She can erect the most magnificent building in the world aid fuinish it complete with every convenience that modern science can suggest. or modern art can design. and all of it. down to the most miuute detail. be the product of Missouri. Her own granite could lay the foundations. her building stone of beautiful shades could rear the lofty walls. her onyx and her marble could decorate the halls of legislation. her iron. lead. and zinc could furnish the metal work. her polished hard woods could luxuriously fit and furnish the offices and committee rooms. her native glass. could add its crystal beauty. her cobalt and other minerals could paint the woodwork or emblazon upon glistening walls of Missouri plaster brilliant pictures of her romantic history. and in the sunlight above could shine the burnished dome of Missouri copper. For a century emigration has flowed from and through Missouri to fill the apparently insatiable demands of the West. Uncle Sam had a boundless extent of free land which tempted the lgelong land hunger of the white race. Today those free lands are gone.
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