The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-09
Denver Exposition.

The Denver mining exposition Of
last year. did much for the mining in
terests of the west, and no part Of 1t
shared greater benefits than our own
territory. This, despite the fact that
the whole arrangement was hurriedly
c0nSumated, and that it was gotten up
and managed as a sort of acatch-penny.
gouge-getting piece of machinery. The
fact that under, such circumstances.
the exposition should have accom-
plished SO much is the best evidence Of
its being a felt need-indeed a necessity.
A National Exposition should be made
permanent, with permanent cabinets.
and under regulations that looks to the
accommodation and encouragement OF
mining men and mining industries,
and not to the building 40 Of suburban
towns, and floating stocks on circle or
square railroads. Another thing the
people should understand, in advance,
Tiz. Rules and regulations should be
published to the world, 50 that IL may
be known precisely what sort of treat
ment exhibitors and commissioners are
TO have before they 90 there. In the
nature of the case, the proprietors and
owners of mines will have to make the
exposition, and after having, at their
time and expense, furnished the ele-
ments for the exposition it is hardly
fair to play the game of "hold up" for
all the means they have in order to see
the product of their own hands. If
some understanding cannot be had be-
forehand it Is useless to talk about a
fair representation of our mineral re-
Bources-elther of Colorado, New Mex
leo, or any other portion of the west.
The management of an institution pur-
porting to be National should not be
put in The hands of broken down real
estate agents, with bogus railroad
schemes to subserve. It ought to be in
the hands of some one who has Charac-
ter enough TO command public conf
dence, and sand enough to rebuke in
%terlopers with more cheek than charac-
ter and brains who might seek to use
the oncer for advancing the interests
of bob-tall schemes. This is plain talk,
but it is warranted by the experience of
the past, and an exposition that nomi-
mates Itself as National is open to the
criticism of the public, and the public
have a right to de nand that the rpgu-
~lations by which it is controlled shall
not contemplate a system adopted by a
few men whose motto if probably writ
ten over the gate way to the grounds
would be-"Fleeces taken" Last year
The commissioners from the various
districts without whom the man
ayers of the exposition could have
made no exhibit whateyer-had at
their own expense the shelves, cibi-
nets, and other devices for exhibit to
prepare, and even had to pay their
entrance fees to the grounds and build
ings, on the same terms as the general
public. The railroads gave half fares
TO the commissioners, and transported
the minerals for exposition free. They
might have gone further and given the
commissioners free transportation.
The commissioners were men who had
-
no pay for their services, and in
every instance, so far as we have learn
ed, the amounts raised by the various
camps were far below their actual
genteel expense account. They were
also men who could lily affold to lose
thEiT time, but went Tor the good of
the camps which they represented, and
TO bring the discoveries of poor pros
pectors, who have had the hardihood
10 brave dangers, under the attention
Of capital. The exposition manage
ment in their distribution of favors
we're not so generous as an ordinary
CIRCUS in their distribution of favors
The national exposition of last yeaI
deserved to be spelled with a very
small n, indeed. In the first place ii
was located four miles out of the city
in order, as already intimated, to sell
suburban lots and fitch fares on the
circle railroad which was Il part of the
zeal estate scheme. The ROAD was
aaaaanI some time before the exposi.
Aed, with fares at five cents
" OF opening the national eX,
fares were raised to ten
hey might fulfil the adagt
the stranger" That is d
10 he sure, but itillus,rates
animus Of the whole
liable means of getting
rted to. Rat-shows