The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-16

Tho Northwest Land Products
show which is now in nll swing III
ST. Taul. is SURPRISING even II most
ortimistic hopes Of its most ardent
advocates. In attendance ii has sur
passed the shows ut both Omaha II
Chicas" and has cpualcd the II at
Madison Square Garden, New York.
When ii is recalled that tho New
York show represented much more
territory than thu one at st. Paul
does. and when the fact that the
New York show was in the centre
of III" metropolis population OF n
oNcrrrowdcd east. the ST. Faul at
tendance becomes a matter OF con-
Siderable pride.
North Dakota is more than credits
abby represented at ST. Paul. The
exhibits are not ovcrdrawn. being
fair REPRESENTATIONS of the states
productive ability. hut they show the
possibilities of success better than
columns OF description or endless fig
urss could. The man wh" secs a
Snn,pl" nf whc", OF flax or alfalfa
can form ;tn accurate Judgment nj the
opportunities offered. North Dakota
has had her products represented in
the cast before. but conditions nave
always made the exhibition Il side
line uf SOME p~rcdominating enter
prise. AT ST. Paul the exhibits of the
northwest are the whole show. Their
inspection is not covered up i'll the
mind nf the ono who secs them with
the excitement of Il closely contested
horse race. the winning of 81 prize in
the stock ring or :; visit to the amuse-
men; alley. The people who visit the
ST. Paul exhibit go there to see it
and nothing else. The impressions
made on the mind of the visitor are
more comprehensive and more last
ing. Its results are, therefore. more
substantial.
Another advantage of the st. Paul
show is THAI it is being presented to
the Very people who can come to
North Dakota to make their homes.
No comparison should I've made in
this particular with the former en-
hibitions of the state, except those
in the far east. We can preach till
Doom'sday ;thout relieving the con
gested tcnements of the east for the
free life and assured prosperity of
North Dakota and other western
states. hut the results will he prac-
tically nothing. That class of people
tho tenement dweller and the strug-
Cling city dwcller-arc as likely to 20
to Africa as come west. They must
have the glare of tho electric light
and tho noise of the street. On n
farm they are as much lost as the
farmer would be in the heart of a
Brazilian jungle. rho sentiment is
all right for mollycodd1es and the
orists. but in practice it is Il failure.
What We need in this state is men of
Drawn and energy, men who know
the realities of life on the farm. We
need men who know how to farm
and who only need to learn the de-
mands of local conditions To make
Il success. This is the class Of PEG
pie being reached by the st. Paul
show.
1t is impossible to tell how many
Of tho visitors are already on their
way west at the time Of tho visit to
show. but as the western rattle to the
winter resorts IN the coast are now
On. it is reasonable to believe that
u large number of those travellers are
viewing. TIL" exhibits. This is an adj
vantage. unrc those people are in
t"rcsted in the products they will be
Interested in the state that produced
them and many of these Interested
people will investigate North Dakota
possibilities. Such an investigation
means investment, n the purpose Of
the land show is thus accomplished.
North Dakota day next Tuesday
will he II great event for the state.
Tho promoters Of the exhibits of the
various sections arc DESTROYS Of maxi
ing 1t h biggest event of the whole
show. To do this they want a great
crowd of enthusiastic North Dako-
ans at ST. Paul. For this reason ev-
cry ono VIII can should he present
on that day. The boosters are doing
great work at the show-the greatest
the state has we had done-and it
is only right that they should have
the support of every landowner 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 "A North
Dakota land buyer. There should be
81 great army Of boosters in st. Paul
next Tuesday.