The Washington times., 1902-08-18
LOUISIANA EXHIBITS
WONDERFUL WEALTH
Mother State of Exposition
to Exploit Her Riches.
COTTON ONLY A SMALL PART
Sugar and Tobacco Are to Be Consid-
cred, Also Deposits of Salt, Sulphur,
and Oils-Feature of Exposition Will
Be Trip Around the World.

Be Trip Around the World.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.-Judse T. Sam
! bola Jones, of Baton Rouge, La, who is
both lawyer and newspaper man, be-
ing president OF the State Editorial AS
9cciation, is in the city. Judge Jones
is taking lively interest in the mat
er of louisiana representation at the
Worlds Fair.
The State of Louisiana has made
amazing progress in very few years,
said he. Her great staple has been
cotton, but to that she adds her vast
sugar rEd tobacco industries. In her
modern development, however, she has
become an immense producer of rice.
The fortunes that have been made in
southwestern Louisiana in rice culture
are beyond computation.
Carve Castles in Salt.
Her salt mines, on Avery's Island,
are such that YOU could carve a castle
cut of chemically pure rock salt. The
deposits are of immense thickness and
unexplored boundaries.
sulphur deposits, also, are vast
enough for the worlds uses. These de-
posits were worked by the French more
than $50 years ago, and some OF the
old French machines. useless long ago.
are still in existence. The present
method is to melt the sulphur by steam
and run it out of the mines, where it is
directed into ipolds, becoming hard at
once on coming into contact with the
air.
Oil Richer Than Beaumont.
But Louisiana's latest source OF
wealth is her oil territory. This is also
in the southwestern part of the State,
and the experts from Beaumont declare
that the oil territory around Jennings
is richer than that of the Beaumont
field. with its famous Spindletop ana
Lucas gushers. A few years ago this
Louisiana land which has proved so rich
could have been bought for six bits an
acre. Now 1t is making millions OF
dollars for its inhabitants. Everybody
in that part of the State has money, and
the prosperity is spreading.
Visitors to the Worlds Fair may
therefore expect to gee from Louisiana
enc of the finest exhibits put together
by any State. Gov. w. w. Heard
has done nobly. He recommended a.
appropriation of 100000. and the leg
islature responded with the ifu,I
amount This enterprising act has prt
everybody in good humor. Dr. w. c..
Stubbs. scieniist of national reputa
tion, who is chef OF the State expert
.ncnt staten. and Major ]. G. Lee,
state commissioner of agriculture, will
probably lead the work as they havs
already done 50 much for tn, State at
ether expositicns.
Variety in Exhibitions.
Il expect that there will be n ninia
ture cotton plantation. rice p'anta-
zion showing the system OF irrigation,
an exhibit of sugarcane and all its pro-
Cucts, exhibits of salt. sulphur and oil,
the famous Louisiana Perique tobacco
and great forestry display. The
State is richly timbered and will make
prominent its forestry interests"
In planning for the lighte. amuse
ment features at the World s Fair, the
original idea has been brought forwar
by the director of concessions. NJ.
Norris B. Gregg. to arrange them in tn
order OF a trip around the world. The |
attractions Will be selected carecull, !
and viii ne In each instance of the i
highest character that can be secured |
The names Around the World" and !
Tour du Monde have been suggest
cd The scheme will furnish the life |
and entertainment of trip around the |
globe.
Like Real Globe Trotting.
The visitor vino makes Mr.. Gregg's |
trip will have an experience as nearly |
ike The actual journey as can he de
vised. From stepping on board an
ocean liner 20 Home. Sweet Home"
from band stand on Art Hill. he viii. |
have mingled With the Peoples OF man. !
Countries. will have seen their native /
industries. will have partaken OF their |
food. Will have enjoyed their enter !
tainments. In brief, Mr.. Gregg's |
scheme will supplement the exhibits ,
that 80 to make up a universal exposi- |
tion and the architecture of all nations |
as eNemplified in the foreign buildings |
Among the features OF this Tour du
Monde, Mr.. Gregg has already taken
into consideration the advisability of the /
coupon ticket. by which. at round trip
rates, the visitor can take this journey |
around the world. enjoying every part |
OF II. Under this coupon ticket ar |
rangement part of the trip can be made |
in day and other portions left for |
other days. II anyone desires to emu
late Phineas Fogg he can try record !
breaking on the Tour du Monde 1t Will |
hardly be possible, however in view of |
the length of the trip as filled out. by /
Mr.. GregS's varied attractions to do II /
in eighty minutes.
Concessions Are Considered.
Concessionaires 10 whom some infor-
nation has been given of this plan of
arrangement for concessions are delight
ed with IT, and are devising their at
fractions so as to fit into it, The com
mittee on concessions has given a num-
ber of sittings to the proposed Tour du
Monde. The more the members of the
committee consider 1t. the more dcsra-
Bile the plan seems. There are already
under consideration applications for CON
cessions which nearly complete the trip
around the world. Into the arrange
mont may be worked one of the tcrraced
hill sides or a Swiss village. which is
said 10 have been the most interesting
OF all the concessions at Paris in 1900.
Senator w. A. Harris. OF Kansas. who
is now in Europe as special commits
sioner for the Worlds Fair to arrange