Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-25
A Worlds Fair At Fort Worth.


A Worlds Fair At Fort Worth.
At the Worlds Fair to be held in
New Orleans this fall and winter,
there will be not less than one million
people. 1t should be made known to
this million of visitors that the next
universal exposition will take place at
Fort Worth, Texas. Curiosity will
prompt each one to inquire where that
city is, Of there be any one so ignor-
ant as not to he already aware of our
being the metropolis of North Texas,
and to carry away recollection of
Fort Worth rs being city of enter
prise, push and wealth. To under
take and carry out an enterprise of
such apparent magnitude marks any
place as a great city. Fort Worth, if
her citizens determine to hold an In
ternational Live Stock and Textile
Exposition, in 1887, will make it a
grand success. Such an advertisement
rs these million tongues will give the
"Queen City of the Prairies" could not
be gained otherwise, at any cost. Such
an advertisement us the newspapers of
the United States, and of the world,
have freely given Philadelphia, At
lanta and New Orleans solely on ac-
count of the worlds fairs held in those
places could not been purchased for
millions of dollars.
These expositions benefit humanity
by bringing together people from all
chimes and inventions of all characters
Inventors come in contact with per
sons using their inventions, and il
many instances learn of faults from
parties using such, thereby being ena
bled to improve such articles. Thou
sands of farmers see implements of i'm
proved pattern on exhibition at thest
, fairs and try them, whereas ii left t.
walton would be still kept up. New
ideas find Judgement in brains tina
without a fair as the intermediary
would have never found Judgement
People are induced to attend
u worlds fairn that would not go to
i state fair. 1t is considered 18th
: thing TO do, and what is fashionabl
$ is right, so the old alage goes.
. Association, travel and the press ar
'e great civilizers. These exposition
'e furnish the opportunity for associatic,
a while the railroads furnish the mear
and the press disseminates the inform
SC alton. Money is spent freely by vi
IL itors as well as the exhibitors and the
u assistants. 1t is safe to calculate TIL
-, the ,oO00 0O visitors to the New Orleal
~ Worlds fair will spend on an averas
IL of $50 apiece, or over $50, 600, 00). Du
10 ing the few months the exhibitors al
IL their help will number about 500
'o six months $50, at a low estimat
1r- per month, or over $4,000 tot,
OH The government has loaned &
ho exposition $l,000,000, which amou
W with the $500 900 stock makes $50 ,00C
so' 900 that will be sper.t in New Orlea
'h- within ten months over and above
oe- average amount usually spent in su
iu- time. In addition there will be {
IL amounts derived from the sale of al
Aas cles exhibited. In pecuniary po
cry of view New Orleans will profit lar
iia. ly. To get the committee who had
j, if sa,ac.ion of noint of which the OK
YES sition was to be held to select New I
u'h leans that city subscribed very lsl
iar- amount to the capital stock, $780,
son we believe. New Orleans cannot
is'' pect to be benefited by such prop
nei- tionate increase OF population deriy
ne, directly from her exposition as Atlal
lcai has been and us Fort Worth will be
MI worlds fair.
'ne Atlanta has increased from 29C
ei.y the population at the time her fair '
NiN broached, to over $1,000 space
uia' four years. Three new railroads h,
.'oh been built there and manufacture
ion, enterprises have sprung up, creatu
anu Of the exposition, as cities did in
hoh- Arabian Nights, the creatures of AL
u III din's lamp. The subscription list
reau the Atlanta worlds fair was, we
cans assured, only SlOi 200, or possibly 81
VI 900. No one for moment doubts
capacity of Fort Worth to raise eve
'i'e'. larger amount, If need be, for SUE
Pfac- purpose. Let our people make up h
'aves minds that thew intend n no,
lhe worlds fair at Fort Worth in 1857,
pose half the battle Is won.