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the elective franchise to colored men, they should 

 not forget the women of the country, who are surely 

 as competent to use that power judiciously as those 

 who have so recently been in the degradation of 

 chattel slavery. 



Also the following were adopted : 



Resolved, That so long as woman has no legal ex- 

 istence, just so long will she be compelled to labor 

 without a fair equivalent. 



Resolved, That woman's right to the elective fran- 

 chise would eventually be the means of the entire 

 overthrow of the liquor-traffic throughout the land. 



Whereas, Christianity elevates woman to an equal- 

 ity with man in religious privileges and blessings, in 

 that it declares that in Christ Jesus there is neither 

 male nor female ; and, 



Whereas, The Declaration of American Indepen- 

 dence declares that all men, and, by implication, all 

 women, are born free and equal in all civil, moral, and 

 religious rights and privileges : therefore 



Resolved, That all existing laws and customs, bar- 

 ring woman from any of these rights which men law- 

 fully claim, are relics of barbarism, and should be 

 expunged from our laws and customs. 



IOWA, as a State, is twenty-three years 

 old, and possesses an area of 55,000 square 

 miles, the Mississippi washing the entire length 

 of its eastern boundary, while the Missouri 

 borders it on the west. About ninety per 

 cent, of it is prairie-land, not flat but rolling, 

 and having a common altitude of 1,350 feet 

 above the level of the sea. Its elevations and 

 depressions afford complete drainage. Its soil 

 is rich and elastic, a black loam, from two to 

 six feet deep. 



The population in 1836, was 10,000 ; in 1846, 

 97,000 ; in 1856, 519,000 ; in 1867, 920,000 ; and 

 it is presumed that the census of 1870 will 

 show from 1,100,000 to 1,200,000. 



Only one-third of the land is, as yet, under 

 cultivation ; a portion of the residue can be 

 obtained under the homestead act, while that 

 in the possession of private hands may be ob- 

 tained on easy terms, at from two and a half 

 to ten dollars per acre. 



The soil is congenial to the growth of every 

 product of the temperate zones. 



The following facts, carefully prepared, will 

 make manifest the surprising progress which, 

 in a few years, has been achieved in the State, 

 and which clearly indicates the elements of 

 prosperity and wealth : 



SHIPMENTS OF CATTLE FOB THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 



1864 65,942 



1865 81,999 



1866 78,212 



1867 64846 



1868 82,841 



SHIPMENTS DURING THE YEAR 1868. 



Live hogs No. 431,734 



Lard Ibs. 2,645,829 



Dressed hogs 21,051,187 



Pork " 8,009,835 



Sheep No. 48,464 



Wool Ibs. 2,061,739 



Wheat bush. 19,487,853 



Corn " 2,331,430 



Oats '981817 



Barley " 461,208 



Other cereals " 2,601 ,985 



It is a noticeable fact that, in 1864, the im- 



ports of sheep were ten times greater than the 

 exports ; while in 1868 the imports were 3,688, 

 against exports 48,464. Also that the ship- 

 ments of wheat in 1868 were 5,944,525 bushels 

 more than the entire receipts at Chicago ; 

 while, of live hogs received in that city 

 (1,688,189), Iowa furnished over one-fifth of 

 the number. 



A great scarcity of lumber, salt, and lime, 

 prevails, as will be seen by the 



IMPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1868. 



Lumber and timber feet 167,772,752 



Staves and hoop-poles cords 411 



Lath 10,532,104 



Shingles M. 35,109,452* 



Salt bbls. 1,504,614 



Lime and cement u 1,727 



Ibs. 836,766 



The railroad development commands notice. 

 In 1862 the State possessed only 616 miles of 

 railroad; in 1864, 727; in 1866, 1,060; in 1868, 

 1,370 ; and now, in 1869, it has at least 1,600 

 miles. 



The last Auditor's report shows a permanent 

 school fund of $2,221,497.52 ; the value of the 

 public school-houses is estimated at nearly 

 $5,000,000. In 1867 the pay of school-teach- 

 ers alone amounted to $1,161,653. In the 

 same year there were 6,229 schools, with a 

 total attendance of 251,281. 



From the report of the Auditor of the State 

 the following is presented : 



The balance remaining in the State Treasury 

 at the close of the fiscal year, November 2, 

 1867, was $97,740.45. 



There was received into the State Treasury 

 during the past two years, including the above 

 balance in hand, $2,355,170.08, and the dis- 

 bursements by the State Treasurer during the 

 same period amounted to $2,051,971.23, leav- 

 ing in the State Treasury, October 30, 1869, 

 $303,198.86. 



Of the Des Moines Kiver land claim (special 

 fund) there has been received from the Valley 

 Railroad Company $162,796.17. 



Warrants redeemed and interest allowed on 

 same to November 1st, $158,879.43, leaving a 

 balance in the Treasury of $3,916.74. 



The resources of the State are reported as 

 follows : 



Balance of revenue in State Treasury;. . . $286,160 16 



Balance of State revenue from counties. 432,971 05 

 Balance of Insane Hospital revenue from 



counties 98,699 75 



Balance of Blind Asylum clothing ac- 

 count due from counties 514 67 



Balance of Deaf and Dumb clothing ac- 

 count due from counties " 114 41 



Amount due from banks 101,361 0!) 



Tax of 1869, based on valuation 588,064 44 



Tax of 1870, estimated at two mills 600,000 00 



Railroad tax, estimated for 1870 and 1871 100,000 00 

 Estimated balance due from United States 



taxes of insurance companies 25,000 00 



Total $2,333,883 57 



The bonds of 1858 have all been paid. 

 Those of 186Q (war and defence bonds), and 



