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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (MICHIGAN.) 



gomery; Associate Justices, Frank A. Hooker, 

 Joseph B. Moore, Charles D. Long, Claudius B. 

 Grant; Clerk, C. C. Hopkins all Republicans. 



The term of the State officers is two years; 

 they are elected in November of the even-num- 

 bered years. The Legislature, consisting of 32 

 Senators and 100 Representatives, meets bienni- 

 ally in January of the odd-numbered years. 



Finances. The receipts of the treasury in the 

 year ending June 30 were $5,875,973, and the dis- 

 bursements $5,700,007. The balance remaining 

 was $2,627,523, of which $2,097,704 was in the 

 general fund. 



The aggregate State tax for 1901 was $3,835,- 

 844.97. The various objects for which the tax is 

 levied, together with the amount each \vill re- 

 ceive, are as follow: University, $457,525; Agri- 

 cultural College, $100,000; State Normal College, 

 $118,516.40; Central Normal School, $91,250; 

 Northern Normal School, $79,130; College of 

 Mines, $88,812.50; State Library, $13,875; Sol- 

 diers' Home, $18,205; Home for the Feeble-Mind- 

 ed and Epileptic, $156,350; State Public School, 

 $61,250; School for the Deaf, $138,500.16; School 

 for the Blind, $41,728.75; Michigan Asylum, $40,- 

 643.12; Eastern Asylum, $16,000; Northern Asy- 

 lum, $52,644; Upper Peninsula Asylum, $92,051.- 

 50; State Asylum, $82,900; State Prison, $8,000; 

 Michigan Reformatory, $16,635; Industrial School 

 for Boys, $121,750; Industrial Home for Girls, 

 $98,046.75; State Fish Commission, $45,155; com- 

 piling and copying records of Adjutant-General's 

 office, $12,500; Dairy and Food Commission, 

 $26,500; State Dairymen's Association, $3,000; 

 State Library Commission, $8,000; National 

 Guard, $121,149.10; Naval Brigade, $20,511.06; 

 State Board of Health, $6,500; State Weather 

 Service, $1,000; war loan of 1898, $197,262.50; 

 Pan-American Exposition, $43,000; State Agricul- 

 tural Society, $4,500; Horticultural Society, 

 $1,500; Geological Survey, $2,800; bronze medals 

 for Spanish War veterans, $4,000; current ex- 

 penses of prisons, $70,000 ; current expenses of 

 asylums, $540,758.13; general purposes, $700,000. 



The total valuation of the State as equalized 

 in 1901 is $1,578,100,000. 



The State had a Spanish War claim against 

 the Government of $446,000, of which $358,000 

 has been paid. The Government has a counter- 

 claim for $68,000 of the Sault Canal fund. 



Education. The school population in 1900 

 was 721,698. The enrolment in the graded schools 

 was 301,275, and in the ungraded schools 203,710. 

 There were 9,651 non-resident pupils enrolled in 

 the graded schools, and 7,555 in the ungraded 

 schools. The average duration in months of 

 graded schools was 8.54, and in ungraded schools 

 8.17. The estimated number of pupils attending 

 private, select, or parochial schools was 52,239; 

 the number of teachers necessary to supply the 

 graded schools, 6,815; number necessary to sup- 

 ply the ungraded schools, 6,452. 



There were 3,240 male teachers in public schools, 

 and 12,684 female. The average monthly wages 

 of men were $46.73; of women, $35.71. 



The report of the Agricultural College for the 

 year ending June 30 shows current expenses 

 amounting to $96,303.37. The total attendance 

 of full-course students was 556, an increase of 5 

 over the preceding year. In the short courses 

 were 91, an increase of 20. 



The number of townships reporting libraries 

 was 426; number of districts reporting libraries, 

 3,658; number of volumes in township libraries, 

 7,177; number of volumes in district libraries 

 809,590. 



The attendance at the University of Michigan, 



at Ann Arbor, in 1901 was 3,482, not counting 

 those who attended the summer school, which is 

 an increase of 178 over the year before. 



The Detroit branch of the International Asso- 

 ciation of Machinists, on June 15, forwarded to 

 the president of the university a protest against 

 the plan of certain Detroit employers of hiring 

 undergraduates of the university to fill the places 

 of striking machinists. 



Militia. By the law that passed the Legisla- 

 ture this year for the reorganization of the Na- 

 tional Guard, the Governor now has greater 

 power; the membership of the Military Board is 

 increased by the addition of the brigadier-general 

 and the commandant of the Naval Reserves; the 

 board is empowered to increase the number of 

 military companies to more than 40, and to mus- 

 ter in a company of colored troops; the State en- 

 campment will last ten days instead of six; and 

 a more rigid military government will be the re- 

 sult of the new law. The allotment to the State 

 from the Government appropriation for militia 

 is $29,728.55. 



Products and Industries. The coal-fields 

 produced 843,476 tons in 1900. It was estimated 

 that the product in 1901 would be 1,000,000 tons. 

 The Labor Commissioner's canvass of about 80 

 per cent, of the coal-mine employees in 1900 gave 

 the following statistics: Number of mines can- 

 vassed, 25; number of employees, 1,311; average 

 age, 31.6; number native born, 693; number for- 

 eign born, 613; whole number of persons sup- 

 ported by those canvassed, 3,868; average for 

 each employee, 3; average hours worked per day, 

 8.1; average number of days worked per month. 

 20.2; average daily wages, $1.91; number who 

 save from their earnings, 444; number who can 

 not save, 867. The average daily wages of $1.91 

 is an increase of 21 cents over the average daily 

 wages of the previous year. The number of coal- 

 mines in operation on Dec. 1, 1900, was 31; aver- 

 age in operation during the year, 25; average 

 number of persons employed in all mines, 1,638. 



The report of the Salt Inspector shows that 

 there are 65 salt-blocks in the State, with a total 

 capacity of 9,500,000 barrels of salt annually if 

 worked to their full capacity. Sixty-two of these 

 plants were operated during the year ending Nov. 

 30, 1901, and the amount inspected was 5,580,101 

 barrels. 



The State is credited with a product in 1901 of 

 gold to the value of $29,000, and 120,000 ounces 

 of silver. 



The number of sheep in the State was 1,624,000. 



The commissioner says few citizens know any- 

 thing of the chicory industry, much less that 

 there are in Michigan 7 factories, with a daily 

 capacity of 190 tons of chicory root and an aggre- 

 gate capital of $175,000. Two of these factories 

 manufacture the article complete, putting it on 

 the market ready for use. The others merely 

 slice and evaporate the water from the roots, 

 selling the dried product in bulk. 



The flax industry is new to the State, having 

 been started in 1888, and is confined to the coun- 

 ties of St. Clair, Sanilac, and Huron. There are 

 6 factories, using about 4,000 tons of raw mate- 

 rial. The yield averages about 2 tons to the acre; 

 the average price paid to farmers is $10 a ton. 



Insurance. The report on the fire and marine 

 insurance for 1900 shows that 9 joint-stock com- 

 panies were admitted to Michigan and 10 with- 

 drew. Between January and June, 1901, 3 com- 

 panies were admitted, making a total of 159. 

 Three of these are Michigan companies, 111 com- 

 panies of other States, and 45 companies of for- 

 eign countries. 



