MINNESOTA. 



Wallace B. Douglas all Republicans except the 

 Governor, who was elected on a fusion ticket 

 of Democrats and Populists: Commissioner of 

 Insurance. J. A. O'Shaughnessy : Adjutant Gen- 

 .i-il (Jeop'e C. Lambert: Chief Grain Inspector, 



of the Supreme Court. Charles M. Start: Associate 

 Justices. L. W. Collins. Calvin L. Brown John A. 

 Lovelv and Charles L. Lewis; Clerk, Darius *. 

 Kee-e* \11 the justices are Republicans. 



Finances. The amount in the State treasury 

 at the beginning of the year was $872,574.69. 

 The appropriation bill carried $1,883,265.28, about 

 $70,0010 less than that of the Legislature of 1897. 

 The tax rate is 1.5 mill. 



Education. At the June commencements of 

 the normal schools Winona graduated 101 stu- 

 dent >. St. Cloud 74, and Mankato 05, but m the 

 vear about KM). Duluth is to have a State nor- 

 mal M-hool. The Legislature refused a proposed 

 appropriation of $00,000 for continuous normal- 



M Charities and Corrections. There were 7 

 magnates at the deaf-mute school in Faribault, 



2 post - graduates, 

 and 8 others hon- 

 orably discharged 

 in June. 



The hospitals for 

 the insane have 

 about 3,265 pa- 

 tients. 



The annual re- 

 port of the Sol- 

 diers' Home shows 

 the following state- 

 ment: Annual ap- 

 propriation, $20,- 

 000 ; per capita 

 from the United 

 States Government, 

 $22,376.08; pen- 

 sions turned in, 

 $12,710.40; balance 

 on hand from last 

 year, $1,600.78; 

 from relief, by vote 

 of board. $17,000; total, $79,687.26; warrants is- 

 sued till Aug. 1, 1899, $56,085.84; balance, $23,- 

 01.42. 



For the relief of soldiers outside of the home 

 there were receipts during the past year amount- 

 ing to $91.285.71, with expenditures amounting 

 to $43.465.12. The expense for repairs was $1,553. 

 In August 562 soldiers outside the institution 

 were receiving aid from the relief fund. 



The report of the managers of the Peniten- 

 tiary, at Stillwater, shows that the results of 

 the introduction of the binding- tw r ine industry 

 are most satisfactory. In the two years ending 

 .July 31. 1898, the twine factory employed 140 

 convicts, who produced enough twine to yield 

 the State a net profit of $130,000. Besides helping 

 the men and aiding largely in the support of the 

 institution, the factory has had a controlling 

 influence upon the market for twine in the State. 

 The whole number of convicts is nearly 500. 

 The State Training School has an average of 

 about 367 inmates. 



Products. The State is credited with having 

 produced 36.000 tons of sugar beets in 1898. The 

 same year the wheat yield was about 78,000,000 

 bushels. In 1899 it was estimated at 66,000,000 

 bushels. 



From reports of 673 creameries all that are 

 registered it is found that $2,700,000 capital is 



JOHN LINO, 

 GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA. 



invested in the industry; that milk is supplied 

 from 400,000 cows; that 1,382,718,000 pounds of 

 milk were received in 1898 and 62,849,000 pounds 

 of butter were made, of which 50,000,000 pounds 



paid 



that 



From the State fish hatchery 2,110,000 trout 

 were distributed in 1899. The constant high 

 water made it impossible to get many pike, and 

 only about 400,000 were hatched and distributed. 

 For the same reason only about 100,000 bass and 

 croppies were secured. These are not hatched 

 at the hatchery, but are caught and distributed. 

 They are secured along the river, mostly near 

 Hastings. 



Jjabor. The Labor Commissioner's report 

 shows that 3,303 establishments were visited in 

 the year, where were employed 73,330 persons, 

 of whom 62,696 were men, 10,045 women, 471 

 boys, and 118 girls. The inspection does not 

 include the farming industry. The largest single 

 item of labor is found in the 70 sawmills, 9,078 

 persons, of whom 23 are women and 2 boys, the 

 rest men. Next come the railroad shops, yards, 

 and roundhouses, of Avhich there are 153. 



The nonmanufacturing industries are under 

 three heads department stores, retail stores, and 

 wholesale stores. They number 370 establish- 

 ments visited, 6,432 men, 2,365 women, 180 boys, 

 and 58 girls. 



Insurance. The township mutual fire com- 

 panies are described as the most economical in- 

 surance companies known. There are about 125 

 in the State, carrying $98,000,000 farmers' risks, 

 at an average cost of 15 cents on the $100. Com- 

 missioner O'Shaughnessy estimates that they save 

 the State $250,000 to $350,000 a year in premiums. 

 The township mutual is not confined to one town, 

 but to contiguous territory. One of them, at 

 Eagan tow T n, in Dakota County, reported its run- 

 ning expenses for the year as $8.93. It carried 

 $38,000 insurance. The president is sometimes 

 paid a stated salary, sometimes 10 cents for 

 every policy he signs. The secretary is usually 

 paid for his time, sometimes 50 cents for every 

 policy he writes, sometimes both. The treasurer 

 usually gets a percentage on the money handled. 

 The salary list of one company that has $187,000 

 insurance was $14 for the secretary, $5 for the 

 treasurer, and $22.50 for the directors. One of 

 the largest companies so far reporting is that of 

 Rolling Stone, Winona County, with $2,576,000 

 in force. Its operating expenses were $114 for 

 salary and fees of the president, $189 for secre- 

 tary, $115 for treasurer, $94 for directors; total, 

 $512. The lowest rate ever made on farm risks 

 is said to have been 45 cents per $100 on a five- 

 year policy. At that rate the companies agreed 

 that it was not profitable. 



Banks. The Germania State Bank was closed 

 by the Examiner in July. After being closed in 

 January, 1897, it was reorganized, and it has* 

 been doing a moderate business two year's. 



There was an increase of more than $9,000,000 

 in the individual deposits held by the national 

 banks of Minnesota outside of the reserve cities 

 of St. Paul and Minneapolis in the year ending 

 in July. In July, 1898; the banks held as indi- 

 vidual deposits $10,181,087. According to the 

 statement made by these banks to the Controller 

 of the Currency at the close of business on June 

 30, they held $19,996,850, or nearly double their 

 holdings of the previous year. The* loans and dis- 

 counts have also increased nearly $3,000,000, and 

 are now quoted at $16,991,866. 



