The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-09
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Ifproper advantage is taken of the
opportunity, the Centennial Exposi-
ton may be made of the greatest
benefit to Minnesota. What. this
State needs is that it's advantages
should be AUTOMATICALLY known,
Probably at least one-half Of tie
people who ever think of or speak Of
Minnesota think of it or speak Of il
as State where the mercury drops
down to- 4Oe below zero and whose
people are engaged eight or ten
months out Of the sesrs In y despsr;
ate struggle to keep from. freesins Ia
death. Only this and nothing mmers,
They know nothing about it, soil M.
exoelled in fertility :; Of It's great
grain'8elds;' Of it, prairies and mead.
own covered with succulsnt 'grsases;
Of its cheese factories; its wool ind
beef and pork; it's mineral wealth
or its manufactures. -
Among the millions of people who
will visit the Centennial grounds be-
tween May and November of next
year will be many Thousands who will
60 50 take a practical, matteroffact
look at things with a view to settle.
ment or investment. To ill such, and
indeed to all men, *things seen are
m'ghtier than things heard" To REQ
and handle the plump, clean, Ainty
wheat and the -four made from it ;
the large ears of fally,matured corn !:
the native grasses upon which our
cattle feed and fatten the rich cheese
made from the milk produced by
these grasses the Aeeces taken, from
the backs Of our sheep; blankets: and
cloths manufactured within our Dor
ders from that wool-this would, do
infinitely more for Minnesota than
could acres Of pamphlets and news
papers and tens Of thousands of
dollars Of money paid to :immigration
agents. Within these six Centen-
NAL months is compressed what could
not be accomplished in years.
For Minnesota to derive anything
like the advantage she should from
this opportunity, she should have on
the Centennial groundsa building of
her own, exclusively devoted to the
display Of her own products and re.
sources. The appropriation by the
Legislature Of q sum necessary for
the erection of such building is in
the direction Of true economy. It is
urged by the St. Paul Dsspatca, whose
editor recently visited Philadelphia
as member of the Centennial ex-
cursion, that $4,000 is not too large a
sum. We believe that half that
might be made to suffice; but even if
100000 were required, it. would be
money we'll invested. Other States
keenly appreciate the Importance. Of
the opportunity, and will have their
own buildings. Illinois, Kansas, Ne
braska and Missouri will make a
bold push in this manner, to make
such a showing as will attract capital
and immigration to their borders.
Minnesota, the best of them all, will
make but a lame and sorry appear
ance it she limits herself to just such
space as is accorded her in the main
buildings. She will make no distinct
i've impression and will gain no vslu.
able results. She will be merely one
Of an immense number Of exhibitors,
and unable to do justice to herself.
While in this way Minnesota will be
saving her pennies, her shrewder
neighbors will be spending their pen
MES and gathering in the pounds.
Let US be liberal, and at the same
time economical aud wise, and have
a building of our own.