The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-03-26
CAPITOL
THE NEW BUILDING CAN BE
CONSTRUCTED OF MIS-
SOURI, MATERIAL
Not Necessary to Purchase Any
thing Out of State-LabOr
Bureau Gives Inter
esting Figures.

esting Figures.
"The new state capitol build
ing, which is to be built in the
near future, if a majority of the
voters at the election in Novem-
Der declare in favor of it, can
be constructed entirely of mater
ial drawn from Missouri so won
derful and varied are the re-
sources of this state"
In brief, and drawing from ad-
vance information this is what
the 1910 Red Book of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics viii
say in a chapter, which is devOt-
ed to exploiting the inexhaustible
resources of Missouri. In the
same strain Labor Commissioner
j. C. A. Hitler, continues, in sub
stance, with
when the new building has
been completed and it comes TO
a question of furnishing and
properly decorating the interior,
no matter how extensive and
magnificent may be the designs
of the architects and the State
building committee, which will
have charge of the details, Mis-
souri, can still draw on its diver
sified industries and resources
and get everything necessary to
place the edifice in readiness for
use, from carpet tacks and putty
up to the large steel vaults the
State Treasurer viii need to prop
erly protect the funds of the
people, and from huge marble col
umns to support the massive and
towering dome down to common
yellow sand which will be mixed
with Missouri-made portland
cement and used to tightly bind
the immense blocks of granite
from Iron, st. Francois and Mad
ison counties and limestone from
Carthage, of which the walls will
be composed. In the vast array of
articles, which are needed to
complete and entirely furnish the
new structure, r. of course in
cluded all office fittings such as
desks, carpets, rugs, curtains,
chairs, ratings, partitions, tables,
cabinets, glass cases and all other
business furnishings known to
this modern era.
TO COST FIVE MILLION DOL
LARS.
"While it will cost $4,000, 900
to erect, finish and furnish a
state capitol building in keeping
with the wealth and high stand
ing of Missouri, yet not a dollar
of this money need leave the
state, so extensive and varied are
the resources nature has depos-
tied within the boundaries Of this
commonwealth and so numerous
and productive are the pursuits
the inhabitants follow to keep
the wolf safely entombed in the
cavern Of Righteousness and
prosperity.
This large sum, which will be
raised by issuing low interest
paying bonds and which will be
gradually repaid by taking small
sum annually from the state s
revenue in a period covering
from twenty to fifty years, will
in a period of three or four years
be turned into the Golfers
of Missouri manufacturers, mi
ners, timbermen, quarry men,
painters, builders and others, who
in turn will divert a certain por-
ton of this golden stream and
cause it to pass into the pockets
of thousands Of wage earners to
be used in paying rent, buying
food, clothing, shoes and other
necessities and many luxuries.
1T is figured that of the
IS, 10000 which is to be set aside
for the new capitol building a.
bout 81 OO0 ono will 90 IN the