The State
The fift.li annual report of the state bureau of labor has just been issued by Commissioner licath. It oecupins 432 pages of illy nillecteii matter, largely statistici], and affords an intoresting volume íor those who study industrial problems. l'speeial attention 13 given to farm mort-ages. The statistics presentod were collected througli supervisors under the most favorable oiicumstances and are considered reliable so far as they go. Thore were 90,803 farms reported. Thi is ' S. ! per cent of all Michigan farms as coinpared with t'ie rensusof 1SM. The assessed valuation of tbese reported farms is ! l,8e4,633: the mortgage ndebtednesi 187,45,272, op more than LB.2 per cent of the total assessed valuation and 46.8 per cent o; the assessed valufttion of farms tbat re mortgaged. The average rato of interest paid la r 1 percent. This figures up an annual intorost of $'i. 701,6 il'. Mr. Heath. estimating all the farms in the tnte on the basis of repo'-ts received, flgnrea out an a-sessed valuation o' I and :, ]iinriL,raKe indebtedness of íi;!. 92.58O.sO, with 14,036,265.81 nnnual interest on farms alone. (arrying the estímate further, evceptinir, however, certain obscure counties from which only meagre reports werO received, tlio mortafce inlebtodnes-i on all real prorcrty in Michigan is $129,335,:. tiearinK an annual interest of ÏP,431,851.24. Thls estimato is based upon the assessed valuation of lS-Sü, which is tS ■.114,741. Thore woro ten comités Trom which only meaero roports werereceivo 1. Krom sorac it was reported that a fow farmers ref used to give the imformation sought. Mr. 1 leath thinïis, therefore, that his estimates are too low. He further believes tli.it should tho amount of unsecured debts bearini? interest bo added to the mortgaee indebtednes-; his figures would probably bo doubled. llie eommissioner attributes tul-; condition of atfairs to "tbe nigh pressure system of business the country has passed through." Ho suggests a remady in "legislation that would adjust moreecpiitably tho indnstAal rights of all classes In the matter of public burdena and oí taxotion m such a maiiner that all kinds of taxable property wou'd bear its just proportiou.11 of tbe reporting (arm are Americana an 1 31,570 foreignors. all owning and occiipyini farms. Of the immigrante 8,067 had money and .8,503 liad none when they arriyed. The amount brought by those having money w.i fü'3,135, The assessed valuation of their proporty is $3,537,S7L aiiíl mortgage indebtednes- 1 1.1'!I.?14. f! he assossod valuation of farms owncd hy Americans is $153.777,813 with a mortgage indebtedness of 28,313,15& The nnmber of immigrant arranged by the nations are: 10,:4l Germana, ,2i Canadians, 4,1.' Knglish, 8,629 Irish, 1,087 Scotch, 5:SS Sweedish. 3(J5 Danish, 22S from Norway and 224 from Switzerland, 1,517 Follanders, 1D Poles, 144 Austrians. S12 French, 91 lïelgians and fewer numbers, in some instances as low as one from other conntries, making in all thirty-five t'oreign countries representod. There wero during the six years ended December, 188B, VI'. strikes ordered by organizations and 23 i not so ordored. Of the 35S establishment-i involved 268were closod Pj78fl days, or on an average of '2.V; days. Tho aggregate duration of strikes was 10,66 l days. an average of 29.8. The ïnimbor successful was 136, partly successful "O, and 192 failed. The loss to the employés was $l,íi3,002, and SM7.56S was contributed tor assistanof. The employers' loss was $627,0 1 ". There was employed before these strikes :M,331 persons (male and fcmalei ; after, 32,889. The niiniher of striking employés wi and of employés BtriJting and involved, :!1,1S4. New employés after the strike-, :'W, of wliom 562 wpre brought from other places. There were duriug the same period, 20 lockouts, lating ! 57 days in the aggregate. Fourteen were successful. Employés lost :J anl wore given as assistance 136,821. The employers lost il(M,H)0. Employés locked out, 2,7H4. New employés after lockouts 7!4, of whoin 'Ja3 were brought from other places. In liis eonchisions ('ominissioner Heath snys that one-half of the -Michigan farmers are inoi-tgaged and paying doublé t:ix; that y ieaon of this all kinds of business are seriously affected, a;ul ''that ■ en who loan money do not bear their iast proportion of tlie public expendes in return for the protoction given them. whi e the ma.jority escapo taxation." The California law i- recommendod for Michigan and nelghboring staten. It dedncts that portion of the tax levied on the mortgage indebtedness froin the whole amount of tax charged against the property owner and forwarda it to the mortgax-o for collection. UNION VETErtANS' UNION. What tho Union [s- Proceedtngfs oí' tiic Veotiiisr. Tlio animal meeting of tho department eoniraancl of the unión veterans' unión was held in Corunua recently. ïhis is a organization whicli requires six inonlhs' actual service, a part oí whioh mus! havo been nt the front. The first comniand was mustered at Galesburg about nine months ago, and as showing the growth of tho oxder, nine commands were represented. Jn the evening a campfire was held at Opera hall, Hon. Hugh McCurdy deiivering the address of weirome, responded to invade Jamos Sleeth oL Byron. Ad dresse weto mado by Col. James J. Peacook of Corunna. Judge Advocate General Wm. II. Smith gave the address of the evening. Hi topic, "The Bluo and the Gray," was handled with true soldier spirit. Tho addresses wore seasoned with excellent vocal and instrumental rausic, dopartment commander L. U. Norton giving by request tbe recitative song. "who'fl Savo the Left." and kL'efve Drank Froni the Same Canteen." A !nrLe audionco wero present an.l Khowed tlioir hearty appreciation of the exercises by frequent a&d prolouíred ap-. lause. 'i he por liem pension bill was unanimonsly endorsed. The f ollowintt aro the otllcers for the enRulng year: lienartment commander, . ron: first deputy, I. 1). I.. i esburg; ccond deputy. I Thomas J). Bortón of Muskegon; surgeonP'pncral, Harry 1). Inne of Cornnna; department ohaplaiD, aniel Mc(iovern of Tustin; aasistantadjutant-geDeral, Horton Williams, Jr. of Corunna; iu;irtermastergeneral, L. C. Kanons; judgo advocateireneral, W. il. Bmith of St. Clair. Kxecutive committeii - Judson H. Farrer, Fort Huron; James C. Perry, Fenton; Charles E. Solace, Kt. Clair; Walter B. Pavne, Marbie, and James Sprague, Muskegon. 'I be next meoting will bo held in Marcb. I. (irand Raplds. Bay Viow. Kavly announcements are out for the nevt I!ay View season, which promisos to rival in magnificenco all fornior onos at that pcerless summer resort and cause it to be more t.lironged than ever. All winter they havo been building cottages there and eventy-tlvo to one hundred new ones wil be uji by July. A fino building is to bo erected for the summer school, the great auditorium and all the hotels onlarged and many ornamental improvomentsmade on the grounds, which are said to bo the moat beautiful of any summer resort in this country. Thisyear, the assembly, with its nine departments, will last three weeks, and some of the mO3t eminent educational, musical, pulpit, I ture and entertalnins talent in this ' try has boon engaged. Among theattractions wil! be the famous Boston star-;, Bishop Ninds, Trof. Alox. Winchell, Mr. Lpyyah Barakat of Svria, ex-governor ol :ll.. .1. DeAVitt Miller, Kev. Drii. Beo. P. Hoyes and 1'. S. Henson, Uean A. A. Wrlgfit. Miss Matilda H. Kosa, :: Lincoln, Kev. Anna H. ihaw, sevcral gitted singcra. musicians, etc. üf particular valuó will le the summer school for toacheni Sunday school normal riment. art and music schools, for which a largo number of eminent specialiat8 ure alroady engaged. We ennnot imagino anything more ■ lightful than a trip to 15ay View during tho assembiy, wbicb ahvays be?iní on tha ! lant Wfdlnüs iiy ín July and lnst i threa weeks. All the rnilroails at tbat time solí halt' price ticrkets, and liost tóble board j costs only four and íive dollars. Joh" M. Hall of Flint. Mieli., is spperintende .o of tUe assoinblv. (.Vu. ( ,sí Deadi Gon. George W. Cass, a nephew of the late Gen. Lewis Cass of Michigan, died in ; New York a few days ago. Gen. ('ass was 7.S years oíd. TTo grada ;i!rd at West Point. He superintonderi the bnildin? of t-be Rovernment turnpike over the AUeghony mountainsandthrongh Ohio ; organized the Adama oxpross company, nnd was its president; brought into existonce tho Pittaburgb, Kt. Wayne .: Chicago railroad, and for twenty-two years was lts president; in .-74 built the Grand Rápida Indiana road, and then becominji president of the Southern railway secunty company, built several southern roads. Aftor that he was elected president; of the Northern Pacific, and was ono of tho original twenty-four to whom the ijovernment urnnted a charter, and subsequently, opon thefaüure of Jay Cooke, was appolnted its receiver. Ten yoars ako he retirad tro'm activo railroail lifo anil travelod extensivelv for his bealth in Kurope. Llis name was presented to the doinoeratie nationa' convention ;it ('hica?o lor the vioe-presulency by the Pennsylv.ania delegation in the JícCfellfin campaiiín. and was prominently montioned seyeral times as a gubern itorial candidato in Pennsylvania, hut he nerer mado an effort to becomepolitically prominent. Tin Leg] , . ■ issociation. Daniel L. Crossman, secretary of the legislativo assoefation, has sent to the seyeral district vice-presidenta and secretarles a circular repeating the resolutions adopted by the last reunión in lvl, makiiiRittheduty of the district secretarios (the districts aro the samo as the state senatorialdistricts), ropectiyoly to secure by correspondenca or otherwiso the names. membership lees or assossments of all persons eligióle in their respective distriots anil forward the same to the central ollice. Also assining to the district vicepresidents tho duty of preparing for the next reunión (.uno 13 and 1 ■!) obituary notices of all ïnombers who have died within their respective distrlcts since the reunión of WÜLVER1NK WlllSPERINGS. ïho democratie state contra! committee mot in Grand Rápida reeently and named May LA as the date for holding in Grand in Grand liapids a fow weeks since, has been held for trial on a chargo of manslaughtor. Dr. C. H. Land, a well known dentlst of Detroit, has heen expelled froni the stato dental association for violatiug the code of ethics of that society in advertising a patent. Chief Justieo Sherwood has granted a writ of certiornri remoring the investigation of charges against Samuel I). Clay, proseenting .ittorney of Kent county, to the supreme court. The writ stipulatO3 that Mr. Clay sliull ba rornly for hearing at any time aftor tho flrst day of tho April term that tho prosecution may desire. The Michigan brick and tilo makers' association elect6d the following oflioers at the recent meeting in Lanslng: President, Robert Barker of Lansing; vicepresident, S. I.. Bald win of Grand ttapids; secretary, C. ü. Williama of Hay City; treasurer. '. R. Quantrell of Potterville. Nezt year's meeting wil i bc hold at Adrián. A. J, Haines of I 'iiiiiioe died in Columbus, Ohio, a few days ago, of blood-poisonius;. George I. Cowles, a merchant of TJtica, N. Y., shot himself in nis room at tbe Bancroft house in East Saginaw the other day. Flint has voted 845,030 out of itstreasury to encourago manufacturins enterprisei. Two eievators, each capable of storing about 900,000 bushels of wheat, aro to be erected at St. Ignace. A terrible blizzard raged in the uppor península on the 2M inst. AU railroads were compietely blockaded for several days. ïhe following ofTicers were erected at the annual meeting of thi tate dental association: President, C. S. Case, Jackson: iirt vicc-president. II. C. C'orns. Detroit; second vice-president, Mre. McXaushton, Grand RapkU; secrotary, VVm. Cleland, Detroit; treasurer, II. K. T.athrop, Jr., Detroit: member of board of censors, C. B. Portor, iay fity. The next meeting will be held in Grand ' jrtapida on tho first '1'uesdny in May. There has been Mled in the ofïico of the secrolary oí stato of W'iscomin articles of consolidation of the Freoport, Dodgeville S; Northern railroad, and the Chicago, Madison fcNorthern railroad, under the namo of the Chicago, Madison & Northern railroad. The capital stock is $50,000, and thu principal office is at Chicago. The ultímate terminus of the Dodgeville branch wlll doubtless bo St. Paul and the .Madison branch will doubtless go to the lumber and iron district of Nortliern Wisconsin and Michigan, by the way of Fon du Lae. Orogon Hamiltonof Xewaygo, eonvicted of whipping his only child, 19 montns old, to death, has been sentsncod to Jackson for life. The senteneo gives universal satisfactiou. State Geologist Charles E. Wright, died at his home in Marquette, March 23. Prof. Barrower, late of the agricu'.tural college, is now inanaging a mino in Montana. Dr. George H. Cleveland of Pentwater, charged with causing the death of the Cribbs boy by an overdose of niorphine, was acqnitted at his preliminar; examination before tUe jas tice. The outcome is received with universal favor. The report that the Chicago, Kalamazoo A: Sagin.iw road liad been sold to the Michigan Central is untrue. It is reported that work of extending Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan railroad will begin at Cadillac end shortly. Peter W. Johnson, prominent Kent county farmer and horticulturist, is dead. Over 6,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber has been marketod at the little village of Mantón this.year. Copies of state election laws may behad by tlioso ilesiring them by applying to 611. It. Osmun, secretary of state. Every township board in Michigan will be supplied. Department Commander Rev. W. Gardner has completed his list of appointive oflicers as fol'.ows: Inspector-General. A. J. Shakespeare, Kalamazoo; chief mustoring ofiScer, Edwin Hoyt, jr., (.'randRapids; chief aid. D. K. Haskius, C'oncord; transportation committee, George Ilopkins of Detroit, Gen. S. lï. Daboll of St. Johns, Roscoe D. Dix of Berrien Springs. The date of the democratie state convention has been changed to May 10. The strike of the union carpenters o the Saginaws for nine honra work, which was begun Jnuary 1, ha; boen declared off. Nine hours is given, but a slight change in wages has been made. The agreement lasts oue year. Mrs. Ormsbey of Ann Arbor, got a verdict of $2,250 for an accident sustained on the Michigan Central roa 1. Albert Derby, a farm hand working for O. E. l.oVniley, noar Flint, has been arrested charged with stoaling $13U from his employer. Albert con fesses. The president bas signed tho bill for the relief of Mary Kdoiinhum Brown of this state. The state convontion of the national greenbaele party Will be held in Grand Rápida May 10. Mrs. Carpenter, mother of Alfred Carpenter wbo was recently killed in Frank ! Boos' saloon in Battle Creek by Conductor McCarty. au l who was about to institute proceediugs against Saloonkeeper Boos, has compromlsed tho matter for $1,000. Contracta havo been let for tho now depot, freiglit liouse and round house of the Detroit, Lansing & Xorthern road at Grand Ledge. Albert S. Bryandt has been convictod in tho foderal court in Urand Rapids of countcrfeiting and remmded for sentence. He has nlready served two ternis for this crime nnd lias a bad record. Ho promised to malio important revelations, but failed to do so. James O'Brien, a brakeman, was run over and killed by the cars near East Saginaw tho other day. His home was in Ypsilanti, where his remains were taken. The president has nominated E. Nelson Fitch to be receiver of public moneys at (rayling (formeily Reed City), and Paul W, Grierson to be postmaster at Calumet. Michigan's appropriation for improvement of harbors is $'-V50,000. The bilí for a public building for the Sagina ws (consolidaterl) bas been favorably reportod appropriating tl 0,(KK). Mrs, Azubah Hood. a resident of Adrián since lS:sr, is dead. John Butler wa; fouud dead in his barnyard near Farma. There witl be a reunión of the Third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry and Battery (i Third Michigan Artillery, at Owosso April 'jn. IS88. Thero will be a business moeting in the nftrrnoon and a banquet in the evening. Several families trom Bellaire will immi grate to WashiugtonTerritory this spring. Adrián offers $40,000 to the Gale plow works. Prof. McElroy, formerly superintendent of Michigan school for blind at Lansing, says ho proposes to give up his time to tunnufacturiug hceatent. carheater, probably in Detroit, añil has declined offer of superintendency of tchool at Jacksonville, 111. The fish commissionors recontly planted 2,000,000 white üsh in Lake Michigan at St. Joseph. The Hou. Kmory Plimpton died in Benton Uarbor a few days ago, aged 3 years. Emory M. Plimpton was born in Ohio. Ho served for n time during tho war in the l'ourth Michigan cavalry of which he was captain. Ile was a member of the state houso of representativos in 1S0 l and served on the judiciary and insurance committees. Mr. I'iimpton was well known ovor the state as a prominent republican politicinn. He practiced law in Berrien county for nearly forty year?. Two million white fish were plantod in Lake Michigan near St. Joseph the other day. At the special e'ection held in Albion the other day on the question of bonding the to wn for .? U.UOO to buy the preent site oL the Gale plow works so as to keep them in that city, nearly every voter in town was on the "aye" side. The vote stood 0í5 for and 2 i against. It is thoughtlikely that the conipany will Etay there. A man natned Foresman, who haa been reaping a rich harvest in the cattle insurance business, was arrested in White Pigeon the other day. He claimed to repieent a Pennsylvnnia company, and the state iusurance commissioner is going to look into his case. Judge Grant has refused a ncw trial in the case of the state vs. Gov. A. 1'. Swineford of Alaska, and the latter must make a showing of the uses to which he put the ?;ijj :ippropriated by the state for the JS'ew Urloans exhibition. Colin Campbell of Kalamazoo has been convicted in the United States co'.irt in Grand Kapids for folsely assuming to be a governniont pension agent. He was remanded to jail to await sentence. A QUmber offraudulent papers were found on his person when arrested, his offense being committed some time ago in Kalamazoo. Hon. Levi Lane, died at his home in Cambria, Hillsdale county, recently, aged tO years. Mr. Lañe ruino to Hillsdale county in lstii, and to Lenawee county in Ifc35. Marustte asks the general government to spend $100,000 for the extensión of tho breakwater at that place. DKTROIT .UAHKIiTS WnrAT, White $ 84 O 84U " Red U Ú 85 Corx, perbu 51 ra 52 Oats, " " 33 (A 35 BaKLBT, 1 40 @ 1 45 Malt..... 80 & 90 ïiMOTHTSEEn 2 50 @ 2 55 Cr.ovEH Becii. por bag 3 70 @ 3 75 I'EHD, per cwt 18 00 @30 00 Flocb - Michigan putent... 4 50 (fi 4 75 Michigan roller 4 25 @ 4 50 Minnesota patent.. 4 75 @ 5 00 Minnesota bakers'. 4 25 ($ 4 50 Michigan rye 3 65 @ 8 75 Apples, new, per bbl 8 Oí) Qi 4 00 Beans, picked 2 45 (g 2 50 " unpicked 180 (? 2 10 Beeswax 22 @ 13 Bdtteb 23 @ 24 Ciiükse, per lb 12 ( 12) JJuiki) Ai'im.ks, per 1b 6 @ 6 Eaos. perdoz 12 (cj 13 HoxEV.perlb 17 W 18 Hops per lb 6 ra 8 Ha ï, per ton. clover 7 00 & 8 00 timothy 1100 012 00 Mai.t, per bu 90 (a 1 05 Oxioxs, per bbl 3 25 (5j 3 75 Potatoes, perbu. 85 @ 95 Polxtkï- Cliickens.üer lb.. 12 ($ 13 btcese 11 @ 12 Turkeys 13 @ 14 Ducks per lb 13 @ 14 PitOVisioss- Mes Pork. ...14 50 14 75 Family 14 25 (ail5 00 Extra mess beei 7 00 & 7 50 Lard 7 (8 8 Dressod hogs.. 6 00 Ut 6 25 " Beef 2W@ 4 Hams 11 (ju 11 Bhoulders 7 @ 8 Bacon 10 % 10X Tallo w, per lb.. 3 @ 3li Hides- Green City per lb .. 5 Country Xi% liruen Calf 6% Cured 6J Baltod Sneep skins, wool.. 60 @ 1 00 LI VU STCOK. Caïtle- Market weak, 10@lfio off; steers, $3 45 20; stockers and feeders, S2 35@ y cows, bulls and mixed, J2@:i 40; Texas steers, t: 5@1 2."). Hoos - Market stoady, mixed, $5 15 5 85; heavy, $5 80(35 50; light, ?5 10 5 30; Bkips, 18 50 SiiEEi'- Market steady and strong: nativos, ?4 iM(á, 25; western, $5@j 15; Texaus, Í3 50(j5; lambs,$5 MiiÜ 50.
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