Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-16
ADDRESS.
To the Voters of South Dakota:

10 tue fOIerS OF SOQLl DakO6a.
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, we wish to tender our thanks to the
$4,000 voters who last October teatifed
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 majority for Pierre
in November will be about $4,000, which
majority will, of course, be increased or
diminished between this time and elec-
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 or
for twelve years hence, but for all time;
and to admit that it ought to be at this
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 il susceptible of proof, that
the half of the state lying west of the
Missouri river is equally as good as the
portion lying to the east of that great
stream; that it is capable of sustaining
a 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 heri-
tage. And now in conclusion, we will
say that we are talking to reasonable,
fair-minded men; thatif South Dakota
has future at al, and we believe that it
has, that it will have in ten years mil
lion people, OF whom 5O0, 900 will be east
Of the river and fully 100000 west Of the
river Can anything be fairer to all sec
tons Of the state than to say to one an
other, let us place the capital in the ex-
act center, between the mining, mineral
and agricultural region west Of the river
and its markets for all the produce which
we can raise, and the greatest agricul-
bural and fuel consuming region east
ward Or the river.
PrERRE RoARD or TRADE.