Mr. Speaker. at the present time. when capital seeks 22.000.000 acres and a seacoast four hundred miles in extent and investment. interest is reduced beyond all precedent in this country. abounding in harbors. It had at the census of 1871 a population of wages are lowered. immigration decreases. the value of our exports is 285.594. being nearly equal to that of Nebraska. Nevada. Oregon. and diminished. and hundreds of thousands of our people are in search of Colorado. The chief occupations of its inhabitants are connected work by which they may earn a livelihood. it is the duty of wise states- with shipbuilding. the fisheries. and the timber trade.
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