Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-22
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: THE PRIZE WINNING EDI-
!: TORIAL..

TORlAl.. !
: The North Dakota Industrial :
:: Exposition which 10 to be held In .
: Bismarck September rs to Octo- :
:: Der Is, under the auspices Of the I
:: Department Of Agriculture and .
Labor, ls attracting a great deal :
:: Of attention, and is commendabIe i.
: as It is novel. The question, :
(: "Why Should North Dakota Hold :
: This Exposition?" has been :
:: asked. and in reply it might be :
= asked, "Is there any sane reason
: why it should not be heId?" The
: laws or rules governing the &C
:: complishment of success apply {:
{: equally to individual and state.
:: The individual who is not pro- :
: gressive and who does not get ::
: out after business cannot expect :
: to succeed. A state, like the In :
:: dividuaI, when starting into busi- ::
:: ness must advertise Ito wares ::
: and let the outside world know ::
= what it has, and what are it's !:
: merits. and when it has gained ::
: reputation it is necessary to ::
:: keep advertising in order to hold ::
: what it has gained. t
: Probably no state has been ad. ::
: mitted to the Union which has ::
:: been Knocked more than has ::
: North Dakota. Ever since the ::
(: territory was opened to settle. ::
:: ment nearly every person and ::
= newspaper in the east knocked ::
:: the country until the faIsehoods, (:
: exaggerations and downright lib ::
: els had become a byword with ::
:: the people. They told outIandish ::
:: untruths regarding our climate, :
:: our crop failures, our depriva. :
: tions, our poor coal, and thou ::
: sand other things which never ::
: existed. All this had its bad ::
: effect and It has taken a tremen- ::
: dous amount Of advertising, to. (:
: gethe'. with Is years Of excep. ::
:: tionai productiveness and rapid Z:
:: development to prove the faIsity (:
:: Of these prolific knockers. What (:
: have we today? The returns from I:
: the census bureau at Warrington {:
= place our young state An the fifth ::
: position, almost at the head Of (:
: the list Of states, by reason Of ::
:: it's rapid development during the I:
: last ten years-a wonderful rec ::
: ord. 1t was only a few years ago /:
: that a member Of ou: legislature ::
:: made the statement upon the ::
=: floor Of the house, that II. a line :
: were drawn north and south !:
- h. 49, ~ q
: the people east Of that line would ::
!: would be found a. ignorant Of I:
: conditions west Of that line az ::
:. the people Of New York were. :
: Why was this? Because the u:
: states resources had never at =:
: that time been properly adver- ::
:" tised. We had no big state fair; ::
:: we nevo: had had an industrial :
:: exposition, our people had been t
:: given no opportunity to learn I:
: what their nei0hbors were doing. ::
: A little later, our present Com :
: missioner Of Agriculture, Mr.. Gil ::
:: breath, was elected and he began +
: systematic and persistent fight :
:: for appropriations for advertise =:
= ing, and In every instance he did ::
:. extremely we'll with his means. :
: He was firm believer that mon ::
:: ey spent for brains and printers ::
= ink would prove winner. He ::
:: conceived the idea Of a state in ::
= dustriaI exposition to be held at ::
: the capital city. where It proper :
= ly belongs; where the aqrieuI- :
:: tural and dairy products Of our ::
:: state could be shown; where our :.
{: manufacturing industries might :.
:" be advertised; where our Goals, !:
:: cIays, soils and every other re- :
:. source could be held up to the (:
:. outside world. Our commissioner :
:: formulated this splendid plan. ::
:: then proceeded to employ the :
:. best brains he could secure to ::
:: work out the details. THE work :
!: Is going along rapidly. voIunin- ::
:: Gus mention Of our exposition is :
:: beinq made in the great daiIies :
:: and farm magazines Of the United =
s. States; literature is being sent :
:: to all parts Of the Union adver- !
:. Using North Dakota, her exposi- :
= ton and her wares; down-easters :
: are becoming so interested that :
:: at this early date special trains :
:: Of interested people are promised :
:. from Indiana, illinois. Iowa and :
:. other states. It Is a whirlwind :
= Of campaign, and It's extent and :
= effect for good is inestimabIe. =
: The coming exposition is to be {:
{: the biggest boost the state ever !:
:: had; its expenditures are the best :
= investment our people ever made. +
= and II means more genuine PROG +
= ress, more solid arowth and aain ::
:: and more benefit to every indi- :.
!: vidual In North Dakota than any, =
:: thing which has been inaugurated =
= since statehood. =
= The sreat advantage Of this ex- :.
= position over the state fair will =
= be seen at a glance when the =
= attention Is directed to the fact =
= that it will be under roof. It will =
+ be compact with no superfiuity =
I: Of sideshoWs, merry.go-rounds, :
I: horse races ETC.. to scatter the +
4 exhibits. OF course there will be I:
I" all kinds Of entertainment In the =
I: city for those who want It, but {:
= the exhibition itself will be COM =
= pact and riaht before the visitors :.
: eyes-the story in In nutshell, one =
= big oil painting as It were, Of the =
:" varied and wonderful resources =