Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — CHICAGO’S LIVE STOCK SHOW [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO’S LIVE STOCK SHOW

Opens With Speeches by Mayor Harrison, Secretary Wilsvn and Gov. Yates. Chicago, Dec. 3.—The International Live Stock exposition was formally opened here last night before an appreciative crowd which filled the Dexter park amphitheater. Mayor Harrison, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Governor Yates and R. W. Hall (of Texas) spoke in the order given. A parade of prize-winning horses and a concert preceded the speechmaking. Mayor Harrison delivered an address of welcome. Secretary Wilson was greeted with loud applause. His remarks were largely on the value of the cattle business in the United States. He said that while the cattle exports from this country last year were worth $80,000,000, the great market waa at home “among our own people and under our own flag ” “The horse,” said the speaker, “is with us tonight, and he will be with us througli the ages when the automobile and the bicycle are in the junk pile. No man ever rode a bicycle who had owned a horse; no man would own an automobile who understood the beaties of the horse.” The audience was still applauding when Governor Yates arose and bade the visitors to the show and to the convention of the National Live Stock association welcome to the state. The governor was followed by R. W. Hall. Mr. Hall maintained a humorous vein in his talk and held the audience to the end.