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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
THEY ARE RECoGNIzEp,

Conklin's Dakotian, which is 10th to
see good qualities in any but republican
representatives, is forced to say a good
word for Pennington and Meade county
representatives. The lasti issue contained
the following:
"Pennington's two representatives,
Hughes and jolly, make a capital team.
Mr.. Hughes is a remarkably bright
young man., probably an old teacher, as
he advocates school measures huently."
MEADE county has two excellent gen.
tlemen in Hon. NJ. M. Cooper and Hon.
L. B. Miller. Very quiet and unassuming,
they have been able to get through the
session without creating any commotion
until a bill on some irrigation question
was raised a few days since, when Mr..
Miller showed the house that he was an
eloquent speaker. and very sensible and
honest man. Meade is well represented"
Probably no mans vote has been
watched more carefully than that ofRev.
of Butte. Having just been
placed at the head of the Ruralist, a
paper that is supposed to be preparing
to do injury to the republican party, it
is natural that the strong republican
sentiment OF the house should keep a
careful eye on him. While many have
criticised his course, his vote has been
recorded on the reform, I think, on every
question. Mr.. Cummings is certainly en-
titled to the credit OF an honest intention
and straight vote. He came out and de-
clared himself in accord and standing
square with the republican party at the
league meeting a few nights SINCE"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14

Writing from Potter county, Pennsyl-
vania. a Country Gentleman" correspon-
dent produces evidence which seems CON
trary to the usually accepted and often
urged theory that petroleum application
adds to durability of wood. What nave
the opponents of the latter doctrine to say
Of the following statement?
Gin the fall of 1887 I saturated my
barn roof, freshly laid with hemlock
shingles. with ,heA oil. II did splendidly
in holding them to place and not letting
them warp or split; neither will they
water-soak in three or four days rain; but
l fear they will give out in two years more,
for on recent examination I find the wood
soft, of no tirmness, in a state of dry-rot.
On raising a single with the point of my
knife to look under, it broke square off
at the butt of the one above. Then going
where I stored the oil I found two sticks
four inches thick, on which the barrels
had lain four years, thoroughly soaked
with oil. rotted and mashed to the ground
under the barrels, while those three feet
away were comparatively sound. Then l
made it my business to see a gentleman
who had followed the crude-oil tank-build-
ing business for many years. and said:
How is it You are taking out the timber
frames i'll those tanks so ofteE?' He re-
piled: 90. the oil rots them out every
three or four years. being soaked in it sc
much Of the time Then, again, three
years is the average life of a fo~urtecn-inch
square timber used as a mudsiil for an oil
derrick, where Oil is spattered freely OF
and about ii daily. Also, there are many
wagons about the country with hub:
York Tribune.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
HOW OTHERS VIEW 1T.

The record of the first legislature of
South Dakota under statehood can hardly
be DO considered a model for future
bodies. Called into existence with patri-
otto lourishes and pledges of great re-
forms, it frittered away its time in fruit
less measures and plunged the young
state into burdensome debts. At the
threshold of statehood. South Dakota was
confronted with the difficult problem of
making the ordinary revenue derived from
taxation meet the expense Of a largely
increased army of officials. A partial
failure of crops increased the hardships of
the people and made it impossible to col
lect taxes due. Under these conditions
strict economy was necessary to tide the
state over the financial rocks. But the
legislature forgot its earlier promises in
the excitment of the closing hours and not
only continued, but increased the extrav-
agance of territorial times. Offices have
been multiplied to such an extent that it
will require a quarter of a million dollars
more than the receipts to maintain the
government this year. The constant PIES
ence of the corporation lobby prevented
the passage of laws regulating railroads.
AS a whole the work of the legislature will
prove a positive detriment to the state,
for the few good laws enacted are counter.
balanced by the mischievous extravaganza
which imposes increased tax burdens on {
struggling reople and leaves a legacy Of
debt for settlement in the future. -Omaht
Bee.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14

by Messrs. Coates Brothers. Philadelphia,
was but 21.6 cents per pound when Presi-
dent Cleveland was nominated, and rose to
26.5 cents last July, a gain of nearly five
cents per pound. On the reported annual.
clip the actual benefit to farmers would be
about ~$13,250,000 a year. Whether the
wool-growers actually gained more or not
quite so much in tie aggregate, this at
least is evident, that they have been de-
cidedly more prosperous since the veredict
of the people assured tho protection of
industries.
It was a mistake for their own interests
that the wool-growers allowed the price to
be pushed up quite as fast and as far as it
was last year, Yet there would never have
been a possibility of such an advance, but.
on the contrary, a certainty Of continued
decline, if there had not been a definite
change in the political situation. With
democrats in power sheep decreased in
number and declined in value. With. re-
publicans in power sheep increased in
number, the aggregate value increased
more than $1O,OOO,OOO, and the annual
value of wool taken from sheep appears
from Philadelphia quotations to have in
creased about S13. 100000 also.-New York
Tribune.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
IRRIGATION VS.. DEEP FLOWING.

For the past six months the papers OF
the northwest have contained a great
deal on the subject of irrigation, and
politicians have introduced many bills
on the subject. While irrigation, where
water can be had in sufficient quantity,
almost insures success, yet for the
majority of farmers it is something be-
:yond their reach, and the schemes pro-
posed SO costly that it will take years to
carry them out. In the meantime,
farmers must live; and to live, they must
SOW At a late meeting Of n of our
alliances, it was resolved that it
was only a waste OF time to
discuss the best methods OF rails
ing crops, when there was no market for
them after raised. We do not believe
: this is the right stand to take. 1t is well
to discuss the different crops and their
relative markets; Tor some crops must
be raised, il only for home consumption
1t is a discussible question whether the
majority of farmers suffer most from
low prices, or for want OF something to
sell. 1t surely would be the height O!
FOLLY to stop sowing until we cal
regulate prices, though discression should
be used as to what had best be sown
so in the matter OF irrigation, Will
waiting for the schemes to mature. tr,
deep blowing and after planting, in al
hoe crops, give frequent cultivation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
HARD TO PLEASE,

Reporters of Pierre papers who have
been present all the time dnring the ses-
sion Of the legislature state, as q fact,
that the most economic members were
lawyers and business men, and the most
extravagant members were farmers
Republican.
About election time you willlearn that
farmer legislatures are failures. Thatby
q penurious policy they will drive out
foreign capital and cripple the railroads,
ETC., etc. Now, when they have proven
the contrary, by their failure topass any
measures effecting the railroads, to enact
the usury law, to tax mortgages, or in
any way to cripple the money powers OF
the state, instead OF receiving praise for
for their work, they are called extrava.
CANT. There is only n way to please
the class represented by the Republican
stay on the ranch, except when the
ring calls you out, and then vote as il
dictates. Offices are created for men o
leasure.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14

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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
COMMENT,
SHEEP AND PUBLIC OPINION.


The number Of sheep is coming to be a
barometer of public opinion. Five years
ago as soon as Mr.. Cleveland was elected.
the number of sheep began to decrease,
because there was no faith in the mainten-
ance of a national policy by the democratic
party. The wool-growers knew Mr.. Cleve-
land infinitely better, as it turned out. than
some of his political friends, who recon
mended him OF the ground that he would
be found "as good a protectionist as any
body" They reasoned that it was a good
time to stop raising sheep, and the price
began to decline. When Mr.. Cleveland
was elected there was officially reported
50,626,626 sheep in the country in 1884, and
the number was a little less in 1885, more
than 100000 less in 1886, and about g.
0 1000 less in 1887. The average price of
sheep on the farms was S2.37 in 1884, and
it declined to $1.9l in 1886, notwithstand-
ing the decrease in number. The decrease
in number has continued until this year,
and in 1889, when President Harrison was
inaugurated, the official report showed
only 42,599,079 sheep in the country, a de-
crease of more than eight millions.
This year, with the assurance that the
industries of the people are to be protected,
and that the laws for that purpose are to
be enforced with fidelity, the number of
sheep increases. The official report shows
a gain of four per cent in number in a
single year, which puts matters bach about
where they were in 1886, and a gain of
seven per cent in the average price, which
makes the value a little higher than it has
been at any time since President Cleveland
was inaugurated. It can hardly be said
that the wool-growers are influenced in this
matter by any other consideration than the
political prospects in the United States.
They believe that protection is going to be
enforced with fidelity, and therefore they
grow more sheep and hold their property
at a higher price.
The farm value of sheep a year ago was
about $90,000,00O. 1t is now more than
$~11,0o0,ooo greater, and this difference,
about twelve per cent, gives some idea
of the benefits which have already accrued
to farmers by reason of the political victory
in 1883. They have sold their wool at
higher prices also, though Of that difference
no exact record is possible. The average
price of I0s qualities Of wool as reported
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14


editor of the Times knows that the great
bulk of trade of Deadwood ia drawn to the
place throughth saloons, gambling houses
dives and dance halls. The Times knows
that the prohibitory law will Gloss these
dens of infamy. and this is the real secret
of its discontinue. Deadwood's contribu-
lion to the state Legislature consisted OF
Star and Washabaugh. These were with
out Influence in that body, because thei1
intellectual horizons were not broad enough
to take in anything outside of what a bad
land constituency demanded. No wonder
they We're ignored when appointments were
being considered.-Lead City Daily Trib
me.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14

The following extract from an artlcIe in
last weeks Ruralist from the pen Of Geo.
G.. Crosse, entitled "The legislature" may
be of interest to our readers:
During the session OF the present legis-
lature the Cry has gone out: Why are the
leaders of the alliance not at the capital
looking after the legislation they demand?
There are W reasons why they We're not
there, and we will now answer the ques-
ton, if by leaders are meant the execu-
tive committee of the alliance. First,
Mr.. Loucks has been seriously i'll during
the entire session; Mr.. Gardner has been
in Missouri all winter looking after per-
sonal business interests. Mrs. Harden,
fully employed if there were forty-eight
hours i'll each day; Mr.. Wardall and my
self are fully employed looking after the
business departments of the alliance.
This leaves only Brother Soderberg, and
he is not a politician, merely an earnest
alliance man prompt to act when duty
calls.
Second reason, the last state alliance
decided to & no representative to the
Legislature. They were we'll aware that
elgnt-telltnS OF the menDer were elected
under direct pledges to the farmers to
legislate their demands. If they have
failed in carrying out their pledges a ''day
of retribution is coming" for every one of
them. The alliance does not believe in
legislative lobbies, but nave a better way
IF disposing of troncherous members
This may not have been true IN the past
but the foundation is being solidly laid by
twelve earnest, loyal and interchangeable
organizers, who will not halt in their good
work until the great majority of farmers
have casped hands in the union that com.
prises +. A. and I. U. To the doubter we
say: read their reports i'll the RuraIist anG
be convinced. For the past month ever.
day has witnessed hundreds of farmers
uniting III the new work and the demand
for organizers can not be half supplied
Can the doubling Thomases see the trent
of affairs? This is IL purely agriculture
state, aside from the "Hills,'' and the farm
ers have a right to manage their stat,
affairs and the next election will prove
theiI ability to do it."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14

: The first number OF the Northwestern
Monitor has been received at this office.
It is q six-column folio, published at
Aberdeen, under the management OF
Edward Randall. with E. III. Stevens
editor. The s%alutatory states that the
desire is to fill a vacant place in the
newspaper world. If that vacant place
is the publishers pockets, the Monitor
has taken a big contract. In this line,
surely all publishers must wish it sue
cess, and such it will have, judging from
the first issue. which is full OF news and
presents a fine Typographical appearance.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
a VAIL FROM


The editor of the Deadwood Times took
occasion to spread a few ideas over a vast
amount of territory in his paper this morn
ing. He weeps for the saloons of his town.
He means for Moody's return to the senate.
He considers "the stand of the alliance.
and of labor organizations as regards the
two great parties as problematical." He
blames the alliance and labor unions for
prohibition, which he dubs fanaticism. He
says they promised much, but lone moth
ing. He r~ejoices that their lease of life
terminates tomorrow. He sneers at the
Office of mine inspector, and hints that the
%appointee, whoever he may be, cannot
afford to devote the time necessary for a
faithful performance of duty, because of
the small SALARY. He deplores the fact
that the Black Hills delegation could in
fuence but one appointment, and impu-
IDENTIFY asserts that prohibition is not tine
sentiment of the majority in South Dakota,
that it is the result of an election influenced
by barter, trade, corruption and unholy
alliances, and just like all anarchists, gives
it out boldly that the majority Che
means by this, the whisky dealers, gamblers
FOUNDERS, pimps and prostitutes, which is
the majority i'll the community the Times
represents) will not supinely sit while their
rights are usurped by bigotry and through
%iniquity.
The only trading Or bartering lone any
where in the state last fall was DOR by G.
Q. Moody. Whenever he spoke in eastern
Dakota he claimed to be in favor of pro-
hibition, while in the Black Hills he was an
anti-prohibitiopist. He holds his seat in
the United States senate today ty virtue
of trade, barter. corruption and unholy al
liances. He, through his party's machine,
traded and bartered until Judge Edgerton
was persuaded to accept the federal judge
ship of South Dakota, that he might go to
the senate. Never IN the history of politics
was a man elevated to Office, by means and
methods more disreputable or dishonorable
than those employed by Moody and his
trained gang of freebooters last fall, and
this wall from his chief organ, the Dead
wood Times; comes with a bad grace. The
Times wakes wroth when the Rapid City
Journal, or any other paper, speaks of
Deadwood as a town run by whisky and its
concomitants. yet it admits beyond pre-
adventure that the enforcement of the pro-
hibition law will ruin the town, not only
this, it advises the people to defy the law
and ho!d it in contempt. Would that
paper cling 50 tenaciously to whisky if
Deadwooa had anything substantial to
build upon? Not by any means. The
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
FRIDAY, MARCH Ia. 1890.
"A vein of soft coal is said to have been
discovered on the reservation, eight
miles south Of Chamberlain.

Rev. Gardner circulated a petition in
Minnesota asking the business men to
close their houses on Sunday. 1t was
well received, and hereafter the Lords
day will be observed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
WAEpALL'S LETTER.


Dakota Ruralist: Have been so busy
since my arrival at the capital city, the
10Th, that 1 have neglected that prom
ised letter.
hive of industry and they are building up
a great paper, undoubtable the best of the
class i'll America, as our national organ
should be.
The sub-tr asury bill, agreed upon at
st. Louis by the National alliance and X.
of l.. was introduced this week in the
house by Congressman j. A. Picker, of
South Dakota, and referred to the commit
tee on ways and means, of which Nc
Kinley of Ohio is chairman, and in the
senate by Senator Vance Of North Caro-
lima. and sent to committee on agriculture.
1t was deemed advisable to rob it Of all
partisan character by having a republican
in the other. We interviewed a large
number of members of both houses and
they expressed a Willingness to support
any measure the farmers wanted, if at all
reasonable. 1t remains to be seen whether
they are in earnest. Our Dakota mem.
bers, North and South, readily promised
ia give it prompt and careful attention
Senator Casey and Representative Picker
IS staunch Alliance men were particularly
helpful i'll getting the bill ready and assist
ing in bringing it to the notice of The
members and can be relied upon for any
and all measures needed and demanded
by their farmer constituents. Secretary
of Agriculture Rusk, to whose judgement
we submitted the bill. treated us very
courteously and promised to do all in his
power to forward our interests. "But,'
said he, with a look of blank amaZement
on his face, d you realize, gentlemen,
that this is the most important bill intro
duced in congress in the past quarter of a
century," One member said hesitatingIy.
1T will cost 4 good deal won't it," Yes.
we ask for fifty millions of dollars tC
build warehouses. Suppose we cut that
amount off the $3.50, 100000 proposed fo'
increasing our navy, that we don't need
We could probably scrub along Il fey
years with %;300.OO0. eco worth of engine
} for taking life or rendering it miserable
and devote $5O.O00.0O to saving an
rendering comfortable the lives of on
, useful classes. Another senator said: Il
. it possible that farmers are asking 10
something? Well, I am astonished! Her
l I've been a member OF congress for lc
I these many years, and in that time hav
listened to demands and claims frol
every industry and calling in the Ian
\ except the farmer. Thought he was dea
' or translated. | am glad to see you an
if you are IN earnest in your demands
will gladly help you" Now. brother farm
ers, shows that you are in earnest, roll i
the petitions for house bill No. 71G2. Sen
them by the hundreds of thousands and b
the millions. Get our alliance, grang'
assemblies. clubs and societies togethe
and snow your members under with le
, tiers and petitions. 1t will take hard worl
n but it will win. Send letters to the men
O. BEES and petitions to the National Econt
v mist, Washington, D. G.. A. WARDALL.