The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-15

,tion ,bv- the. secsstarys 81 ( stste fair
board and ex-osficio commissioners Of
immigration would give to the world
information concerning our
never published in so striking a man.
ner before.
l earnestly urge that an appropria-
ton be made for the printing and dis
tribution of this report.
The state fair Is now one Of the per-
manent and substantial institutions of
the state. No more effective stimulus
to better methods OF farming and
stock raising can be found. No more
convincing and attractive advertising
of the substantial resources of the state
a be devised No other will bring
as good a return for the money spent
Commissioner Of immigration.
Ind the provisions of chapter IS,
Session Laws of 1907, making the sec
rotary of the state board of agricul-
ture ex-officio commissioner of immi-
grafton. and requiring the governor TO
make the appointment, appointed Mr..
Clarence n. McIlvaine OF Huron to the
position. AS secretary of the board
Of agriculture he has rendered every
possible service and the capable and
efficient performance of his duties in
that regard nave taken no small part
of his time.
No appropriation is made after Ian.
/, 1909. The office is, therefore, with
out a dollar for its maintenance at
this time. There seems to be a de-
mand for the maintenance of an i'm
| migration bureau, and until some other
and better plan is to provide for, the
| arrangement made by the law OF 1907,
should be supported by an appropria-
ton.
Insurance Of Deposits.
The platform Of the dominant party
on which the larger number of you
gentlemen We're elected, contains the
following declaration:
our national platform favors the
establishment of a postal savings bank
system for the convenience OF the peo-
pie and the encouragement or thrllt.
The ~rotection of depositors against
loss by insolvent and mismanaged
banks, and the protection of solvent
and we'll managed banks against runs
and panics, requires that postal SAY
ings bank laws be accompanied by enl-
cient laws. state and national, pro-
| yiding for the insurance Of ~deposltors
against loss. We favor The enactment
of such laws"
It is undoubtedly true that a nation
al law is soon to be enacted e~stabIsn.
ing postal savings banks. Deposls>
in these savings banks Will be mauN
upon time certificates only n there
will be no open accounts. The depos-
it's will not be kept in the local banks,
but will probably be sent to central
reserves. and thu withdrawn from the
state to the detrilnent or the locai
banSs, both state and national. .
The funds thus removed Will or
| course. be more inaccessible ana less
likely to be used in facilitating locai
business than if the same We're kept
IN the home banks. For this reason,
as wei! as for many other good ana
| obvious reasons, a carefully worked
out law for the protection and IN
| surance Of depositors is demanded by
the times.
Dairy and Food Commission.
Certain sections in the law enacted
by the legislature OF 1907 In relation
70 the branding and sale of drugs and
medicines were declared to be invalid
for fatal omissions and ambigulties
in the used, leaving our pure
food law somewhat crude and incom-
plete.
The law should be amended so as
to become effective. The purpose
should be not to favor or injure any
class but to protect the consuming
' School and Public Land.
The report of the commissioner OF
school and public lands shows that his
department is in a prosperous condi-
| ton. The land sold during the past
two years have brought much higher
| prices than ever before. n the rent
ais have greatly increased.
The large and constantly increasing
permanent fund is all loaned on safe
securities and the department has been
unable to supply the demand for loans,
h,,S hos Lnoo ohl{~oI ~ f(p,nc 70 hold
up applications for months, and some
times has been forced to refuse them
entirely. Every acre of capitol building
ands situated east OF the Missouri
river has been sold and over s400. 0N0
realized from these lands, with over A.
600 acres still unsold west Of the river.
Primary Election Law.
W years ago., in keeping with it's
platform pledge previously made, the
legislature enacted a comprehensive
primary election law. During the year
1908. the several political parties madc
their party nominations under this law
n the dominant party selected its
party candidate for the United States
senate, the law providing that the
Endorsement by popular vote shall have
the force and effect OF an Instruction
to such members of the legislature Of
the same political party as were NOM
mated In the same primary election,
to vote for n uppor such candl-
date in the legislature for the office Of
United States senator"
Our primary election law in it's gen.
eral and essential features is similar
to that enacted in Kansas. Nebraska,
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington
and a number Of other states. AS a
system governing political party man.
agement and nominations. it has come
to stay. No instance has been report
ed where it has been repealed.
A general attack was made upon this
law in the supreme court Of the state
last May in which it's constitutionality
was questioned and every possible OBJ
lection urged. The general provisions
Of the law were sustained. Two provi-
sions. however. were held to be invalid,
to wit:
Sections 8 and 10, which required
candidates for nominations to pay a
designated fee at the time OF filing
their nominating petitions, the money
received to be covered into III gen.
eral fund to reimburse the county for
expenses incurred in holding the pri-
mary: also the clause in section IS,
which reads: Each county shall be
entitled to N delegate to each party