Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-24
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IF South Dakota is to comprise
its present area for all time to come
then in Justice to those who are te
follow in the footsteps of the pres
emf citizenship, the capital SHOULD
be in the center, In justice to tho
enterprising people OF the great
mineral beds of the extreme west
who, in but few years at best, will
largely out-number the east half. the
capital should be in the center. The
west half want and will have access
to the east; they want their produce
and in return will give them gold,
tin and other precious metals, cheap
fuel, etc, in exchange. Does the
east half desire access Ito the west,
or do they wish their 'neighbors in
northern Nebraska to supply the de-
mand of that produce consuming
country? Every farmer will see
that to place the capital at Pierre
will greatly expedite the building of
railroads to our own aich mining
district, the Hills, and with all the
Huron gush and dirty classifying in
this respect, will go to the polls
next month for Pierre. There are
many reasons not yet spoken of why
the whole state will be benefited
more by the central location of the
capital and the attendant railroad
building, than by placing it to one
side; in fact we fail to see any argu-
ment in Che last Huron plea. One
reason is, that when our farmers on
the east wish to visit the beautiful
Hills country, they will also be ena-
bled to pay a visit to the state
capital. The same with the western
brothers. Besides when one of our
great stock men of the reservation
wane to ship his herds he will take
a day in the capital and very likely
sell his cattle at a better figure in
Pierre than he will get by shipping
farther east, because, with our river
transportation TO compete with the
railroads and that river a tirst-class
route to Sioux City, Omaha, st. 10
seph, Kansas City and St. Louis in
competition with the railroad route
to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth,
Milwaukee and Chicago, Pierre can
afford to look toward that great en-
terprisc and her central location in
the state, with the railroad facilities
that she is bound to have in the
near future, will certainly be of
great importance to the stock raising
industry of both the east and west
half of the state, and truly this in
dustry is bound to be courted and
fostered by all the farmers of the
state, with less attention paid t. the
raising eff cereals. When this is at
tanned there will not be all this cry
of mortgaged farms aud hard times.
While touching upon this matter let
us look back to the years when the
farmers Of Iowa We're Just as hard
up as they are in Dakota, but they
are turning their attention to stock
raising and are rapidly sweeping
away their Indebtedness; and just SO
it will be with the settlers in South
Dakota. Locate your capital IN the
center and you will at once see how
the spokes will reach from the outer
circle to the hub; you will see how
quickly the railroads will bring you
into within few hours pleasant ride
of your state capital, where you can
meet your brother from the west,
east, south and north and swap
yarns to your own entire satisfac-
ton, and be prouder of your work
and vote for Peerless Pierre than
the old "Tippecanoe'' Harrisonians
were to vote for Ben. Then you
will look backward to this great
fight with a great deal of satisfac-
ton for the act of setting down on
TIE state slanderers on the Jim with
your entire possession of, averdupois
for the nasty libels they sprung on
your state.