large Dakota desires, not inconsistent with former be left to their discretion has proved delusive. Cap. stock (149 banks).$15,904,754 $6,553,537 and the supervision and direction of divined from Mr. Glands-cone's earlier statements. number of private exhibitors from the state precedents in regard to new states, it might As might be expected, those who manage Surplusfund (84b'nks) 2,300,144 699,167 general sanitary work throughout the state, It is not a reform, but a revolution. have also made entries for premiums in the tend to secure for the question consideration Deposits (86 banks)... 27,284,117 4,573,812 the great railroads are intent,firstand the board has rendered invaluable service It takes away 160 seats from the smaller competitive departments of the exposition. above that of party gain, from the standpoint Loana and discounts chiefly, upon subserving the interests of their within the past two years. They have had boroughs, depiivmg some ot* separate representation, For especial use in connection with the (86 banks) 37,572,756 10,423,432 of the public good. stockholders. They seek economy, profit to deal with seventeen distinct outbreaks (i. e., merging their voters in the state exhibit at the exposition, anew and Of the above banks, 48 are national, 32 and convenience in operating their lines. The prohibition by the constitution of certain of. small pox, some of which, being in lumber general mass of county voters,) and taking enlarged edition of the pamphlet descriptive state, 6 savings, and 128 private. The figures Profit and certainly convenience, some of kinds of special legislation imposes upon camps and unorganized counties, could away one member from others which till now of Minnesota was authorized by the board of given being for less than one-half the them think, will be secured as to freights, by you the duty which should no longer be delayed not have been controlled by local authority. have returned two members. The lower immigration, and prepared under the supervision bank* of the state, are not very satisfactory, large, frequent and easily regulated shipments of completing the provision for such In every instance, by prompt and peremptory limit for separate boroiurh representation is of the secretary, Mr. H. H. Young. as showing the resources and liabilities of under contracts with a small number cases by the enactment of general laws. action, they have isolated and subdued fixed at a population of *15,000, and of boroughs The new work contains over two hundred these institutions. The increase in the several of shippers, and therefore their management The population of Lake county, almost entirely the disease. Several aggravated outbreaks with two members at about 50,000. pages, with many illustrations, and a revised iteuiB will indicate to some extent, however, aims to enccurage such. If this tends to clustered about the port and railway of diphtheria whicn threatened the decimation Of these 160 seats a few are given to new map of the state. The enlargment, affording their growth in business. build up a monopoly at every station, or one station, Two Harbors, need such a law to of entire communities, have, by a rigid boroughs, a much larger number arc added-^ more full descriptions of counties and monopoly existing along their whole line, INSURANCE STATISTICS. bring to them the county seat from Beaver system of quarantine and disinfection, been to the great cities with a population exceeding towns, makes this the most valuable publication The growth of the insurance business of and making itself cruelly felt at every station, Bay, thirty miles distant. checked and brought under control. A few 165,000, and a still larger number to the ever made by the board. The first the state furnishes cumulative evidence of that result is not, they say, apart of cases of infectious diseases of domestic aniimals The encouragement of timber culture has counties, becase these last are having their edition was 20,000 copies. It is believed our rapid material development. The report their intention they regret it if it is really have received the attention of the been for years the policy of the state. It voters far more than doubled in number by that a much larger number in addition can of the insurance commissioner furnishes the oppressive, and hope it will not always be 'board, and valuable counsel and assistance will be equally wise to preserve by the best the extension to them of the household be advantageously used. I feel that I do not following comparative statement: so, and call you to witness that, at the very have been rendered in the treatment means our existing forests against wanton suffrage which has hitherto been confined need to present to you the importance to worst, their road is a great blessing to the Risks Premiums Losses of the diseased animals, and the or heedless destruction. Fires on lands to the boroughs. The magnitude our state, to all her people and interests,of a written. received, incurred. farmera They tell you that wholesalers are protection of herds exposed to the infection. from which the timber has been mostly of the change may be measured by proper presentation, such as has been made, 1883 $188,063,006 $2,457,825 $1,920,192 accorded an advantage in rates and facilities All sanitary authorities agree as to cleared, are among the greatest disasters. the fact that the great reform bill of at this exposition. That its beneficial 1881 122,070,500 1,596,353 914,950 the world over, citing the examples of individuals the probability of the appearance of cholera Some anxiety is felt among those who appreciate 1832 reallotted only 143 seats, 17 less tJvan^ results will be felt in years who have received nothing from in this country the present year. Our state Increase. $65,992,506 $861,472 $1,005,243 the influence of abundant forests this bill. However, this change is not ihat'' to come in the extent and character ri^ the public and are under no obligations to 'board of health should be clothed with authority The increase, as indicated by this statement, as to the effects of the submersion of timber which has excited the most interest Something of the immigration that will be the public, as a precedent for a company and given command of resources is greater than the entire insurance lands by the reservoirs about the sources of of the sort was foreseen, was indeed directed to our state, and in the promotion created by the commonwealth to serve the sufficient to deal with this dreaded scourge, business of the state seven years ago. A the Mississippi. An interesting inquiry was inevitable, though few people expected the of relations of comity with our sister states common weal, and bound by law, as well as i In the event of its appearance among us. striking and not altogether pleasant feature begun in that regard by a committee of the disfranchisement to be so bold. A point on of the republic, there can be no question. It the logic of its creation, not to discriminate, This will contemplate legislation looking to of this showing is the great disproportion of American Forestry association, whose chairman which far greater uncertainty existed wa is with confidence, therefore, that I recommend not to deal unequally, not to restrict its obligation a thorough sanitary Inspection and an improved losses to premiums andrisks from which the visited the region last summer, accomJanied as to the arrangements for representing the an appropriation of $25,000 to reimburse of common carriage. sanitary organization throughout the commissioner demonstrates that the business by the state land agent, Mr. W. P. big cities and the counties. Hithertj no the gentlemen who have become responsible TKANSIT EVILS. state. The duties of local health officers, in Minnesota has not of late been remunerative ewett A copy of their report is transmitted city (except the ancient city ot London, with for that amount, and but for measures to be adopted for the disposal of to the companies. His conclusions herewith. its four members) has had more than three, whose public-spirited and patriotic action Beside the practices above hinted at, which filth, protection of the water supply and the as to the cause of such excessive fire members, and those with three (Liverpool,. the gratifying results accomplished would STATE INSPECTION OF GRAIN. tend to establish monopolies by giving some control of offensive trades, are all questions losses, and suggestions as to their prevention, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow) not have been possible. Incident to the subject I venture to repeat the recommendations shippers advantages over others, another involved in the general subject, and should present a subject for serious reflection. have returned their members en bloc, not of state exhibitions may be mentioned made to the legislature of 1843, regarding a exists upon some lines, in accordance witi be met by clear and explicit enactments, The revenues of the state have been augmented by districts, although each voter has been the success of the State Horticultural society system of state inspection of grain. In my which an owner of wheat who wishes to send with sufficient penalties for the violation of by taxes and fees collected through alowed to vote for two only, so asto give the* at the meeting of the American Pomological communication to that body, I remarked it to any point on the line must pay the their provisions. To make this work effective the commissioner's department the past two inferior party, where it is considerable, ono society, last year, at Philadelphia, when, that: charges for carrying it over the whole road. a special appropriation will be required, to years, as follows: member and the dominant party two. Now. with a selection from the best orchards in The grievous compalints of the agricultural He may then stop his wheat where he be usea under proper restrictions and limitations these large cities receive several additional, the state, it secured the high honor of the Fees. Taxes. Total. class in some sections of the state in regard to chooses, and sell his transit, or remaining as suggested by the board in their report members. Liverpool is to have nine in all, Wilder medal, a prize only to be won by displays 1883 $7,352 $47,952 81 $55,194 47 warehousing and grradim? of strain, is a subject freight right, for what he can get This is The rapid increase of the stock interest Manchester six, Glasgow and Birmingham 1884 7,557 59,590 38 67,167 38 which are of supreme merit even in that demands attention. The abuses complained defended on the ground that the wheat, or of the state suggests some legislation for seven each,Leeds and Sheffield five each, and the opinion of experts. The medal has been of are of a character that cannot be ignored, HTSTOBICAL, SOCIETY. its product, must go by some transportation the protection-of our numerousand valuable so-forth, while the ten parliamentary boroughs though they may not be fully sustained by the The historical society has measurably recovered deposited in the office of the secretary of line to that terminal point, Chicago or Milwaukee, herds from the infectious diseases that have which now make up London, facts in all cases. It is equally in the interest of from the disaster it met in the burning Btate. and that the company which first the buyer as well as the seller of grain, that wrought havoc the past year in other states. and which, taken together, return 22 members, of the capitol in 1881. Many of the has it is entitled to devise any possible plan some system be devised by which the differences The board of health is the proper agency are in the future to be represented by THE THIRD STATE CENSUS. archaeological and historical specimens destroyed arising between them may be arbitrated and to keep it, without having, at any intermediate through which to operate in this matter. 45. The bill proposes to cut up these cities According to the constitution of the state, could not be replaced, as their duplicates settled through agencies entirely disinterested. point, to compete for its further carriage Authority should be given them to employ into equal electoral divisions, each of which an enumeration of the inhabitants must be do not exist. Other valuable contributions The farmer now complains that he has no option with other rival lines. Every argument competent veterinary surgeons when necessary, is to return one member only and the same made the present year. The congress, in have been made to its museum, however, or appeal in the transaction involving the disposition to justify the demand fornpayment shipper fo and to take the other steps required to treatment is meted out to the English counties providing for the third and subsequent censuses, to an extent sufficient to restore the whe the of his product, but must perforce accept Chicago,4 carrying grain to prevent or suppress such diseases. The and county divisions, which, from having bv act of March 3,1870, wished, also, the judgment of the buyer as to its quality and variety and attractiveness of its collections. only wants it carried to some intermediate vital statistics of the state as now collected had usually twoin some cases three to induce the states to adopt the same value. A system of stateinspection which comprehends Its loss of publications has been substantially point, would justify the exaction of transit are imperfect and unsatisfactory. I believe the fixing of grades of grain and the members each, are now to be arranged into schedules of enumeration in their respective made good, and further valuable additions ra*9S to the seaboard instead of Chicago, if adoption of rules regulating the management of they could be made more complete and useful divisions with one member each. These aresweeping censures, to be made at the mean of time between made to its library within the past two the company could possess itself of the control elevators and warehouses, has been tried with if collected under a system devised and changes, which disturb all our old the censuses of the United States, so years. It has now over 11,000 volumes of success in other states. I recommend a careful of a continuous line thither. Another controlled by the state board of health. Important ideas and habits, and affect the large majority that the federal and state systems together standard works upon its shelves, and a number consideration of this subject upon vour part, rule by which producers have grievously investigations relative to the character of members of the house of commons, would form one series of similar, quinquennial of unbound volumes sufficient to swell and an examination of the methods and results suffered, is that adopted by some roads of illuminating oils brought into the state displacing some, altering the constituencies enumerations. The act referred to offers the total to 22,090, all of which are being of such a system in its operation elsewhere, with to receive no wheat upon its cars except have been made the past year by the secretary of others. The third notable feature of the to the states which conform theirs to the thoroughly catalogued by an expert The a view to its adaptation to the exigencies of the from elevators of a given minimum capacity. of the board, which are fully detailed in scheme is the proposal to add eighteen members federal schedules a sum calculated to be half situation in this state. secretary regrets that the newspapers The managers allege that a regulation his report, accompanied with practical recommendations to the house of commons, bringing its the cost of such enumeration. The amount throughout the state do not more generally I think I may assume that the experience of that kind is necessary to the proper performance for the protection of the public number up to 670. Six of theso are allotted which this Btate would be entitled to is $31,- contribute their journals to the permanent of the past two years has given emphasis to of their obligation to carry the against the importation of inferior goods. to England and twelve to Scotland, which 497.02. That sum would not make up the collections of the society. As chronicles of the expressions above quoted. Indeed, the freight which may be offered them for The increased labors imposed upon the board has been much under-represented. The increased cost of the desired census over the current hi3tory of the commonwealth, demand for such regulation and restraint in transportation with due dispatch that elevators by the growth of the state, and the enlarged motive is the wish to avoid the resistance of such a one as that of 1875. But the more he believes they will prove invaluable annals the inspection and warehousing of grain as a of at least the capacity prescribed are scope of its duties, calls for a moderate increase the Irish and Welsh members to a reduction expensive one would contain all the injudicious to succeeding generations. The rapid accuof legislative enactment may provide necessary for the expeditious handling and in the annual appropriation for itsmulations of the representation of each of those countriessxeater formation now obtained under the laws its library and museum will is so general and imperative that you cannot loading of the grain that the demand for use. The recommendations in this regard, in proportion to its population for collecting and returning agricultural soon demand the increased accommodations longer ignore it The subject should receive cars when a great crop is to be moved, can and upon those matters relating to sanitary than that of England and Scotland and vital statistics, and in case it were made, which a separate structure will furnish, and early attention, that your efforts may not scarcely be supplied even when they are occupied questions in which our entire people are interested, the operation of those laws might be suspended for which an eligible site was secured some fail for want of considerate action. You the least time in loading and that by have my approval. for one year, and the expenses under years since, and a considerable subscription cannot expect to devise a system that will any other manner of handling the grain them be saved. From estimates of the county is already pledged. Gladstone's Birthday. MIWTIA. meet the views of every one who may have there would be great loss in the service obtained auditors it appears the assessors of the state The legislature of 1883 enacted a militia earnest convictions upon the subject, but London Cable: Mr. Gladstone passed his from their rolling stock As a consequence LOOS AND LUMBER. were paid in the aggregate, on account of code which provided for the organization of you can certainly provide for the correction The following statistics of the lumber interests seventy-fifth birthday Monday at Hawarden of this impossibility of getting agricultural statistics in 1884, the sum of two regiments of infantry and one battery to a large extent of those practices and of the state are furnished by the surveyors castle, live miles from Chester, the quaintest their purchases to market whenever desired, $17,000. For vital statistics for the same of artillery, to constitute the national guard abuses so generally complained of, and that general of the districts named, as required old city in England. The festivities of the buyers, it is said, could' not maintain year, town clerks received about $10,600- of the state. It required seven companies by law: have obtained byreason of the absence of day were strictly of a family nature, with county clerks, about $4,240. This aggregate of infantry in addition to the then existing S[uch legal, restraint. While every one must recognize rices, and farmers would suffer the loss, the exception in favor of forty old women of /-Feet Logs Scaled, saving by suspending the collection of organization to eomplete the quota authorized the fact that the inexorable law of of this is, or has been, true, and such the parish, who were invited to tea at the 1883. 1884. these statistics under the present laws for by the act. Within the year following supply and demand as a rule governs values considerations may be accepted as a sufficient First district 283,901,470 287,224,770 castle in honor of the day by the premier's one year ($32,000), added to the federal contingent, this was made up, giving an aggregate enl of all food products in the great markets of Second district 279,064,440 explanation or apology for the errors of the 306,024,950 son, the Bev. Stephen Gladstone, rector of would certainly exceed the increased listment of 1,263 officers and men, and the Fifth district 59,237,330 97,979,430 the world, yet the question of inspection and companies in once adopting the practice to the little Hawarden churoh that shows its cost of the enlarged schedules. Nearly the eutire force has been provided with the most grading has much to do in adjusting and determining rid themselves of an inconvenience but Gothic tower from behind the trees adjoining Totals. same would be true of the cost of printing .622,203,240 691,229,150 improved arms and equipments in use by such values. The loss of a grade they are not sufficient to maintain it, after it his father's estate. Perhaps the most interesting The towns pay the assessors, and themeans -Ft. Lumber Manuftured-^ the general government. Annual encampments a reduction in price. A fictitious depreciation has been found to deprive the producers person in the little family gathering counties the clerks for the services here 1883. 1884 have been held as contemplated by of quality by an arbitrary inspection whom they were created to serve, of the was the lady whom the young rector is First district 164,989,867 spoken of, and it is easily feasible, if desirable, 144,329,000 the code, the details of which are furnished results in a serious loss to the owner of the competition among buyers which ought soon to marryMiss Mary Wi!son, the Second district 398,178,995 414,270,514 to leave the same burdens upon in the report of the adjutant general. la property thus discriminated against. While everywhere to exist, because it is the natural daughter of a Liverpool doctor of Fifth district 182,450,000 224,883,300 the counties, by charging them with the pleased to be able to report that the guard it is unquestionably true that an open mar and only means to maintain just grades and large practice and means, but a savago payment of the compensation of theket, is in a satisfactory state of discipline and pricese.' reasonablee dispatch railroadancomt a with free competition at primary receiv Totals 745.618,862 fair The duty of th 783,482,814 alik Tory. But Mr. Gladstone forgives her here- enumerators for filling up the second and efficiency. The value to the state of a moderate 1 a1 panies as common earners is to transport sies, remembering that he was"born in Liver- fifth schedules, which embrace the agricultural FISH CULTUKE. military establishment was demonstrated for all alikerates...reasonablereasonable with dispatch and at The work of the fish commission has been to o?Jff%nff eviAfnoW exX^vefa'S l. was educated in the Tory faith, and for and vital statistics, and properly proportioning on the occasion of the fires at the SSSfi&^l*^ reasonable What are rates poo reasonable rates Wha tar reasonahlf i rnt* much extended the past two years, and considerable ItaSrtTiXo ofn the rates of compensation for all standard inspection, that shall secure to prison last January. Detachments from ti Bom and reasonable dispatch depends on the circumstances ti additions made to the state hatchery, it.e iThe marriage promn, theschedulea A change in the manner of ises to be a happe on all respects eve prac the small shipper at remote stations an impartial the First regiment rendered invaluable aid in of the case, but the obligation to greatly increasing its capacity for the collecting vital statistics is elsewhere referred as regards money, for young Mr. Gladstone grading of his property in any market preserving order andpreventing any attempt propagation of its product. carry for all alike is absolute under all circumstances. to. Some change seems necessary in draws over $15,000 a year from his church of the state where it rray be consigned of the convicts to escape during the No increased dispatch, no reduced The distribution among the waters of the regard to the agricultural statistics to obtain worknot a bad beginning for a young^ for sale, is demanded by the simplest fundamental progress of and subsequent to the fires. The rate to some, will justify any practice state has been as follows: more accurate results. A good manv bridegroom of promise. The road from principles attaching to the rights of presence of a considerable force of armed which works discrimination, or a restriction county auditors agree that, for various reasons, Hawarden castle to Chester was alive from 1883 property. This question is not involved in men doubtless had a salutary moral effect 1884. of his free right, to any. the assessors in their counties give little Whitefish 4,990,000 morning till night with special messengers sucn complications that it should prove upon the inmates of the prison certainly no 4,950,000 The people look toyou to adopt laws which Landlocked salmon 19,000 care to this part of their work. Insufficient to the prime minister, who received no less difficult of solution. Probably the simpler such efficient force could have been organized Lake Superior trout 92,000 shall interdict and terminate all these practices. pay for their time does the mischief than 150 telegrams, from every porno of the 167,000 the system adopted, if it comprehends the from among our citizens as the militia Brook trout... 147,100 The details of the legislation which in some towns. Prejudice against the publication 340,000 compass, from the Cape of Good Hope principles requisite to make it effective, the furnished, to guard the convicts while the 4 Germaucarp 4,500 will accomplishit, will be yours to elaborate. of such facts affects some. The to the Bocky mountains. His congratulation more satisfactory it will prove its practical affairs of the prison were in confusion. For Westeratrout everryrstation,^a1n^thatpreference,o fromsthe politicalall clubs and reforo organiza- 9,000 It is my duty to recommend you aim changes which have sometimes been made came from conditions mankind operation. You have the experience of nearly a week of very severe weather they seoure, at open and unrestricted before publication, in the most carefully from xhe prince of Wales to the dock laborers 1 other states to aid you in the application of Totals 5,252,600 5,466,000 creditably discharged the most exacting wl market, the right of shipment for made returns have contributed to the same at Hollyhead. The greater part came practical remedies for a recognized and ad duties that soldiers are called upon to perform. The suggestions of the commissioners regarding 2 any and all, without partiality or preference end. It is due to the officers and people of from the political clubs and reform organiza- an The subsistence and per diem of the mitted grievance. Your are specially charged the necessity for protection to the many towns to say that in some counties the men for this service, and also the cost of by your constituents with th^e dutuy of providing food fishes of our waters deserve attention. by joufconstituent witoeo^KS 533E^ a' ??5 ?L **&. l nation equal and reasonable rates, to any case appears to be different It is worth their transportation, amounting in the as tered with birthday gifts of every description, relief from the further imposition of Their wanton destruction in recent years desired destination. The prosperity of the your while to consider how to procure the gregate to $3,457.46, was paid from the from some two hundred correspondents, abuses that have become intolerable, and I unless checked, threatens the speedy extinct companies depends largely upon the prosperity making of returns which shall correctly represent national guard fund. As no such extraordi- from a penwiper to a silver ax Every venture to remind you that it should oe tion of some of the most desirable species of of the people along their lines. You the facts they are intended to make S?f7 expenses are properly chargeable to country of the world seemed to have chosen among the first acts of your body to address hah that inhabit our lakes and streams, will not, therefore, evince hostility to thea known. that fund, it should be reimbursed by a representative article as a tribute to his yourself to its fearless and contentions discharge. roads by releasing the people from the THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION. special appropriation, as recommended bv genius and courage. His daughter, who relieved uesfced by the Onmayo 27thf Minn shackles of monopoly which fetter their Pursuant to the provisions of an act of congress eg. the adjutant general. the of July the venerable premier of the chief IMPBOVEMENTS OF WESTERN RIVERS ASM HAR- was,r It is the conviction of some whose relations prosperity. approved Feb. 10, 1883, "to encourage work of entertaining the callers, referred BORS. to this subject have been of a character the holding of a world's industrial and FBEIGHT TARIFF. with pardonable pride to the striking evidence I transmit herewith a report of the "state to induce thoughtful investigation The producers of our state have been of the people's love for him. Mr.' commissioners for the improvement of the Bghestnanpeople that our should take an advanced greatly disappointed by the failure of the Gladstone, in spite of his seventy-five years, Mississippi river," in which the interests of sitio upon this question, and bring the railroad companies to adjust their tariffs the looked a younger man than most hardworked our state in connection with the expenditures most practical intelligence into past year to conform to the changed conditions New Yorkers at fifty. He has his by the general government for theservice in determining grades and values of in tne general business of the country. slight stoop, and his hair is fast turningwhite, improvement of Western rivers and harbors our grain. It must be conceded that the They justly complain that charges for transportation but his eye is as bright, his mouth are practically considered. lb is of greai cereal productions of the Northwest have are out of proportion to the value firm, and his hand, whether with pen or axy interest to Minnesota and the Northwest, intrinsic merits not possessed by those of the commodities transported. While that the system under which work has been as steady as ever. His conversation, which grown in countries where the best elements the prices of grain have declined to a point prosecuted since 1878, for the improvement in copiousness resembles that of CharlesSumner lence, and certainly had a reassuring effect of the soil have been eliminated by many thereof,a commissioner andan alternate commissioner that affords no profit to the farmer under of navigation on the upper Mississippi from and in critical nicety that of Boscoe tipon peaceable citizens of the city! Such years of continuous cultivation. I is a well for each state and territorv, whose the most favorable conditions for marketing St Paul to the Des Moines rapids, should be Conkling, shows not the faintest trace of occurrences, likely to transpire at anytime known fact that our wheat or its product is special function shall be to represent the his crop, the charges for transportation prevailing developed as rapidly as possible, until its senility. He was, of course, unwilling to demonstrate the usefulness of an effective largely used in mixing processes, whereby it interests of their several communities at the in former years have been substantially lull benefits are realized. Results already have any subject broached that in any wayresembled military organization. The returns of he is made to contribute essential qualities to proposed exposition. In pursuance thereof accomplished assure the certainty of a channel maintained. A slight reduction may several companies show that aside from the politica the inferior wheats grown in other climates. in January last Oliver Gibbs, Jr., of Lake of sufficient depth to accommodate the have been made in some instances, as a mt Some of the most practical and scientific City, wasAdam8. appointed.commissioner, and CoL largest upper river steamers during all seasons grudging concession to popular clamor, yet fc^l7a' ^2,726.63. in mamtaming The Tower oi Babel. ffiKS manufacturers of flour employ experts to f', Sam. E. Adams of Minneapolis,*alternate- of an open river. The competition of it has not been sufficient to afford appreciable Bam Paris Cable: One of the most striking theii organization inT excess and*par test by analysis all grain used by them, and water routes everywhere is the great relief in this regard. From many As the plann features of the exhibition in 1889 will be the allowance male them by thestit* n*S commissioner of Minnesota. through the combination of certain elements Wer i regulator of rates of transportation, points in the state, one-half the value of a vw great tower of Babel, which is now in course 1 vltkUO secure the best possible results in their 01 loa and always a check and restraint adjutant general's re^ wffl%o^voSE SS'Xf J!f bushel of wheat is taken for its transportation of erection. It will be 1,000 feet high 0q0 S' product A system of inspection that would ***r1 congress by subsequent act upon combinations that seek to maintain a 00 to Chicago, while from remote stations tlcular1 (nearly the fifth of a mile), 330 feet wide at ^presentatio in the to all the details of the iruar0d ImnmSi JSHJ? 5ESS STESES'H *l I in like mannerbring to its aid the knowledge monopoly in the carrying trade. With such the freight and accompanying charges upon lnita thebase, and gradually tapering to 30 feet 8 and also the tmi& so far as may be usefully employed, 7 assurances and protection to navigation as certain kinds and grades of grain, amount 0ve at the summit The whole structure will be ?!iwS forpensiona He has procured"ti7eS allow! ^ataon, Provided a further sum gained by such mechanical or chemical the complete development of tins system relativf to the proscutio pasto twoo fTSs yearsi"m *~5 almost to a confiscation of the property. The surmounted by a glass pavilion, serving for exhibition, 1 became satisfied that the scone ance $200,501 the and analysis of our cereal productions contemplates, the certain channel for the grosp injustice of this policy doesnot require an electric lighthouse and observatory. The has 1,702 cases of that character yet in bis and purposes of the exposition were thorpugfily as would demonstrate their export of our surplus products would be the illustration. In times of general depression charge. national in their character, and that enormous height of this structure can be superiority, would doubtless result in establishing Mississippi river via the gulf, and at a cost there should be, so far as maybe practicable it would be productive of results of much better appreciated by comparison. The Milan y,V PUiBIJC EXAMINER. for transportation of but a fraction now paid a high standard of grades for our an equitable distribution of burdens. When significance to all parts of the country. Remembering cathedral, to the top of the statue of tho The act creating the office of public examiner under prevailing railroad tariffs in their tod grain. It may be said that such grades are values of agricultural products prove remunerative with painful regret, as evenr Madonna, is 355 feet St Paul's, London, to and presc.ibing his duties, provides, carriage to the seaboard. A moderate expenditure, not known in the great markets of the country, to the farmer, he willingly pays patriotic Minnesotian must, the failure of the top of the cross. 404 feet St Peter's, among other things, that "heshall'order and &' as shown by estimates of government and would not be recognized bv their liberal rates for their transportation but tt^S&ra^^ Presentation of Borne, to the top of the cross 448 feet, and engineers, upon the Red River of the commercial bodies. Let it become knowu when prices barely pay the cost of product Strasburg cathedral, to the top of its wonderfuljfret-work North, would greatly improve its navigable that Minnesota has a system of inspection by tion, he certainly should not be compelled spire, 468 feet, or not one-hal* which her wheat is classified according to Its "tower.