Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-01
Springfield Time.

Springfield Times
An adjourned meeting WAS held i'll
Yankton on Monday evening last 10
take into consideration the adoption
of measures looking to the admission
OF southern Dakota as state in the
federal Union.
We believe this il q move in the
right direction, and ne have arrived
at this conclusion not without giving
the subject careful consideration in xll
its bearings.
II is true, no doubt, that by throW-
ing of onr swadiling clothes and as
suming,t the habilaments OF full tlcdged
manhood, SO to speak, our rate Of
taxation will be somewhat increased,
rs we sha. then be compelled 10 pay
our ownexpenses ofstate government,
which would probably increase our
taxes over the presen, rate, with econ
cmical management, not to exceed
three mills on the dollar. This in
creased tax, in our judgment, would
be more than met in the increased
volume Of capital that would surely
be drawn within our borders by the
new order Of things. 1t is not mat
ter Of conjecture, but one of fact, that
.uader state government all new ter
ritories, wheir thus admitted, increase
in wealth and population ten-fold fas
ter than when occupying positions as
territories. We have only to turn to
the history OF nearly all our western
states to prove that this is no idle
assertion. Iowa was admitted as a
state in 1886, if osr memory serves us
Alright, with'a population of less than
10000. In lSI1 her PePtll sissttaa isstaa " Ms
43,1l2. In 1885, ten years lster, her
population had increased to 1872 PA,
ratio OF increase of nearly 10000
per year. In 1860 her population had
swelled to nearly six times the num-
Der it was in 1850, and during the
succeeding decade her population al
most doubled, placing her far in
advance of many older states, and
eighth in the list Of states having the
largest white population. That her
wealth and resources were increased
apace eau scarcely be doubted, nor
can it for moment be doubted that
under Territorial form OF government
she would never have made those re-
marksble strides in wealth and pros
perity. Nor is this an isolated case
in the history of our new western
states. The same degree Of susprising
growth and developemsnt is seen in
Nebraska, Nevada, Colorado and
other states.
| The reasons for this are very easy
Of. solution. Throughout the older
eastern states from whence, in the
main, comes all the wealth and popu,
lation Of our new states and territories
the opinion obtains to great extent
that territorial government is lit,ls
better than no government al all
That law and order is the exception
and not the rule, and that but ltttle
Security prevails therein Tor life or
property, while schools and churches
ere, believed 10 hc few and far be.
tween, alto which facts-unfounded
though they may be and as we know
they are-operate to keep out capital
| and re,ard immigration. The mo.
ment, however, you substitute a state
1 government FOR that Of the territorial
that moment do you wipe out all
those imaginary drawbacks enter
tained by the people of ihe older
states, for to them The idea Of I state
government is synonymous with Ill
that tends 10 perfect system Of civil
aud religious organization, whore life
and property is secure, law and order
prevails, schools and churcbs are es;
Elahlished and maintAiued, and -xhese
T 1ffftrestier recklcssness Il banishcd be
yond iIs borders. Thus We see people
immigraiing to new states by the
'ltthonsands, taking theis capita! with
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