The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
is IN WORKING ORDER
"Tim Mitchell Way" Is Exempliied
abundantly by Her Own Peo-
pie in Subscribing.

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night still continue to receive a most
cordial reception at the hands of the
business men who have thus far been
approached, and the proposition of
employing an Industrial Commits
%sionel, which is under advisement,
is receiving most hearty support.
The people seer to have become
awakened to a realization of the fact
that we are at the parting of the
ways, and that Mitchell must either
continue to advance or take the OBJ
pos1te course, and all seem to be
agreed that the proper policy to be
pursued to bring about a continuance
OF II development is by the estab-
~llshnlent and maintenance of the Of
flee of Industrial Commissioner.
Every one with whom we have
talked, seems to appreciate the fact
that the soliciting committee is not
asking for pledges in the nature of
a donation, but that it is a plain
business proposition, which has
much more than ordinary merit, and
the subscriptions which are asked
for will be returned in full to the
subscribers if any one of the dozen
different problems which the Indus
trial Commissioner will be asked to
solve are brought to a satisfactory
conclusion.
AS has been stated in recent is
sues of this paper, the largest item
is the matter of freight rates, and
it is possible to secure a reduction in
these rates, for there is no reason
why M should not be secured, be-
cause we are all we'll aware of the
fact that we pay more money for
our coal, for our groceries, for our
clothing, Il shoes, and every other
article of household and business eX-
pense upon which there are freight
charges, than we should be COM
PEELED to pay. Different individuals
representing different lines of bust
ness have had the matter up with
the high officials of the different
roads, but all their efforts have been
in vain simply because they have
represented one line of business
only. whereas, under the scheme pro-
posed, the reduction will be insisted
upon and backed up by the entire
community. If We were asking for
an advantage over other towns in
this matter of rates, it certainly
would appear like a hopeless task,
but the railroad officials are we'll
unfair and unjust and have ac-
unfair and unjust and have as
knowledged that this is a fact to diff
ferent parties who have approached
them on the subject, but neverthe-
less, no relief has been offered, but
confidence is expressed by every one
that satisfactory results can be OBJ
tanned by a general uprising of the
business men in Mitchell, headed by
a man who is capable of presenting
the matter in the proper light and
a man who is big enough to properly
cope with the situation.
There are many other duties
which can be shouldered by an In
dustrial Commissioner, and which
can be handled more successfully by
him than by a committee of business
men who have their own individual
interests to look after, and, there
fore, are unable to give the time and
thought to matters Of public inter
est hat they deserve. AS an exam
pie, we might mention the possibility
OF turning over to this Industrial
Commissioner the larger portion of
the work connected with the organ
izlng n carrying through of our
annual Corn Palace Festival. Our
Corn Palaces have always been big
successes in the past, but they
could be made ever more successful
if they could be handled by an In
dustrial Commissioner, backed up by
the Corn Palace Committee, as the
Commissioner would be paid to de-
vote his entire time to the detail OF
the enterprise.
Conventions can he secured, bust
ness institutions can be brought to
Mitchell, and numerous other duties
OF vast Importance can be success
fully handled by the right man, and
it is the intention of the Business
Mems Association to get the best
mar possible, as it is the opinion of
those interested that it would be a
mistake to secure a low priced mar
and consequently a man of less than
average ability We want to DO
things which will count, and it takes
brains and intelligence as well as
energy and hustle to accomplish re-
suits, and it is results we are after.