St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-16
The WORLDS FAIR.

If there was any effectual way to dis
infect and deodorize it Chicago might
quarry its alleged river for building ma
terial for the projected exposition build
ings.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Some foolish people are Ialking about
the Central park as site for the worlds
fair of 1892. This is sheer nonsense.
The people of New York will not sub
nit to the spoliation of Central park
even for the sake of worlds fair. This
is definite. York World.
If Chicago will devote the same en-
ergy to building up the West that she is
giving to secure the worlds fair, that
city will outrank New York in 1900.
But to grow Chicago must learn to
spend money IN the enrichment and de-
velopment OF the Western cities, states
and territories.-Cou Bluffs Non
parell.
If the worlds fair of 1892 were held at
st. Louis it would be worth at least
S2000,O0O to Kansas City and 81, 100000
to st. Joe. Enlightened self-interest,
therefore, even if they are insensible to
consideration of state pride, should in
duce them to support the claims of the
only city in Mi ssouri that stands the
least show Of being selected by con-
gress.-St. Louis Republic.
Sam Randall thinks Chicago is
too far west for the worlds fair.
The brilliant Pennsylvania evil
IDENTIFY has little idea how rapidly the
real West has been getting away from
the Atlantic coast during the last few
years. Chicago, upon a classification
based on the size of the country now
we'll populated, is an eastern. city. and a
tolerably far eastern one, too.-Denver
Times.
The West ought to unite on
Chicago for the great fair. The
Eastern cities have had their
turn. 1t is time that the outside world
pushed its explorations to 5the interior
OF the continent. 1t Is not enough that
De Sofa and La Sale traversed the Mis-
sissippi valley. We want the people of
every land to come and see US, and Chi
cago is the great commercial rendez-
vous. Burlington Hawkeye:
There appears to be great enterprise
in ST. Louis in favor of gliding the in
ternational exposition there. and it
looks as though Chicago would soon be
beaten in the preparations for 1892.
There has been less shouting at st.
Louis than at Chicago about the ex-
position, but we should say that the
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than those of Chicago in regard to it.
New York Sun.
While the people of Chicago are wide
awake, earnest, progressive, and ag-
gresSive, New York is slow, conserva-
tive and uncertain. 1t takes blood to
work up such stupendous affair as the
proposed exhibition must be, and that
the West, of which Chicago is fit ex-
ponent, possesses To be a success, the
worlds fair must be held in Chicago.
The West is the greatest part of the
world.-Mil%aukee journal.
Chicago and ST. Louis have now
magnificent opportunity to make a
great display of public spirit and lavish
liberality at small cost They might
run up their subscriptions for the
worlds fair far up into the millions with
perfect safety and bluff at each other
without limit. Both probably under
stand that if there should be worlds
fair in 1892 it will not be held in either
Chicago or st. Louis.-Nashville Amer
lean.
If Chicago will "pluck few feathers
from the wings of her Imagination and
stick them in the tail of her Judgment"
she will discover that she has no earthly
chance for the worlds fair. The propo-
sition is absurd and the people of Chi
cago, little as they know. know enough
to know that it is absurd. Let US have
no more Of it. st. Louis has no fear of
rivalry for the choice. except 1t be
founded in the faint fptter of hope
which swells the bosom of New York at
intervals. When we get down to the