iLi.r 



Jos6 scale, eodlin moth, woolly Aphis green aphis, 

 pear-leaf- blister mile, oystrr-shrll bark louse, apple 

 wail, peach blight, ami diebaclc. 



Irrigation. The Stair engine, r rep 

 000 acres of land under cultivation b\ irn. 

 and 1.S50.000 acres that run be im-aird. Thirty- 

 tiuunani! acre* arc irrigated with water from 

 . 1.088 feet * second I 

 uling for irrigation were ptasvd by 

 ginlaturv. 



Lc*lUti?e S**slon. II- i>r\ II. nfeld. Populitt, 

 was elected United States Senator over I-V 

 DoboK Silver !- in, by a v, i .30. 



Among the I. ilia passed were tin- follow. 

 rig tin* offlrc of assistant Stair . 

 legal rate of interest at ; 



^heep-quarantine system. 



Defining the mnnnrr of local ing placer claim-. 

 Allowing any school di-trict with taxable p-op- 

 erty amounting to $150.000 to organ i/e an inde- 

 pendent di-- 



imbling. 



r a State boanl of arbitration for 

 settling labor troubles. This act pn>\ides that 

 mhnie\er the State board shall be ad\i-ed that a 

 Strike or lockout is threat, ned in a bu-.in.-x , m- 

 r than ^5 persons "it shall In- the 

 duty of the State Uiard to put itself into communi- 

 cation as soon as maybe with such employer and 

 employees, and endeavor by mediation to effect an 

 amicable set t lenient batWWO them or endeavor to 

 persuade them." If a strike has actually occurred, 

 it may investigate it and publish a report Diving 

 1 aligning the responsibility or 

 blame. 



II I.INnls. ' - - . Imittod to the 



181H: area, 56,050 square miles 

 The population, according to each decennial <-.-n- 

 8119. was 55.162 in 1820; 157.445 in 183": i: 

 < in !*.-><): 1.7ll.!.:,| in l-;u : -j 



s-.M in 1S7I : -71 in ISM); an d :!.s-ji;.:;;ii j u 



1890. Capital. Springfield. 



<.<>> eminent. The State officers during the 

 year were: Governor. John K. Taiin-r: Lieutenant 

 Governor. \V. A . Xort he, ,t t : Secret ary of Si . 



-e; Treasurer, Henry L. Hertz: Auditor, J. S. 

 .'lough: Attorney-General, E.('.Aikrn: Adju- 

 tant (Jein-ral.J. N.IJecre; Superintendent of Insur- 

 .'. II. I',. Van Cleave: Superintendent of Kdu- 

 cation, S. M. Inirlis all Republican-. 



Finances.- The total amount of funds in the 

 treasury Oct 1, 1894, was $1.!' 

 ocints from all sources from Oct. 1. 1894, to Oct. 1. 

 1808, were $13,44-,'.".V,.H;. The di-bur^emrnt- from 

 Oct. 1, 1894, to net. 1. 1896, were 

 The balance of all funds in thetn-nM, 1896, 



was $886,346.13. The principal of the* bonded debt 

 r-f the State outstanding <>H. 1. IM;MJ. was $1- 

 Tbese bonds, called in. have ceased to draw in; 

 but have not IKM-II -urrendcred. 



Valuation. A statement nf the -<|ii:li/ed asses* 

 ment of all taxable projK-rty in the State for the 



1896 gives the total valuation as $816.67'.' 

 A later statement of the Board of Kquali/at i..n. 

 r. 1897, shows a decrea-e in the gen- 

 eral awsinent and an increase of $12,000,<x 

 that 00 corporation*, n tl o hundred mid ten rail- 

 are assessed at $78,621.986, a reduction of 

 I 1 jiorfi-nt.fri.in 1MW. A reduction of 

 VJ.2R5 in the taxes on c.-.k County's unclassi- 



rty is shown. In Sangsmon, 

 Menard. Christian. Cast, Macoupin. I., -.-m. M 

 Sholl.v. Champai-n. I \\ it t . (in .-. I'iatt. 



and I 1 . dorroaw of valuation ranping 



from 4> {NT cent, .-n lota ;n M r_-.m County to 5 

 nor cent, on lands in Chri-tian County is nown. 

 The total assessment on the capital stock of :jlO 



corporations other than railroads, added to the 



value of the tangible property, is $15.- 



compann-. ;ind 



al inerea-e in the a-ses-ment of $1.1 1: 

 Of this. CK)k County furni>hes 22 companie- and 



Banks, The report of the State Auditor 

 the number of State bank- in oprraiioi. 



. : >. Tin . M| ital itot 'K ol i 1 .' M bftoki vas sis.. 



lie total r.-,,urce- amounted to $127.\.'!'l.- 

 11. 'tint of I'nited Stati-- b..nd>. including 

 |>remiums, $5 72,796. '><'; other b..nd- and si 

 $10.'J: .'ash on hand. $1-1.7- loans 



anddi-counts.$H:t;j:>' -iri-lu-fun.!^; 



'I : undivided profit-. : 

 profits MI). U5.012.19; imlixiilual 



It! subject toch.vk. $39.7'JM1 1 17, 

 The Auditor issued a statement in August - : 

 ing the comparative increase and decrea-e jr. nu 

 Max 11 to .\iig.2.lSU7. The number of State banks 

 DM inrn-iiM-d to Ml. The amount of loans and 

 unts increased $1> cash <>n hand 



shows a decrease of $700 due from other 



banks, an increase of $1,87:!. 



.ise of $743,893; checks and other 

 ca-h linns, a decrease of $131,873.45; colle<t! 



ase of $1,138,065.01 : capital stork, a decrease 

 of $;J5,000: surplus fund, an increase of 

 dividends unpaid. an increase of $18,056.66; s:; 

 deposits subject to notice, an increase of $!'-.' 

 881.50; individual deposit- subject to check, an in- 

 crease of $2,86- ne certificates of deposita, 

 a decrease of $1,110,0.> '.' I 



Railroads. The State Auditor's report for 

 shows that there arc Hi."i railway -\-tems operating 

 in the State, with KMill mile- Iif inaiii track, l.li:! 

 miles of which are second main track. There are 

 8,528 miles of side track. 



The report i-sued in Augu-t. l v !'7 rail- 



road-.\\ith IM.'.ISJI miles of main track. The annual 

 report of the Illinois Central Railroad forth. 

 ending June 30 showed the gross receipts from 

 trallic to be $22.1Hi.;i:;7; the . I -p. ration 



and taxes. $15.7o5.NS.l ; leaving the net r- 

 from trafllc, $(>.. The income from all 



sources swelled the total net receipts to $s.5::!' 

 The total fixed charges and rental- of tin- 

 were $5,760,698. During the v.-ar S'J.C.'J 

 paid out in dividends, and s'J'-M.jr,! ha- been car- 

 ried forward and set apart as applicable to future 

 dividends. The net receipts from trallic for the 

 year showed a deoreMe o/ $665,514, and the total 

 net receipts from all source* showed a decrease of 

 $419.781 from tin- year ending June :!<>. 1896. 



For July, 1897, the freight earning of the I'.ur- 

 lington road were $2.on|.i>. an increase of > 

 000 over the same month la*t year. The net earn- 

 ings of the road frr the month were $196,43-~>. an 



;se of $99.314 over the -nine month la-t \ 

 Agriculture. On Auir. 1. 1 Board 



riculture reported that !.!:>. IT. 1 R 

 nt. of the total area seeded in wha'. 

 winter killed or destroyed by flood-. l.-aviiiL- but 



the central part of the State, when- but 2:5 per 

 of the fall planting was harvested. The rjiialit y of 

 the yield was good and averaged M bu-hel- to the 

 .11 over tli. -al yield v 



labels. T!i. average price paid to farmer*. 

 Aug. 1, was 67 1 the total value of the 



crop was $.!24.(M3. 



<>at- produced an average yield of 3."i bushel- to 

 the acre greater than for the two previous \ 



i-lanted. and the aver;. - i-rice 



reali/.ed by the farmer was oidy l."i cent- a bu-hel. 

 The total yield ; bushels: estii: 



value, $19,547,410. 



