Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-09-25
ADDRESS.
To the Voters of South Dakota:

To the Voters of South Dakota:
GENTLEMEN:-As we are constantly in
receipt of letters from all parts of the
state, requesting us to clearly define the
position which has been and will be taken
by the Pierre Board of Trade with refer
ence to the capital campaign, we beg
leave at this time to make the following
plain statement of facts. Before doing
so, Ne wish to tender our thanks to the
Is, 900 voters who last October teatiied
their approval Of our city as temporary
capital by voting for it on election day.
To these friends we would say, that no
act of ours during the present campaign
shall cause them to feel that their conf
dence was misplaced; and to such friends
as may vote for Pierre at the coming
election, we give assurance that they
shall, by reason of future developments,
have no reason to regret it.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MAJORITY.
For the encouragement of these, we
state that a careful estimate of the senti-
ment throughout the state, which has re-
Gently been made on the same plan as
was adopted by our organization last
year, shows that the maj ority for Pierre
in November will be about $4,000, which
majority will, of course, be increased or
diminished between this time and cleo
ton day, as the popular wave of senti-
ment sways to and from each candidate.
SAVING TO THE STATE.
The citizens of South Dakota can save
enough within one year after a railroad
shall have run eastward from the Black
Hills to the Missouri river in cost alone
to pay the entire expense of the state
Legislature for twenty years. The wealth
of this section consists not alone in the
inexhaustable supply and variety of min
erals, but it contains enough timber to
supply the entire state, coupled with one
of the best agricultural and grazing re-
gions in the west.
THE WESTERN HALF.
The permanent capital which will be
located in November, is not for today OF
for twelve years hence, but for all time
and to admit that it ought to be at thil
time located in the center of population
is to admit that South Dakota has
reached her full state of development
with tendency to decay. We say, and
we believe it susceptible of proof, tha
the half of the state lying west Of thu
Missouri river is equally as good as thu
portion lying to the east of that grea
stream; that it is capable of sustaining
large population, and that it now ap
pears like the younger child in the fam
lily, not at this time capable OF self de
Tense, yet, with equal rights in the herr
tage. And now in conclusion, we vii
say that we are talking to reasonable
| fair minded men; that If South Dakot
has future at al, and we believe that
has, that it will have in ten years mil
/ lion people, of whom 100000 will be cas-
of the river and fully 100000 west of tn
river. Can anything be fairer to all sec
tions of the state than TO say to one an
other, let us place the capital in the es
act center, between the mining, minera
and agricultural region west of the rive
and it's markets for all the produce whic
we can raise, and the greatest agricul
tural and fuel consuming region eas'
A ward OF the river.
4 PIERRE BOARD OF TRADE