New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-13
TT MEANS BUSINESS.

II
If there had been doubt entertained in any
qualter that New-York meant business about
the Worlds Fair, Mayor Grants list OF com
mtteemen was sufficient TO diSpel 1t. Inc
universal appreciation with which the ah-
nonncements have been received should be
yely gratifying to the Mayor, who deserves 'ne
vaImeSt praise for the wisdom ana the uh-
selfish zeal for the success Of the Far OF 1917
which governed his selections. NO Noflu
Fair we venture TO say. was ever ORGANIZED
Inv = moIe distinguished and more representa-
tive body Of men. 1t was not possible, OF
course TO include within the limit OF one hun
dred every name that might justly have claimed
q place in the list, and there are many others
which would have ranked with the pest oi
these. But the men chosen are so truly repre-
sentative that there will be no question any
where of the plopriety of their selection. lhey
stand for almost every department Of aru' III
dustry and commerce. and our heghDoilns
cities to whose cooperation the r. lr Is likely
TO owe So much, are also represented IL haru-
~ bears upon the question at issue TO e>liih"Oo
,,.hat the aggregate wealth Of these gentlemen
may he and the size Of the Subscriptions NAV
may be expected from them. No dCuo me
sum total of their possessions Is enormous DuV
it is much more to the point that the coiliiiiI-
tees are made up Of citizens OF hlgh character
and in many cases. Of great dStlhcuoh III
various walks of professional ana commercial
life. There are many names III the hSt th|U
are household words the world over Tor pfopIly
and success. We take ii for granted that all
the gentlemen named will serve. Their con-
sent TO do so will be of itself guarantee Of
great Worlds Fair.
The first thing for these gentlemen to do
is TO devise a method for raising money that
shall put popular feeling to the test ana
demonstrate to the country and the world at
large that the people Of New-Yor mean to
have the Worlds Fair and will carry 1t to
successful conclusion themselves. Several plans
have been suggested for doing this which seem
70 possess merit. The best Of them are those
which will call for really popular Subscriptions
The success Of the Fair will depend, not upon
the millonaileS. but upon the people. lhelf
willingness to subscribe for small lots of stock
will be greatly heightened by the discovery
made in Paris this year that a Worlds Fair can
be actually paying enterprise. ii pan can
be adopted by which the purchase Of large
number Of tickets Will constitute the purchaser
a stakeholder in the enterprise, aifording a
profit on the plce Of the tickets, and the pos
sibiljty Of a share in the dividends at the end
if thIe should be d surplus of receipts over
expenditures, the chances are that the whole
sum needed for preliminary operations would
be secured within brief time, with a certainty
Of the rest to follow. The response that has
been already evoked by suggestions OF this
kind seems practically to assure this result. In
this way the Fair could become diStinctively u
popular movement, and without need Of de-
pending for It's success upon Government aid
Of any kind.
1t is satisfactory to note that the work is to
begin without delay. The summer months ale
not usually considered favorable to the inaugu-
ration Of important enterprises, but this Is
case in which time presses. The Committee
on Finance. it is announced will hold its first
meeting early next week. and the Committee
On Sites and Buildings two days later. There
is time enough 20 make preparation for great
Exposition. but il is none too long. seeing that
the Fair should be opened barely little more
than two years and a half from the present
data