REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 21 
JERSEY DAY, OCTOBER 6, 1904. 
AT THE ST. LOUIS FAIR. 
What Governor Murphy said about the New Jersey Ex¬ 
hibits. 
When the procession had passed, former Governor Voorhees, 
chief state commissioner, called the assemblage to order and 
introduced President Francis, who said some complimentary 
things about New Jersey. Governor Murphy was then intro¬ 
duced and said: 
THE GOVERNOR’S WORDS. 
“We come as Jerseymen to celebrate New Jersey day, and we have come 
a long journey to pay our respects not only to the great event which this 
marvelous exposition commemorates and to the able men who have organ¬ 
ized and carried to successful completion this wonderful enterprise, but 
especially to join with those citizens of New Jersey who may be here in pay¬ 
ing tribute to the skill, energy and enterprise of our state, as shown in the 
wide range of attractive exhibits which are here displayed to the gaze of 
the world. 
“When I heard a year ago that it was proposed to have an exposition that 
would be nearly twice as large as the Chicago exposition, which was the 
greatest in the world at that time had ever seen, I said it is impossible. But 
when I came here a month or two ago and saw with my own eyes the won¬ 
ders that had been accomplished I said the half had not been told. 
“To this great exposition New Jersey has contributed her share. Here 
may be seen intelligently displayed its public school system from the time 
the child begins to learn its A, B, C’s until the mature student gets his or her 
diploma at the Normal school. 
“I think it is not going too far to say that the educational exhibits of the 
state of New Jersey surpasses in completeness that of any other state, and it 
shows what may be done in developing a public school system in a state 
where the cause of education, like the cause of justice, is taken absolutely 
out of politics. 
“The state also presents an exhibit of its methods of road building and 
shows samples of its stone and shell and clay roads. Ours was the first 
among the states to furnish state aid for the construction of public roads, 
and we have today more than 1,200 miles of roads, samples of which are 
here shown, extending over the state. These improved roads have been of 
almost incalcuable advantage to the people, and especially to the farmers. 
“By common consent New Jersey stands at the front of the development 
of road systems, and for many years has been the example from which our 
neighboring states have taken pattern. 
“The geological formation of our state is shown and our agricultural ex¬ 
periment station makes an exhibition of dairy management, as well as meth¬ 
ods of soil investigation, which are full of interest and value. 
