St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-17
EXPOSITION
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Orleans as the central point, we hav
sixty-five million people who can TO
an average cost of $12 visit the eS
position, and within five hundre
miles there are more than seventeen
million. San Francisco has within
five hundred miles two million PEG
pie, and within one thousand mile
six million.
The exposition is a gigantic enter
| prise that will gather millions O
| people from all parts of the earth
AS monetary question, if three Pc
cent of the sixty-five million people
| within the one thousand mile circle
visit the exposition and spend
500 each, there would be left il
Louisiana $195, 100000, or $25,
100000 more than the total assess
| ment of New Orleans, and that il
not an exaggerated estimate. You
may be sure that some of these peo
to St. Tammany parish.
The Columbia exposition in Chica.
go, which celebrated the discovery OF
America by Columbus, cost thirty
three million dollars in preparatory
work and carried on the payroll
$4,000 employees. 1t added 400, 900
population to Chicago. The Purchase
exposition at st. Louis, which COM
memorated the cession of Louisiana,
added 100000 to her population. If
our ambitions are realized we may
expect even better results, because
the occasion is the most important
as affecting the commercial relations
of all countries and will bring vessels
from every nation. Our exposition
will open grand era of trade de-
velopment to new countries through
the canal, and will be the greatest
occasion the world has ever seen.
l love Louisiana. Every fibre in
my body thrills at the mention of her
name. She has great people, but
they lack confidence. We should
have confidence in our ability to do,
confidence in each other and a sus-
tanning pride that carries in to the
home, into the workshop and into
the field sentiment for the further
ance of every interest Of the State.
We must raise 100000 by taxa
tion. We have raised over 1,400,-
600 by subscription. 1t will cost the
people 37.5 cents on each assessm ent
of $1,000, or % cents on each assess
ment of $500; and this tax cannot
last over ten years. If it should run
twelve years it would cost every man
in the country who is assessed $1,000
but $3.50 for that time.
AS an educational proposition it's
value can hardly be over estimated.
It. gives an opportunity to become &C
quainted with the customs, products,
habits and people of foreign countries
that would be entirely out of the
reach of large proportion of the
people if this knowledge had to be
acquired by travel abroad, and which
would be equally out of their reach
ii the exposition were held in San
Francisco.
He also spoke of the good roads
tax as important to the progress of
the State and coeffcient with the
exposition in producing good results.
Mr.. Janvier expressed great pleas
ure at the attendance of the ladies'
That it was seldom they ever gave
their support to anything that was
wrong. There was an old French say
ng that what woman wants God
and he knew they wanted
The exposition, and that they wanted
It in New Orleans.
He said that the public were eager
20 see the daily expressions of the
press and to note the progress that
hni ir, efr ~ +
cause, and he hoped that when the
st. Tammany Farmer published the
list of subscriptions, which would be
aiken up shortly, the lists would be
of progress and interest in |
he exposition by citizens of St. Tam
many parish.
With apologies to those who had |
ilready heard the story, in this con-
lection he told an amusing anecdote
II a Pennsylvania newspaper man |
who had noted the bulletins issued at |
he time President Mckinley had re-
'eived his death wound at Philadel- |
,hia. This man was struck with the |
interest of the people who crowded |
lround the bulletin boards which an
hourly his condition, and on |
eaching home he took advantage of |
he first opportunity to emulate the |
enterprise of the Philadelphia papers,
for this came with the
Illness of Deacon Jones, and the |
ditor purchased a blackboard and |
piece of chalk and wrote:
1890 a. m.-Deacon Jones is very |
II; 1900 a. m.-Deacon Jones is
worse; 1880 a. m.-Deacon Jones
S on his way to heaven.
A drummer, passing by, saw the |
'ulletin and wrote underneath: 5 p.
excitement in Heaven;
Deacon Jones has not arrived.
He said that he hoped the bulletins
Or us would announce-"Great re-
oicing in Heaven; New Orleans has
OF the exposition.
Mr. Harvey E. Ellis closed the
leeting with the announcement that
inscriptions for the exposition stock
yould be called for through the
olumns of the St. Tammany Farmer,
nd that list of those subscribing
yould be published in that paper.
On motion of Mr.. l.. l.. Morgan,
vote of thanks was extended
D Mr.. Janvier and Mr.. Ellis
Or coming to Covington and for
leir interesting talks upon exposi-
on matters.
Thanks are due to Mrs. w. H.
,entzel, Mrs. Julian Smith and Miss
essie Evans for working the en-
roidered badges of the reception
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