1942: Minnesota

Area and Population.

Minnesota, in the north central part of the United States, is known popularly as the 'Gopher State.' It has an area of 84,068 sq. mi., of which 4,059 are surface water. According to the 1940 census the population was 2,792,300, an increase of 228,347, or 8.9 per cent, over that of 1930. The rural population makes up 50.2 per cent of the total. The foreign-born white inhabitants numbered 294,904 in 1940. Included in this group were 67,161 Swedes; 52,025 Norwegians; 42,047 Germans; 22,060 Canadians; and 20,152 Finns. The largest cities are Minneapolis, 492,370; St. Paul, the capital, 287,736; Duluth, 101,065; Rochester, 26,312; St. Cloud, 24,173; and Winona, 22,490.

Education.

In 1941-42 the 8,339 elementary school districts of the state had 325,247 pupils, and 661 public accredited secondary schools had 187,612 pupils. The total public-school expenditure in 1940-41 was $54,787,998. The average monthly salary for teachers in the elementary and high schools, outside of the three cities of the first class, is $137. Teachers in the ungraded schools receive an average monthly salary of $76.

Agriculture.

In 1941 Minnesota had 178,965 farms, with a total area of 30,857,747 acres. The gross income from crops was $289,055,000; from livestock and livestock products, $370,558,000; and from government payments, $19,619,000. Originally a wheat-growing state, Minnesota now is noted principally for its livestock and dairy products. Poultry and egg production alone exceed $20,000,000 annually. Minnesota produces more butter than any other state. It also ranks among the first in the production of barley, corn, and oats. The farmers' total cash income in August 1942, was increased 36 per cent over the same period in 1941, and reached a new high of $130,000,000.

The livestock market at South St. Paul in 1942 was the second largest in the nation. Other important industries in the state are meat packing, valued at $198,124,044 in 1939; butter making, $78,029,000; and flour and grain milling, $67,437,432.

Mining.

It is estimated that the 1941 output of iron ore mined in Minnesota was 64,000,000 long tons, with a value of approximately $160,000,000, increasing by one-third the output of the previous year. Two-thirds of the iron ore mined in the United States comes from Minnesota.

Industry.

According to the 1940 census, there were 6,460 wholesale establishments in the state employing 37,523 persons with an annual payroll of $60,716,000. There were 40,448 retail stores with 106,282 employees and a payroll of $104,204,000. Minnesota wage totals were up 27 per cent for the first six months of 1942.

Political and Other Events.

In the November election Governor Harold E. Stassen and Senator Joseph H. Ball were re-elected by large majorities. Governor Stassen announced before the primaries that if elected he would resign at the end of four months to enter active service in the Navy. Consequently the race for lieutenant governor, normally not of very wide interest, this year assumed unusual importance. Ed Thye, the Governor's choice, was elected. The Republican state-wide ticket was elected to give that party control, for the first time in ten years, of every elective office in the state. The Republicans will have majorities in the Senate and House of the State Legislature, which convenes in January, 1943. Only one Congressional seat was lost by the Republicans, Harold Hagen, a Farmer Labor candidate, being elected in the ninth district.

Minnesota industry is mobilized for war with many war-production activities in the state. Defense is also well organized on the home front, with a total of about 143,000 volunteers, including 6,200 home guards, air raid wardens, auxiliary police and firemen, and a group of 4,000 women known as Victory Aides.

Finance.

Total receipts and disbursements for all funds for the year ending June 30, 1942, were $200,989,345 and $188,244,599 respectively. The state's four principal trust funds totaled $117,427,842 for the same period. Unpaid bonds and certificates of indebtedness in 1942 amounted to $106,064,533; and the assessed valuation of taxable property (1941) was $1,293,760,653. The state debt has been reduced from $133,775,313 on July 1, 1938, to $106,064,553 on July 1, 1942. There was a cash balance of $2,813,000 on June 30, 1942. A postwar reserve fund of nearly $10,000,000 is being accumulated to help absorb unemployment and to care for needed public works.

Social Welfare.

During the year ending June 30, 1942, $6,625,819 was spent on general relief in Minnesota. The relief case load over the past two years has been decreasing at the rate of 743 cases, or 3.3 per cent per month, exclusive of seasonal trends. In January 1942, 76,869 persons were reported to be on relief in the state — a reduction of 30 per cent over that of 1941. In old-age assistance 62,928 pensioners received a total of $18,009,045, or an average of $22.42 per month. On June 30, 1942, there were 15,390 persons employed on WPA projects compared with 28,915 persons a year ago. A total of $4,147,532 was spent on dependent children in 1942; $353,802 was spent on the blind; and $803,878 was spent for disabled veterans.

Banking.

On June 30, 1942, Minnesota had 486 state banks, 1 mutual savings bank, and 4 trust companies, with deposits of $334,641,655; 186 national banks had deposits of $909,903,000 and resources of $999,640,000.

State Officers.

Governor, Harold E. Stassen; Lieutenant Governor, Ed Thye; Secretary of State, Mike Holm; Treasurer, Julius A. Schmahl; Auditor, Stafford King; Attorney General, J. A. A. Burnquist; Commissioner of Education, H. E. Flynn.

United States Senators:

Henrik Shipstead, Joseph H. Ball.

1941: Minnesota

Area and Population.

At the geographical center of North America is Minnesota, the 'Gopher State,' 11th in size among the states, with 84,682 sq. mi. It is the great 'lake state,' containing several thousand, which cover 3,824 sq. mi. Its population of 2,792,300 gives it 18th place in that regard. Twenty per cent of its inhabitants are foreign-born; among these, Swedes predominate, with Norwegians, Germans, Canadians. Finns, and British following, in that order. About 4 per cent are Indians, and another 4 per cent Negroes. The population is about half rural and half urban. The chief cities are Minneapolis, 492,370; St. Paul, the capital, 287,736; Duluth, 100,065; Rochester, world-famed for the Mayo Clinic, 26,312; St. Cloud, 24,173; Winona, 22,490.

Education.

The State Department of Education reported as follows for the year ending June 30, 1941: Inhabitants of compulsory school age (8 to 16), 390,575. Including kindergarten pupils, 18,183, elementary 169,152, secondary 192,433, adult education 11,157, and junior colleges, 2,940, the total net enrollment was 508,861. There were 561 kindergartens, 8,339 elementary schools, and 661 secondary schools including 157 junior high schools, 135 senior high schools, 260 six-year high schools, 95 four-year high schools. The average daily attendance was 449,947, or 93 per cent of the total enrollment.

Teachers numbered 22,040 (4,726 men, 17,314 women), grouped as follows: kindergarten 321, elementary 5,784, secondary, 8,488, adult education 237, junior colleges 174. The average monthly wage of teachers, outside the three cities of the first class, was $137 (men $164, women $125); in Duluth $209 (men $218, women $207); in Minneapolis $216 (men $211, women $217); in St. Paul $205 (men $231, women $200).

The 7,685 school districts represented a taxable valuation in 1940 of $1,303,991,121, and reported 8,713 schoolhouses valued, with their sites, at $178,765,270; the bonded indebtedness was $54,903,384. The total school expenditures (1939-40) were $58,420,911; the maintenance cost per pupil based on enrollment was $88; based on average daily attendance $99.

Agriculture.

The major activity in Minnesota is agriculture; 56 per cent of its area is farm land; and 33 per cent of its people are farm-dwellers. It ranks fifth among the states in the value of its crops. Corn is preponderantly the main crop; oats, wheat, hay, flax, and barley follow, in that order. The chief orchard crop is apples. The state ranks sixth in the Union in production of livestock.

The State Board of Agriculture reported for 1940, 30,479,638 acres of farmland, comprised in 178,196 farms, operated by 121,063 owners and 57,133 renters. Of the total acreage, 14,379,000 A. (47 per cent) were given over to the nine major grain crops, and potatoes which amounted to 489,314,000 bu., valued at $215,132,000.

Minnesota livestock on Jan. 1, 1941, numbered 9,044,000 head of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, and hogs, valued at $256,369,000; and 19,691,000 chickens and turkeys, with a farm value of $11,035,000.

The chief agricultural income of the state is from dairy production; the state leads the nation in the production and consumption of butter. The 1940 production was 311,153,332 lbs., an all-time record; and the first six months of 1941 were 8 per cent above the same period in 1940. The 1940 product was worth $87,406,116 wholesale, 20 per cent above 1939. The per capita consumption of butter in 1940 was 31.17 lbs., as compared with the national consumption of 17.5 lbs. The production of dried and condensed milk products and of cheese is also becoming increasingly important. The wholesale value of all dairy products for 1940 was $157,672,289; second to butter were milk and cream, estimated at $30,359,790 wholesale.

Industry.

The state ranks another 'first' in flour and food milling, and the processing of cereals. The capacity of its grain elevators exceeds that in any comparable area in the world.

Water-borne shipping is also an industry of very great importance. Through the three largest cities — Minneapolis and St. Paul at the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and Duluth at the western terminus of navigation on the Great Lakes — flows a vast stream of lumber and iron ore, and other natural and manufactured products, not only from the state but from the whole Northwest. Duluth, in fact, ranks as the greatest inland seaport in the world.

Since the main occupation of the state is agriculture, the chief industries are those that use agricultural products, such as flour and feed milling, meat-packing, dairying, bakery products, and malt liquors. The meat-packing products are annually worth almost twice those of the great milling industry.

Still other important industries are metal manufacture, printing and publishing, and the manufacture of paper, lumber, and wood products.

Mineral Products.

The mineral resources of the state are notable. Iron-ore production is another Minnesota 'first.' At Virginia is the world's largest iron-ore mine, and at Hibbing is the world's largest open-pit iron-ore mine, a vast man-made canyon 2 miles long by  of a mile wide, and 400 feet deep. The state production of iron ore in 1940 showed a notable advance, at 47,736,810 tons, over the amount for 1939, which was 32,370,241 tons with a value of $97,113,591, or nearly double the amount for 1938. Sand and gravel again contributed in 1940 more than $8,500,000 to the state's resources. Granite and limestone quarrying are also important.

Finance.

The state budget for the bienuium 1941-43 is $74,000,000; the legislative appropriations for that period amount to $87,597,176, including relief expenditures of $9,000,000. The latest report of unemployment compensation funds, by the State Division of Employment and Security, showed total expenditures for the calendar year 1939 of $1,425,612; total amount of contributions collected as of Dec. 31, 1939, $38,108,249; total amount paid in benefits, $15,758,776; total amount in the Unemployment Compensation Fund, $23,136,558; earmarked for transfer to the Railroad Retirement Board, $2,524,210; balance available for benefit payments, $20,612,347.

Banking.

The Commissioner of Banks reported as of Sept. 24, 1941, 487 state banks, 1 savings bank, and 4 trust companies. These had loans and discounts amounting to $149,726,692; U. S. bonds, $56,526,891 (an increase of $618,751); other bonds and securities, $58,139,266; due from banks and cash on hand, $74,665,263. The capital stock totaled $13,857,100 (an increase of $50,500); the surplus fund, $11,751,750; deposits subject to check, $107,178,658; savings deposits, $139,751,583. The total deposits were $312,740,205, with a net increase of $6,493,192. The reserve on hand in banks and trust companies was $70,508,457 (required by law, $20,437,608).

The Commissioner reported as of Dec. 30, 1939, 324 credit unions, with 62,486 members, 7,357 depositors, 34,918 borrowers, and 54,810 loans made during the year amounting to $6,187,305 (an increase over 1938 of $708,510).

Defense Activities.

The state has organized an active Home Guard to take the place of the National Guard now in national service. A $28,000,000 plant for the manufacture of small arms is being built in the Twin Cities area. The Minneapolis airport is being greatly enlarged.

Legislation.

The more important measures passed by the 1941 Legislature included the following. The one-mill road and bridge tax, in effect since 1921, was repealed. The tax limitation on general property of 10 mills was lowered to 9 mills. The royalty tax on iron ore was increased from 9 per cent to 10 per cent for the calendar years, 1941-42 to be 9 per cent thereafter. The occupational tax on iron ore was similarly changed.

State Officers.

Governor, Harold E. Stassen; Lieutenant Governor, C. Elmer Anderson; Secretary of State, Mike Holm; Treasurer, Julius A. Schmahl; Auditor, Stafford King; Attorney General, J. A. A. Burnquist; Commissioner of Education, H. E. Flynn.

United States Senators:

Henrik Shipstead, Joseph H. Ball.

1940: Minnesota

Area and Population.

The 'Gopher State,' lying at the geographical center of the North American continent, is 11th in area among the states, with 84,682 sq. mi. A geographical 'first' is its thousands of lakes, 3,824 sq. mi. of its surface being water. In population, according to the 1940 census, it is still 18th, having increased by 228,347 (8.9 per cent) since 1930, to 2,792,300.

A fifth of the residents are foreign-born; mainly Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, Canadians, Finns, and British. About 4 per cent are Negroes, and 4 per cent Indians. Approximately half of the total live in cities. Of these the largest are Minneapolis, 492,370; St. Paul, the capital, 287,736; Duluth, 101,065; Winona, 22,490; Rochester, world-famous for the Mayo Clinic, 26,312; and St. Cloud, 24,173.

Agriculture.

The chief business of the state is agriculture; almost 60 per cent of its area is farm land; and 33 per cent of its people live on farms. In the value of its crops it ranks fifth in the Union. Corn is by far the chief crop; with oats, hay, barley, and wheat following in that order. Apples are the main orchard crop. Livestock is important enough to give the state 6th place in the Union in that regard.

Industry.

Minnesota is nationally first in flour and feed milling, and the processing of cereals; yet within the state, meat-packing and the poultry industry out-rank milling 100 per cent in the value of the product. The state has the greatest elevator capacity of any comparable area in the world. Among other great industries are dairying, metal manufacture, printing and publishing, and the making of paper products, bakery products, lumber and wood products, and malt liquors.

Water-borne shipping is also a major industry. The three largest cities are all inland ports of first importance: Minneapolis and St. Paul at the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and Duluth at the western terminus of Great Lakes navigation. Through these gateways flow the three great streams of grain, minerals, and lumber from the Northwest.

Mineral Products.

In iron-ore production Minnesota still leads the nation. Though the amount was seriously reduced in 1938 from the 1937 production of nearly 50,000,000 tons, there was a gain in 1939 of 96 per cent, which brought the total for that year to 32,370,241 tons, with a value of more than $97,000,000. Sand and gravel shipments in 1939 were in the neighborhood of 10,000,000 tons.

Education.

The latest census of the school population (ages 5 to 17), made by the State Department of Education in 1930, showed a total of 659,000. The Department reports that in 1938-39 there were 338,920 elementary pupils enrolled and 187,651 secondary; they were taught by 14,132 teachers in elementary grades, and 8,045 in secondary.

Banking and Finance.

The Commissioner of Banks reports that the 490 State Banks and trust companies had in 1939 a total capital of $13,403,600, and total deposits of $282,964,056, both increased over 1938. Banking conditions have continued to show improvement.

The State Auditor reports receipts by the state treasury for the year ending June 30, 1939, of $143,201,671; and expenses of $144,800,818.

Political Events.

Notable in 1940 was the support of Wendell Willkie by Governor Stassen. Minnesota, however, gave President Roosevelt a plurality of 47,922, a little better than 51 per cent of the total vote of 1,251,188. Governor Stassen, the youngest of the state governors, was re-elected.

State Officers.

Governor, Harold E. Stassen; Lieutenant Governor, C. Elmer Anderson, Secretary of State, Mike Holm; Auditor, Stafford King; Treasurer, Julius A. Schmahl; Attorney General, J. A. A. Burnquist; Commissioner of Education, John G. Rockwell.

United States Senators:

Henrik Shipstead, Joseph H. Ball.

1939: Minnesota

Area and Population.

Known as the 'Gopher State,' Minnesota, situated in the center of the continent of North America, is 11th in size and 18th in population in the Union. The area is 84,682 sq. mi. and the population 2,652,000 (1937 estimate). The state is first in its thousands of lakes, its flour and feed milling industry, and in iron-ore production.

Foreign-born residents constitute about 20 per cent of the total population. They are chiefly Swedes, Norwegians, Germans, Canadians, Finns, and British. Negroes and Indians represent about 4 per cent each. Almost half the population are city-dwellers; Minneapolis has 464,356 (1930 census); St. Paul, the capital, 271,606; Duluth, 101,463; Winona, 21,850; Rochester (internationally famous for its Mayo clinic), 21,621; St. Cloud, 21,000.

Agriculture.

Agriculture is the state's chief activity. A third of the population live on farms, and almost three-fifths of the state is farm land. In the value of its crops — chiefly corn, hay, wheat, oats, and barley — the state ranks fifth in the Union. Apples are the chief fruit. In stock-raising the state ranks sixth in the Union.

Industry.

Among the state's industries meatpacking is first. Second come flour and feed milling and the processing of cereals, for which the state ranks first in the nation. Minneapolis leads the world in grain-elevator capacity. Next in importance in state industries are dairying, lumber production and manufactures; followed by printing and publishing.

Shipping also is a major industry, especially by water. The two chief cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, occupy a strategic position at the head of navigation on the Mississippi; and the third city, Duluth, stands in a similar position on the Great Lakes. Through these three cities flows the great stream of the chief products of the northwestern states — grain, minerals, and lumber.

Mineral Products.

In 1938, as in other states, the iron-mining industry of Minnesota, in which it leads the Union, showed the effects of the industrial depression of the year. Production was down by 70 per cent to a total of 14,449,304 tons, compared with 47,878,042 tons valued at $141,542,594 in the preceding year. The bulk of the iron came as before from the Mesabi Range. Shipments of sand and gravel compared favorably with the figures for 1937, at 8,486,147 tons with a value of $1,586,836.

Education.

The State Department of Education reported in 1930 a school population (ages 5 to 17) of 659,090. In the school year 1938-39 there were 526,571 public school pupils enrolled in 81,951 schools: including in the elementary grades, 338,920; in the secondary, 187,651. This was a reduction from the previous year of 37 schools and 9,135 pupils. Teachers employed in 1938-39 were 22,177 (an increase of 765): 14,132 in elementary schools and 8,045 in secondary. Pupils enrolled in vocational courses in 1938-39 were 28,368, an increase of 5,347. The median salaries for superintendents are $2,051, for high-school principals $1,251, high-school teachers $1,292, elementary-school principals $1,382, elementary-school teachers $973.

An interesting development of the year has been a marked decrease in elementary school enrollment, with considerable increase in high school and vocational enrollment.

Business Conditions.

General conditions throughout the state were notably better in 1939 than in 1938. Money was easy, with much more available credit than was being used. Interest rates on residential loans dropped from 5½ per cent to 4½ and 4. Agriculture improved; though prices were still below normal they were better than in the previous year, and the corn crop of 1939 reached an all-time high. Manufacturing increased after September 1939, especially in connection with farm machinery, home equipment, residential building, and flour milling.

Lumbering is not what it was because timber-lands have mainly been cut over, but the manufacture of paper and insulation materials increased substantially in 1939. Iron ore production was conspicuously up; from 15,000,000 tons in 1938 to 45,000,000 tons in 1939. This increase, chiefly in the last four months of 1939, appeared to be largely due to war conditions in Europe.

Employment has increased, but relief problems have not decreased. The high relief scale in Minneapolis is being financed primarily by the sale of municipal bonds; and the steady approach to a limit in this will call for a reorganization of the relief set-up within the next year or two.

Legislative Matters.

Legislation during 1939 affected state employees, labor, and small merchants. A new civil service law takes in the employees of the state. A labor relations law has markedly reduced the number of strikes. A change in the unemployment insurance law favors many smaller merchants by exempting them from insurance taxation.

Most departments of the state government have been effectively re-organized during 1939 under Governor Harold E. Stassen, who is receiving wide and approving support.

Banking and Finance.

The 490 state banks and trust companies reported in 1939 a total capital of $13,403,600 (an increase over 1938 of $115,000), and total deposits of $282,964,056 (an increase of $17,959,028). The Commissioner of Banks reports as of December, 1939, that 'the picture today is much brighter than it was a year ago. Bank loans are increasing, and deposits have increased at a rapid rate.'

Receipts of the state treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, were reported by the State Auditor as $143,201,671 ($16,635,298 less than the previous year). The chief items were: gasoline tax, $17,920,651; state income tax $14,588,778 (both increased over last year).

Expenses of the state government for the same period were $144,800,818, a decrease of $10,658,846. The three chief items were (as in the preceding year) trunk highways, $19,947,090; old-age assistance, $14,310,982; invested trust funds, $13,969,651 (the last two were increases).

State Officers.

The leading officials of the state are: Governor, Harold E. Stassen; Lieutenant Governor, C. Elmer Anderson; Secretary of State, Mike Holm; Auditor, Stafford King; Treasurer, Julius A. Schmahl; Attorney General. J. A. A. Burnquist; Commissioner of Education, John G. Rockwell.

United States Senators.

Hendrik Shipstead, Ernest Lundeen.

1938: Minnesota

Area and Population.

Known as the 'Gopher State,' Minnesota was admitted to statehood May 11, 1858. It includes the geographical center of North America. There are within its borders more than 10,000 lakes, a distinctive feature. With an area of 84,682 sq. mi., it ranks 11th in size among the states.

Minnesota is 18th in population, estimated at 2,652,000 in 1937 (2,563,953, census of 1930). The foreign-born number about half a million; Swedes predominate, with Norwegians, Germans, Canadians, Finns, and British, in that order. There are also some 9,000 Negroes, and 9,000 Indians.

Forty-nine per cent of the population is urban. The largest cities are Minneapolis, 464,356; St. Paul, the capital, 271,606; Duluth, 101,463; St. Cloud, 21,000; Winona, 21,850; and Rochester, seat of the internationally famous Mayo clinic, 21,621.

For Pipestone National Monument see NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS.

Agriculture.

Minnesota's soil of glacial origin is peculiarly adapted to the growth of cereals, hence agriculture is its chief business. One third of its people live on farms; 58 per cent of its area is farm land; in its crop values it ranks fifth in the Union. Corn, oats, hay, wheat and potatoes are the chief crops. Apples are the principal fruit crop. In cattle the state ranks sixth in the Union.

Industry.

Manufactures are of great importance, in this order: flour and feed milling, meat-packing, dairying, and motor vehicles. In milling the state is first in the Union. Minneapolis has for years been the milling capital of the country, and it has a greater grain elevator capacity than any other city in the world. The lumber output of the state, though still high, has fallen off in late years: yet Minnesota is still near the top in production of white pine and wood pulp.

Shipping is also a major concern in the state, especially by water. The twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, stand at the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and Duluth at the head of the Great Lakes. Hence these points form natural gateways through which flows the great bulk of northwestern grain, minerals, and lumber.

Mineral Products.

Minnesota's chief mineral product, iron, in which it has an outstanding lead among the states, showed a 53 per cent increase in 1937, totalling 48,416,985 tons, a record production, as against 32,938,883 tons (value, $83,523,720) in 1936. As usual, the Mesabi range contributed the bulk of the increase. Sand and stone have a substantial share in the total value of Minnesota's minerals, which amounted in 1936 to $94,923,628.

Education.

The school population of Minnesota (ages 5 to 17) was reported by the State Department of Education in 1930 to have been 659,090. In 1937-38 there were 535,706 pupils enrolled in 8,988 public schools; in the elementary grades, 353,983; secondary grades, 181,723. Of the 21,412 teachers, 13,632 teach elementary grades, 4,925 secondary, and 2,855 teach both. Vocational courses list 23,021 pupils. In 1935-36, private and parochial schools cared for 56,060 elementary pupils, 7,370 secondary. Expenditures for public schools in 1937-38 were $52,004,084. The median salaries are: for superintendents, $2,051; high school principals, $1,251; high school teachers, $1,292; elementary-school principals, $1,382; elementary-school teachers, $973.

Annual Review.

General conditions in banking and finance, in mining and lumbering, and in relief and unemployment, remained about the same in 1938 as in 1937; in manufacturing they improved; and in agriculture they also improved, chiefly because dairying conditions were better.

The biennial legislature was not in session in 1938. As in most other states, the most interesting event was the November election. In Minnesota the result was to remove from office Governor Benson and most of his associates in the Farmer-Labor party, and to put in their places Republicans of a more conservative cast.

Banking.

The 491 banks and trust companies operating in the state report a total capital of $13,288,600, and total deposits of $265,005,028. They record an 'improving general condition, largely due,' they feel, 'to better economic conditions and more confidence in banks because of the insurance of deposits.'

Finance.

The state auditor reported receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, of $159,836,969; disbursements, $155,459,664. Receipts from taxes totaled $75,617,039, of which the largest items were: gasoline tax, $16,937,626; motor vehicle tax, $9,270,743; and general property tax, $16,365,414. Federal grants in aid totaled $18,467,281. This sum included $7,838,997 for old age assistance, and $660,647 for unemployment compensation.

Disbursements for the year ending June 30, 1938, totaling $155,459,664, were $12,094,167 greater than for the preceding year. They included, among other items, the following: conservation of natural resources, $2,299,279; charities and corrections, $17,899,906; state aid, $40,388,934.

State Officers.

As a result of the 1938 election, the chief state officers are: Governor, Harold E. Stassen; Lieutenant Governor, C. Elmer Anderson; Secretary of State, Mike Holm; Auditor, Stafford King; Treasurer, Julius A. Schmahl; Attorney General, J. A. A. Burnquist; Commissioner of Education, John G. Rockwell.

Judiciary.

The Minnesota Supreme Court is composed of Henry M. Gallagher, Chief Justice, and six Associate Justices: Andrew Holt, Royal A. Stone, Clifford L. Hilton, Charles Loring, Julius J. Olson, and Harry H. Peterson.

United States Senators:

Henrik Shipstead, Ernest Lundeen.