The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-03
TENNESSEE AT

at The Worlds Fair in 1904 and the
TNsoislature must give us an ap
preparation for that purpose o.'' we
believe they will do it. The de-
signs Of the Kentucky state build
lug have already appeared IN the
oress. Mississippi has q tfty
thousand dollar appropriation.
Some of the Northern and Middle
states have made provisions for an
exhibit as follows: Missouri, Sl,
ooo, 900; Illinois, $25o,ooo; Iowa,
1925. 900; Pennsylvania, 10000.
This will be the greatest expo
sifion ever contemplated by any
nation on the face of the earth.
The buildings will cover 1,18O
acres, while the Columbian Expo
sition at Chicago occupied the
space of only 633 acres. The cost
will be upwards of $4o,ooo,ooo,
more than one-third greater than
the Chicago fair.
This magnificent spectacle OF
modern achievements will be held
right at our door. Our neighbors
will be there with their natural
advantages and resources, manu-
features and agricultural products
o1 exhibition in departmental
quarters secured by their respect
i've states with appropriations for
chat purpose. These will be pre-
scented in attractive form for in
spection by the civilized nations OF
the world. In such q contest can
Tennessee refuse to bid for capital
and enterprise State pride IS Q
matter Of no importance compared
To the values which will undoubt.
edly accrue to those who are seek
mo for these benefits. The Nash
willie Banner gives us a very per
tinent article on the subject as fol
lows:
The matter of an exhibit by Ten
nessee at the Great Worlds Expo
sition in St. Louis is of the great
est Importance to the people of this
state, and especially important tc
the agricultural classes, who have
greater interest IN the question
even than the cities of the State,
While the cities are at present tax
ing deeper interest in it than the
people in the country have thus tai
taken, the cities will derive nc
benfits which will not to a larger
extent be derived . by the farmer
and others in the interior of the
state. The benefits to the cities
will come largely from an ability tc
show the resources and fertility Of
The soils in territory adjacent tc
the cities from which the cities re-
.ceive their support and must of ne
cessity thus directly benefit the
farmer.
Should manufacturer from d
CITY or town make an exhibit ot
furniture it will carry with it ar
exhibit Of oak, poplar and walnut
grown in Tennessee, from which the
furniture was made, as we'll as mar
BILE with which it is finished. Wher
the exhibit consists of cotton fac
tory products it should be accom-
panied by sample of the stapl'
grown in Tennessee, from which
tine goods are made. IT of woolel
goods an exhibit of wool clipped
from sheep raised in Tennessee will
do good. If of -four, an exhibit o
the magnificent Tennessee wheat
from which the flour is made, will
be appropriate and helpful. If o
meal. corn grown in Tennessee
from which the meal was made will
do good. If of canned vegetables
let the exhibit also indicate varie
ty of fine vegetables grown in Ten
nessee, with the aid of which tn
canning industry is being made t.
prosper. If of canned fruits, j
should be accompanied by an ex
hibit of the varied specimens 0
fruit raised in the state. If of fer
tiiizers let the exhibit be accom-
panied by exhibits of the splendi
phosphate rock so abundant in por
lions of the state. If of manufac
fured iron, either in the form Q
stoves. ranges, plows, agriculture
implements, etc, parallel exhibit
of the iron ore and pig iron pre-
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