Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-25

, a given year than are held elsewhere
in the entire state curing the same
time. The mutual agreement between
these two cities is effective and force,
full.
The point | wish to impress is that
by reason ~ the united efforts Of mer-
chants, manufacturers, bankers and
public press, Fargo and Grand Forks
have maintained their supremacy and
will continue to do so until bodies like
this Commercial Club and the allied
business interests of cities like Bis
marck, Mandan, Dickinson, James
town, MinOt and others of similar I'M
portance awaken to the fac: that in
order to succeed, in order to attract
public attention and secure proper rec
ignition for The western part of the
state, there must be a united effort, a
removal Of civic %jealousies, a concen-
tration Of energy and a. willingness to
cooperate for the common good and
upbuilding of all those different en-
brionic cities.
During the two previous eXpOsitions,
only a few OF the business houses of
the city had exhibits. This year it is
proposed, providing an exposition is
held, and that proposition is largely
up to you to DECIDE, t. devote the thir.
ty rooms on the third floor, the six
spaces on the first floor to displays of
merchants, manufacturers and bust
ness interests in general. The 1000
square feet OF space to automobile and
implement exhibits. On the third
floor will be displays of merchandise
IN The broadcast sense. The six spaces
on the first floor doubtless will be re-
tanned by those who held them last
year.
The question is, can this Commercial
Club secure the written pledge of thir-
ty-siX business firms that they will
make an exhibit and pay the sum of
- cents per square foot for the space
each will occupy and make a display
of their interests.
! do not believe You gentlemen rea-
lie the full import of the consumma-
tlon of such a plan toward the success
OF the proposed third exposition. To
me. it means a tremendous leverage; an
advanced step in the enterprise Of the
business men of this state an awaken
ing OF additional enthusiasm, Il for
ward movement and a cooperation
that will have great effect in the fu-
ture and the permanent establishment
OF this exposition.
IN several occasions | have referred
to the Mitchell Corn Show, and | as
sert without the fear of successful
contradiction that had it not been for
hat annual show, North Dakota would
exceed South Dakota in population.
That show has done te ntimes more
to attract settlers, sell land and draw
business interests to South Dakota
than all other features held in that
state during the past seventeen years.
The plan proposed is to sell space
and not solicit contributions from the
business interests, except from pro-
feSSlOnal men, as you have done in
tn" past. The dealers 60 aid select a
room, fit it up Hastily, display their
business interests, have competent
and attentive attendants who can give
intelligent information about what
they have to sell, take orders, send the
people to their places of business, give
each family that makes a fifty dollar
purchase a coupon ticket emitting
them to twenty admissions into the
exposition, or pay the railroad fare Of
every person that visits the exposition
that buys so many dollars worth of
goods of them. If AIRY of these plans
are adopted or any other that may
occur to YOU. every available space in
this city will be thronged with visitors
during tile two weeks of the eXposi-
ton.
These spaces range from $4S.4O up
to $1,000. These same spaces at the
St Paul or Minneapolis Land Shows
would cost you $3.50 and 1922 respect
lively, and this would only give you
the bare floor space, no walls or lights. ;
Last Novembel Tie state had space at
the Minneapolis Land Show and it cost
over 5000 to fit up the booth in the
way OF walls and lights alone, which
here will be furnished you without
price. You will therefore observe that
it will cost you but a trifling sum to
secure a room when compared with
what is charged in other exposition
buildings.
After %disposing of the spaces which
] have specified there also remain.
twenty-five rooms on the second floor,
not including the women's department,
domestic science department, and mus
ic parlor, and about $4,000 square feet
for educational exhibits.
We must interest twenty-five coun-
ties Or individual exhibitors. In ac-
comrlishing this desired result, / as
sumo we shall have to adopt a plan
OF visitation, the same we employed
in Morton county, which was very |
gratifying and certainly pleasing to
those who made that visit. The Man.
dan Commercial Club and Develop
ment League were extremely cordial
and gave assurances of hearty COOP |
GRAFTON in this movement. Commit
tees should be appointed to 60 to diff
ferent counties and meet with Com
mercial Clubs or development leagues
or other organizations, explain the
plans of the exposition and arouse
these organizations to see the import
ance of uniting with you in this move
ment Of exploitation.
| have spoken of three links in the
chain Of operation in which your club
is the important factor and which you