The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-03
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The Wold's Exposition.

The Worlds Exposition was III llrst
intended to be big thing, but not nearly
so large rs it has already grown TO be,
and now there is no telling where it Will
stop, under the magic wand of Director
General Burke. He is certainly
a man of wonderful force and I'M
limited resources. lie wanted one
hundred thousand dollars from the
city of New Orleans rs II starter
All held up their hands in hor-
ror. "What. one hundred thousand dol
lars from bankrupt New Orleans? I'M
possible !" "But, you'll let me get IL if
/ can ?r in effect said Maj. Burke. lie
got the hundred thousand.
And il seems he has but to explain,
portray, ask and receive, lie went to
Washington, opened his budget. and in
less than Il month had Sl,GOO,OOO from
Congress-. The nitcd States, States,
Municipalities. railroads and everybody
else does us Major Burke asks them to do
in regard 10 the great Exposition. They
do so because he makes them TO see. NJ
he so clearly sees, the grandeur OF TINS
greatest of Great worlds fairs; the III
Cstinablc good and value ii will be to
America, and especially to the southern
States. The South no longer appears in
the role as Il bcggar, but rs II producer.
"Lct us show the world what we have,
and what we can do!'
The City OF New Orleans does not yet
appreciate the scene of cnchanlmcnt
that will be presented in the city Park
and all through her limits next winter.
How the whole world will come to know
her, and give her such Il boost i'll COM
mcrcial importance Us fifty years OF
plodding would not accomplish. Ihc
city should not be content with Keeping
the stceets and cutters, half a dozen
blocks from Clay monument, clean, nut
rake out and cart off all the filth to be
+ und. from the center to the COW pasture
circumference. Its Il big Job, but will well
repnv being done. Yellow jack is in Cuba
and in Mexico; if he gets foot hold in
those reekng cutters in New. Orleans
This summer, goodbye Exposition!
The main building and horticultural
hall and work on the grounds are rapidly
progressing. The management Will have
everything ready in time.
Now that the Government loan of
81 ,O0O, 900 has been secured by the Expo
sition managers another immense build
inc will be erected, in the centre of
which the great Government display
will be placed, and around it the exhibits
of the different States and Territories
will be arranged in geographical order.
Hon, ID. c. Bacon and his associates, of
the Georgia commission, although there
is no State appropriation, intend that
that State shall not be left behind by
other States, but will make Il magniti-
cent exhibit of products of the soil, min
erals and manufactures.
The management Of the Worlds En-
position, has appointed Mr.. George b.
Ioring, United States Commissioner OF
Agriculture, Chief of the Agricultural
bureau of the Exposition.
Ex-senator and Registrar OF the Treas,
urv, b, X. Bruce, has been appointed
Chief of the Colored department. of the
Exposition.
Hon. John Eaton, United States Com
missioner of Education, has been ap-
pointed Chief of the Exposition.
A very interesting feature of the EN-
position will be an exhibit by the Chinese
government of silk loom in operation
by Chinese weavcrs.
Director-General Burke says the cen
tennal of cotton being commemorative
of the first shipment from America OF an
industrial factor in the worlds progress
NAV be celebrated with less expense and
DISPLAY than the Philadelphia Centen-
NAL, Notwithstanding the fact that it
clothes majority Of the people of the
world and has grown in production III
America from six bags for export in lISi
when the worlds supply was ll,25O,0oG
pounds, in 100 years to 3,4O5,OI0,4i
bounds, or 50 per cent. of the worlds
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