The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-05

Imperial Missouri has contributed a 81.
00o.0Oo picture TO the Louisiana Purchas
Exposition.
In every part of the Worlds Fai
grounds the visitor may 20 he will Sc
evidence of the industrial growth AM
prosperity of Missouri.
In every exhibit building. in every i'm
portant outdoor display. the products o
the State have been given faithful rep
resentation. and the exhibition is not only
the most complete OF any other State par
ticipatfng in the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position, but 1t is the most complete evel
made by any other State at any nationa
or international fair.
The Missouri Commission has something
to show for every dollar of the q. coo, 90
appropriated by the Legislature for ar
adequate exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
Immense spaces in nearly all of the ex
hibit .alaces give proof of the great worl
accomplished by the commission.
The Missouri building, situated on the
finest location on the Plateau of States
cost s25n,ooo. and it is the largest and mos
magnificent of any Of the State building.
at the Worlds Fair.
In its own building Missouri also has
eclipsed the record OF any other State al
any worlds fair. for more money was ex-
pended and better results were obtained
than at any previous exposition.
Every one of the ia counties have con-
tributed to Missouri's World Fair picture
Every industry of the State-even those
OF minor importance-have been given
space in some secticn OF the Exposition.
In gathering its exhibits the Worlds
Fair Commission seemingly overlooked
nothing. The Missouri red apple, Missouri
corn, Missouri live stock and the Missouri
mule all have their places in the Uni
versal Exposition.
SURPRISES RIVAL STATES.
One-third of the population Of Missouri
is engaged in agricultural pursuits and In
the Palaces of Agriculture and Horticul-
ture Missouri has surpassed it's rival
States in the scope Of fits exhibits.
In the Palace of Agriculture alone the
exhibit represents an expenditure of $780,
600. while in the Palace of Horticulture
the commission spent S5.ooo.
In the Palace Of Agriculture Missouri
has 2401e square feet of space. and every
product Of the Missouri farm. except fruit
and live stock, is given an adequate show
ing.
Pagodas made Of corn and wheat and
figure Of a man in corn, measuring 8
feet in height. constitute the striking fea-
ttfres Of Missouri's agricultural display.
From every point of the Palace of Agri-
culture one can now see that Missouri
corn man.
When one reaches the Missouri exhibit
he viii find that corn and wheat have
been used for purposes that have here
tofore not been thought of. There is a
lifelike picture OF Governor Dockery done
in corn and wheat. for instance. while a
typical Missouri farm building, in an i'm
mense frame, is done entirely with ce-
reals
In the Palace of Horticulture Missouri
hasNa space of 500 square feet, and va
rieties of every flower and every fruit
raised in the Imperial s. ate are shown
in abundance. Apples. almost as large as
watermelons are shown in this section,
while all the other Missouri fruits are dis
played in endless variety
While Missouri has contributed to every
exhibit palace. the Worlds Fair Commits
sion has devoted its efforts particularly to
displays in agriculture. horticulture. live
stock. education, social economy. mining
and forestry. fish and game.
The commission set aside 10000 for
Missouri's section in the Livestock De-
partment- The live stock has been contrib
uted entirely by individual owners and the
bulk of the appropriation will be used in
special awards TO Missouri winners in the
general livestock contesta.
WILL DOUBLE PRIZES.
The commission will double the Worlds
Fair prize in every instance where Mis-
souri, animal receives a prize in a national
or International livestock contest.
OF the $4,000 set aside for livestock
purposes. $4,000 IL devoted to the Missouri
hen. and in one section Of the Livestock
Division the State will make an extensive
display of its poultry industry.
The commission promises that Missouri
will show in the Livestock Division OF
the Worlds Fair the most extensive dis
play OF high-bred stock ever seen in the
world Missouri has already won its place
at the head Of the stock-producing States
and during the last ten years Missouri
stock specimens have received more
first awards than all other States COM
bined.
An appropriation OF s75.eo0 has been
spent in makins an exhibit in the Palace
of Education and Social Economy. One OF
the features OF this exhibit Is a portrait
model OF the State University and grounds
at Columbia Specimens of the work of
every private and public school in the
State are on exhibition. and one of the in
teresting departments of the exhibition is