The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

give the law to the country-Globe
Democrat.
Sham Punics.
Before any person permits him
self to get frightened he should try
TO find out if any occasion exists for
alarm Or excitement. The value of
presence of mind and cool, collected
action is pr%overbial. Some timorous
individuals say there is Something
in the air. something in%defnable,
that warrants a plunge at the banks
is needed for current uses, but to
insure it's safety. Is it as safe out
OF a bank as in it? Manifestly, it
is exposed to multiplied risks when
kept in the house or on the person,
and If locked in a safe that could
defy burglars cunning and explo-
sives ceases to draw interest or to
strengthen the purposes of a circu-
lating medium. If a food famine
were impending there would be
ground for alarm. If employment
we're scarce, wages poor and indus
tries closing down a thoughtful
concern for the future would be JUS
tilted. Nothing of the kind is in
sight. The American people are
busy and doing we'll. Nature in it's
h~arvests rewards them amply, and
there is not the slightest sign of any
failure in this respect.
All ove the world at this time a
conservative spirit is shown in the
lending of money. Is this a reason
able cause for pane? A great ma
jority of the people do not want to
borrow money. Money has been
tight in the money markets of the
world a thousand times before, and
the difficulty in due time adjusted
itself. Stocks arc offered at low
figures, but those who have paid for
their holdings can lay them aside
for better prices. Those who have
been specializing on margins are in
trouble, but is this any reason why
a person with money in a savings
bank should draw it out and put it
in a trunk or under the CARPET?
DO such fearful souls imagine that
stock gambling is the corner stone
of financial stability? 1t is by keep
ing money in motion that banks are
able to pay interest on deposits and
to safeguard them for the convent
ence of the public. Depositors
should proceed as usual. There is
no occasion for general d~istrust, and
if there were blind panic would work
nothing but harm.-Globe Democrat.
Preparing for Next state Fair.
The state heard Of agriculture is
preparing for active ard aggressive
work fer the next fair. TO be held
in Huron in September, 1908. the
date being the week Immediately
following the Minnesota state fair.
To this end the board has decided
to eNpend about s15,l in building
and improvements at the state fair
grounds there. One of the buildings
will be a barn especially for the &C
commodation of speed horses entered
in the speed events. 1t will be fitted
with all the necessary equipments
for the proper care of race. horses,
and as special premiums will be Of
fered in the speed departments, it
is expected that many fast steppers
will be entered for prizes. 1t has
hnan anofanI {o. horn OF 11o~f }h,oo
purses of $1,000 each, and this will
doubtless be an i~nducement that will
be appreciated by. Il of fast
horses.
Extra efforts will also be made to
increase the live stock exhibits.
While those in the various depart
ments last year were exceptionally
fine, the board proposes Offering
premiums the coming year that will
insure the bringing of all classes of
live stock from every point in South
Dakota as we'll as from neighboring
states.
Special attention is also being
given to the agricultural depart
ment, and it is proposed to make
this the greatest attraction of the
fair. The premium list will be re-
vised early and in almost every de-
partment a liberal increase in prem
iums will be made. The fact that
all premiums awarded at the fair
have been paid in cash and every
bill satisfactorily adjusted, the board
is greatly encouraged, and with the
cooperation of the people of the
state there is every reason to believe
that the next state fair for South
Dakota will be n of the best and
most extensive ever witnessed in the
state.
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