The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-23
MISSOURIHIGH
IN ALL FIELDS
OF COMMERCE
Caused by Combination of Its
Great Natural Resources
and Location in Mis-
sissippi Valley.
MULE RAISING FAMOUS
Military Leaders and Blue
Grass Are Produced With
Equal Versatility and
Excellence.

How many persons know that Missouri
kra state Of great resources; thai IT'S
.o;ls i,s mines, its water supply, lis
fuel supply. lis transportation facilities,
its large production Of raw materials and
i,s central location in the Mississippi
Valley offer exceptional opportunities for
,he farmer, the manufacturer and the
man engaged in commerce; and that the
positicn which the stale occupies with
reference to ;he North, East, South and
W,s,. ipsures a great commercial de-
velopmeni?
With these facts in view, Missouri
can be placed in class OF the foremost
state Of The Union in many things. Some
Of these are as follows; :,
Missouri furnished the Two most noted
American military leaders Of the War
Gen. John ]. Pershing. eommander'ln-
chief Of the American Army, and Zen.
Enoch CroNder, who planned and man
aged The draft.
MissOuri's war record in food produc.
lion was remarkable, the total value Of
her feod crop in 1917 being more than
double that Of 1910.
Missouri ranks first in poultry, mules,
bluegrass, diversified farming. Pure-bred
Hereford cattle and in a number Of crops
and fruits.
Missouri led all other states in the
combined production Of corn and wheat
in l9Io-Amerieas greatest grain crops.
The State Historical Society Of Mis-
souri, stands first in membership among
the State Historical Societies west oi the
Allegheny mountains.
Missouri ranks first in the production
Of lead and zinc.
Missouri has more state banks than
any state in the Union. Savings de-
posi,s in her state banks increased from
s5I. sos, ,2I7O9 in 1916 to $9l,5S7, ,ll495
in 1920.
Missouri is the only state in the Union
that has two Federal Reserve Banks
She also has a Farm Loan Bank.
Missouri has the largest artificial lake
in the United States, created for the Pur-
pose Of generating electricity. II is Lake
Taneycomo in fancy County.
Missouri has more miles Of navigable
rivers than any other state.
St. Louis was founded because Of the
fur trade, has been the center Of the
fur trade in America since 1920 and is
the greatest fur trading market in the
world today.
Jackson County. Missouri, is the Here
fordshire Of America and has more Here
fords Of superior merit than any other
county in the world.
Missouri is the only stale in which
commercial cotton is picked and storage
ice put up on the same day.
Missouri poultry brings more than
half as much wealth each year as is
taken from all the gold mines of the
United States.
Gentry County, Missouri, grows more
blue grass and blue grass seed than any
other county in the whole world.
missouri was the birthplace OF the
worlds greatest and Justly celebrated sad
die horse. Rex Mcdonald.
Missouri is first in quality and favor
Of all fruit, not overlooking apples, per
simmons or paw-paws.
Missouri is both the first and second
largest horse and mule markets in the
world
Missouri is the home Of the most "a
nous jack and iennet farm in the world.
Missouri is ;he first cattle state in the
Nation when you consider il from the
combined standpoin, Of both grade and
pure-bred cattle, their cost Of production,
their quality and the cost Of grazing and
wintering. Missouri leads in livestock
profits.