The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01
A WORLDS FAIR.


New York having utterly, or probably 1t
would be more proper to say, signslly failed
10 make success of the worlds fair project
for 1888, Boston now comes to the front and
% oooses to have ono in 1885. New York
can revive the project yet. There is TIME
enough yet, and the money, the vim ard the
enterprise is all there, if the business men OF
that city beso minded as to renew the under
,skipg. The frat factor leading to the fall
ure of this scheme at New York was the
hitch and the biggle over location. Gem
trail Park was desired, and everybody in the
CITY res,ized that Central Park was the place
for the fair TO be held, but the park commits
siopers positively refused to entertain the
proposition. This WAS dsmper, regular
cold blapke. shock from which tho associa-
ton could not recover, espe-
cially as the sight selected
ont ia the country from the city and reached
Inv only one railroad, was SO Objectionable
that everybody lost interest in the under!a-
king. Another drawback, so members of the
associations stated, WAS the election of General
Grant president. His name did not eh,huse
the people, the moncyed men q particle.
About tina. time phianthropist named
Jones, yesrning for glory, was carrying
around a paper soliciting contributions to q
$3.50 900 fund to be raised for General Grant,
charity Offering to the man who accepted
what other people begged, and the great
civ of New York were rather satiated with
the general, and tho consequence was tina. the
fair died Of hamilton. Some of the ST. Louis
papers talked little about that city taking
up the enterprise and breathing life into it,
but it was only u little zephyr that soon
passed by, and the matter has rested until
B ,ston now comes to tho from,
and four years hence proposes to have .
grand exposition. 1t seems to be sort o
city pride actusLing the cultured masses art
opu'ent milliousires OF that esthetic and pro-
foundry learned old burg 10 take up pro
lac. at which New York has failed and max,
grand success OF it. If this spirit should
become very prominent, it may have th'
effect to spur up New York to revive tn
scheme for fair in 1883, and if this shoul,
DO doIe and tho New Workers make up tbei
minds, the money will be forthcoming in
golden stream, and money in this day an
time will accomplish almost anything. w
trust however that New York will rem al
quiescent and let Bsston go ahead. Nc
that we believe Boston can get up
worlds exposition that would b
as satisfactory to the general masses or
beneficial to the material interests of Ii
country at large as New York can, tor W
think the practical sense and iudgmcr
lacking. There will be too much Of l..
ethereal, too much science, too much Ply
mouth Rock, too much of the essence an
divine aillatus and not enough of commo
sense at Bos.v.. .otiil we hope the Bosto
scheme will DO successful, for before 1885 W
trust Texas will have q legislature with ord
nary sense enough to see the Importance c
Texas being well and thoroughly repre-
rented at such an exposition. There 81
hundreds of interests msterisl to the pro.
perity and development of our state th,
could be represented on such an occasio
that would rcmunerste tho state MOI
than thousand fold for the GU
lay and there is some reason TO hor
that we can get legislature the ne,
session with comprehension enough I
appreciate the fact and with enterpris
enough TO profit byit.