Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-11-14
THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
Press of the State In Favor Of Action
Toward a Display at ST. Louis
Expedition r..
Pan American Commission Will Prob.
ably Take up this Matter at
Meeting in Future.

The Grand Forks Herald will GER
tainly find no fault with this editorial
from the Fargo Forum, and the Tri-
bune Endorses heartily the idea con
veyed:
THE preparation now under way by
all the states in the union and partic-
ularly the city of st. Louis, will make
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition one
of the greatest efforts of it's kind.
Commemorative as this demonstration
will be of the industrial eminence of
the great west, special efforts to make
it worthy are being made by states
and territories included in the original
Louisiana purchase. In. this respect
North Dakota cannot afford to stand
in allegiance, and leave her sisters
gather the ~laurels, which rightfully
belong to her. Perhaps no other state
in the union. has received so tardy a
recognition as this. Notwithstanding
the fact that in point off cereal produc-
JlUu ollC udS S1NcH IAC u1OSC dOCOl41oA-
ing evidences of inherent powers, big
Cited skeptics have persisted in char
acterizing her vast domains as a fall
low eXpanse, which no ingenuity OF
man could school to any productive
usefulness From rear to year this state
has matured an abundance of harvest,
which makes her title as the-Breat
Basket of the World-secure. This
year, as in previous seasons the e
age Of all manner of cereals, has been
far above those of famed producers of
the Mississippi valley. In view of
these facts it behooves that North Da-
kota emphasize her agrarian supremacy
among the states of the union, by an
exhibition in every way worthy of her
greatness. Similarly to the appro-
priation for the Chicago fair, the best
policy seems. to be, for the governor to
appoint an honorary commission, to
take charge of the exhibit until the
legislature meets. The necessity of
such an action, is apparent on all sides.
If the state is to have an exhibit. the
work must begin at once. In a COM
munication just received from Chas.
M. Reeves, secretary of the exposition,
this fact is set forth, enjoining imme-
diate action in order that proper pro-
vision can be made by the manage
ment of the exposition and details be
so perfected that no misunderstanding
occur in the final negotiations"
In this connection the Tribune I'M
derstands the Pan-American commits
sion will Don hold a meeting to settle
up matters in connection with that dis
play of the state and that at the time
Of this meeting the matter OF using the
balance of the appropriation of $4,000
made for the Buffalo display as a nu-
cleus for a display at ST. Louis will
come up. There will be no meeting
of the legislature until 1903-the year
of the fair. With a little cash balance
available for needs next year in gath
ering and preserving specimens OF
grain and other of the resources Of the
state, the Office of, the commissioner
of agriculture and labor will no doubt
be active to secur exhibits which will
do credit to the state. With such a
beginning made next year, if an appro-
priation is made by the legislature Of
1908. the work could be carried on
without a break and the opening of the
SIT. Louis exposition would see North
Dakota installed with a creditable ex.
hibit. As one of the territories of the
Louisiana purchase. North Dakota