Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-08-07

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PIERRE. SOUTH DAKO1
The Sioux Falls Press describes the
Sioux City Tribune as progressive
republican. Where does the Press
get its bull moosers?
AS corn prospects appear in Iowa,
South Dakota and Nebraska, a 7.cent
increase in price will look like an
unadulterated blessing.
The mere roomer that the rough
rider is mobilizing himself on the
Arizona frontier should be enough to
terrify the stoutest Mexican worrior.
The state of Pennsylvania, under a
new law, now taxes all coal mined
2h cents per ton. This is all that is
needed to boost hard coal another 25
cents.
In it's dealings with Mexico the
United States has claims to be con-
sidered the most patient of nations,
but there is line beyond which for
bearance is Impossible.
Formerly the anthracite trust low
cred the price of coal during the sum-
mer months but it has reversed that
policy and has raised the price during
these hot days. What will it do to
us when the cold days come?
The Sutherland Courier says the
result of the republican get-together
meeting at Sioux Falls, a la Senator
Cummins' plan, was that the stan l.
ard whale swallowed the progressive
Jonahs who were incautious enough
to attend.
No sooner have the ripples from the
Sioux Falls conference begun 20 die
away than someone suggests that
those republicans who stayed away
from Sioux Falls shall get together
and hold another conference.
Secretary Bryan today asked the
house to appropriate $lO0, 900 TO care
for destitute Americans in Mexico
who may find it necessary for their
safety and we'll being to leave and
who are unable to pay for their own
transportation.
1t may be hard to pass along to the
ultimate consumer the tax of five
cents bunch on bananas, but we
have no doubt that it can and will be
done. Perhaps at the proper time it
will show up in the form of an in
crease OIL uVe Genus OOZe0.
A 1,500mile walk from New York
to Minneapolis was completed by
Edward Payson Weston on Friday.
The veteran pedestrian was warmly
greeted by city and state officials and
by thousands of persons who lined
the streets when he arrived.
When an express company can
make 1876 per cent on it's investment,
it certainly does look as though the
railroads might drop their fight
against the people on the two. cent
fare proposition and make up little
of their loss of earnings from legiti-
mate prey.
Bradstreet estimates that South
Dakota will fall short only 20 per
cent from the big wheat crop of 1912.
He estimates that North Dakota will
duplicate the enormous figures of
last year. Taking all kinds of crops
together 1t will not be surprising if
South Dakota will weigh up this year,
pound for pound, with 1912.
If every farmer could arrange to
have ten good cows to milk the year
round there would be very little
heard about short wheat crops or
lack ofrain. The temptation to take
chance to get rich quick by putting
in big crop of small grain is hard to
resist, but lisa gamblers chance at
best. The dairy and stock business
is little slower but its sure.
Yankton Herald: Don't worry
about the confirmation of Jim Coffey
the internal revenue collectorship is
coming his way and he is a patient
waiter. When Messrs. Sterling and
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