New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-12-02
BROWN C0UNTY'S URGENT DUTY
Reasons from supt. Hunt why our share Of
the Funds Should be Raised.

A'oo'ooAo Aou 0upG, LULU why Our Suare OF
the Funds Should be Raised.
New Ulm and SleepyEye together have
raised 1926 of Brown county's quota
Of the additional Worlds Fair fund, and
the only question that remains now is on
the probable action of Springfield. The
Review has requested Supt. L: P. Hunt
to supply an article, stating the progress
OF the work Of the commission and Civ
ing reasons why the counties should
take an active interestin the matter, and
has received the following reply: 49,
Mankato, Nov. 27th:-We have up to
this time thirty-one counties that have
either raised their appointments or
have committees appointed and at work
TO that end. 1t seems to me that the
magnitude of the great Exposition at
Chicago in 1898, where all ofthe Union
and the more important countries of the
Old World are taking active steps to
present their best resources and pro.
ducts, should be of itself an incentive
to the people of Minnesota to do like
wise. It requires no argument to prove
that the sum of $4,000, which was ap-
propriated at the last session of the leg
islature for the work in this state, is
entirely inadequate to meet the necessl-
tics. We have, as you we'll know,
$4,000 square miles of territory, with 80
counties to cover, and these embrace
the most wonderful resources, and are
capable of producing the most varied
results Of almost any state in the Union;
our mineral interests are capable OF be.
ing developed into richer and greater
results than those of Pennsylvania; our
pine interests, covering as they do B..
100000 acres of land, are something
which we should be proud of; our school
interests are the pride of every intelli-
gent and loyal citizen. as they embrace
fully 1000 schools; we have more lakes
and more beautiful summer resorts
than any state in the Union; we have
greater fishery interests and more varle'
ties of fresh water fish than any state
in the Union; we canraise better grades,
and larger quantities of wheat than any
state in the Union; we have as fine
herds of blooded stock as can be pro-
duced in the world; in short, the Al
mighty has showered upon US, as peo-
ple, all that man could ask, and more
than any other state can boast of. With
such condition of affairs confronting
as, is there any good reason why this
Commission should sit back and use the
paltry sum of$5O,OOo with which to
make an incomplete exhibit? I think
not, and I think that the intelligent peo-
pie of the state feel the same way. The
Commission have studied this. question
in all its different phases and have come
to the unanimous conviction, that if thu
patriotism and generosity of the people
is appealed to, understandingly, that
there can be but one response to their
request for greater funds.
You are aware that the law, creating
this commission and providing for the
disbursement of the fund appropriated
by the Legislature, prevents the use OF
one single dollar for the erection or
maintenance of building on the
grounds at Chicago. Without such a
building, in which duplicate exhibits. of
all the resources and products of our
state may be gathered together, Mime
sofa will lose an individuality that will
reduce her to the ranks Of the smaller
and more unimportant states of the I'm
ion. All of the important states have
determined to erect state buildings and
under cover of their own roof present
to the people of the world what they,
within their own commonwealth, pos
sess. With this additional fund, the
Board of Managers of Minnesota will
be enabled to erect building composed
of the building material of our state,
and in that will present such an exhlb-
it of what Minnesota has and is, as will
astonish even those of our own people,
who have given considerable thought
and attention to what we have.
II You cannot be too emphatic in any
expressions you may deign to mako re-
garding the great Importance of Brown
county raising her apportionment. I
have the utmost confidence that we are
going to succeed in this work, because
IS people become more informed as to
what Minnesota is and has, the more
willing are they to endorse the action
Of the commission by response to their
appeal for this additional sum of
4 money. LIP. HUNT.
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