The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-21
TELLS THE STORY
poAN ROBINSON STATE STATS
TITAN AND HISTORIAN
REVIEWS 1909
STATES OUTPUT FOR YEAR
THE PRODUCTS OF SOIL RANGE
AND MINE AMOUNT TO
S 200. 600. 900
,Bv Doane RobinsOn)


stock and minerals more than 5000
600 900; a year in which we carried
away TO markets beyond the state bor
ders more than $l25,O00,0 ,0C0 worth o.
products: year at the close o. when
we find more than $0,0CO,OO0 or re
serve wealth piled Up in the vaults OF
our banks: wealth that is all our own,
for no one residing without the state
comes here to bank their money, as Is
the case in all states containing arge
commercial cities. The production of
the soil the products marketed and
the deposits in the banks are the re-
sources of but a half million people.
Indeed the greatest disappointment
to our people is the fact that our Iop-
ulation does not increase at a greater
rate. 1t is rather surprising that,
with so substantial evidences Of pros
perity extending over a dozen years,
with the population Of America in
creasing so rapidly as 1t is that TINS
region, with its almost litmitless oD-
| pOrtunities has attracted so relatively
little immigration. Much interest and
curiosity is manifested in the probable
revelations of the census next sum-
mer. We had 32S,000 in 1890, sol .OOl
in 1900, 455 900 in 1906 and in the last
five years of great prosperity the most
sanguine do not estimate the growth
above 100000.
One would hardly dream that
Jewish law dating back to King David
or earlier would particularly affect
q South Dakota census in 1910, but
II seems that it is destined to do so
For sociological study race is much
more important than nationality. and
II was particularly desired that race
census be taken in the state, where
we have a large German population
hailing from a half dozen countries.
as Germany proper, Austria. POlan.
Switzerland. Holland and especially
Russia.
OF the latter there are about as
many Russian Germans as of those
coming from Germany. In the time OF
Peter the Great special opportunities
were offered to German farmers to in
duce them to settle in the Crimean re
! giOn to teach the natives the arts of
| agriculture and thousands availed
themselves Of the special privileges.
which. among other things, exempted
them from military duty. When the
father Of the present czar forgot about
this exemption and froced the Ger
mans into the army great nUrn hers
them immigrated to America, and
! South Dakota became the home OF
$1,000 of them. and, with their Amer
ican-born children, they now number
more than 10000 They lost none of
their German characteristics by their
! sojOurn in Russia.
We have here likewise Austrians.
/ Of CT
! Russians of Cossack stock and Swiss
! Of Italian lineage. so that it will be
seen that any significant study Of these
| foreigners and their influence upon
our affairs must be racial rather than
! by national classifications: but when
| the bill for the purpose came 10 in
congress it was strongly opposed bv
the Hebrews. who adhere to the old
law. and their influence was sufficient
! to defeat It,
A recent bulletin from tie state uni
versity Is devoted to the high schoO's
OF the state and reveals some interest
ing facts There are 391 PERSONS en-
ploved in the force Of instructors. For
! ty-three schools employ city superb
! tendentS The ave~ooe salary Of 2 81
perintendent is $3.50; OF the force of
instructors. $712; 252 Of these hold col
| lege degrees. 76 others have had train
| ing in institutions OF higher learpino
and 60 in high schools and academies
Eighty Of the graduates are from
South Dakota institutions, the uni
versity leading with "a; Wesleyan sec
ond, 49, Yankton. II: Broo'Iings. 3;
Huron, g. Of outside institutions Min
nesota university leads with "a; Mich
igan, IS: Chicago. IS; Nebraska, IS
Wisconsin, IA: Iowa, 13: Valparaiso
H.
| A gratifying pride has grown up
among the people of the state In be-
half Of the new capitol. 1t is really a
most satisfactory building. its cost
considered. Architecturally. it is very
beautiful, its lines perhaps being as
effective as those Of any caDitOl in the
country; its capacity II 60 per cent
that Of the Minnesota capitol; its con-
struction substantial. modern, fire
proof throughout.
The interior is in excellent taste. en-
tirely avoiding the carish and fam
boyant: subdued and restful decora-
tive schemes prevail and make a fine
setting for the excellent paintings tc
be mounted by Blashfield. Simmons
and Holloway. The former gives US
but one piece. a very large panel fol
the governors parlor. exemplifyins
the progress OF South Dakota II
contains seven figures. but II Is MOI
involved as the work Of this arts
in the Minnesota capitol. the desire ot
the commission being to keep tho
treatment so simple that q meaning
would he revealed to the ordinary in
dividual by more key word. Thi.
has been accomplished.
Mr. Simmons exemplified the in
dustries of the state in the four pen.
dentives svppOrtiOg the dome anf