Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-08-18
OREGON AT PARIS.
Are Ne As State to be Represented at
the Exposition?

Are We AS a State to be Represented at
the Exposition?
Will Oregon be represented at the
Paris Exposition in 1900? This is a
question that every Oregonian should
giye a most thoughtful considerat ion.
During the past two years, Oregon has
Justly won for herself reputation
that will never fade and one
which is not only a surprise to
the people of this state, but of eastern
states as well, for our resources and
wealth are far above the expectations of
eastern people. The state of California
has appropriated the sum of $4,000 for
the purpose of making an elaborate dis
play OF that states resources in the
United States building at the Paris Ex-
position. In this building will be extern
sive exhibits, but they will not be segre-
gated. There will be grain, fruit, min
ing and lumber exhibits but they will be
from various sections of the country and
each wilt bear little tag, telling of the
state and section of the state from which
it was taken.
Oregon should be represented, AMI we'll
represented in Uncle Sans building at
the Paris fair. This is a matter that
should interest every producer, not only
for his own benefit but for that of the
resources Oregon can gather an exhibit
that will astonish the people across the
sea and cause the people of our sister
states to open their eyes in astonish-
ment as they receive the realization that
they have i'll Webfoot a dangerous rival.
In Benton county can be fonnd plenty
of samples of feuit and grain that no
one should be ashamed to hold up
proudly before the eyes of the entire
world.
To make the Oregon exhibit all the
more prominent and marked, side
exhibition composed entirely of the rep
resentative exhibits of Oregon resources,
together with those of California and
Nevada, will be made. This movement
is being made by the Southern Pacific
Company and should be considered by
the agricultural people of the western
part of the state more especially.
The offer made to Oregon is generous
one. If our people will contribute the
materials for an exhibit-massing them
at Portland-the Southern Pacific will
transport them to Paris, pay all the
charges of transportation, and return
them here or elsewhere in the United
States, And if, further, our people will
send an agent or commissioner to take
charge of the exhibit and explain it to
the visitors, special advantages in the
way of transportation will be afforded
him. How much an effort under this
plan will cost, the Southern Pacific rep
resentatives do not undertake to say.
The more the better, of course: but $4,000
would probably make an effective display
and pay an agent to accompany it. There
should be no difficulty about raising this
moderate sum, and there will be none.
Oregon will take advantage of this extra
ordinary chance, and will be represented
at Paris in way that cannot fail to ad-
vertise widely the potentialities and |
charms of the state:
While the exhibit is to be state
affair in the fullest sense, the advantage
will be most likely to lie with Western
Oregon, through which the lines Of the
Southern Pacific pass. 1t will be especi-
ally to the interest of the western coun-
ties to stir themselves to the end of set
ting forth their attractions in the best
form. The timber the grains, the fruits
the minerals and the vast multitude of
other interests must all be represented.
Contributions will be freely made, inge-
nuity and art will be taxed to present |
them in beautiful forms, and the result
cannot fail to be prodigious benefit to
Oregon.