Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-07

formed. We bear in mind. and trus
you do not overlook that this celebra
ton is of no state, of no section, bu
of the entire country. 1t is our hone
and our expectation that every sec
ton, and every commonwealth, and in
TACT every community, will cherish q
proprietary interest and lend helpful
aid to this worthy undertaking, to the
end that it may prove as nearly as
may be commensurate with the coun.
try and the country whose achieve.
ments and advancement it is designed
to commemorate.
The beautiful picture whose ont.
lines you now behold, will, to adopt
the smile of the chief designer, when
completed, compose a song that will
reverberate around the globe.
And now, Mr.. President, it is my
pleasing privilege and high honor to
present to you for dedication the
buildings of the Louisiana purchase
exposition. May a high standard of
citizenship and a broader humanity
and the mission of the country whose
worthy representative you are, be sus-
tanned and fostered and promoted by
the uses to which these structures are
devoted. May the happiness of man.
KIND be advanced and broadened by
the lofty purposes that inspired this
undertaking, and moved our own and
our sister countries to unite in it's ac.
complishment'
Thomas HI. Carter, president of the
day, said:
One hundred years ago today the
government of the United States ac-
CURED sovereignty over the vast terri
tory OF the Mississippi river, which
has since been known to the geograph-
lcal nomenclature of the world as The
Louisiana Purchase. Beyond the river
the boundaries and the resources of
the territory were ill defined, and but
vaguely comprehended. The purchase
OF $15,O00,O00 was pronounced exorbi-
tant, the free navigation of the Missis-
s1ppi being the only part of the prop
erty deemed worthy of serious consid-
Grafton. The transaction was regard
ed by many as a violation of the con-
stltution and menace to our form of
government. The grave doubts of
President Jefferson were only resolved
into action by his patriotic desire for
national supremacy over the river, and
his prophetic faith in the possibilities
of the mysterious country beyond it.
The revelations of century have
most amply justified his faith.
When the treaty of cession was
concluded President Jefferson repre-
sented less than six millions OF people.
During these ceremonies President
Roosevelt, the executive of over eighty
millions of freemen, will dedicate the
buildings. The magical story of local
development puts to shame the crea-
lions of fiction. The contented and
inhabitants of the Louisi-
ana purchase today substantially equal
in numbers three times the total pop
ulation of the United States in 1900.
The conquest of space, forests,
streams and deserts and the founding
of cities and states in waste places
within this territory, marks an adj
vance unsurpassed in the history of
human endeavor
1T is fitting that the celebration
should be international, for you will
in vain attempt to have a civilized
whose sons and daughters
have not contributed to the glorious
triumphs of peace recorded here. In
vain will you seek 4 more cosmopoli- !
tan, and at the same time a more |
population than that of |
he Louisiana territory. The purchase, !
facilitated by the exegencies of Euro |
Dean war, and made in a season of |
darkness and peril, has proven boone
lot only to the g'rantor and the gran !
zee, but TO humanity at large, for here |
he nations have commingled and the |
brotherhood of man has become a de.
possibility.
CAS- a means of giving expression to
he universal appreciation of what has |
,een accomplished for humanity with
n tn field during the century. the
louisiana purchase exposition was
organized under the authority of an
let of congress. With the aid of the
United States government, and the
,ity of st. Louis. the exposition COM
,any. through its officers, agents and |
employees, has erected the majestic
whose massive proportions
md classical outlines excite the wonder |
md admiration of the vast multitude /
assembled within and about their /
walls.
ITO every one present is accorded
he privilege of assisting in the dedi-
alton of these buildings to their in
ended use. The president of the
United States honors US by being here
o extend his greetings and to voice