The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-02-01
st Louis Fair.
1908.
CONTINUED From last Week. }

fact, the undlsputed commercial
metropolis of the great West, OF
which so large a part ls concluded
in the original Louisiana Purchase.
The navigable channels of the
Mississippi River and its tributaries
aggregate more than $4,000 miles,
and In the States reached by the
Mississippi aud its tributaries, the, e
are (not counting Pennsylvania)
nearly 5000 miles of railroad. In
the Is States AMI Territories of the
Louisiana Purchase, there are near
ly 10000 miles OF railroad. These
figures show the marvellous develop
/, ment of this section. Statistics show
that for the year 1900 the value of
the corn crops of this region was
S3l4, 100000; oat, 81 100000;
wheat, 1852, 900, 600; barley, $40,
100000; rye. $4,000, 900; potatoes,
$25, 500, 900; hay; $3.50, 0,0oo,O0
cotton, $50. 900, 900; wool $4,000,
900; farm animals, 1925, 900, 900;
silver, $50 900, 900; gold $780,
900.
The bank capital of the national
banks in the Louisiana Purchase is
$50, 900, 900, with surplus of s36,
600, 900. The deposits In national
banks are $3.50, 900, 900, while
the assets Of all the banks are ST..
100, 900, 900.
There are over 3,l6O,CO0 school
children In this district, to teach
whom it requires an army of ove1
100, ,OO0 and on whom there Is spent
annually $3T 100000.
| To write up the attractions anC
exhibits, there are in this section
referred TO as the Louisiana Pur
c'ase," more than 5000 newspapers
| I. is said there ara 100000 60
ple living within u hours rice y
rail from ST. LOUIS.
Whit mere aus ,ieious occasion
could y u have for making know
the adv ntages of Texas? Their
vii; 60 TO that tar peop'e OF das
and character needed IN Texas
They are people aho have made th
bl. ak and barren prairies of kansa
and Nebraska to blossom as gal
den Of Gul. They are people wh
have wrenched from the savage an
1.-THE sun, AMI made habltable, th
arid plans of U ah and Wyoming
They are the people we need
Texas to fill up the miles of unll
hablte land We now pay taxes OIL
If one should ask me to name tt
three most important events IN tt
history Of this country since its dl
coverv. | shou d say the signing
the Declaration of Independence
the Purchase of Louisiana and Il
firing on Fort Sumpter. The ce
tenn,al of the first was celebrated
Philadelpla in 1878; that of the Sc
ond will be next year. Let US ho
that by the time that of Fort Sum
ter comes around our posterity W
have forgotten there was such
event in our history.
The importance OF Texas bel
Represented at this Worlds FAIR c;
not be exaggerated, and there is
section of the State-scarcelY
precinct hat win not be direc1
= benehted by display. How to
this is the question. Though fav
able to an exhibit, the Governor
nd this State is barred by provision
the Constitution for which be is
responsible, from encouraging st
aid. If this were not so, it wo'
Tor he too late for action to beg
should the coming Legislature
it to make an appropriation, To
Texas before the world, then, go
- move must be made By indivldu'
Thinking over this some mon
. slnce, and regretting the appar
inability on the part of the State
- do something it occurred to
that there might be inaugura
nlby the Texas Bankers Assoclat
q q plan to raise money for the
- pose Of making an exhibit. !
cussed this idea with Mr.. w
dridge and your Hon. Charm