Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-22
THE GREAT ST. PAUL SHOW.

THE GREAT ST. PAUL SHOW,
The Northwest Land Products show
which is now in full swing in st. Paul,
is surprising even the most optimistic
hopes of it's most ardent advocates. In
attendance it has surpassed tho shows
ut both Omaha and Chicago and has
cqualcd tho one at Madison Square Gar
| den. New York. When it is recalled
that the New York show represented
much more territory than the one at
st. Paul does, and when the fact that
the New York show was in tho center
of tho metropolis population of the ov.
crcrowdcd east, the St Paul attendance
becomes ~ matter of considerable pride.
| North Dakota is more than crcdita.
bly, represented ut st. Paul. Tho OK
hihits are not ovcrdrawn, being fair
representations Of the states produce
tive ability. hut they show the posi-
hiitirs Of success better than columns
Of description or endless figures could.
Tho man who sees sample Of wheat
or flax or alfalfa can form an accur-
ate Judgment OF the opportunities Of
| tercl. North Dakota has had her pro
duets represented in the east before,
/ but conditions have always made the
exhibition Il side line of some prcdom-
mating enterprise. At. st. Paul the eN
hibits of the northwest are the whole
show. Their inspection is not covered
up in tho mind Of the one who secs
them With the excitement of q closely
contested horse race, the winning of
prize in the stock ring or visit to the
amusement alley. The people who Wis
II the st. Paul exhibit 20 there to see
it and nothing else. The impressions
made on the mind Of the visitor are
more comprehensive and more lasting.
! Its results are, therefore. more suhstan-
/ tial
! Another advantage Of the st. Paul
1 show is that it is being presented to
/ the very people who can come to North
] Dakota to make their homes. No COM
parison should be made in this rarti.
cular with the former exhibitions of
| the state. except those in the far east.
We can preach till Doom's day about
relieving the congestea tcncments Of
the east for the free life aud assured
; prosperity Of North Dakota and other
western states. but the results will be
practically nothing. That class of pee.
/ plc-thr tenement dwelcr and the
struggling city dwrl,er-are as likely
to go to Africa as come west. They
must have the glare of the electric
/ light and the noise of the street. On
y farm they are AS much lost as the
! farmer would he in the heart of 4
Brazilian jungle. The sentiment is
all right for mollycoddles and the the
orists. but in practice it is failure.
What we need in this state is men OF
hraku and the energy. men who know
the realities of life on the farm. We
need mon who know how to farm and
who only need to learn the demands of
local conditions to make success. This
is the class Of people being reached by
the st. Paul show.
1t is impossible to tell how many of
the visitors are already on their way
west at the time of the visit to the
show, but as the western traffic to the
winter resorts on the coast are now on.
it is reasonable to believe that large
number of those travellers are viewing
the exhibit. This is an advantage.
Once those people are interested in the
products they will be interested in the
state that produces them and many of
these interested people will investigate
North Dakota possibilities. Such an in
vestigation means Investment, and the
purpose of the land show is thus accom-
plished.
North Dakota day next Tuesday will
be a great event for the state. The
promoters of the exhibits Of the vari
Gus sections are DESTROYS Of making it
the biggest event Of the whole show.
To do this they want great crowd of
enthusiastic North Dakotans at st.
Paul For this reason every one who
can, should be present on that day,
The boosters are doing great work at
the show-the greatest the state has ev-
er had done-and it is only right that
they should have the support of every
land owner and business man in the
state, Every new farmer brought to
the state increases the value of every
! acre Of land. Every man who goes to
the show will have an opportunity to
bring home North Dakota land buy
, er. There should be great army of
, boosters in st. Paul next Tuesday
r Fargo Forum.
ARE THEY OVER.zEALOCS:
, Appearances would indicate that the