The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-05

mort toward giving the state public,
~ would have accomplished much.
Our sister State, North Dakota, has
been spending q liberal amount for the
past ten years for advertising purposes
and statistics show that she has made
a gain in population of sos per cent.
while we, although We are more favor
ably situated in many respects and es-
/ pecially for the raising Of corn, and
although We have a large mining in
dustry, and have thousands Of acres Of
land waiting to be titled, and innum-
cradle resources practically undevel-
oped, still We have made . gain of but
45.4 per cent during . corresponding
period Of time. It seems to me that
now is an oppsrtune time to change
our tactics and get into line.
Executive Residence
The attention Of different legisla-
lures has by various Of my predeces-
sors been called to the necessity for
making provision for Q residence for
the Governor.
The duties Of the Executive are now
such as to make it necessary for him
to be at the Capital practically all
che time, and they continue to in
crease. Almost every day matters of
varying Importance but ALWAYS. of
public moment are brought to the exec
utive Office and the Governor should be
there to give the same his attention.
The majority Of the states provide
IN executive mansion for the use of
the Governor and very liberal appro-
priations are made for maintaining the
same.
However, at this time, all things be-
ing considered, I would not advise nor
urge the purchase OF building Of an
executive mansion but I do suggest to
you the wisdom and expediency Of
considering the appropriation Of q
reasonable amount for renting q place
in the cisy suitable for the home Of
the executive.
Were the matter referring only to
myself, I would hesitate in making the
suggestion but in view Of the fact
that it concerns all those who succeed
me, / deem it advisable to bring the
same to your attention at this time.
Railroad Commission
Your attention is called to the re-
port of the Railroad Commission, from
which it is apparent that many COM
plants from time to time have been
adjudicated and it is evident that the
Commission, in its wisdom, has accom-
plished much good.
I would recommend that the Commits
sion be given moro power and believe
that through this medium we will be
more quickly relieved from the evils OF
unjust determinations, which now
abound within tho state.
Probably the most noticeable dis
elimination il against manufactured
products. For instance, twenty or
more years ago when our Touring mills
to the number Of ninety or more were
established and prospecting, railway
rates were in accordance with q dis
lance tariff in which all the mills out
side of the state as we'll as the mills
inside Of the state were on the same
basis. Subsequently, the single dis.
lance tariff was superceded by the in
terstate tariff and the local state tar.
ifs. Since that time the interstate
tariff has been gradually reduced Al
ITO 43 per cent, while the state OF local
commodity tariff within the state has
mot been reduced at all, 80 that now
lit is the universal rule that mills two
.or three hundred miles distant in Min.
nesota can ship their wheat from
points in South Dakota, grind it into
flour and ship it back to these points
within our state for less money than
mills in South Dakota can ship the
wheat from the same points, grind il
into flour and return the product to the
same points. This is manifcstly unfair
land it is in fact a rulnatlon Of the
milling industry in South Dakota
During the past ten years 80 to 40 pei
cent of the mills in our state have
been driven out Of business, entailine
Ia loss Of several hundred pthousand
dollars, while the indirect loss to the
people Of the state in taxes, wages
allied property, and loss Of offal fol
feed and soil fertilizers is as much
more. The effect will be the same on
brick, cement, and other industries =
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+ Discrimination in regard to the
rates on coal transportation is espec,
tally evident in that part Of our state
Lying west Of the Missouri River. In
1dCG, uOWuc1c III LuC 4NOICAWcSk 10 oS
high a tariff charged on coal as in the
middle western part of South Dakota
(which is the newer and more undevel,
.oped part of the state.
The same condition obtains in re-
gard to grain rates and is equally I'M.
iiuSt
The deduction follows that the new
settler, who is endeavoring to develope
che country west Of the river, shipping
grain to Minneapolis, pays double the
tariff that the well-to-do established
farmer east Of the river is called upon
to pay.
I trust the Railroad Commission will
put before you a full and complete re-
port particularly in regard to these
determinations, and I hope that your
honorable body will act in such a way
rs to give these people relief.
The Primary Law.
At the last legislature our. primary
law was re-enacted and the result
shows some improvement over the
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