The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-01-27
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY JANUARA 1911.


places in the United States In nv
humble judgment the Black Hills
gypsum is among the best in the world.
In the Black Hills we are making
q pressed brick from sand stone that
has excited the admiration and envy
OF those who have seen it. One man
utacturer Of the same kind of brick
tells me that this brick is as good as
any Of its kind in the United States.
! might state that plants of this kind
are also to be found at Watertown
and Sioux Fails. In this way we are
conserving to the best advantage a
sand that is too fine to be used for
any other purpose. The company
with which the writer is associated
w. Wn pants, The Cone State Min
~, ~J... .,,.ly one plant, and at Pringle
Is % be found another plant at which
is manufactured Il lime from the
Mlnnekahta limestone, that is over
~ per cent pure. At Rapid City we
have the only plant in this or any of
our neighboring states for the hydra.
tion of lime. We are now shipping
this hydrated lime in paper sacks, in
condition in which it can retain it's
strength for years. So we are putting
our limestone to the best possible use.
At the same plant we are making
slaves and heads for barrels out OF
our native pine and kiln drying them
by pressure of steam, so that the sap
and pitch is thoroughly removed from
the pine, leaving the staves so they
can we used in any kind OF barrel.
We expect to ship this material to all
OF our neighboring states and large
cities. | could mention other enter
prlses that could be started, the max
ing of which is called in other coun-
ties ''patent fuel" in the form of
b.icks Of Ignite coal. thus making the
most Of ouI coal. Or the making of
Gotta hollow tiles for large buildings
from the clay of the Bad Lands TAX
ing the place of the terra Gotta, las
seen in the st. Charles hotel at Pierre)
now shipped in from Indiana and
other points east. Some of these days
we will be making in the Black Hills
a Portland cement that will be equal
osthat made in the east. In South
Dakota we already have two Portland,
cement plants. / could touch upon a
dozen industries that could be started
in the Hills, upon which we could
promise the investor yearly income
of Is per cent on his investment.
There is a way in which all of you
can help every industry that has got
ten started or will start, and that is
to have state pride and use South
Dakota products. Insist upon reci-
procity in your dealings with other
states. In the Hills we get iron,
steel, hardware, dry goods, boots and
shoes, and on immense lot of other
supplies from Omaha, Sioux City and
Denver, mostly Sioux City and Oma-
ha. And yet these cities will not
handled our products. Even when
things are equal they will get their
cement from the trust and their lime
from Missouri, their plaster from
Fort Dodge and Laramie, their lum-
ber from Arkansas, even when South
Dakota products are superior, the
railroad rates high and the manufac-
turers willing to come down to come
down to the price of the other fellow,
South Dakota dealers will not always
give the home manufacturers the
preference. So much for state pride.
While some have lots of it, others
suffer from the want of it. We have
a great state, a splendid climate, the
best schools and the most progressive
people, so let us be proud of our great
commonwealth for the conserving of
our magnificent resources and bye and
bye we will have the wealth and
everything else that comes with it,
for Nn1r ~