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UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (MINNESOTA.) 



General, Wallace B. Douglas; Commissioner of 

 Insurance, Elmer H. Dearth; Adjutant-General, 

 Elias D. Libbey; Chief Grain inspector, L. D. 

 Marshall; Commissioner of Labor, John O'Don- 

 nell; Public Examiner, Sam T. Johnson; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles M. Start; 

 Associate Justices, L. W. Collins, John A. Love- 

 ly, Calvin L. Brown, Charles L. Lewis; Clerk of 

 the Supreme Court, Darius F. Reese; Railroad 

 and Warehouse Commissioners. Ira B. Mills, 

 Charles F. Staples, and Joseph G. Miller all Re- 

 publicans. 



The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary 

 of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Attorney-Gen- 

 eral are elected every two years. The Railroad 

 Commissioners are elected for six years, but the 

 present board, the first elected, was so arranged 

 that one term expires biennially. The Insurance 

 Commissioner, Adjutant-General, Labor Commis- 

 sioner, and Grain Inspector are appointed by the 

 Governor for two years; the Public Examiner for 

 three years. 



The judges of the Supreme and district courts 

 are elected by the people for six years. The clerk 

 of the Supreme Court is elected every four years. 

 The other court officers are appointed by the 

 judges, except the deputy clerk and his assistants, 

 who are appointed by the clerk of the court. State 

 officers are chosen in November of even years. 

 The Legislature convenes in January of odd 

 years, and the session is limited to ninety legis- 

 lative days. 



Finances. For the fiscal year ending July 31, 

 1902, the receipts of the State treasury were 

 $7,505,443.94, and the disbursements $7,292,950.12, 

 leaving a balance of $2,212,837.06. The balance 

 July 31, 1901, was $2,000,343.24. 



The State debt was $1,069,000, having been re- 

 duced $140,000 during the year. It has since 

 been reduced to $999,000 Dec. 31, 1902. The per- 

 manent school and university funds were re- 

 spectively $14,316,389.06 and $1,334,035.55. 



The principal classifications of the treasury re- 

 ceipts for the year were: Revenue fund, $4,051,- 

 043.46; permanent school fund, $1,217,219.13; 

 general school fund, $1,237,368.45; general uni- 

 versity fund, $373,775.08. The disbursements 

 were: Revenue fund, $3,898,948.60; permanent 

 school fund, $1,252,442.01; general school fund, 

 $1,153,562.46; general university fund, $402,592.- 

 61. The amount of railroad taxes paid was 

 $1,659,296.94. The total of insurance taxes paid 

 through the State Insurance Commissioner's 

 office was $216,515.68. 



Charities and Corrections. The new Board 

 of Control, appointed by the Governor, and con- 

 sisting of William E. Lee, S. W. Leavitt, and C. A. 

 Morey, took charge of charitable and correc- 

 tional institutions Aug. 1, 1901, and for the first 

 fiscal year reduced the cost to the State $147,000. 

 The population of these institutions Aug. 1, 1902, 

 was: Insane, 3,792 ; distributed as follows: Anoka 

 Asylum, 135; Hastings Asylum, 137; St. Peter's 

 Hospital, 981; Fergus Falls Hospital, 1,407; 

 Rochester Hospital, 1,132. The asylums are for 

 chronic cases. School for the Deaf, 254; School 

 for the Blind, 74; School for the Feeble-Minded, 

 817; State Public School, 248; State Training- 

 School, 326; State Reformatory, 192; State 

 Prison, 553. 



Lands. The influx of settlers from the older 

 and more crowded portions of the United States, 

 which grew to large proportions in 1901, contin- 

 ued throughout 1902, and land values increased 

 in a corresponding degree. The average value 

 of State school lands sold was $9.78, as compared 

 with $5.76 the year previous. The full amount 



permitted by law, 100,000 acres, was sold. Prac- 

 tically every acre of known mineral land in the 

 State is now leased, and much of this land is held 

 by the , State. Prospecting is continuous, and 

 new areas are being added to the mineral values 

 frequently. Some State pine still remains to be 

 sold, and during the year sales of this amounted 

 to $324,991.60. The stumpage averaged about 

 $5 per thousand feet. The permanent school 

 fund, which is derived from the sale of State 

 lands and the revenue from timber and mineral 

 leases, amounted July 31, 1902, to $14,316,389.06, 

 of which $8,289,230.65 was invested in the bonds 

 of other States and of Minnesota school districts ; 

 $5,680,873 was in outstanding land contracts: and 

 $346,285.41 was in cash. The permanent univer- 

 sity fund amounted to $1,334,035.55 and the in- 

 ternal improvement fund to $2,816,996. A new 

 fund derived from the sale of swamp lands al- 

 lotted to the State institutions amounts to $298,- 

 905. 



Products. In the past year 36 new creameries 

 have been established, making a total of 682. 

 These made 63,726,450 pounds of butter out of 

 1,217,787,450 pounds of milk, produced by 382,- 

 356 cows. The butter output per cow was con- 

 siderably increased over the year previous. The 

 creameries paid to their 50,839 -patrons $10,052,- 

 743.50 in cash, besides 3,988,791 pounds of but- 

 ter. The total value of the butter product of 

 the State is figured at $13,909,897.76. There was 

 shipped out of the State 42,525,605 pounds of 

 butter, practically two-thirds of the product. 



The chemists of the Dairy and Food Commis- 

 sion made more than 16,000 analyses of food 

 samples, of which about one-fourth were found 

 to be below the standard required by law. 



The ore product of the Missabe and Vermilion 

 iron ranges had a phenomenal increase, the total 

 shipments being 13,401,691 tons, against 10,786,- 

 983 tons the year previous. 



While the wheat acreage decreased from 6,250,- 

 000 acres in 1901 to 5,960,000 acres in 1902, the 

 average yield was increased from 12.5 to 13.7 

 bushels per 'acre, making the crop of that staple 

 82,150,000 bushels, as against 78,000,000 in 1901. 

 The decrease in wheat acreage was more than 

 made up by the increase in flax, although figures 

 as to that crop are not systematically gathered. 



Education. There are in the State 141 high 

 schools, and each receives special State aid of 

 $1,000. The total enrolment in these schools for 

 the year ending July 31, 1902, was 15,410; the 

 number of graduates was 1,877. There are 119 

 graded schools of not less than four departments, 

 employing 667 teachers. In addition to these 

 there are 92 graded schools of either two or three 

 grades, employing 308 teachers. 



In the University of Minnesota there are 3,720 

 students, including 1,044 women. The students 

 are distributed as follow: College of science, 

 literature, and the arts, 1,179; engineering and 

 mechanic arts, 345; school of mines, 109; agri- 

 cultural department, 619; law, 504; medical <<>!- 

 leges, including pharmacy and dentistry. 5.1 1: 

 summer school, 237; graduate students. 176. 



The annual resources for current expenses are 

 $410,000: invested funds, $1,334,03.1..-,:,. 



Labor. In the last year this department has 

 been pursuing, in addition to its factory inspec- 

 tion, a special inquiry into the condition of women 

 wage-workers, and has sought to ascertain the 

 causes underlying the aversion of women for 

 housework. This inquiry has included an inquiry 

 of the employers, as well as of the employees, and 

 while it has not been entirely fruitful, is believed 

 to promise some .success. 



