The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-08-04
hibit is about as expensive as the

HORTICULTURAL, ana UQ6ro is SOOuly
lot of miscellaneous expenses, such as
the payment of $4,000 month for
music, this being the cost of main
tanning the Iowa state band at the
fair. Despite all the expenditures,
however, there was good balance on
hand July with which to replenish |
| in the fall the horticulture, agricul-
ture and dairy exhibits.
The two Dakotas, as is we'll known,
have not much money to spend. The |
legislature of North Dakota appro-
priated only $50, 800, of which trifie
over Sl1 900 was put into the construc-
tion of state building. The two
good ones, by the way--have cost 81, 200.
So faras the material that enters into
these exhibits is concerned they are
agricultural building is more elabo-
rate affair, decoratively speaking.
There is shown in each exhibit 146 diff
ferent varieties of wheat. On her
educational exhibit North Dakota
has spent about $1,000 and on her
other displays at the fair proper
tionate amount. The agricultural
exhibit is her pride.
South Dakota ''the other twin" re-
ceived only $4,000 appropriation ex-
elusive for the SUM voted for women's
work. An error was made in The
Journal recently in giving the apprO-
priation as $4,000. 1t will have cost
South Dakota about S11, 900 for her
agricultural exhibit by the time the
far is over and $4,000 or more for her
mining display. The cost of those eX-
hibitS up to date has been about So, 900.
and $1,000 respectively. The South
Dakota building, with its fine col
lective display, will have eaten up
about S25, 900 by Oct. 80 The finances
} OF this state at the fair, as well as
, those of North Dakota, are being con-
Quoted in very cautious, conserva-
} tive manner.
AS great and as resourceful state
as Nebraska appropriated only $50, 900
} for display of her development at the
fair. Out of this division of expendi-
lures up to date has been approxim-
ately as follows, For state building
and maintenance, S25,OOO; agricul-
tural exhibits, $40, 900: live stock. S.
600; educational; $1,000 dairy, $4,000,
, apiary, $500; forestry, So, 500; horti-
culture, So, 800.
Montana, Wisconsin, is another
of those states that has been tied
hand and foot by two arbitrary a leg
islature. There were two separate
appropriations of $4,000 each and the
, legislature ought to cOnfine the COM
mission 30 certain stipulated eXpen-
ditures in each department. The
result has been much annoyance and
confusion: So far as can be estimated
at this time MOutanaS building and
maintenance will cost about S2l 900:
/. her mineral exhibit in the mining
building Including the silver statue),
over Sl5, 900, and her agricultural eX-
hlDlt ABOUT " 900. In additiO to
these there are heavy expenses for
salaries, collection Of exhibits, freight,
ETC., SO that Montana will be fOrtu-
nate II her debt and credit accounts
balance in October.
Little Idaho had $4,000 to spend,
and out Of it she built the most pic
turesque building on the grounds at
a cost of $4,000, including mainte-
nance. Her mining exhibit cost S1l.-
600 and her fruit display $4,000. Her
agricultural exhibit was burned en-
route to the fair.
Kansas state building was built on
money collected by the Columbian as
ociations of the state at time when
the legislature failed to appropriate
any money. Later when the legisla-
ture appropriated 5000, S32, 900 of
this was paid back to the people who
had subscribed that amount. In ad-
dltiOn there has been expended about
$14, 900 on the exhibits and the decora-
tions in the state building. Kansas
display in the Agricultural building
cost but $4,000, and other exhibits
even less. The worlds fair board has
SIT 300 cash on hand, having been
able too save much by hiring its work
done by the day and not making ex-
penslve contracts.
The state of Washington will have
a deficiency of $4,000 to make up in
it's worlds fair expenditures, So far
as known it is the only western state
that will have to 60 : down into its
jeans" for extra money. The total
appropriation was $l55,OOO, out of
which Washington has made a lavish
display of her resources.
Her state building, practically
three large buildings in one, cost
10000. For administration and main
tenance Of all of Washington's exhib-
it's on the grounds, there has been ex-
pended $4,000. The horticultural ex-
hibit has cost &c. 900; mining, $4,000;
educational, $4,000; forestry and bot
any, $4,000, fisheries. $500; ethnolog-
ical, $1,000; taXidermy, So, 600; women's
exhibit; S., 000;soIls, maps, etc., 81, 900.
Then there has been expended on
freight, drayage, etc., about $4,000,
and on state history for free distri-
button, S. 900. Washington's agricul-
tural exhibit, exclusive of Bush's one
farm exhibit (which was arranged in
dependently at cost of $1,000 has
cost about $4,000 up to July l. No
western state, except California, has
made such panoramic display, of |
It's resources here as has Washington.
Her state building covers space 2O8-
X125 feet in extent and is the third
largest on the grounds.