The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
Bv FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

as all Europe Leading the United States
and the rest Of the world in orchards and
nurseries. Missouri points With pride TO
the z5.o00.000 apple trees and the annual
income OF S20.000.0o0 from fruits
On the heels OF the soldiers Of fortune
who sought for lead 20 years ago have
come others and more abiding ones From
the lead mines Of the State. the finest In
the Union. 5000 tons are taken annually
al a value OF s.. 7o0.Ooo Jasper County.
the leading county Of the nation in zinc
production and the second in lead pro
duction. realizes nearly S9.0oo, 90 year
from its mines There IS bituminous coal
enough in the State 10 keep the world
warm for a thousand years. Already
SO. 10000 worth has been taken out,
100000 tons annually being mined and
1000 miners being employed. The iron
deposits cover 25.000 square miles. the
greater part Of thirty-fOur counties. and
have already brought IN Sc. 600 Coo. Truly
prophetic was SchOOlcraft in 1913 when
he wrote Of il as the land OF ores the
country of minerals" for over SEQ 000. 000
Z in mineral wealth has been mined
In the spring Of 1864 Pierre Laclede
/ Ligueste sent Auguste ChoUteaU and a
I body OF workmen into the river valley
Of Louisiana Territory. and Of upright
| logs set about with palisades they built
a settlement and called it St Louis.
And here was the meeting Of the ways
I for all the New World west Of the Mis-
sissippi The voyageur from Canada the
/ boatman from the lower Mississippi. the
/ Scotch-Irish settler from the Carolinas
/ and Kentucky, the Indian fur trader, the
I negro slave. the picturesque hunter. the
citizen OF the world. all passed through
the streets OF the little town into The
I world beyond The trade soon amounted
10 $4,000 a year, and the fur trade 20
Z S200.090. Boating back and forth 10 New
/ Orleans took from four 10 six months for
the trip. until the first steamboat wcn-
through. IN ISl7. Then the doors Of i'm
migration swung wide open IN $50 the
I Missouri Gazette-which. under the nau2s
Of the St. Louis Republic. celebrated 10;
centennial last rnobth-chrcuicled tn,
passing OF leo immigrants through -
Charles in one day. and by 1870 Missouri
with the exclusion Of Arkansas, had =
population Of 6s650.
Education became an early factor Il
Missouri life 4 public land fund for th'
schools. the largest Of any State educa
tiOnal fund realizes about SU.Ha1 yea
for St Louis alone. IN lS20 So FAR ha'
the arts and sciences PROGRESSED IN -
Louis. Bishop pub0rg had gdthere'
among the treasures for his cathetra
works Of art Of the Old World master
/ that rivaled many an older and NOR
T powerful city Paintings by Rubens
b Raphael. Guido. and Paul Neronese wer
/ brought by slow vessels across the sea
and up the Mississippi River by way O
New Orleans 10 grace the cathedral @
10 the new city
In manufactures Missouri has made raj
e ID strides since the DAYS the people q
{ Ste. Genevieve and New Madrid. fore
s ShadowinE the thrift Of the present ger
Grafton. sent their tall0w. beeswaN. hide.
furs. homesPUn. and farm products b
4 { hatboat down the river 20 New Orlear
: markets. Kansas City has an output d
IS. feO.9t8 year. St Joseph 81. 10000, an
s. Louis s22f. aaa. zee when the river wa
2 from Kansas City 70 s. Louis is iu
q Proved project that viii call Tor SO
y Oo.010 20 make Il permanent-commerc
5 manufactures. and agriculture viii recei1
@ IA still greater impetus Il viii help yer
, fy still further the State motto Let II
=. welfare Of the people be the supreu
law
e Copyright. 1915. by Frederic ]. Hassin.l
81 Farmers.