The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
NUMBER 10
STATE WELL ADVERTISED.

Louisiana Exhibit at Chicago Land
Show Makes Favorable impress
sion on Farmers and Homeseek-
ers-Every Section Equally Rep
resented.
Hon. e.. o. Bruner, commissioner
or agriculture and immigration, and
chairman of the commission appoint
ed by Gov. Hall to arrange for an
exhibit of Louisiana's resources at
| the Chicago Land Show, has re-
turned from the windy city and is
enthusiastic in his expressions con-
cerning the success of the big show
and the splendid impression made
by Louisiana's fine exhibit. In an
Interview with a reporter Of the
New Orleans Picayune, Mr.. Bruner
said:
| Only the man that attends a show
of this character could form cor
| rect idea Of its value to a state that
makes exhibits of her resources at
| 1t. Seeing is believing When thou
sands of men, and many of them
| homeseekers, visit show daily and
see for themselves what a state real
ly can and does produce, they are
impressed and generally convinced.
LOuisiana's booths, with her intelli-
gent corps OF boosters, demonstrat-
ed to the farmers from one end of
the United States to the other that
Louisiana Ia a corn-producing state,
a cotton-producing state, cane-pro-
ducing state, q rice-producing state,
I a truck-producing state, a fruit-pro-
ducing state, a stock and poultry-pro-
ducing state; that Louisiana has the
largest oil and gas wells and the
largest sulphur and salt mines OF
any state In the Union, and is sec
ond to only one state in lumber out
put; and that Louisiana has long,
pleasant summers: mild, short win
tiers; pure and healthy atmosphere.
and the best and cheapest lands on
earth. Being convinced Of these
facts, many northern farmers are
bound to turn their faces toward the
sunny south and make Louisiana
their future home. In short, we sue
ceeded in convincing them that Lou
isiana had more to offer for less
money than any other state III the
Union.
Every section Of the state was
equally represented. There was no
north Louisiana, no south Louisiana,
no east Louisiana, no west Louisiana.
4 We boosted the state as whole. It
II would take a man of dull eonprehen-s
sion, indeed, to fail to see the good
the state is apt to gain through
this mode Of advertising. Many
leading Lo1isianians visited our
booth and paid a high compliment To
its attractiveness and the manner
and style in which the exhibits were
iarranged. Among those who did
Isome noble work for Louisiana and
were faithful to the honor conferred
q upon them are Justin T.. Denechaud,
4 A. r. Barracks, M. i. Alexander and
4 L.. M. Brneggerhoff, and those who
were not on the commission who
worked for Louisiana with telling eff
feet were DR. A. ]. Perkins, w. II.
Balls, N. s. Gordon, Chas. s. Hall
and ]. T. Bryant To all these gem
tlemen wish, as chairman of the
commission, to extend my very sin
cere thanks. Judging from the in
i terest the people from all over the
country manifested in the Louisiana
4 exhibits, much good may be expect
ed from the. big show,
"As I promised every man who
! contributed to the cause that every
! dollar would be economically and
Y legitimately spent, wish to state
: for their benefit that 1t was all done
for about $1,000. Before leaving Chi
cago saw that every debt was paid
there, and with the little balance Of
unpaid subscriptions, which is per-
fectly good, every other debt will be
: iliquidated In a few days. The COM
! mission last year that went from
: here and exhibited Louisiana's re-
: sources at the Chicago show spent
$11 900 and left some debts unpaid.
and / failed to find a man who saw
{ the two who did not say the one
this year was as good or better than
; the one last year. This, OF course
!. III cannot pass upon personally, as
was not chairman last year, nor was
) there. When you consider the DIFF
J. ference between 900 and $1,000
| the people who subscribed to the
r cause should feel that their money
:, was carefully handled and well spent
+ Il wish to thank every man who
e subscribed to the fund, every news
q paper that helped the cause, the Ill
inois Central Railroad for carryint
our exhibit to and from Chicago
# and Prof Robert dlenk for his val
liable services in transferring ant
: forwarding the various exhibits t.
Y us. make this statement because
> IL feel it is my duty as chairman 0
: : the commission to let the peoDl'
:. know exactly what has been don
y by the commission lately appointes
. by the governor.
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