The Minneapolis journal., 1903-09-29
PROGRESS OF STATE.
Governor Herreid Touched Upon 1t
in His Exposition Address
at Mitchell. A
South Dakota to Rank as One Of the
Richest and Best States in
the Union.

ADDRESS
exposition at Mitchell last week Governor
Herreid said:
Geographically South Dakota is in the
midst of the great group of rich and
powerful states centered near the upper
Mississippi. In agriculture and mining
and health-givfng. invigorating climate,
nature lavished her treasures upon South
Dakota The people are beginning to
fully realize this fact and since this be-
came understood. the state has pro-
gressed with leaps and bounds until In
many respects we lead some Of the great
states around us.
To-day. after successive bountiful
crops, surrounded by the comforts Of life,
contented and happy people may look
backSto the days of hardships, disappoint-
ments and distrust with feelings of joy
and hope. The pioneers who broke the
prairie soil, who engaged in all the actiy-
tiles Of frontier life, who built workshops
and stores and factories and schoolhouses
and churches and hospitals and founded
colleges, had the iron qualities of heroic
| manhood and fearlessly, almost desper-
| ately, held their own during many long
years of continued disappointments and
even distress.
How well we remember the tragic, al
most pathetic sitting out process which
drove from the state the weaklings and
| left the men and women with stout heart
and cool head and indomitable will power
| to reap the rich rewards which have been
SO bountifully distributed during the last
few years.
IT have seen thirty-four states, includ-
ing the richest and best In the union,
and studied the natural resources OF our
own state and contemplated its possibil-
tiles and made critical comparisons and
am thoroly convinced and make this
prediction without any mentals reservation
that before the close of the first quarter
! onr,f,, D~Jx tn
rank as one of the richest and best states
| in the union.
| Schools and State Institutions
Great and sacred interests are involved
| in the administration of the states public
institutions, and I feel it is a matter Of
congratulation 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 institu-
tions are now selected entirely on account
| OF their fitness and special qualifications
for the work and largely without refer
! ence to their politics. All the schools of
the state. both public and private, COM
mand the confidence, not only of our own
People. hut the high standard of excellence
commands the respect of the best edu-
| gators Of the country.
! our colleges have prospered in the past
and Kept pace with the material develop
ment OF the state. 1t is a matter of IN
terest to all the people of the state and
! guarantee of continued success when our
young state is able to secure the services
| OF such eminent men as President Chal-
| mers and President Nicholson
| w lille our people are producing and
securing more wealth per capita than the
| people of any other state; while South
| Dakota Is striding forward with the pace
OF giant, let us not forget that contin-
ued success depends largely upon always
doing the right thing at the right time
| IN the right way. For securing the best
] teachers for our public schools we have
the normal and denominational schools:
for securing the precious metals from the
| richest 100 miles square on the globe. we
| nave the school of mines; for scientific
| farming and dairying, we have the agri-
cultural college. But for crystallizing pub
| lie sentiment, we rely upon the mass
meeting and the public press
Accomplishments Since Statehood.
4 Less than fourteen years ago we
| Joined the sfsterhood of states. Our his
tory is brief but brilliant Our progress
has been rapid along every avenue Of
| human endeavors. While every industry
is producing wealth. schools and
| churches and colleges are building high
er and better civilization
'The future is resplendent with ths
| glory of great achievements by a great
| people. In the grand march of humanity,
South Dakota will measure up to our
fondest hopes and greatest expectations
and furnish the best citizenship, the most
splendid type Of American manhood"