Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-16
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Arrangements for the Texas Exhibit
at New Orleans.
An Organization by Districts and 0oun-
ties for the Collection Of
Material.
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Col. John +. Elliott, commissioner
In chief of Texas to the New Orleans
exposition, Is In the city, and In
casual conversation with q News rep
resentative detailed fully his plans Tor
display ing Texas at the Worlds fair.
Col. Elliott has his whole heart In the
work. and IL he receives proper sup
port from his assistants and the gem
eral public there Is no doubt that he
will make Texas take n front position.
The great work Of properly repre-
senting next winter the vast ana varied
products of Texas with its DOT counties
larger In all than the six New
England and the four Middle states,
with Maryland and the two Virginias
combined, or larger than Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin combined-is work of
gigantic proportions in the general
! plan and details. Our several interests
agricultural and horticultural, live
stock, mineral, textile, food and other
manufactures, mining and the fine
arts, our water courses, soils, railroads,
newspapers, our elegant public build
ings and fine private structures, our in
| crossing commerce. ZOOLOGY entomolo-
Wv. etc.oall and mora are In he thor.
ouphly sought after. collected. clnssi-
fed. arranged. etc. TO duly represent
this entire state with nearly 3'OO0 600
people.
Col. Elliott has formulated n most
thorouge and all-embracing organiza-
ton for this almost limitless and intri-
cate enterprise. 1t IL substantially rs
eral exhibit: second. provision for the
department OF woman's work. For
the frat. he has assigned the district
commissioners TO the duties of forming
county exposition societies. thorugh
the honorary commissioners of the
respective counties of such district.
For the second. he has amounted Mrs.
G. M. Winkler of Corsicana to organ.
lie ladies' exposition societies in the
chief cities of the state.
Then subdividing the work into the
Texas department and the New Or.
leans Department he has appointed
Mr.. r.. w. Andrews of San Antonio
TO the duties of receiviNg and receipt.
ing for. classifying and arranging,
booking and labelling the articles re-
ceived at New Orleans from those Tex
as county societies. He has appointed
Mrs. Kate NJ. Terrell of Houston to the
duties of receiving and receipting for,
classifying and arranging, booking and
labelling the articles received ut New
Orleans through those Texas ladies'
societies.
The county commissioners will re.
, mort to their district commissioners
the articles deposited with the county
, societies and the ladies' societies. The
| district commissioner will report to til,
: mmissioner-in-cnief at New Or
, leans. The commissioner-in-ch will
at indicated times in September ant
, October have the articles forwarded u
him ut said city from one or more con
venient points in the district.
8 Col Elliott claims that his system
e makes a perfect whole, and unde
g which satisfactory action can alone b.
had. the several commissioners be al
nut In work. and thus also receiv,
e their fill share of credit. while AT tn,
: same time every county in the stat
Y can be represented through RESPONSE
I, HE agency at once familiar to the citi
4 zens OF the county, and effective
: Aud thus, too, will no one, not evel
g himself Infringe upon rights and ter
{ rltury DOt Ills own, VI ibbtlicic WIZ
Y COLLECTIONS or arrangements for exhib
k It's out of his assigned sphere.
1t He claims, furthermore, that thes'
u county organizations will serve n
II means for distribution of information
k TO citiz ms which he could not furnis
E by the promiscuous mailing Of mat te
7, TO Thousands of individual inquiries
,e as also as con venient depositaries an
r, shippipv points articles to be es
l. hibited. as also to get spirit Of con
j. petitiye emulation as between cour
D, lies: as also for the securing {
r small private contributions now con
10 cededly needed as supplementary to I'll
y utterly Inadequate Legislative appr'
priation of only $40, 900, the amount n
Sc maining of the 10000 after the pa.
1t ment OF the $40. 900 for the salaries an
ID The Texas state building.
of No article will be received for con
ne ,et,tive .xbibition after the 18th
ii ncfober And ali such articles mu
re be accomnanied by the entrance fe
A. w he hereafter Announced to the Sc
n. sraj county societies. The above do
ig not appiy to articles sent merely +
eA !, hnIav articles should be works
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