The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12

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Greasss Mssene That's tx
sarchwoTd which IS 10 be sees IL
the forefront Of all OF Msgchells do
ings hereafter. For three or faas
. the town has been growing
within itself in the residence line IN
a most encoaragfng.s Hun
dreds of people have come here to
make a home for themselves, and
all of this has sounded we'll. But
we have not been as active and as
n in other directions is We
should have been. and for that Fea-
son we stand now in the wholesale
line Just about where we did three
ago Not that our CONNER
cial Committee has been remiss III
their duty toward Mitchell. but
rather that they have not had the
time to follow up and carry to a
definite conclusion things that pos
sibly were within our grasp. This
proposition of hiring a secretary for
the Commercial Committee and let
ting him have full sway in these
matters of securing wholesale
house, good, growing factories, get
better railroad facilities, secure
cheaper freight rates, is Il that
ought to have the endorsement of
every business man in Mitchell.
That the city is disseminated
against in the way of freight rates,
there is no question. This was am
ply shown by the expressions made
by several business men who pay
freight bills of large denomination
and who have made many vain at
tempts to secure an individual re-
duction of the rates. 1t was this
individual work that never resulted
in securing any favorable faction
from the railroad companies. With
a secretary in the employ of the
business men he could mass the OBJ
tections to the freight rates and
place something before the railroad
companies that sounded as if there
was a united opinion of business
men behind the movement for a de-
mand of lower rates. Mitchell
stands in the center of the best sec
ton of South Dakota. 1t has a le-
Ultimate territory in practically ev-
cry direction, and the best is the one
that goes across the reservation to
the Black Hills country. With this
vast expanse of business opportunity
lying at our very doors it does not
stand to reason that we are going to
sit calmly by and let some other
town come and carry off the territory
that belongs to us. A population of
$4,000 people is what this city is
entitled in the course of five or six
years, and the start on the increase
Is ready to be made today. The in
centive lies through the door of rail-
road assistance from some direction
and we are the people that have got
to find it-there is nobody else suffi-
GENTLY interested in the growth and
development of the city who will
help us; we have a lot of friends all
over the state who have expressed
the kindliest Of feelings for Mitch
ell, and they are appreciated to the
full, but this has not been the means
Of bringing Mitchell what it is enti-
tied to. 1t is true that Mitchell
business men are drawn upon to aid
in many enterprises in the erection
of churches, etc., but this feature of
employing a man who, with the as
sistance of the Commercial Commit
tee, can go authoritatively to this in
dividual or that or to a railroad COM
pany with a request for certain
things beneficial, must not, we be-
lieve, be lost sight of. 1t met with
a hearty response on the part of the
business men assembled the other
evening, and 1t can be worked out to
a successful end by the necessary
contributions from among the bust
ness men of the city. Let's take the
step forward right now!
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