The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Tle CITY Of Cincinnati,

The near approach Of the Filth o! her An.
nual Exposit;ons has attracted the attention
OF the press al over the co sn;ry, TO the MANY
End great nationa! advantage. possessed by
the city oc Cincinnati. There are some in
which she is unriyael. II the first pla CO
the site of Cincinnati is wit in about lrty-
five miles OF the exact geographical centre of
the population OF the United States. This to
great city is mate" Of primary impor
lance, and one the thorough util cation OF
which could NOT fail IL elevate II T. 10 still
higher level In tho ranks Of her >ist",hood
Than that she has already attained To tor
ward this end the Southern Railway will do
much il viii give her II free and more d!rcc
outlet 10 the t'riitory, which, for her trade
aud "ommcrce is legi,imatcly her own.
What Russia hopes To acquire ny folc of
arms in the conquest Of Constanti oplc, Cin-
! cinuati will thus win by the superior meth.
cd oi peaceful INDUSTRY. There Is another
Tact to which Cincinnati owes much OF her
pre-, minence. She is not ONLY The CONNER
cal and manufacturing capitol Il the third
! State IN point oi popalitior IL he union,
hut in ali the elements which distinguish
civilizat on and progrcs. from apathy and
.bai bari IN; she Is equal, in advance.
In the mum Der 81 manufacturing establish
| mcuts, Prnusylv?nia, accOi Ing To the last
ccusus, led the WY with 81 300; New York
| followed with &c, 2Oi and then came Ohio
| with 22.773. The nearest State to Ohio was
| Massachusetts, but all told. her factorie,
only reached .hr much smaller numb'r OF
l32I2. Illinois had but little over half aud
Missouri less than la those Of OHIO, ard il
u n matter of common rOtoricty that since
| 1870 the growth oil manufactures IN Ohio has
been iufnitel, more rapid than q at OF any
| other State in the Union With regtrd to
cdacaton, in the trimming OF the leaders Of
the coming generation. Ohio, in which Gin
cinnati lou Il so I.npOit,nt an clcm' mt, holds
mn even better position. The number Of
children attending the public schools in New
York and T., nnsylvapia salone greater tl;aa
that OF Ohio, but the percentage of Children
to the total population ate, ding school il
far greater IN ohio than in either OF these
states aud the proportion oi'ilIittraies. con.
scqnently and even To n still greater degree
smaller. A. the censns of 1870 Nassachu-
sctt' had a popaation OF ,457 3jl aud Ohio
| of ,6GJ, go but IL Massachusetts with all
her yaunied pride Of literature aud intcllrci,
aud her long history, there were no less thnn
1i,s35 .uale illitcratcs over ten years OF age,
| while in young OHIO with all her greater ut
fractions, for the untangtt foreign Inning
ton and in round nrmb"rs her million aud
quarter extra population, the number OF
ilhIeratcs was but very few thousand
more.
1t is these facts and many others Of par
allci nature, which coGld easily be quoted
that have contributed 10 powerfully TO the
extiaol dinary success Of tile Cincinnati Elk.
positions. Much has been undoubtedly due
To the uniiring energy and practical skill OF
the commissioners. b IL is doubtful VIII, tn.
cr the same labor aud foresight would have
been crowned with cqral success in any
other city of our land. The experiment wal
ticd last year in Chicago, IN Louisville, and
IN Indianapolis, but in all these cities the
comparative, we had almost said the abso-
lutte, failure was strongly marked. Cincin-
natl, from her natural and acquired advan-
t,gcs, triumphcd In the same field in which
others were defeated; aud che seems this
year to be resolved TO lssc not j"t or n
title Of her prestige. Sixteen hundred fee G
have been added to the Floral Hall alone,
und the whole building has been rcpainted,
ierov'.cd, and IN many OF its Interior aud
leading arrangements actually rcmodclei.
fhc app'ira,ions FOR SPACE have been cSccp-