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Thomas Jefferson, and re-enforced humanity, in its work of human pro- 

 gress. Measured by the vast area of the Louisiana Purchase and its 

 wonderful resources ; measured by the personnel of the two great char- 

 acters who were its authors and finishers, Napoleon, the greatest soldier 

 of the East, and Jefferson, the greatest statesman of the West ; measured 

 by the far-reaching effects upon the human race ; it is one of the 

 greatest events, in the history of the world. As the handiwork of 

 Jefferson and Napoleon, it could not be less than great. We will com- 

 memorate it by the greatest World's Fair the world has ever seen. 



Of all the states and nations preparing for this great international 

 show, Missouri should be the best prepared. Missourians, "have been 

 shown," so long, they are now ready to make a great show ; we have 

 had a long and varied experience and training in the show business. 

 Every Misourian delights in being shown ; in fact he "has to be shown." 



It is very important for Missouri to show, because she has so much 

 to show, such varied and magnificent products to display. Missouri, 

 with its rolling prairies, fertile valleys, mighty forests, majestic rivers, 

 and rich mineral deposits, abounds in material wealth unsurpassed in 

 all the sisterhood of states; Missouri, with its queenly cities, splendid 

 railroads, vast manufacturing and business industries ; with its rich fields 

 of undulating soil, where corn, wheat, oats, cotton and hay grow and 

 ripen in luxurious gradeur; with its exhaustless mineral beds, where 

 coal, lead, zinc, and rock, lie sleeping in the earth and mountains of iron 

 await the blazing forge; with its vast expanse of orchards covering its 

 hills and valleys, as far as the eye can see, flowered and fruited, in 

 matchless richness and beauty, with the apple, peach and pear ; with its 

 great stock industry of splendid cattle, horses, mules, hogs and sheep, 

 which easily win the laurels, in the best prize contests of the land, — 

 commands the admiration of the business and industrial world. 



Missouri, with its mountains and valleys, and prairies and rivers, 

 and forests and landscapes ; where the grass grows and waves before die 

 wind like the billows of the sea, and the flowers of every hue and clime, 

 bloom and fill the air with fragrance ; where the birds of every note 

 and plumage, from morning till night, wend their merry flights and fill 

 the day with song — pleases and charms the most jesthetic tas^c. 



Missouri, with its magnificent educational system, with its schools 

 and colleges and churches, where thousands of Christian homes dot the 

 hills and plains and cluster by the rivers, attracts the admiration and de- 

 light of the most educated, cultured and refined. Missouri, with its 

 millions of intelligent, God-fearing, educated, patriotic, liberty-loving 

 people, with its varied and boundless resources, is the greatest State in 

 the Union. 



