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this day forward will endeavor to push the work vigorously to the end, 

 so that when Missouri's exhibit shall be installed with the co-operation 

 of the various societies and those interested in Missouri's welfare, and 

 the fair opened, the result of our cfiforts will meet the approval of our 

 people. 



I want to remind you all of one thing before I close, and that is 

 thai no matter how hard the Commissioners may labor, no matter hew 

 earnestly and faithfully they endeavor to perform their duties, after all 

 success rests upon the co-operation of all the people, and we especially 

 desire that every Missourian feel that he is a part and parcel of this 

 great undertaking, and that the Commissioners will at all times welcome 

 any suggestions or ideas that you have to present. 



The office in St. Louis is open, where all correspondence relative to 

 "Missouri at the Fair" should be addressed, and where it will receive 

 earnest consideration. And we extend to the people of the State a 

 hearty welcome and invite their hearty and earnest co-operation in our 

 work. 



MISSOURI LIVE STOCK AT ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. 



(By Hon. N. H. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo.) 



That the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 

 1904, will prove the greatest the world has yet seen no well informed 

 person doubts. It is laid out on a much broader scale than any of the 

 past, covering I believe, in area between eleven and twelve hundred acres, 

 whereas the Columbian at Chicago in 1893 of which all America w^as so 

 justly proud, covered between six and seven hundred acres. It will 

 excel not only in size any world's fair of the past, but it will embrace 

 more departments and a greater variety of exhibits. The world 

 moves in more than one sense and especially is this true of the im- 

 mediate past. The pace is quickening at every step. New and im- 

 portant inventions and discoveries not dreamed of at the time of former 

 expositions will be there on exhibition. There the -civilized world will 

 meet and no doubt more or less of the less civilized, and learn from each 

 other. Nations in greater numbers no doubt than ever assembled to- 

 gether on any former occasion will be there within the borders of our 

 own great State and vie with each other in one great u:iiteJ effort to 

 educate and better the condition of mankind. 



Missouri is singularly fortunate that this great exposition is brought 

 to our very doors and no Missourian be he man, woman or child of 

 appreciable age should fail to embrace the opportunity of a life time by 



