Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-29

DIG OBJECT leSson-especlally to those
who took stock in the But
as far as South Dakota is concerned
it isn't half as hard a jolt to the
catalogue houses as the discovery of
our pure food commissioner that a
very large percentage of the cata-
logue foods sent out from Chicago
are adulterated and unfit for use.
OF course it is true that when Coe
|. Crawford was a member Of the
state board of equalization, the assess
ment of farm lands was increased
and Of railroads reduced, while dur
ing the first year that Governor
Elrod was a member the exact
reverse was true. Still Mr.. Craw-
ford wants Governor Elrod rejected
because he is afraid of the railroads
and he wants the election himself
because he is a friend Of the dear
people. "By their fruits ye shall
know them"
Senator Gamble might well
exclaim 'burn those letters!" When
the primary bill was before the
legislature for consideration Mr..
Gamble wrote several letters to
senators i'll which he almost
demanded that they ignore the petit
ton of the primary law although
now since he is the candidate for
insurgents for United States senator
these letters, like Banquo's ghost,
will not down and their publication
in the various papers of the state
are causing the senator and his new
found friends much concern.
Archbishop Ireland may be made
a cardinal some day, and several
millions of Americans hope he will.
But American presidents are not
elected to serve as Intermediates
for ecclesiastical preferments; and
when Mrs. Bellamy Storer sought to
put President Roosevelt in the
attitude of officially recommending
the archbighop for a red hat, she
brought about a situation which
could only be cured by the recall of
her husband from Vienna. The
president has a high regard for the
archbishop and personally, it is said,
would like to g him a cardinal.
But he views the preservation of
the American principle of an entire
separation of church and state as of
more Importance than the gratifca-
ton of a personal wish. .
Orders have been issued by the
postmaster general to postmasters
of New York and Brooklyn to bar
from the mails the advertisements of
forty-two illegal medical Offices
located in those cities and also to
refuse to deliver mail matter
addressed to the fictitious and
assumed names under which these
concerns are said to hide their
identity. In Boston last March
thirty of these concerns were barred
from the mails and the governments
crusade in Philadelphia last Septem-
Der resulted inclosing thirteen of
these establishments. A statement
given out at the postofice depart
ment says: The condition Of
affairs which has developed under
the departments Investigation in
these cities has been appalling. 1t
was found that a large number of
instances those engaged in conduct
ing these offices have criminal
records and are dope fends.'
Can South Dakota Raise. Corn?
The official report Of the corn crop
from the department of agriculture at
Washington u serve as an eye-opener
to the people Of the corn belt who have
not fully appreciated that the compare
lively new state Of South Dakota is q
corn state. We commend the follow
ing table to their consideration. Notice
the number Of states it takes I o equal
South Dakota in the production Of corn.
No. Bu.
Maine ..................... 900
New Hampshire 1000. 665
Vermont ................... 2.02O,S59
Rhode Island. ............. S25, 1858
Connecticut ............... 2,s73, 906 !
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