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no very distinct line existed between them and agricultural 

 products, just OS our "Transactions" was a supplement to the 

 agricultural report. In the Centennial at Philadelphia, and in 

 the Columbian Eposition at Chicago, the displays were made 

 together, but in the Purchase Exposition at St. Louis our secre- 

 tary having been appointed to have charge of the Kansas min- 

 eral exhibits, worked in conjunction with the Labor Bureau 

 commissioner, and at the close was fortunate in having the 

 Kansas exhibit turned over to our, Academy. In the mean- 

 time the Goss collection had been moved to new quarters, and 

 it was thought best to have the mammals and insects go with 

 the birds and so make the Academy museum represent only 

 the economic mineral products of the state. Such a museum 

 might be made of great commercial value in showing the lo- 

 cation of our clays suited for brick and pottery as well as 

 cement material, building stone, glass sand, shales for mineral 

 paint and brick, salt deposits, and, most important of all, 

 point to the location of coal, oil and gas deposits. 



This plan would bring us into cooperation with the Geolog- 

 ical Survey of the state, and it is certainly proper for the 

 Academy to have a share in that great enterprise. There is 

 no place in the state so convenient and useful as the capitol 

 building for the display of these economic products. Our 

 present nucleus is a good beginning, and it is time to unite 

 the varied interests that should be contributory to the desired 

 result. The work already done by the University Geological 

 Survey has prepared the way, and now is the time to enlarge 

 the structure on a broader foundation, so that all geologists 

 of the state may feel that they have a part and interest in the 

 State Geological Survey. In the not distant future there will 

 be need of a new state building to properly house the various 

 departments that are even now clamoring for more room, and 

 this will leave the present capitol for legislative chambers and 

 executive offices. In that new structure plans should be laid 

 for offices, display rooms and libraries; but, in the meantime, 

 our present quarters permit considerable development of the 

 proposed economic museum. It should be the place where 

 people may come for accurate information respecting the min- 

 eral resources of the state, and the display samples of these 

 minerals might be accompanied by chemical analyses, showing 

 their adaptability to proposed uses. From present showing, 

 the mineral wealth of Kansas will compare favorably with 



