Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-20
Pays Compliment to People of Omaha
for Their Private share and
other cities and
states.
ATTENDANCE.


These are the figures which show that
the first National Corn exposition held in
Omaha, which closed at IL o'clock last
evening, is an unquestioned success when
held at the logical point, and make Omaha,
the "home of the corn show" an inter-
national attraction
Attendance. 1O5,661. i
Grain and grass exhibits, 7,77S.
Farm implement exhibits, los.
Ears of corn sold at auction. 1900,
Amount distributed in premiums, $54.ese
Special premiums and medals, 400.
Agricultural colleges represented IA
Regular attendance domestic science leo
lures, 231.
Foreign countries which had visiting
delegations: Mexico, Canada, Hungary
England, China, Cuba, Philippine islands
and Germany.
knights of Nebraska.
knights Of Nebraska which being
freely translated means. those who have
Joined King Ak-Sar-Ben in his '1rSd O.
corn" brought the exposition to a iitting
close in the evening, while William J.
Bryan, the Nebrasl-an honored three times
with the democratic nomination for pres-
dent, and one of the men from the farms
Of Nebraska. was the speaker of the day.
AS the result of the ten days exposition
the eyes of the civilized world have been
turned on Omaha. What the agricultural
college professors OF many countries call
the ''higher agricultural thought" has re-
ceived impetus which means millions of
bushels more of grain with which to feed
hungry world and the conservation and
even restoration of the fertility of the soil
for future generations.
Of WI
buried in the libraries; stern facts known
only to science; lessons Of the students and
scholars Of ages have been taken down
from the musty nooks planted in the soil
as 1t were OF future generations.
Silent nature; invisible forces which work
constantly to help man, have been revealed
to more than 100000 people. School children
and busy men; experts in the many lines
far removed from the farm, the Indifferent
and the interested. have alike seen in
graphic form, the progress which has been
made in the handling of the earth given
to mankind for an everlasting resource.
Attracted the World.
Without any boasting the business men
of Omaha have caused almost the whole
civilized world to stop and what nature
has for the people of the earth; brought
thousands to realizations of the resources
which have been wasted and the oppor-
tunity which knocked at the door of every
cuItivator of the soil.
The National Corn exposition, which
closed last evening, is said to be the first
real invoice ever taken by the American
| people to find out how they stood with
mother EARTH the first real balance OF ac-
counts and mastery of the lesson. Consider
the lilies of the field. how they grow" Corn
has come into its own as the grain "in
whose yellow heart there Is food for all
! the nations" and the grains and grasses
are more interesting to hundreds. The
children who know how TO read Greek now
know what corn is, at least as many of
! them as attended the exposition, and they
numbered about 1900.
Know Good Thing, Etc.
The success Of the National Corn exposi-
| tion is evidence of the good Judgment of
! the business men of Omaha in accepting an
opportunity when offered TO them. The
National Corn association made It possible
and brought the proposition TO Omaha
| through the men who have been at Its
head, and as Mr. Bryan said In his address
| gifted with the capacity for doing the
work and the willingness to take It on
their shoulders and do the work we'll"
| They subscribed $4,000 and only little
1
mote the exposition; they received much
more than $4,000 in gate receipts for ad-
missions; over 900 from the sale of prize
corn and funds from concessions and all
other sources which make the show a IL
.nancial success-but not a great money
| maker-which was not of the plan.
without doubt the close was as brilliant
as the opening. Thousands have admired
the spirit OF the city and commented on
the almost extrsvagant expenditures made
by business men privately for electrical
lighting and decorations.
The list of foreign representatives At the
exposition has added much TO the sue
cess Mexico is felt by the managers 70
be as great a contributor TO the cos
mopolitanism Of the show as any state
or country in the world. Zepherino
Dominguez, the wealthy Mexican planter,
whose name Is now associated with any
idea of a successor for Diaz contributed
much. T. r. Carton Of England. breeder
OF oats and grains, and the Hungarian
and Canadian visitors have all added their
share.
Domestic Science Work.
Not the least interesting department
, which has done it's work silently and
without display has been the domestic
sciene department, I'm charge of Miss
. Jesslca Besack. former expert court re-
, porter. who became so interested in the
work at the agricultural colleges that she
choose the line of work she has been do
q ing Ian bh0 National Corn exposition as
her task In life. and has brought 10 the
= first Omaha show the best talent of the
country ana surrounded hsrSslf with some