Mexico Missouri message., 1910-02-03
MlssoURPs LAND AND INDUS
TRIAL SHOW MEETS WITH
GREAT SUCCESS.
PROMINENT PEOPLE take PART
Thousands Of slghtseers Attend Meet
ings--Woman Take an lmpor-
tant Part In Program
Many Speakers.

rection of tho state board of immigra-
ton, Springfield claimed the credit of
entertaining one of the largest and
most representative throngs Of Mis-
souri, boosters ever assembled in the
state.
Boomers were here from every part
of the state, and the comprise about
the most active and enthusiastic
crowd that ever cOnEregated in Mis-
souri, town with one object in view
that of proclaiming to the world the
advantages offered to the capitalist,
the homeseeker and the wage Garner
by grand old Missouri.
Wednesdays Session.
The first session of the congress
was held at the LandeTs theater at
10 o'clock. Mayor Louis P. Ernst
made an address of welcome and John
H. Curran of st. Louis, chief COM
missioner, responded. This was fol-
lowed by an address by Gov. Hadley.
Gov Hadley, in his address at the
opening of the congress, said in part:
81 feel that not only do the people
of Missouri, but also the people of 9TH
er states, know too little of what we
have accomplished and Of the vast I'M
developed resources that Missouri has
to offer. The total area of the state
of Missouri is 100000 acres, of
which only 23,500,000 acres are i'm
proved and in cultivation. Thus near
" one-half of the soil of Missouri
has never been touched by plow-
share. Seventeen million acres of for
est await the stroke of the woodman's
axe. And yet Missouri, which was the
first state lying wholly west of the
mississippi to be admitted to the
Union, is nearly 100 years old and has
within its domain cities that have
passed the first century of their ex-
istence. l believe that this fact has
also tended 10 create the impression
| that all of our resources are devel-
oped; that all our soil has been cult
waited, and that all of our wealth has
been exploited And thus it is that
| those who live in states to the east,
| to the north and to the south, who
have been looking for new homes in
| the west and the southwest, have sup
posed that in Missouri the door of OPP
portunity was closed and have passed
on to other states and other terrific
ries.
"The value of the dairy products of
the state in 1908 was less than $780,
O00,0 900, while the value of these prod.
ucts in each of our sister states to
the north and to the west exceed $780,,
100000 each year. And yet there is
no better dairy section in our entire
country, according to the testimony
of experts, than that which is found
in the plateau of the OZarks.
Equally great are the possibilities
of the development of our agricul'
tural wealth by the use of the unused
soil. There is in the state of Mis-
souri, today over 100000 acres OF
swamped or flooded lands, the cultiva
ton of which is prevented or impaired
by reason of swamps and overflows
If this land was reclaimed so as to
yield certain crop each year, that
which it would produce would be suf
ficient to support the entire popula
ton of the state.
More Science Needed.
"That our soil has not been scientifi
cally cultivated is truth that is
clearly apparent. The average pro
duction of wheat in this country is
only IA ushel per acre, and yet IN
Belgium, France and England the
yield is nearly 80 bushels per acre
And, yet, the soil upon which the
wheat is grown in America is the
equal of the soil Of any of these for
eign countries.
ON the midst, therefore, Of this in
vestigation by the American people az
to the cause of present conditions
Missouri opens her doors and bids
them welcome. She can offer NOR,
room for homeseekers and more op
portunities for investors than an!
state in the Union"
Wednesdays program of the lane
congress included three interesting
sessions, in which some Of the mos
prominent men in the state particl
pated H. A. Buehler of Rolla, stat
geologist, delivered an auuress at tn
forenoon session, following the speeol
of Gov. Hadley, on Missouri Mining
sNeoo-~ISo~4oe~o-o->-~-~
High.
He smote, with clinched hand, his
chart Shall swear by high heaven?'
he cried. A deepening of her colo
showed that her heart was omehov
touched.
AS high as you like; our family hal
always in ritualistictl" auoth she
shedding upon him a glowing look.
rao,,;n raaA,