The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-01-06

'ipHo a. lIlS tl1ne are very SdllSldC-
tory and it is to be hoped that the
harmony may continue
At this time / am constrained to
make mention of the work which is
/ being done for the state by the
I! School OF Mines at Rapid City. The
courses offered particularly those of
electrical engineering and metal.
lurgy. have been enlarged and ex-
tended and much valuable apparatus
has been added
Pure Food.
The pure food laws of the state
have resulted in great measure in
guarding the people against adulter-
ated food, and if this legislature
deems best to yet further strength
en- the statutes in this regard it
would be we'll. Any legislation along
these lines is another step in the
right direction.
The Food and Dairy Commission
is to be complimented on the results
obtained.
Law Enforcement.
Law breaking, in any form. is the
heaviest tax that can be imposed up
on any industry, labor or property,
and | am glad to be able to say that
in regard to the enforcement of the
law in the various portions of the
state, l believe that quite generally
the officers have been successful in
their efforts and we have reason to
congratulate ourselves and them
There has been concerted and eff
fective action by the attorney gem
eral and the various states attor-
neys, which has resulted in placing
the state in much more favorable
condition than heretofore This is
true OF the larger portion of the
state.
Temperance.
We are all very familiar with the !
of the evils arising from
the use of intoxicating liquors and /
believe the people of the state gen
orally are becoming more strongly !
Impressed with the necessity for the !
enactment of such laws as will tend |
to discourage the sale and use of .
such intoxicants.
The matter resolves itself into two
questions 1or you to answer. is the /
sale of intoxicating liquor necessary
for serving the best interests of the
people of a community and does it's
tend toward the pro-
gressive development of the CONNER
clal and moral welfare, or is it the
factor bringing with it more poverty,
misery and crime than any other
agent with which We have to deal at
the present time
I believe that the liquor traffic is
IN reality the highest tax that is be-
ing paid by the common people of to-
day and that it is the heaviest drain
upon their resources If this is
fact it is your duty to legislate in the
interests of those people and not in
the interests of the men who are in
the business for profit or a money
The Primary Law.
AT the last legislature our primary
law was re-enacted and the result
shows some Improvement over the
former law. We find, however, that
it is still inadequate in several re-
'pects and we believe that it should
be revised and amended in such
way that it will more effectually
protect the parties and assure their
solidarity.
Constitutional Convention.
During my incumbency in the Of
ice of chief executive my attention
has often times been called to var
ous defects in our state constitution
and I am convinced that the cues
ton of calling convention for the
purpose of revising the present in
'trument is of enough Importance to
your serious consideration
It must be to all who are informed
On the subject that the state has de-
Veloped so rapidly that our consti-
tuition is now mis-fit-in other
words the coat has been outgrown.
Our statutory laws need amend
ments, in some instances complete
reyision, and our entire system of
administration is in need of many
changes. We are of course unwill-
Ing that any of the safeguards now
in the constitution be done
away with but the fact remains that
there are many new provisions as