Show THE GOVERNORS REPORT the courtesy of HOD caleb W west baa placed the NEWS in early possession of a copy of his report as governor of utah to the secretary of the interior for the year 1893 it is 18 a valuable and interesting document its if statistics being especially fruitful of congratulation by reason ot of the a showing the steady advancement of the territory in material prosperity these portions of the report only pro tesa teas to give existing conditions during the fiscal your year ending ceding june 80 30 1893 though the report itself bears date of october 2 A summary of the leading tea features tures of the document m rits the perusal and consideration of every citizen fiti for more detailed figures the apeci specialist allet may refer to the report itself the united states census re rep port of 1890 creolis utah with a population of the G Ga vernor estimates it this year at a total reached upon returns from the 26 counties of the territory the years yearns business in the 17 8 laud land office in this city shows the number ot of entries to have been 1719 the acreage acres and the mount of funds handled since its establishment until the end of the last fiscal year the land office has lone done business to the amount of acres of land and 1 dollars of money tha the total assessed value of real anti and personal pio property perty and improvements in the several counties for 1893 1898 jig Is and the assessed valuation of the incorporated cities and towns for ahn same year is with a total indebtedness of these latter figures figure show that a as compared with the previous year the assessed valuations have increased while the aggravate indebtedness debt edness inas has decreased deor eased the territorial and school tax for 1892 amounted to as against ava ingi for 1864 1854 the first year that the report deals with of horses and i ules the territory is or credited cited with of cattle and of sheep the latter being a slight plight increase over the number in 1892 anti and a plight flight decrease over the returns for 1891 while in horses and mules and cattle the increase has kept on unbroken the banks of the territory show the state of their busi business neta net a on J june u do 80 1898 to have aped capitali capital deposit it is also ao ad that our railroad system in eludes miles of standard gauge and 1408 miles milea of narrow gauge road with a street railroad system of 68 milea of electric and 6 miles of steam motor lives lines the latter in provo interesting are the figures as to the mineral product of utah for the year 1892 they were prepared by mr J E dooly of wells wella fargo co and can be best belt presented briefly in th this is pounds copper at 6 5 cents cento aper per pound 80 pounds unrefined lead at ia per ton 42 8 ounces line fine sil verat per ounce 65 ounces flue gold at 20 per ounce 00 00 total export value 87 computing the geld and silver sit at their mint valuation and other metals at their value at the seaboard it would increase aneres the value of the product to the governor then proceeds to comment briefly but plainly upon the effect of unfavorable legislation upon the mining anu ann commercial interests of the territory the abundance and skill of our labor the public buildings the various educational institutions and add school lands the reform school penitentiary insane asyl asylum ut etc he recommends that the old houe at fillmore be granted the territory to be disposed of for school or other public purposes purpose ee after touching upon apola the he subjects subject of agriculture timber and our undeveloped resources the governor boldly tackles the matter of legislation 11 upon which after al luding to the old conditions prevailing here bore the abandonment of the practice of polygamy and the disband peoples peopled or church narty ss and y g out that the mormon people are doing all within their power to establish avid and maintain bar eunious relations with the people of the anole country an I 1 that they should be encouraged if not by li lr eral and generous Ke nerous consideration at least leant by fair aud and just treatment he says A careful review of our past history and the situation locally confronting us imperatively demands in my judgment t the he enactment of two measures ot relief the repeal of the provision of the law of march 3 1887 escheat es cheating ing the property of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and an act restoring the property to the church there is in left left neither reason nor ex auses in my judgment for fairing from the mormon church and people this property and it ought to be restored to them the courts should no longer be cumbered cambered cumb ered with the question of its disposal and the fund consumed in costs of litigation the mornion mormon people while undergoing the many hardships and deprivations of the pioneer frontier life through many weary years by y their voluntary subscriptions crested created this fund and when it is beyond all question that it would be devoted to no unlawful sebut to commendable al and nd charitable uses ones it ought to be returned to them such fair and just action by congress would give great satisfaction to the people of the territory and encourage and strengthen the constantly growing sentiment of cordiality and good feeling among the people I 1 earnestly eat ay urge that congress be recommended to prom promptly re aly pass the desired relief because he gives twice who gives quickly pt the question oi of statehood 0 od for of 01 conall slon aion odthe of the report reminding the nation th t utah ban baa beep been settled bottled for arnost half balf a century cen iury the pioneer having baying come to the th site ite of salt lake city july 1847 that our state of pro baton has been long jong and our schooling echo oling for statehood full and ana complete the governor quotes as illustrative of our nary period from u recent magazine article on statehood for utah by hon george Q cannon and adds these theae strong vigorous recommendations of his hie own we now have a population of about an assessed taxable valuation of it is ia scarcely necessary to dilate upon or go into particulars as to population wealth stability and material development entitling her to statehood our improvements improve menta both public and private are upon a liberal and generous scale commensurate with our wealth and ability educational and school advantages are good and con scantly being improved we have an enlightened well ordered strong self sustaining community enjoying all the advantages and comforts of modern cultivation ti and civilization it would seem that with the removal of the only causes heretofore hindering and obstructing otine ting admission and a constant increase in population wealth and development jentof of the territory that none should now be found to oppose entering the union it to is true however that a small minority continue to interpose objections to the conferring of this great boon upon the territory those composing it found their opposition upon a doubt as to the sincerity of the mormon people in the action they have taken toward the settlement ot of the old questions of disturbance compelled to occurrences which have taken place within their own knowledge they lake counsel ot of their prejudice el u dico c and tears team and deny to the mormon r m on people the common justice of being judged according accordine to their declarations and deeds ascribing to them motives and purposes which they expressly disclaim it affords me pleasure however to be able to state that this class to is constantly growing less and its numbers rapidly decreasing many of those who have opposed in the past all movements looking io 10 admission have abandoned their opposition and now heartily favor it and give their earnest support to the present movement ment I 1 know of no people who in their preparation for stae am te hood have been confronted wilh as delicate and grave questions and as radical differences requiring the cul cultivation ti and exercise of the highest public qualities yet the responsibility has been met with mr patience lance ar aad d forbearance and our people after years of earnest effort have peacefully solved their difficulties and batts satisfactorily facto rily settled their differences the salutary tary lessons inculcated in the school of actual experience have admirably trained and fitted them for the dutie datie sand responsibilities of a state government we have given so much room to the report itself that there is little space leit left at present to comment upon it but this much may be said in compilation compi pi lation stion it is accurate acou rale it in suggestion wise and iri in spirit it ts to in the highest degree generou tiene rouf tit friendly and patriotic the governor is no less jess to be congratulate I 1 upon it than are the people of utah themselves |