Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08

DER, IOr no SucH measure can cdrry
without the overcoming of multitude
of obstacles. Obstacles cannot be ov-
ercome without system. Another mat
ter is the raising of funds, and the sum
required will tax the generosity of the
wealthiest city on the continent, besides
all that can be secured from other COM
munities. New York can meet the fin
ancial requirements, if willing, better
than any other city. We do not believe
any city is desirous of wrestling from
her any honor or profit that she may
gain by the project. So far as we are
concerned here in Vermont We think
public sentiment would concede the
claims of New York, though that sem
timent has, as yet, found little or no
expression. We hope there will be
Fair in the year designated. We hope
it will be held in New York city or in
Brooklyn, as we know no distinction
in that matter, provided the people are
in a proper frame of mind for the un-
dertaking. Following in the wake of
our national centennial such a method
of observing this would be highly APP
propriate. In a scheme of tins kind
the entire continent has an interest. In
a general sense South America as well
as North America can appropriately
take hold of the enterprise. OF what
character shall the contemplated Fair
be? 1t is safe to say that it should not
be of the nature of horse trot. The
collection and arrangement of such a
mass of material as shall best illustrate
the development of this country since it
first became known to Europeans would
be of more interest to mankind than any
other exhibition that could be contriyed.
just such kind of an exposition as we
should wish to take Columbus through
if he could come and visit it is about
what we need. A quantity of musty
old trumpery that filled the museums of
Europe long before Columbus was born
could have but little interest for him.
He may have seen them when he was
on earth. Quite portion of the Smith
sonian Institution could be safely left
at home. We ought to be able to show
him what we have done in the line of
material development. The growth of
States aud cities cannot be easily seen
under a canvass, but the products of
these can be set before him. We could
leach him some things regarding our
almost unlimited agricultural resources
and the facilities we possess for making
he earth yield her increase. We could
show him what we have found hidden
sway in mines and quarries The won
ierful aids we have secured in commu-
iication and transportation might sur
Prise him some as compared with the
I'D ship in which he came over. We
could show him a World so completely
New that he would fail to recognize it
rs his own gift to mankind and re-
luire magniicently equipped DR.. Leete
o take him through the closing years of
he nineteenth century and point out
he worth and the grandeur thereof as
with the period into which
lis discoveries let the light shine. We
ought to gather together such material
Is would show to ourselves our indus
rial progress. We want an exhibition
# the present rather than of the remote
,ast. Let Columbus see what we are
low, and In this view he Will discover
What we have done. So far as practi-
able he should learn something of the
Intellectual and moral progress of the
lations that inhabit the land he discov-
red. While not much can be said for
he portions settled by his own country
nen, there are other portions that have
moved forward and upward more rap
ily than the enthusiasts of the fifteenth
entury would have dared to dream.
While the Fair of 1892 ought 10 give
rominence to American ideas and 1
hings, there should be room allowed
,r what the Old world can offer that ,
new. The signs of progress are the
lings we would like to see, not the
here bric-a-brac of royalty. Let us
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