The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-12

tADbSliiOtF VI ib'iClB tlulFts
upon millions of dollars ale being ex-
pended upon the colossal exhibit build
ings now being erected on the 1900 acre
park where the Exposition is to be held.
Every important nation on earth will
participate in this great Worlds Fair,
and practically every State and Territory
in the Union will erect building and
maintain and exhibit.
NEvApA's OPPORTUNITY
II the time was ever ripe for New da to
show to the world its natural and indus
trial resources, OF which SO little is really
known to the outside world, it has now
presented itself by giving to the State
an opportunity Of becoming an exhibitor
at the ST Louis Worlds Fair. Seeing
that il is impossible for the people from
the diversified sections of the world to
visit this Commonwealth, the Common
wealth takes advantage of this Expos-
tion and goes TO the people OF the world,
In order to do this with credit to our
selves and IN such a manner that the
desired results will be obtained, it is
necessary that all our natural and in.
dustrial resources should be thoroughly
exhibited, and in such manner that
every inducement is offered to the home
seeker and capitalist.
| Never since 1893 have the financial
conditions in the Fest been as they are
to-day. The shrinksge in industrials
has been nearly 30 per cent greater than
it was in 1893 when the dIastrous finan-
eial panic Was precipitated. 1t has been
the history of gu ID times that when
industries fail capital seeks other chan
nes Of investment, frequently mining
This was essentially the fact which gave
such impetus to mining in 1903 The
conditions are parallel and capital will
seek mining and other investments
This was clearly demonstrated by Ne
vada's exhibit at the Pan American Elk
position at Buffalo in 1901, and the good
work has been going on ever since that
time. Moreover, never in the history of
the country has the redemption of arid
land been getting more thoughtful inves-
tigatlon 10y the Government and by pri-
vate individ uals than it is to day. The
small farm is the slogan of the Western
enterprise, and the attention Of capital
is heing diverted from Eastern indus
tries to Western investments.
In order to carry out the provisions
of an Act creating a Worlds Fair Com
mission, the sum of $20.000 was appro-
priated by the last Legislature, 5000 of
which was set aside for the construction
of State Building, s5 per cent of which
is completed. The remainder of the ap.
preparation is to be devoted entirely to
classifying, cataloguing, collecting and
maintaining the exhibit during the seven
months of the Exposition. from May lst
to December lst, 1904 1t provides free
transportation for all exhibits to and
from the Exposition, the railroad com
panies having agreed to ship the exhibits
free to Carson City, where there will be
properly classified aud packed. Great
care should be taken 10 packing the ex-
hibit, when forwarding it to the Com
mission, and it is their desire that every
section of the State should be thoroughly
represented. Application has been made
for 5000 square feet of space. in the
Mining Building, $3.50 square feet in the
Agricultural Building, and 1000 square
feet in the Anthropological Building.
space will also be reserved in the live
stock exhibit. Owing to the scope Of
Nevada's exhibit 1t is being clearly DEM
onstrated that the appropriation Is in-
adequate to do full justice to it. The
Commission is making personal appeal
to the various mining and agricultural
districts, also taking advantage of an
Act passed by the last Legislature which
invesis power in the various Boards of
County Commissioners to make special
appropriations from any fund for the
purpose Of assisting in the collecting OF
exhibits from their respective counties.
A complete and comprehensive his
tory of the State will be written as well
az an exhaustive article on each county
thoroughly illustrated with half tone
pictures giving a compl te history of all