Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1903 — TO EXCEL ALL FAIRS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO EXCEL ALL FAIRS

ST. LOtttS EXPOSITION MOST EXTENSIVE IN MISERY. Coiumi.ia. «H4* '/at^iaMVAcISIHM^' fff wfmJir m (>)n l{ h hlioo 0-rujvH) orb JiiiMnniu** „„ iot a rt*H*fa*a ««t4 ariff'tW>'MslU*>y* juade by fnatnnei'l iTlhe unlraii:d UKpiai-'i •tion wUicfrv/wJU K; Ww*-!!«il St -. iM*** next spring and. summer will celebrate.. The ’Withilr 1 i4W> and f i*M M> Tire teiWW&ryr i tlyi‘tk* C’dltlGiSeaißS, thti first dfl j rioxtiujiuaup that] > It" vbj' been fastgr| opd ■degree perhaps than any ,ytli«r tpriitory’ in tlie-VirW- ' '' ' r '" ( ' Thescbpe of 'the liMilslann Purebafe Exposition Will be World-Wide. All tilt knowledge and experience gai.rtWt initfliq previous wqrkl ffpiwj bf}gg, put.jufci This enterprise.. The, fresh energy bf a new an#. UMMrrfgmg Yri'ri xnaterralKhttibn plaCte<tlhfJfopiAt'3iC wlilefi were never. befnmi cpnwiirdtmiHrirbiiin, the uewpf eouuirj! illustratw u greater liv !00 years fthan! in *Ui\pritri'Httti yomhhini and to, (tyring to ttw> jurtie# jof, what is now about the,center,of 'tins jv,onderful )». the pi/rposh at'kiun exhl-' bition. 5 ’”./ mu -.-ai W 3.1 The wimiberih* Wiildifig# Will he er than,lever madei/byufcnp previous text position, it lie gm«p4n«>vvfiid, ,wi|| he greater ia extent, t,hp arctikfct ufjt fleets are planned in a grrinfier mid more ertensivk'Way'aiid the Jms Otod Wlflb rind the products of lindustrUnralnjaal are more numerous than <fvar«jiey)eiJ’,p4thetpd» Jfce-

tethi*'before in the history of the race. Only ten years have elapsed siuee the Columbian exposition surprised and delighted the world, hut in that time Industrial art has made progress which seems ito require an exposition of the magnitude •of the St. Louis fair to properly display it and enepuruge the rising generations to atiil more amazing conquests. This event will 1m n world’s fair in <tho largest sense, reflecting the broadening spirit of the world and revealing the progress to he found within the boundaries of nil participating nations. The exposition will be quite unlike Its predecessors in America and Europe, in that - t ..

it will display not merely the products -of human ingenuity and skill, but will show first the raw materials, then, step -by stop, the methods of handling them .and the processes by which they are -changed from their natural state into things of usefulness and beauty. The -vast exposition, far greater iu its extent than auy which has preceded It, will thus .abound in life and motion throughout its many departments. The exhibit buildings will become, in some respects, great workshops for many industries. In each ■will be installed, so far as practicable, the latest machines and devices for carrying on the Work of manufacture as performed in many countries. Many Nsw Things to Be Shown, Front countries where machinery is little used will come the patient hand workers who perform their tasks almost with the skill of magicians. From lands wrhere man has assigned to machinery -the most Intricate and delicate tasks will come new types and forms of machines to challenge attention and admiration. It is the Min of the world's fair management, with eleven years of marvelous .progress since the achievements recorded at Chicago's Columbian Exposition, to make this ingathering of the nations an event of the highest importance iu remits and benefits to the peoples of many tongues sod nationalities who shall have part hi if ~x - The purchase of what waa known a hundred years ago as the Louisiana Territory took plnee' during the administration of President Jefferion. The territory ?w ay owned by France, which.government had acquired it from Spain, and .embraced all the territory lying between the Mississippi river Sad the ereat of the Rocky Mountains. — Though France had acquired title to tbr territory,, which included New Orleans and the large island upon which It stand*, active sovereignty had not been aarnmed. Spanish officers were still in control at New Orleans, and were continuing ivtty acts of tyranny In denying to Americans the ' eight to ase New Orleans as a port of

J «e{W>*it ! f£c l ihHr’ iriftehaMdlforiiS'lM difef-i bans topopwlup opinion; Among i the; srfr tiers, fwrtyhlfr OrwariyJ t \ini)oo uoj/j I ,'{h: i- 'it ; HtatOPy of t lie PtirtfeW,•>J;' iYH iDWiuiPrice-: OpO, sod .o* Awpteap: claims against Franceamounting to ?3,1 OOfi.OOO more. ■ '! Thi«i ' riot Of’President Jefferron-braught down upon his head all the condemnation .that .qowijioniy fAllied trip 10t' 6f men bold 1

enough to ignore the limitations of the established condition of affairs, hut time vindicated the great mnn who wrote the Declaration of Independence, in a way which no one at that time could conceive. The government which paid this seemingly vast sum for an uninhabited and practically unexplored wilderness now collects a greater sum each year in internal revenue from St. Louis alone. To celebrate the centennial of an event of such tremendous importance as the purchase of Era nee’s interest in the “new world” was considered worthy of the interest nnd greatest endeavor by the millions of people now living happily on the

rich soil once sold for a few cents a square uiik;. The central feature of the exposition is the Cascade Garden. A natural amphitheater lying In the “main picture” has been made the object of elaborate embellishment. Three great cascades enliven the slop? and flowered terraces add color and beauty. The crest of the hill carries a huge crown consisting of a colonnade with square pylons alternating with the columns. The States of the Union will have buildings to be used as headquarters for visitors coming from the commonwealths

thus represented.' These buildings, upon .the high gronnd in the southeastern part of the exposition, are near one of the main entrances. The buildings of forsign countries Will be west of the main group. Among the phases of human life, aH knowledge of which will be collected, are education, social economy, art, liberal arts, manufacture, machinery, electricity, transportation, forestry, mines and metallurgy, anthropology and physical culture. Under these heads come naturally every activity of man, every line of study, and everything that contributea to the

IwOlflrb- ofAnatShd h*(4'ind ( Jmbng 1 ***' ; oldest and) tnwrt'pritriltiri* krapWfc jq bwo Millions boen ‘suriprqprihftefl'itiyifihf l tile/ land bl tli£ bPVcfiriPfi stilt niiilioßß ’ by fMßiinjTC#utfli»f’.wln>*k)*UfT poptilatjo W i ttu* refuge ,and/the government an'lnffuence Bering to imTnstt.f.' :$«4 9 feii«a£ ( Purchase Exposition lilfs beOniglTOa mors /encouragement anti financial SftsishriPPbi ‘perhaps, ! thUp any other sipjilai; )entef-

prise, ever attempted, and the people of this country will no doubt make it the most popular show ever before created.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

CASCADES AND FESTIVAL HALL.

LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.