The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-29

have not kept pace with the prosress Of
the great Southwest.
lead and zinc produce alone of the State
of Missouri for the year 1900 was - .0W.
almost two-thirds of the amount paid for
the. entire Louisiana territory. st. Louis
to-day ranks as the fourth city OF the
Union in population She is also fourth in
manufacture. and her estimated output
01O: she Is the termini of twenty-five rail-
roads. She has the largest Union Station
in the United States. and. might say. in
the world: she is the largest horse and
mule market; also. the largest hardwood
lumber market. She is first in the manu-
facture of street cars. She ranks to-day
rs the second shoe distributing center. and
at the present rate of progress will soon
take first place in that industry. She
manufactures more tobacco than any city
in the Wora; ,,an she also has the the largest
largest hardware house in the world and
distributes more than 80 per cent of the
woodenware sold in the United States.
She ranks as the third largest dry goods
market and IS third In manufacture and
distribution of furniture. She also has
the largest drug house but one in America,
there being nothing like it in the United
States. it offering the most economical
method of receiving and distributing mer-
cbandise in large quantities at a minimum
cost. Our public school system Is unex-
celled, and also contribute our share
to the support of the Federal Govern
nlenI, 1ne INTERNAL revenue COueCCeU uuI.
ing the calendar year 1860 amounting to
sl5s76,5is being more than the entire sum
that was paid for that vast territory
known as the Louisiana Purchase"
Mark Twain on Missouri.
Following Mr.. Spencer. Mr.. Thomas intro
duced Samuel NJ. Clemens Mark Twain).
who was greeted with enthusiastic cheers.
Mr.. Clemens lost no time in convulsing the
house with laughter. He started off by
giving Mr. Spencer % rub on the statistics
II nave been as much impressed as has
the toastmaster by Mr.. Spencer's speech.
and confused Also said Mr.. Clemens.
Statistics always have that effect as they
rise higher and higher to the sky. and al
ways in the same proportion they become
more inexplicable.
Missouri had turned cut 2,5ooG00.0OO mules.
Roars of laughter.) It's from Missouri,
and it IS expected that 1t Is to be believed
When I was young and In Missouri be-
liey ed such things. 1t was n habit: had
It myself. But now I have come to this
grave part of the country. where the peo-
pie rely Largely upon truth. 1t IS not to be
expected that I would believe any such
yarn.
"I don't know what this Louisiana Pur-
So. 600. 600 and they propose to secure ike
sum in some similar questionable manner
for the purchase of Louisiana, don't ap-
prove of it. You all know you can't buy
Louisiana for any such sum as that.
This giorifying of St. Louis is likely to
have bad effect upon you, because 1t Is
likely to raise your pride in your own State.
But there Is room for 1t between here and
the zenith. You must keep these things In
lounds.
Some Eminent Missourians.
George Washington was Missourian.
He was that, not by accident Of birth, but
by his primacy In the achievement Of nb-
erty and the other great things he did for
his country. That made him Missourtan.
Go back into history as you may. Caesar
was Missourfan.
"They are all Missourians by right Abra-
ham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, General Grant.
They were all Missouriane by right Of
their achiaIements. John Hay has b. that