The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-25
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS
Address Delivered by GOV. Herried at
Opening of Corn Palace IN
Tuesday hVening.

"pSVthS VI W." |
Tuesday hvenmg.
Fellow Citizens: In the presence
of this splendid audience, surrounded
by evidences of enterprise and pros
perity of the people of this progress
81 We city, we are filled with senti-
ments OF admiration, gratitude and
congratulations. Around US, arranged
by the hand of genius, are the rich
contributions from many counties,
all showing the dawn OF a new era in
the development of u state.
1t is indeed a great compliment to
the genius and energy of the people
of this city that this artistic creation
known as the Mitchell Corn Palace
has been adopted by the people Of the
state as most suitable. attractive and
appropriate for a Worlds Fair Build
ing and while thousands of our W
people have admired the Mitchell corn
palace, next year. in st. Louis, hun
dredS Of thousands will see and adj
mire the South Dakota Corn Palace
and with it associate ideas of refine
mant and prosperity, producing last
ing impressions Of great value to the
state. l am convinced that this corn
palace has been the means of adding
increased commercial value to the
pralrleS OF our state by suggesting
crops Of corn to the mind Of the land
seeker to whom the shimmering corn
fields are visions Of wealth and con-
tentment.
Geographically South Dakota is in
the midst Of the great group Of rich
ana powerful states centerlng near
b upper Mississippi. In agricul-
ture, and mining and health-giving
invjgorating climate nature lavished
her treasures upon South Dakota.
The people are beginning to fully re-
alize this fact and since this became
understood, the state has progressed
with leaps and bounds until in many
respects we lead some of the great
states around us.
Today, after successive bountiful
crops, surrounded by the comforts of
life, a cOntented and happy people
may look back to the days of hard
ships, disappointments and distrust
with feelings of JOY and hope. The
pioneers who broke the prairie soil,
who engaged in all the activities of
frontier life, who built workshops
and stores and factories AMI school
houses and churches ana hospitals
and founded colleges. had iron quail
sites OF heloic manhood and fearless
ly, almost desperately. held their own
during many long years Of continued
dlSappOintmentS and even distress.
How we'll we remember the tragic,
almost pathetic Sitting out process
which drove from the state the
weaklings and left the men and
women with stout heart and cool
head and lndomitahle will power to
reap the rich rewards which have
been so bountifully distributed dur
ing the last few years | have seen
U%hi1ty-four states, including the
richest and best in the union and
studied the natural of our
W state and contemplated it's pos
,sibilities and made critical compari-
sons and l am thoroughly convinced
and make this prediction without
any mental reservation that before
the close of the first quarter of the
present century South Dakota will
rank as one of the richest and best
states in the Union.
Great and sacred interests are in
vOlved in the administration Of the
feel it is a matter Of cong1atulatiOn
and source of satisfaction to the
people of the state that a long
stride has been taken in %elevating
the standard Of supervision. The
boards of control and the officials
Of these institutions are now select
ed entirely on account OF their fit
ness and special qualifications for
the work and largely without refer
ence to their politics. All the
schools of the state, both public and
private, command the confidence not
only of our W people, but the high
standard of excellence commands the
respect Of the best educators Of the
country. Our colleges have pros
pered in the past and kept pace with
the material development Of the
state. 1t is a matter Of interest to
all the people of the state and a
guarantee Of continued success when
our young state is able to secure the
services OF such eminent men as
President Chalmers and President
Nicholson
While our people are producing
and securing more wealth per capita
than the people of any other state,
while South Dakota is striding for
ward with the pace Of a giant, let
Us not forget that continued success
depends largely upon always doing
the right thing, at the right ti1ue,
in the right way. For securing the
best teachers for our public schools,
w have the normal and denomina-
tional schools; for securing the pre-
ciOus metals we have the school of
mines; for scientific farming and
dairying we have the Agricultural
College. But for crystalizing public
sentiment we rely upon the mass
meeting and the press. AS this ex-
position is a monument representing
the progress which the state has
made, l deem it eminently proper to
discuss, briefly, matters affecting the
present and future welfare Of the
people Of the state.
The forest and water supplies. de.
clares President Roosevelt, are per-
haps the most vital internal prob
lens of the United States. The pres
revation of u timber lands, until
recently, devastated without regard