Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-12
TRANSMISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION.

The tidal wave of migration which
began to turn westward in the 70's was
not an accident, nor was it a natural
overflow of people out of thickly settled
states. Those who are familiar with
the facts know that it was the result of
organized effort on the part of the great
railways which had become possessed
of millions of acres of land, worthless
unless it could be brought under culti-
vation by thrifty settlers. Millions of
dollars were expended in advertising
homes for the homeless i'm Kansas and
Nebraska, and later on in the DakOtas.
Special excursion trains were run,
agents were sent abroad to advertise
the transmississippi country far and
wide as "the future great" and it
proved to be very judicious invest
ment. The Transmississippi Exposi-
ton, which will be held at Omaha next
June to November, is the biggest ad-
vertisement that has ever been at
tempted for the Mississippi Valley and
the states beyond the Rockies. A
moderate estimate places the number
of people who will visit the fair at from
1000, 600 to 100000. This vast stream
of humanity will come chiefly from the
population centers. 1t is safe to COM
pute that the fair will bring about the
circulation of S1OO, ,OOO,OOO in the trans
mississippi country, which will be ex-
pended for transportation, in the pur-
chase of supplies and permanent in
vestments.
With these facts before us there can
be no question that the great west, with
its limitless energy and its resistless
push, will in 1898 present an exposition
to the world the success of which will
more than justify the most liberal APP
preparations this and other western
states may make.
WHEN Sheridan made that famous
ride from Winchester down, he drew
nigh to the shattered and retreating
columns of his army. 1t was sea of
confusion and he was calling to the
men to "face the other way, face the
other way" The first man who
seemed to be engaged in the heroic
task of rallyiDg and reforming the
Union lines was young lieutenant.
That young lieutenant, for his con-
spicious valor that day, was soon made
a major. The young mans name was
William Mckinley, of Ohio. So the
old soldiers love to shout his praises
and tell the story of his splendid
achievements and they know that the
young lieutenant of '61 will make a
splendid president in '97.-Io,0a Capi-
tai.
WHEN the people voted for pro-
tective tariff, last November, they knew
that it meant duty on every article of
foreign manufacture or production
which enters into competition with
our own goods high enough to prevent
American goods being undersold in
our own markets by foreign goods, as
they are under the present tariff, and
that is what the republican congress is
going to give them regardless of the
squeals of the agents of foreigners.
THERE is Missouri gentleman who
isn't caring continental about toga's
and other Roman toggery, but who is
working hard to convince the legisla-
ture of his state that it has only to send
the u. s. Senate Vest to do the right
thing.
In would seem that certain editors
would tire of seeing their papers an
nounce one day that this or that gentle
man would go into the cabinet and
the next that he will not. Their read
ers have tired of the guessing long ago.
THERE are people who think that ex-
Gov. Hogg's name alone should be
enough to kill his Senatorial aspiration,
because the Senate is already over-sup-
piled.
IT may be merely a coincidence, but
the Cubans who are shouting "inde-
pendence or death" are costly Quartered
I'm the ITnitad States