The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-09-28

2 Hitchcock and "a few others too
] their places on the platform for th
/ opening exercises of the palace
There was Il good audience out i
I front for the formal opening, muc
better than was anticipated for tn
unpleasant start of the day.
The invocation was offered b
, President kerfoot, and MIR. Her
bert made Il few opening remarks
concerning the work that has bee
done during the short season, an,
the pride Mitchell people NATURAL
felt III again extending an invitation
TO the people of the northwest an,
the east to come and sec what Soutl
Dakota had produced this year.
Mayor Hitchcock, who has officiat
ed on other occasions of like char
acter, made the opening address O
the corn palace season. 1t was The
intention to have the presence Of
4 Governor Vcssey for the opening day
but he was called to Kansas on Off.
cial business and he sent his re.
grets to the palace management, but
wishing the enterprise all the sue.
cess possible for the entire week.
! The governor has always been inter
ested in the success of the corn PAL
acc. and has attended, the same each
year.
| In his opening remarks Mayor
| Hitchcock referred to the conditions
Iof this year to recall the purpose for
which the corn palace was establish
ed in Mitchell in the year 1892 That
purpose was to advertise the fact
that Mitchell was in the region where
corn could be raised successfully
and that mixed farming was far from
Icing Il failure.
The state had gone through sever
al years of poor crops, and there
Was much Encouragement existing
as to the possible outcome of the flu
ture Of the state. 1t was felt at the
time that some advertising proposi-
tion should be started which could
convey to the world that South Da-
lSota was not in the condition which
was popularity supposed to exist. The
corn palace idea was settled upon as
10 act as one OF the chief elements
to fix in the minds OF the people that
South Dakota was !. corn growing
state, and in that respect the corn
palace resulted in being a great
benefit. The corn palace carried the
corn idea to all portions of the Unit
ed States and even across to foreign
shores, and without doubt some i:l-
migration can be traced to the direct
results of that Advertising
The mayor spoke ON the conditions
of the climate of The year being
somewhat in character like those OF
the earlier years of the palace, and
these have caused some apprehension
in the minds of the people OF the
east and middle west that the coun-
try was in an embarrassed condition
financially and that the crop season
would be exceedingly small, with
possible return to the conditions Of
twenty years ago. These reports. the
mayer stated. had found ludgment
iii the minds OF the eastern people,
and he believed that nothing better
.Aan the corn palace this year could
he employed TO dislodgc that alleged
fact. lie referred to the splendid cN-
hibits in the county department of
the corn palace building as proof
positive that there is little or no
likelihood Of the conditions of TWEEN
ty years ago again getting possession
of South Dakota.
The mayor cited an interesting in
cident concerning the attitude of the
eastern people towards South Dako-
ia, when he stated that prominent
capitalist came out from Chicago last
week with the idea in view of eN-
tending q large number of loans
which had been made in this section
of the state. The reports that he
had secured lead him to the belief
that South Dakota would have a very
hard time to meet it's obligations.
When the capitalist was taken for a
drive over the surrounding country
and he had the opportunity to see
what the farmers had produced, ana
had been apprised of their financial
Iconditicn through the banks. he
changed his opinion at once as to
the necessity for the extension Of
loans. The corn palace enterprise,
which was then under way and near
ing Il completion, also had a fine ef-
feet on the mind of the Chicago capi-
talist and he was lead to believe that
with the products of the state adver-
itiSal i'm Surh n thOrOurh mounnr thnt