The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-16
THE EXPOSITION.
lcxas-The Part She should aud
Shall Take.
A Bic state aud Small Appropriation
for Representations.
Commissioner Elliott Is interviewed.

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The state commissioner from Texas 10 the
Worlds Exposition, Mr. j. y, Elliott, With
his secretary, Mr.. Il w. ANDRE Ne, arrived
~ the city yesterday, ard was interviewed
by the exposition reporter With the ensu-
los result:
WHAT 10 the Texas feeling about ourgrsat
exposition?
Well, sir, the subject IL growing In mag.
nltude oaon day. The people nl over the
state are becoming not only awake, but on
Unused rs 70 tho great benefits which are TO
result 70 Texas from a proper. presentation
OF its possessions aud pOaibilitios.
You have IN lmmense territory 10 work
You tay well, Texas IL IMMENSE Why
thiuk VI Il moment. IL IL larger than
the six New England, aud the four Middle
states With iaryland and the nc Var
ginia8, all combined; or, larger than Penn
tylyania, Ohio, Indiana, lllnDi3, Michigan
aud Wisconsin combined. Il now stands
seventh In the linton In population, aud
iourth IN number OF miles Of railway. Oar
population 10 Increasing abou. 10000 a
year, while our Ggseasable values are in
ogeasing at the rats OF over 1925, 0Oo,WO per
Annum.
How do You propose O. organize ard
manage the exposition movement over
such vast Bpace and for such numerous ond
varied prOducttp
Well, all things ere o,sllr enough handled
after you have determind upon a good sya-
tenn and With good agents. You SEQ taa
law authorized the governor 10 appoint
oommlssioner.in Chief" In whom The whole
business very properly centres; as also
eleven assistant commieeioner3 under "a
small salary" az "elso = number OF ron
orary commissioner" OF which some 200 or
more have been named, and who shall
--H-. - Ia AbNaN ANd AR
form all such duties AZ may be prescribed
By him. Therefore, siih t5is as "A guide,
] 30 organized the work that the WORK that
the eleven district commissioner, one be-
Ing from each congressional dietrlc,, unier'
taxes TO form or to have formed through
these honorary commissioner OF the ooun-
ties and the IL ading %citizsns, 40 Exposition
society. These societies formed, they
eerve ns o familiar nnd readily
accessible egenoy for tbs procuring
OF information, for the collecting of exhibits
aud as convenient repositories where shall
send for the articles offered By The several
counties next fall. They report 10 me here
direc. or TO the district commissioner At his
pleasure and as be may direct.
Have you funds and clerical force sut'
II lent for ell tai!
will manage g. Ia stis -sy: The COM
missioners form the societies.. these report
their exhibits; l will then lecture the space
n(CttsArY, slO tDtn ntNt hti sAAAofSAhta
to me here, where q person in charge Will
take due care OF them. Ae Tor tina legisla-
two appropriation OF $4,000, IL 10 now nni'
verselly conceded to be utterly inadequate
for what it 10 even Mt present known Texas
will want TO do.
What, then, do You propaae.i in regard to
Why, when o spirit OF emulation by tho
counties Is begun, aud each sees what Its
| ueighbor Is doing, they will readily etgrd q
tax of u dollnr or two apiece for the mem
bership, or ct any rate a5 much 40 500
county win be ior.bco ming. For when IL
comes TO showing mp the glorses OF Texas.
her peo ple's patriotism ana pride arc es big
as her resources. We have some 227 conn
ties, and ut least $4,000 ought to be raised,
ifnot $1,000 ", for the uEspeaknble benetss
that must accrue to that state nom this e1-
position.
Are your people sustaining you heartily
in theae Views and plant?
My dear cir, the Thole press OF our great
state. some 400 stroAr> are, withsut a single
exception, more tran warm in devotion to
me, and their columns, that were 80 pro-
fuse in their urgipg5 for my appointment,
arc now daily filed with appeals to the
people To stand by me IN every pa tcqiar'
and so make Texas lead every competitor.
Look at your Texas exchanges and SEQ for
yourself.
| sea YOU are having a large number OF
ladies' exposition societies organized. Are
they doing good WORM
Yes, splendid work, as Is usual with The
ladies In oil such matters. They have or.
! ganizsd 10 DAllas, about $50 strong; also 10
Houston, Galveston, Waco, Corsicsne, Nsr'
shall, etc. This week they orgdniZs in Aus.
tin, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Tyler.
Ma. O.. NJ. Winckler, OF Navarro county, has
| charge Of this specisl feature, u no state
In the Union will excel, II equal, the Texas
| r....-t D.At.Axt lannrtvrnrt nndar
Mrs. Terrill, OF Houston, who will have
charge of 1. here. Tney divide into COM
mi.,ees generally, such az a committee on
general fancy work; one on. needie WORK
aud embroidery; one on the fine erls oil
painiing--portrsis. scsnic, ETC.: one on fruits
and preserves, eto. 49,,
You might AS we'll ask me to mans for
| you the stars in the sky, or the shells OF
| The seeshore. What, with her unequaled
| climate and soil over SO vast IN area, and
her . 500 600 population, there Is scarcely
anything that Texas has not, except a pup
lie debt aud heavy taxation, which We know
not Of. We will show agricultural aud hor
| ticul,ural products OF the warmer and the
colder climstes;.cotton, tobacco, sugar.cane
wheat and the other cereals, and ell unaur.
passed in quality and In quantity OF yield;
live stock, the l~ons-horned oil the prairies
aud tba mcst superb specimens OF the latter
| ONV Ilfntl, nun huQ tuait WniCu VIC HaFt
In abundance. occupying an area OF 6,OO0
square miles; the iron eqnaling in extent
and thickness the Swedish, magnetic aud
hematile; kaoline, equal to the German end
French; SILICA so pure that plate glass vi
the fnest sort Is manufactured from II; fire
clays, from which retorta for northern far
naces are nos being made; marble, fiv3liDg
tho famous Tennessee 10 beauty Of %veininR,
and surprising the Italian in durability;
sDecimens fron4 cxtiaustless copper oree,
ranging from SO TO 60 per osut. pure metal;
silver aud gold from Preside county: gyp.
sum in the largest depoails known 10 *
list in the world; .eraoise tha. takes the
Highest pollen; ssndatones aud limestonesin
inf n!,e number. Then will come our grasses,
millet, Hungarian. etc. We will show
teas equal 10 thcee of Japan; fiik from our
bois d. arc tree, excelling the mulberry Leaf
productions; hides tanned by the mesquite
roots and t~rapches, now considered better
and cheaper than OAK. We will thsw woods
Of over 200 varieties, the ebony % walnut
and pine being In enormous demand. Then
will come our mineral waters, sulphur.
iron, chaly beats, ~abouneing In all sections
Of tte state. Oar water courses for manu-
featuring PURPOSES are in the most health.
full Of localities. We will show, too, all
kinds OF textile q 1000 manu'sc,ureo
school fund Of 81. 100000 acres OF land,
worth S9o,0C0,000.
Aud YET we are In our infancy. calling
for labor end capital TO come and help US
aud divide With US in assuperabundance
capable Of supporting 9. population OF 90.
Just about the same number TO the square
mile IS Francs now contains. And-but
you cannot understand what Texas has and
Ia until you shall see her products and her
peopie here next winter. The former ara
unrlyaled la number, variety and excel
lence, and the latter are the peers OF any In
this world.