St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-07
THE FORMAL OPENING.
President BushneIFs Address of
WeIcome-Opening Scenes.

President BuShnelFS Address of
WeIcOme-Opening Scenes.
The Fair Ground gates were thrown
open at o'clock, and by that time the
army of wOrkmen and employees
within the inclosure was enough to
make a respectable showing of a crowd,
though more visitors than usual came
within the first hour. About with a
preliminary blast of the whistle, the
machinery was started and the exhibI-
ton put under way. 1t was the origi-
nal intention to have the opening eXer-
cises at the same hour. but they were
delayed until the arrival of the visiting
Sioux Falls delegation, two hours later.
The guests were escorted by the fair
band and received by President Bush
nell, who mounted the band stand plat
form and delivered the formal opening
address:
Gentlemen and Ladies: The day set apart
for the opening of the thirty-first annual fair
of the Minnesota State Agricultural society
has arrived, and the signal from the great ell
gine furnishing our motive power adnOn-
ishes me the hour of opening is at hand
Careful systematic and thorough prepara-
tions have been made in every department to
insure representation of all the various
industries of this great commonwealth.
We meet here to-day as citizens who may
well be proud of the record our
state has made. Glancing back over
the pages of history we find that in
] 1857 the first state fair under the auspices
of this society was held at Fort Smelling
MINI. 1t is with pride and honor that vel
come here to-day the first president of this
society. Gen. II. II. Sibley, a man whose
name is connected III so many ways with the
material development of this great state:
man who has given much of his valuable
for f1,a hot ..rh Ia fallo
man whose name is honored and respected
from one end of this broad land to the other.
Foundation laid by the first officers Of thi
society IN the early days Of the territory of
Minnesota were such as to insure the ulti-
mate success. not only of the society itself
but of the entire agricultural district coming
within the reach Of Its influence. We have
grown as q state both in population-an
wealth until our influence is felt throughout
the known world. the management OF this
society has prepared for inspection at this
time q complete object lesson of every in
dustry represented within our boundaries
We have reason to be proud Of our rec
ord as an agricultural state. We have
reason to be proud of our record as q stock
producing state. And statistics prove to the
world at large that our industrial develop
ment has kept pace with older and wealthier
states. and that to-day products of the fac
tories of this commonwealth are found in all
the representative cities of the United States
The efforts of the husbandman have been
more than successful this year; and as the
reports from the thousands upon thousands
Of threshing machines, whose busy Whirr
is heard in every county in this state,
come rolling in, we find the yield of
our rich fields compare more than favor
ably with those of any other state in
the Union. And so to-dey, as we meet
here for the purpose of celebrating the in
auguration of the greatest state fair America
has ever known, there goes up from the
hearts as well as from the lips of all the pro-
ducers throughout this great state q shout of
praise to Almighty God for the bountiful
blessings of this. the most eYentful year in
our history. From every broad field of golden
grain: from every fertile valley with its myr-
lads of valuable stock; from every mine of
valuable ore; from every dense and stately
forest; from every busy factory and shop, as
well as from the business marts OF this great
state-comes the glad report Of prosperity to
all And as the soft autumnal winds watts
the GLAD refrain from east to west and from
north to south, it finds within the bosom of
this society an echoing chord of sympathy.
Instituted for the express purpose Of encour-
aging the developing Of all our industries,
the Minnesota State Agricultural society re-
joices to-day WIN oVery citizen of Minnesota
who has contributed to the growth, the pros
perity and the wealth Of the state we love SO
well.
President Bushnell closed with
cordial welcome, which was responded
to by e. 4. Baker and E. w. Caldwell,