The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-29

pendent Power II would no doubt to-day have
ranked In all respects as first-class Power. and
while its population would have been less thai:
the great Powers of Europe it would have ex-
celeG Inftn IN We9lr1. eDeIKT. rnleTDr1ro nn0 IN.
dasery. Il, tafs ~~-t tevr{eevs saese ass eight
clties OF over GOO people each one OF which is
the city Of ST. Louis. with population Of 00O01
The Louisiana Purchase has the largest area OF
productive farm lands In the world and contains
some Of the worlds richest mines Of gold silver.
copper, lead. iron and coal
am glad OF the opportunity to tell the people
Of this lart Of the country what the people
of st. Louis are doing in the way of making
suitable preparation for properly celebrating the
one hundredth anniversary OF the acquisition OF
this territory The city Of 81. Louis has raised
the sum of $1O,0Oo.OoO in aid Of this Exposition:
the State Of Missouri has given &l.006.o09 the
Federal Government at the last session OF Con.
gress made the magnificent appropriation OF
81, 100000. being the largest amount OF money
ever contributed by any country for q like pur-
pose. making q total Of $l6,0O0.0o0. In addition
the present session of Congress the Government
will make additional appropriation OF not
less than 81 900 900 for a Government exhibit
WONDERFUL RESOURCES OFF
LOUISIANA PURCHASE TERRITORY.
Perhaps you have not taken the time or felt
sufficient interest to examine or Investigate what
ss s.sas es ssTa esns k as Sss sna sop
ulation, and its productive powers. and II you
viii bear with me I shall quote from statistics
furnished by the Treasury Department OF tho
Federal Government.
Tho land area contains ss4.94 square miles. be-
ing little larger in area than the original thir,
teen States. The States and Territories created
IN whole or In part out Of this vast area number
fourteen. and their population in 1909 was II.
GIG. as against population Of less than 1O0.0
at the time Of their purchase. You will observe
that this area 10 about one-third of that Of the
entire Union and its population about one-dfth
The iAyncnkuqls pftdactsan the year, 1870 Awere
ssI oo06oO UushkA of wheat, sbSlng about u per
cent Of the entire production. and valued at Sl5c
0o0 0oo Tho production of corn was L0l3. 00o. coo
bushels, or Is per cent OF the entire production
and valued at S314.0c0.00t: The oat crop amounted
to 81 900 900 bushels or ss cent Of the total
production. and valued at $7i.O00.000. The value
OF the rye and barley crops for the same year
amounted to over 81, 100000 and that Of potatoes
to over SIS O0OOoO The value OF the hay crop was
S13ooOo 900 and that Of cotton 49, 0o4 The to-
tai value Of the agricultural products named
above amounted to theitabufous sum OF $755. .0N.-
CO., The amount OF the wool product was LOO. .Sse.<
sez pounds. IS per cent Of our entire produce
tion and valued at SIS. 000, 900, eQualing the
cost OF the entire Purchase. The value Of farm
animals for, the same year 10 estimated BY the
Government as SS2s, ,0U0. .000.- -
Add to this the value OF other farm products
and 1t IL safe to say the annual production
amounts to more than 81. co., or one hun
dred times the cost OF the original purchase. and
per cent OF this amount would have been sufll-
Client to have paid Napoleon's bill to- JEFFERSON. !
have not made mention OF the mineral produc-
lions each year, but the value OF then4 amounts
to very large sum. ....,:-.s-