The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-11

anted, the hardy ranchmen defying
the dangers of isolation tended thelr
grazing herds by riverside ana on
mountain ledge, rooted by the SKY
and undeterred by the assaults OF the
changeful elements, "
The scattered punches OF cattle |
over which these hardy pioneers
of the prairies kept watch and
ward grew, in the course OF
of time to be enormous herds, whose
trampling was as the roar OF rusninS
storms, and whose increase yleldeu
their owners harvests OF wealth a1ter
many days. From this source came
in the early days of Texas statehood
perhaps the largest amount OF revenue
which went to lay the foundation OF
her future civilization, as crystallzeu
in churches, schools and court houses.
1t is eminently proper then that in an
enterprise looking to the representa-
ton in proper form of our varied re-
sources at the Worlds Fair, attention
should be directed with due regard
| to her foremost element of wealth-prO-
duction-her cattle industry-relying
upon your intelligence, your patrio-
tism and your broad-gauged liber-
atty of sentiment to grant
me a patient hearing while
| [ endeaVor to explain to you
some of the benefits to be derived
from that great exposition, and upon
your generosity to aid in making it
success. The value Of eXpOsitions in
general as sources of instruction and
promoters of art, agriculture, COM
merce and all the things that go to
form the aggregate of results as crys-
talized, in the word civilization, has
been recognized the last half century,
and they have been growing in favor
particularly during the last twenty
years in the United States and among
the leading nations of Europe.
Think of the effects of the centen-
NAL upon this country, held as 1T was
when the financial world was still
staggering under the blows of 1873 1t
restored confidence, put millions OF
dollars into circulation and infused
life and health into our credit. Since
then our population has increased
more than one-fourth, the money value
of the products of our farms has been
doubled, and the output of our fac
tories has increased nearly a third.
Such an increase of wealth, such
progress in every direction, has never
been surpassed by any nation in such
a period of time.
In magnitude the Worlds Column
bian exposition will surpass any ever
held. The cost of the centennial was
$5,OOO,0O0, that of the Paris exposition
was S10,000,000 but at Chicago will
be expended not less than $l7,000,O 900.
The grounds will be three times
greater in area than those of the
Paris exposition in 1889. To enum-
crate the dimensions of the buildings
would be bewildering. Suffice it to
say that one alone will cover nine
times as much space as the
capital at Washington. There will
be $50 acres under roof and 500
acres under skies. 1t is said that in
the central hall in the Temple of Man
ufactures and Liberal arts all the ma
terial of the pyramids Of Cheops could
be stored. The buildings will not
only embody the Hottest dreams of
American architects, but will in pro-
portion and magnitude rival the
famed structures ofOther lands. There
will be veritable city of palaces,
each Of which will, in beauty and fit
ness, suTpass any ever dreamed Of
outside the orientals.
When the mind begins to consider
the innumerable practical advantages
to be derived from the exposition, it
again grows bewldered. All the new
appliances that go to make agricul-
ture easier and more profitable will be
| ch To- do
efforts at tilling the soil. The revela-
tions in mining will astonish the
world. The fish exhibit will be the
most comprehensive ever made. Art
will be promoted, science will be adj
vanced, the best possible expression of
American architecture as fine art
will be shown, the electricians of the
day will display the latest develop
ments and advance theories calcu-
lated to revolutionize science, and
consequently civilization; in fact, arts,
manufactures, all will be shown on a
broadened scale and in q manner cal
culated to cause exchange of skill.
These will be the best thought and
the best work Of each nation.
The Worlds Columbian Expo
sition will do even more.
1t will send athrill of energy tn,
out the nation. 1t will shed its LIGHT
not for one class aloonne, but for ali
classes. 1t will send forth rays of in.
teillge"nce, CLEANS of hope and the
! sunlight of courage to those who most
need it, to the masses of humanity, to
the rank and file, to those who are the
bone and sinew of every nation. The
result of four centuries of honest toll
and endeavor in every direction in
which human skill and ingenuity can
point, will be shown. All people and
all nations will see and learn. The
whole world will go to school, and
to a kind of school where
all forms of lessons will be impaired.
Chicago has long commanded our
admiration, but it seems to me that
never before has she more Justly mer-
tied it. The courage she has shown
in securing the fair, and later on in at
tempting to prove worthy of it's i'm
mensity, is really sublime. She has
already expended $4,000, 900, and her
patriotism and resources are not vet
exhausted.
Let us emanate her example. Let
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