The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-09-07
NO. so.
GREAT" CORN PALACE
Sioux City, Iowa,
SEPTEMBER ESD TO OCTOBER 9TH.

DEOPLE who have never visited Sioux
n City Corn Palace have little or no con-
ception of its magnitude, nor Of the opp0rtu
mites there afforded for exhibiting every pro-
duct and manufactured article OF any section
OF our country. The attendance averages
from TO- 900 to 10000 pt day for thirteen con-
sccutive days, and as rule, are class of
people who are close observers of the resour-
ccs and the products of the different sections.
For this reason, the ILLINOIS CENTRAL
railroad is desrous that Tennessee, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana should be represented at
the coming Corn Palace, with fine exhibits of
all the products and resources Of these three
grand states The South looks to the North
west for capital and immigration, and in no
possible way can they so we'll reach the mass
es, with specimens of what they can pretita-
bly, grow and manufacture, as through cred
liable exhibits at the Palace, which opens at
Sioux City, September 23, and closes October
>. 10 secure such an exhibit requires pa
tience and hard work by enterprising citizens
who are anxious to see their respective states
creditably represented. The Illinois Central
are willing to co operate with the people in
securing such an exhibit, and will not only
transport free all such exhibits to and from
the Palace, but will be to the expense of fit
ting up the space assigned each of the above
named states, and furnish a competent man
to look after and return all exhibits after the
Palace is closed. We want small quantity
OF every kind of canned fruit and vegetables,
every kind of grain, cotton, cotton seed, cane,
syrups and sugar, every variety of wood,
manufactured articles, when the raw mate
rial is grown in the state, any and everything
that will advertise what the S-a can pro-
duce.
Cit .ns Of Tennessee, Mississippi and Lou
isiana {hall we have your hearty and imme-
diate cooperation in this matter. Will you
not at once organize at every station on the
line of the Illinois Central, and through sys-
tematic effort. secure the very best possible
exhibits, and have them at your nearest sta
tion, September 18th, nicely packed, and care
fully marked with owners name and town to
which they are to be accredited, A Southern
exhibit such as these three states can make,
would be the center of attraction at the Corn
Palace, and would advertise your resources
as nothing else possibly could. Parties who
are willing to aid in this matter should at
once write Capt. j. F. MERRY, Assistant
G.Seral Passenger Agent, Manchester, Iowa,
for printed circulars concerning the Palace.
And any who can possibly attend this eighth
wonder of the %s~Sd, win not only have an op-
portunitY of seeing an immense Palace OF
Corn, but they will visit the coming great me-
tropolis OF the northwest, city that, today,
has greater possibilities than any other in the
United States and whose people for enter
prise, push and genuine aggressiveness, are
unparalleled in the history of the world.
Friends of the South, this is your golden
opportunity, will you improve it Letters ad-
dressed to either Of tho undersis ned will have
prompt attention,
j w, COLEMAN, j. E. MERRY,
Asst Gen. Pass Ag,, Asst Gen. Poss. Agt.,
New Orleans, La, Manchester, Iowa.