The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-14
III MADE AT HOME
We FINE EXHIBITS ARE TO BE
SEEN AT MARKET
HALL
OMAN'S WORK is MANIFEST

the Formal Opening of the Most
Comprehensive Exhibit of Home
manufactured Articles That Has
Ever Been Made In the Northwest
1.-Two Floors of Market Hall Are
Occupied.
1he free industrial exhibition of the
0rthwestern Manufacturers associa-
On and the Ladies auxiliary was
,ened in Market hall last evening I'M
most favorable auspices. Though
e weather was not all that could be
sired fully 500 persons visited the eX-
bit during the evening. That was as
rye a number of visitors as was eX-
scted on the opening night.
The interior of the hall has been
Hanged beyond recognition. The man
lecturers association now occupies
le entire first floor and the Ladies
HILLARY the second, so there is ample
)ace for the various exhibits. A few
e not yet in place, but they will be
. complete order by tonight The hall
handsomely decorated with banners
I'D bunting and the Nominations are
lost brilliant
The ceremonies incident to the formal
pening were held in the assembly hall
the second floor. There every seat
as occupied and many spectators
ere obliged TO stand. The stage was
coupled by the officers of the associa-
on and the auxiliary, and was deco
ated with plants and flags. The st.
>nthOny hill orchestra sat below the
tage and rendered a number OF mu-
zeal selections during the proceedings.
WITH DUE CEREMONY.
Edward Vanish presided, and in his
ductory remarks he dwelt upon
necessity of establishing factories
1 a city in order to insure its growth
Il prosperity.
st. Paul" he said, has been built
p by home industries. Each new fac
Dry has added to its population, and
UGH addition TO the population has en-
arged the volume of business. But we
want more in this city. Small manu-
actOries are the backbone of a city be-
,ause they grow larger and larger, and
Seep on adding to the number Of opera
ives employed. In that way they are
permanent blessing
Mr. Vanish then introduced Mrs.
Ansel Oppenheim, president of the la
lies auxiliary, to whom, he said, was
iue the credit for the exhibition. Mrs.
Oppenheim was warmly welcomed.
She said:
MRS. OPPENHEIM'S SPEECH.
The meaning of this exhibition will be bet
er understood after a brief glance at the
arly history Of st. Paul.
A little over a half century ago, in a
and. where, I have been told, the air was
lure as on creations primal morn, where the
above a mans head, had never been turned
" OK and DlOw. where the only roadWays
we're the Indian trails, leading through the
crest, st. Paul was founded. 1t was at the
Resd of navigation. There was nothing with
which to open commerce but the fur trade
with the abOrigines. With the cesston, by the
)jibways of the pine lands Of the St. Croix
20 the United States, the lumber trade was ad-
led. Incredible as 1t may seem, Minnesota,
which now produces the best wheat in the
world. was not at that time believed to be
n agricultural territory. 1t was supposed
,,y our Eastern friends to be a vast wilder
less, unfit for cultivation. There are men
living among US, and no doubt there are some
this audience. who remember that as late
1883 Gen. lie Due procured, after con-
cradle trouble and expense, a few ears Of
tn from Cottage Grove, Sank Rapids and
ort Ripley, in order to demonstrate that
,nnesota was an agricultural territory.
Such were the primordial conditions under
which, the pioneers of st. Paul. in one gen.
Grafton, built up large and prosperous city.
Their genius set the wheels of progress In
such rapid motion as to dazzle the eyes of
the beholder. By toll and enterprise they
demonstrated the unriYalled natural ad-
Iantages Of our city, and the spirit and
character Of its citizens. They vitalzed their
material surroundings, and soon, by the aid
N newspapers and railroads, put themselves
In communication with the learning and
culture Of the world. This early history of
st. Paul can never again be repeated and
must ever remain the most brilliant In its
annals. In 1890, as a symbol Of this period,
the women Of St. Paul held a harvest festival.
On this occasion our citizens exhibited pic
lures. and objects of art collected from the
workshops of different countries The harve st
festival represented the progress and refine
ment Of our city; it represented the discrim-
knowledge of the industries and arts of the
most cultivated nations.
The exhibition we have met to open this
and symbolizes a new period in our his
tory. The progressive citizens Of St. Paul
could not, like school children, be content
90 simply have secondary knowledge of the
were impelled to know these things actually
from real experience. Consequently work
shops, factories and ateliers have gradually
grown UP In our city, until today we have
awakened to the fact that we are we'll ad-
Yanced upon the second period of our history
80 entitled to take front rank as a manu-.
1cturing center, as well as a railroad and
trade center.
No community can go on indefinitely and
epend for its growth on the development
OF agriculture in the surrounding country
the building Of railroads, and the rise in
tl~Eprice of real estate. AS the population oil
Z city grows. there must be continual i'm
prOvement in the system OF production
Where there is a great deal to buy there
ought to be great deal to SELL and as, in
a progressive community there is con
stantly increasing demand for the things made
away from home, so there must be a pro-
portionate Increase in home products So
&c L. r,Of
crease in home products. so long will the
community be in debt, and so long as this
increase of home products is well kept up
so long will they be prosperous.
MUST PURCHASE AT HOME.
The nations Of Europe strengthen their