The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18

lngS bank on the plan OF the bill
| now before the senate, and for the
| creation Of the office of the direc-
tor of posts at salary of $4,000
in order to command a business man
of wide experience. This Office
would not change with every new ad-
| mnstration.
One of the recomme ndations in
President Roosevelt's message was
that New Mexico and Arizona be adj
mitted to the union as separate
states. The attempt to admit the
territories as one state was defeated
by the action of the people directly
concerned, who preferred to bear
the ills of territorial legislationTA
the ills of territorial existence to
statehood under the proposed con-
dilions. There have heretofore been
several objections to the admittance
Of the two territories as separate
states, some of which have been ma
terial and others political. If it had
| not been for New MeXico's and Ariz-
ona's devotion to democracy, it is
barely possible the other objections,
chiefly sparcity of population and
the large percentage of illiteracy
among the inhabitants, would have
been overlooked. Now, with the re-
publican lead in congress assured,
probably for several years, one of
the objections is removed. Sooner
or later congress will have to ad-
NIT the two territories as separate
states. 1t might as we'll do it now.
The people of the two Dakotas, who
fought SO long for statehood, have a
sympathetic feeling for the strug-
giles of New Mexico and Arizona,
and Dakotans are not going to OBJ
ject very strenuously, even if two
democratic states should be added
to the union by the change.
1t would be a very good thing for
Hayti, and for civilization, if the
United States should respond to the
intimations of foreign powers and
take possession of the negro "repub-
lic," but 1t might very possibly not
be a good thing for the United States
itself. This country, what with
teaching the Cubans how to rule
themselves and the Filipinos the
beneficence of wise and humane
government, has its hands full of the
civilizing business without taking on
any more of the lesser people for
its training. 1t may easily become
necessary, however, for the United
States to interfere if the atrocities
in Hayti become too brutal, and if
| interference does come 1T should be
on such terms that this country will
have free hand in the future in
dealing with the obstreperous ne
groes as they deserve.
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Since its first establishment eleven
years ago, the rural free delivery
mail service has grown by leaps and
bounds. Starting as an experiment,
to crafty the hobby of one pan, and
with an appropriation of but few
thousand dollars, the service has in
creased until during the last fiscal
year the appropriation for this
branch of the postal service was over
$50, 100000. No one single agency
has ever accomplished so much for
the easement of conditions on the
farm than the rural mail route, un-
less it be the rural telephone. With
the two allies, the farmers lot, and
especially, the lot of the farmers
wife, has been rendered much pleas
anter. The rural mail service should
be extended as rapidly as possible
No niggardly policy in this respect
will meet with the approval of the
people, and fortunately congress and
the postoff1ce departments have quite
generally been in complete accord
upon this question.
The Brazilian ambassador struck
the keynote of the future relations
between the continents of North and
South America when he told the riv.
ers and harbors congress today thai
the Panama canal would unite in.
stead of separating the two contin.
ents. In time to come the two bodies
| will be united practically their whole
lengths by railroads, and the Pana.
ma canal will be great water high.
way used by all the nations Of both
continents. When the two Ameri
cas- are q little farther along in theil
processes Of development, the jeal
ousy and fear Of the United States
(which now prevails among some 81
! the lesser nations will have disap.
peared and this country will occupy
i the position that is Its rightthat Of
sort of elderly, and kindly disposed
brother to the nations to the south