The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-01-05

a concerted and effective action by the
Acknowledgement and the various
states Attorneys, which has resulted
favorable condition than heretofore.
This is true of the larger portion OF
the state.
Temperance
We are all very familiar with the
magnitude of the evils arising from
the use of intoxicating liquors and l
believe the people of the state gen
orally are becoming more strongly i'm
pressed with the necessity for the en-
actment of such laws as will tend TO
discourage the sale and use of such
iutoxlcants.
The matter resolves itself into two
questions for 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
consumption tend toward the progress,
sive development of the commercial
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.
l 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 up
on their resources. If this is a fact
it is your duty to legislate in the in
~terests of those people and not in the
interests Of the men who are in the
business for a profit or a money con
~Sideratiou.
Publicity.
1t is well that you consider at this
time the fact that we have done and
are doing practically nothing in the
way of advertising for the state, and
although we have made a remarkably
rapid development during the past
few years, the fact remains that an
effort toward giving the state public
ty would have accomplished much.
Our sister State, North Dakota, has
been spending a liberal amount for the
past ten years for advertising purposes
and statistics show that she has made
Il 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 undevcl-
Oped, still we have made a gain Of but
45,4 per cent during n corresponding
period of time. 1t seems to me that
now is an opportune time to change
our tactics and get into line.
TI-,o,,+;1ra prg;Inrp,
The attention of different legisIa-
lures has by various of my predeccs-
sors been called to the necessity for
making provision for a 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
the time, and they continue 10 in
crease. Almost every day matters of
varying Importance out always of
public moment are brought to the exec
utive Office and the Governor should be
there to give the same his attention.
'rhe majority of the states provide
an 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, / would not advise nor
urge the purchase or building of an
executive mansion but / do suggest to
you the wisdom and e~xpediency of
considering the appropriation Of "A
reasonable amount for renting a place
in the city 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.
/ would recommend that the Commits
sion be given more power and believe
that through this medium we will be
more quickly relieved from the evils OF
unjust Determinations, which now
ABOUND within the state.
Probably the most noticeable dis.
elimination is 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 a dis.
lance tariff in which all the mills out
side of the state as well as the mills
inside of the state were on the same
basis. Subsequently, the single dis
tance tariff was superseded by the in
t~erstate tariff anC the local state tar
ifs. Since thai time the interstate
tariff has been gradually reduced Al
to 43 per cent, while the state or local
commodity tariff within the state has
not been reduced at all, so that now
it 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
fiour 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 it
into -four and return the product to the
same points. This is manifestly unfair
and it is in fact a ruInation OF the
milling industry in South Dakota.