Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-03
FRED. ". HARRIS. Editor.
xmAR 4 !ha South Dsksts sssn Association
WE ARE
Evidence Of This Seen at the
Worlds Fair.
OUR COUNTRY LEADS THE WORLD.

Foreigners Amazed ut the Grandest Object
y Lesson fin Architecture the World Has
Il Ever Seen-Other Lines In Which Amer
NJ ica Excels-The Rapid Advancement Of
81 Western Civilization.
a WORLDS FAIR, August Especial. +
81 Further consideration of the showing
III made by the United States in this inter
national exposition only increases our
ii pride in the achievements Of our country
men. This wholesale comparison with
x the best productions of all the world is not
4. by any means to our disadvantage. The
n exposition itself, its grandeur and vast
- mess as a whole, the beauty of it's archi-
IS lecture, the richness OF its statuary and
IA other ornamentation, forms the chief
III glory of Americas works here. Foreign
"A ers are amazed that the people of Chicago
should have produced not only the biggest
~ of all international fairs, but the most ar
tistic and impressive. High praise was
4 the verdict of n distinguished and critical
NJ foreigner that the Worlds fair is the
I grandest object lesson in architecture the
\ world mas ever seen.
t1t 1nICC "a bnc obi uSbuICc III ~ 4
sACity are models of architectural art and
will live throughout all history, side by
y side with the Acropolis, the cathedrals of
! st. Peter and St. Paul. These are the Ad-
sR ninistration building, whose designer
\ vas recently decorated by the queen of
England, the Palace of Fine Arts and the
agricultural palace. A fourth building,
he greatest ever placed under roof,
i hows signally that the Americans lead
he world in structural iron work. The
,apidity with which this fair was created
tXias demonstrated the m~atchless energy
4 Americans, and the processes by which
he work was done, and the erection of the
all and stately office structures in Chi
i4 age itself, serve TO call attention to the
'gact that out here in the center of the
H7estern continent a revolution in building
aethods has been e~ffected-a revolution
rhich is having its influence upon build
ST lg ard architecture throughout the world.
IS noteworthy, moreover, that Chicago
today the finest city INTELLECTUALLY
4 IA the globe. Travellers say it contains a
i larger number of habitations of scientific
Z Ind hygienic Observation-Disclosures with
\ 45l modern appliances for health and COM
rt-than any other municipality. This
not the least of the ~conquests of our
.fRW estern civilization, not the leastevidences
n ~ our rapid advancement.
'%.5kGo TO the Palac of Agriculture and you
ill see hat this country easily leads all
n her countries in variety, volume and
Htlue of output from the soil. This is the
NJ lief of all agricultural countries. Not
ally is our output greatest in volume, but
sftIN 4. -oaSo - .o,o~&;on 80 voxrl@s~u
sure measure of wealth. In all the APP
dances of the farm, excepting perhaps
at scientific agriculture on a small scale
hich as yet has not become essential
Are-the methods of fertilization and
DEMONSTRATION which are followed
! rough necessity to such great extremes
fsToad-we acknowledge no rivals. The
st reaping machine had its trial in this
II 9untry. Here about all the successful
CHIC %or-saying apparatus of the farm have
"a their development. The variety and
Nefuiness of our farm machinery aston
M Ies all beholders who come from foreign
DDS. In the mere tools of the farm, the
id1 fes, rakes, axes, knives, ETC., we also
Aintain an easy superiority. In these
III es our makers enjoy profitable export
ji41 Nde, and their wares are initiated by for
I'm manufacturers. In live stock and
ry production we are now On a par with
s'.s (; greatest countries of Europe in these
re rs and are rapidly developing our meth
and perfecting the breeds of our ami
Us. In forestry we stand supreme. Ma
e endowed this favored land with a
alth of timber, in quantity, variety and
Numerical usefulness, which no other
Rntry enjoys. AS workers in wood for
.%industrial and economic purposes we
mot be approached. Our manufactures
pecialties OF wood, of furniture by part
1 4,5l chine and part hand labor, the houses
I f,Kaftch we build when compared cost for
~, are superior to anything known in
das& other country. The woodworking
~ Winery designed by Americans and
'lt in their shops is used throughout
] world. 1t is initiated elsewhere but
= equaled.
a transportation we stand mt the head.
lk hare greater railways, a greater mile
n greater number of trains and pas
4 gers in proportion to population, more
rel by our people, than any other coun-
f-essjH Though the locomotive had its origin
England and France, America has done
q to perfect it than any other nation.
yas this country that demonstrated
- cheaply railways and their rolling
9ixhk and motive power could be built and
MI NTH made the use Of these means of trans
sstion commercially possible the world
81 whereas II the English type had
'5NstsA followed humanity in many coun-
tHNtg would have waited another genera
for the rails and cars which confer
b them so many blessings. America
tka1 %loped and specialized the railway as
fher country has lone. The sleeping
ss& q n&the dining car, the automatic brake,
i* baggage-checking system, innumer-
signals and appliances which make
ipading safe, cheap and comfortable,
.7f fftheir origin here.
tSTfFTwagon and carriage building, both In
et3ftstn and workmanship, we lead the
{t1Ayi,'H. An hours walk through the
T& 8 deportation building will convince any
}S HI this. In this field the ingenuity CT
{N4 designers has been sufficient to con-
iS s1tt a vehicle for every special need that
Ns " fommerce and industries of man may
IN hnt. Even in pleasure and ornamental
=~kkz4s4z4sAllcs and carriages by far the finest nv
All the most graceful and artistic cir
=TS5@5s3s are these OF our countrymen.
&fhout America the world or machin-