, 1901-12-27
WYOM|NG'S COPPER
PAPER READ BY DR.. REED AT
INDUSTRIAL CON-
VENTION.
Now Beginning to be Understood That
There is Scarcely a Mineral Need
ed in the Laboratory Of the Chem
list Which Cannot be Found With
in Border of the State.

The subject of this address was t.
have been delivered by the Hon
George Willis Emerson of Grand En-
campment, but in the unavoidable alb
sence of that gentleman, DR.. Reed ap
peared as his representative.
In his opening remarks, DR.. Reed
expresses his great satisfaction in be
ing awarded the honor of sitting as {
delegate of this most important con
vention; paying a high compliment tc
the young and fiourishing common
wealth, the fame of whose enterprises
and institutions is now being publish
ed to the world, and whose tremendous
resources, as yet in the infancy of theiI
development, will in a few years cause
her to take the commanding position
among the great sisterhood Of states
to which she will be justly entitled, as
the .,reat Keystone state of the middle
west, a position as great and command.
ing as that held for so many years by
the great state, from one of whose
beautiful and historic valleys she de
rives her name, and which in SO many
respects she SO much resembles, the
state of Pennsylvania the Keystone
state of the east.
In twenty-five years, unless all signs
shall fail, Wyoming will have become
the Pennsylvania of the west" a dis.
tinction than which, none could be
higher.
He also expressed his regret that
the convention should be denied the
presence of one of Wyoming's most
distinguished sons, the gentleman for
| whOno hn haI rnnQantaI tn QnnaQr the
Hon. George Willis Emerson, of Grand
Encampment, the renown of whose elo-
quence is far better understood in the
east than within the state of his adop-
ton and love. That pleasure will yet
be enjoyed by the good people Of Wyo-
ming; would have been enjoyed today
but for the act hat important inter-
ests, in whose issue the welfare of
Wyoming is heavily involved, demands
his presence in the east. His inabili-
ty, however, opened to your speaker
the rare pleasure of being present here
today. 1t Is needless to say that ]
eagerly accepted his invitation-all the
more eagerly from the fact that Elmer
son, he pays the bills" all my own
ready money having already been plac-
ed in the mines of Grand Encamp-
ment."
81 should also add" he continued,
that the substance Of what l may say
would be said by Mr.. Emerson were he
here today, that is, all that is worth
the saying.
When a young man of the east, who
had fallen in love with a western girl
desired to present the young lady of
his choice with an engagement ring
he was perplexed to find an appropri-
ate sentiment to be inscribed within
the circle of the ring. In his quandary
he consulted his aged father. Sonny,
said the old man, Sonny put In this,
namely when this you see remember
me- The young man did 80 literally,
and when at last the ring was received
by the young lady. to her amazement
she read the words, when this you
see remember father" So, today, II
in the course OIL remarks l should
chance to say anything worthy your
remembrance, When this you heal re.
member Emerson"
Advancing in his remarks the speak
er proceeded to set forth the amazing
facts disclosed to his view in the course
of his comparatively brief study of the
history and of the state of
Wyoming.
i . I1GlS, uo uCSI1tCu, aAllO Nv LlOtAA-
tains of the great Continental divide,
is a young commonwealth with an area
that is in itself an empire, a state
with an area of territory larger than
that of New York and Pennsylvania
combined: an area greater than that
Of the six New England states with
South Carolina thrown in; greater
than that Of Illinois and Ohio to
gether; greater than Iowa and Michi-
gan combined; greater than that OF
England, Belgium, Denmark and Swift
erland, and with single counties each
of which has more territory than have
the imperial and wealthy states OF
Massachusetts and Connecticut, with
their more than three millions of In
dustrious and prosperous peoples.
Here is a state, not supposed to he
favored of Heaven, as a land of har-
vests, of grain, of vegetables, fruits
and flowers, a state, hitherto compare.
lively unknown in the agricultural
world, dependent absolutely Upon ar
tifcial irrigation for its agricultural
prosperity, never yet able to feed Its
own people, its herds Of cattle, its
locks of sheep, from the produce of Its
fields, yet which has in at least one
worlds fair exhibition, and in sever
al Interstate exhibitions, borne of the
highest honors for productions of the
soil. And which today has on exhibi
ton in your mining exchange, wheat
and oats that would cause the cheek
of the farmer Of Dakota or Minnesots
to flush into crimson; potatoes Of size
and quality equal to any produced or
the hills OF Maine, and q squash Of pro
portions so ample and generous thai
at the sight of 1t the heart Of any far
mer of Pennsylvania would palpitate
with jealous rage.
And yet your great farming indus
try, destined yet to be n OF the lead
ing sources of Wyoming's prosperity
and wealth, is in but the infancy o.
its development. Multiply your farms
and in multiplying your farms, multi
ply your homes and families, and vol
will but repeat In your history the his
tory of Pennsylvania, which, with al
its iron and coal, its wells OF oil ant
gas, its enormous. industries OF Goa
and iron and steel, It's wealth Of manu-
Featuring industries of every descrip
ltion. yet remains in the aggregate Of 1T
cereal productions the greatest agri
cultural state of the federal union.
Nor ID this all. Upon your vast ans
!. nutritious plains still grow the grasses
which in earlier years, caused then
to become the pasture lands OF thos'
Tremendous herds Of buffaloes now, UT
happily, almost extinct, through war
ton and outrageous slaughter, which II
late years made Wyoming the stock
mans paradise" which still suppor