Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-21
HI CENTENNIAL,

Well, I have spent three days viewing tht
great exposition of the nations. I shall no
attempt a description of it. That is beyond
my power. 1 had expected to see much
very much. The half has not only neve1
been told, but never even imagined. MOI
can it be. You must see for yourself, anG
wonder as you see. An %epitomized world
Take what is called the " main building
containing specimens of the natural produc
manufactured productions, in many of which
is displayed a skill most truly wonderful.
and altogether beyond the power of descrip.
ton. There is nature, art, science, skill and
intelligence displayed in ways out o. nlmber;
No mortal man has ever before since the
world was made, had the opportunity to
see so much of it IN one little spot of earth.
And yet, strange to tell, this grand ex-
position of the concentrated skill and wis
dom OF the world is not well p~atronized..
have often seen at least four times.a as many
people on our st. Louis fair grounds as ]
saw on either Of the three days I have
been here. Why is this Is it because the
people do not desire to see it? No. The
wealthy of all nations can and do come and
see it. But why not the millions who pro
duce this wealth? All There is an illus
tration of the condition Of the world in the
latter part Of the Nineteenth Century. The
wealthy can come and enjoy themselves by
the aid of the wealth they did not produce.
The poor cannot come, because, under the
present systems of the world, they are toll
ing to enrich a comparatively small number.
and find themselves destitute of the means
to do SO. This is the fundamental reason
OF the small attendance here OF this great
occasion, and it ought to teach the indus.
trial world a lesson never to be forgotten,
But, even with this great incubus resting
upon the industries Of world, as the re-
suit of many false systems, things might
have been much better arranged for the ben.
eft of all parties. If the transportation COM
panies had reduced their rates to about one
fourth what they are, their trains might have
been running 4aA all the time, and they
would have made more money than they
have done. Then, ifthe managers of the
| exposition had reduced their rates to about
one-fourth of what they are now. their
grounds and buildings would have beer
crowded all the time, and the great expo.
sition would have been a financial success
instead OF a financial failure. The millions
of PEG pie might have enjoy thisluxury, only
possible once in a lifetime, that have, under
the present selfish and foolish system, beer
deprived of the privilege.
What has produced this grandest exhi
bition oflthe products of the earth that the
world ever saw? Go and see it, and yor
will be convinced that only the hand of tot
could ever make such a thing possible. And
yet, few OF these toilcrs are in a condition tc
come and see and compare the work of Their
hands with those OF others, and thereby Ell.
joy IN of LIES greatest luxuries. With al
the acquired skill, knowledge and wisdom
Of nineteen centuries is not this a shame.
Is this our progress-that the morbid ssel
fishness of a few shall deprive the many
of happiness? Oh, the preyersity of selfish
ness.-I. R.Allen IN Colnan's Rural World
GRANGE STATISTICS.
These figures may not be very new, bu1
they are interesting, nevertheless, and con
tain uuite q history in. themselves 81.