The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-13
BUSIEST man
Uncle Sans Work, as Illustrated in
the Government Building, Is
Revelation to Most People.

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cry from a breech-loading disappear
| ing gun that throws a shell eighteen
miles 10 the Hessian fly and the hop
plant louise, but is an easy jump for
Uncle Sam. Which is another way
Of saying that the activities Of the
United States Government. as illus
trated in the Government building,
take wide range from the building
of the national defences to a war of
determination on the insects that des
troy plant life.
1t is this wonderful exhibit. in the
installation Of which the Government
has spared 40 expense and which Is
upon a larger scale than any exhibit
exer made by the Government, which
has suggested the idea Of a great eX-
position Of our national progress IN
art, industry and education, 70 be Civ
en- by the national Government every
ten years, asuggestion that has been
widely commended.
The reason the Government build
ing is the center of interest and at
tracts so many thousands of visitors
every day is because the activities
represented are outside the range of
They are more or less familiar with
the processes and industries illustrat-
ed in other exhibit palaces but here
they find strange and unusual sights
invested with more or less of the
mystery of science all representing
the work of the Government for the
people.
The popular notion of Uncle Sam
is that of a good-natured sort of a
loafer always ready to fight, and
whose only peaceful employment is
that of carrying the mails After
spending a few days in the Govern
ment building they are gradually re-
lever Of this notion. They find Tn
Gle Sam to be about the busiest in
dividual ON earth. OF course he is
ready to fight. That is shown by the
models of battleships and the great
guns. one of which throws a 1000
pound projectile Is miles and costs
5000 every time it losses this 'peace
MAKER at enemy. But this rep
resents such small part of his ac-
tivities. In this building is shown
the work Of Uncle Sam in extermin-
ating the hundreds Of insects and
worms that destroy crops and plant
life the Hessian fly, the chinch bug,
the cotton ball weevil, the San Jose
scale, the coddling-moth, also the
work of the experiment stations and
of the bureau of plant industry. show
ing how Zante currnts from Greece,
truffies fro France, dates from AL
geria, figs from the Mediterranean,
almonds from Spain, Mangoes from
India, citron from Corsica, sisal
from Yucatan, jute from China and
thousands of other plants and seeds
MAY be grown in this country.
Here Uncle Sam shows how he
measures the velocity of the wind
and the amount of rainfall and sun
shine by delicate and ingenious cleo
trical instruments which work auto
matically; how he warns sailors of
coming storms and keep marines from
wrecking their vessels upon rocks
and reefs; how he drcd@es out rivers
and promotes navigation; how he
promotes and assists the culture of
the best food fishes. how he looks af-
ter the great national park reserva-
tons and protects the forests; how
he keeps out yellow fever and other
scourage that devastates other coun-
tries.
More interesting than all these,
judged by the great crowds that surge
about them. are the exhibits showing
the process of coming money out of
silver and copper, and the develop
ment of the United States mail SER
vice through its various stages from
the old mail coach to ''the flight of
the fast mail