The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1901-09-14
State Press on Mississippi at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair.

state Press on Mississippi at the st.
Louis Worlds Fair.
There should be no doubt about
a. reasonable appropriation for a
Mississippi exhibit at the st.
Louis worlds fair. The legisla-
tire ut its next session--in Janua-
ry next-should make an appro-
priation sufficient to have the
States resources and products
creditably represented Green
vile Democrat,
The only question for debate
now, it Says, is as to the size of
the appropriation. 1t should not
be less than $50 900, in order that
Mississippi may be advertised as
we'll and thoroughly as her sisters.
The State of Missouri gave 81 900
600 to the cause; Illinois voted
$250,000 and only one State or
territory, Arizona, so far as wo
have seen. has given less than
$50, 900 while most Of them have
appropriated considerably more.
Mississippi has the goods and
should advertise them generously.
jackson News.
~
A liberal appropriation should
be made by the next legislature
fora Mississippi exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in
1903. 1t is a matter of State
pride that suitable provisions be
made for creditable showing. -
Pontotoc Sentinel.
-.
Mississippi must have an exhi-
bit at the st. Louis exposition.
that will equal or surpass any
State from the South. She must
show to the world what she has,
what she as already accomplished
in agricultural and industrial
lines and what she can do under
proper cultivation of all her mar
velous resources. Fifty thousand
dollars would not be any too
small to make this exhibit. An
appropriation of less than that
would not do justice to the occa-
sion.-Meridian Star.
-"
Advertising a town, country or
State is as much a business as is
advertising an individual, and
either of the three that fails to do
proper advertising will fall behind
those that push their interests
through advertising. 1t is the
town that shows its industry and
life in publishing to the outside
world its resources and faculties
that attracts investors for its de-
velopment and purchasers for its
wares; it is the country that holds
its fairs and exhibits, its products
of fine cattle and horses, and SUI
perior fruits and grains that at
tracts and persuades foreign agri.
culturists to become its citizens
or its customers; it is the State
that keeps record of its indus
trial development, as we'll as po-
litical contests, and exhibits its
products as an evidence of what
it is doing that is found among
the mostpopular commonwealth
of the union.
Every State, therefore, that is
not ashamed of its products, and
has a loyal citizenship, should be,
and usually is, represented al
every accessible national or inter-
national exposition, and it should
be a deep regret to every Missis-
sippIan that our grand old COM
monwealth has for so long a time
neglected her opportunities Of so
advertising herself. Even more
than this, every citizen of this
State should resolve to lend his
support and influence toward Sc
curing the proper representation
and exhibits at the St. Louis ex-
position. Thisi is a great opportu-
nifty for our State to add a still
greater impetus to the tide Of in
dustrial development that in the
past two years has deluged our
towns and counties, and our wide
awake legislators should not let it
pass unnoticed. We have a great
country down here, and know it,
but there are thousands of people
ignorant of this fact that might be
enlightened by this proposed .exS
Ihibit at St. Louis. Not single
voice should be raised in opposi-
ton to such a measufe-W West PIT.
Press.
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