Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-17
PROGRESSIVE
RESOLUTIONS
STATE BOOSTERS HAVE Big
MEETING AT HURON
E. P. DE MOULIN ATTENDS

WAS one OF THE BLACK HILLS REP
RESENTATIvES TO THE
STATE Meeting
President E. P. DeMoulin. Of the
local Commercial Club, attended q
meeting Of the Black Hills Secretaries
Association last week at Rapid City
and following the adjournment of that
meeting together with E. O. Thorpe, of
Lead, j. K. Hull, Of Rapid City, H. w.
Troth, Of Deadwood, they departed for
Huron, where the State Builders and
Boosters Association WAS in progress.
That they created a favorable impress.
ion with the people of the state may be
judged from the notices in the Daily
huronite which says.
"Short talks. decidedly of boosting
character. and urging cooperation for
good highway across the state to the
Hills, we're next made by the Black
Hills delegation. This is composed of
representatives of the commercial
clubs of four Hills towns, as follows:
E. c. Thorpe, of Lead. ]. X. Hnll, of
Rapid City, E. P. DeMoulin. Of Hot
Springs and II. w. Trotb, Of Dead
wood.
The towns of the Black Hills have
somewhat recently formed the organ
izatton of commercial clubs referred to
above. They realize that the interests
Of the Black Hills In general are the
common interests of all the towns in
the Hills and their intention is to boost
so hard that they will raise tho altitude
of the highest point in the Hills at
least 1000 feet higher.
They have the proper system, in :aot
exactly the idea that the present meet
ing intended to bring out In state. wide
FORM"
They were also instrumental in get
ting amendments added to the reso-
lutions adopted by the Huron meeting
copy of which is given below.
"Whereas the various organic ations of
South Dakota united in a common call
for q general meeting, the purpose OF
which was to confer in regard to the
problems of development, and such
call resulting in great gathering Of
allied interests with the one object in
view Of building still greater state
we, the members of such assemble
unite in organizing permanent State
Development League, and as code Of
principles worthy of the consideration
of the people Of the state, and toward
which We strive we promolgate the
following declaration of principles;
We believe that the land of Soutt
Dakota is not surpassed in actual value
BY the lands Of any other state anc
that present prices offer greater oppor
tQnities to the investor and home seek
or than can be found elsewhere, ",
therefore look with disfavor on oul
land agents encouraging South Da.
kotans to look elsewhere for homes.
We believe that greater cooperation
should exist between city and countr,
to the end that all may be benefited
We believe that the business of mer.
chant and banker should be so maneg
ed that consumers will find it advan
tsgeous to pstronize them rather thar
mail order houses or dnanciers with.
ont the state.
We endorse the work of all 90. oper.
ative farmer organizations III their eff
forts to improve conditions relative t,
the sale aud distribution of farm pro
ducts by cooperation Of producers.
We favor an effective system of In
spection and grading of grain by tn
Federal Government.
We favor government ownership an
control of storage elevators for grail
In terminal markets and the extendin
Of Government credit on storage Ger
tt6cates.
We favor larger sale of state land
to actual settlers at price proportion
ate to other lands and q reduction @
interest on deferred payments to fou
per cent per snnum.
Ocean carrying charges having &C
vsnced from an average of 81 6S pc
ton in 1910 to $50 90 per ton in 1916 an
fuctuating to such an extent IS {
make it impossible for shippers {
know in advance the cost that the Pre-
duser WILL have to stand for such tran.
portatior, we record ourselves as ur
reservedly In favor of merchant ms
rine owned and controlled by the gov
ernment.
Ne urge farmers to make Q thoroug