New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-10
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The unanimity of the press of the country
in favor Of an Exposition three years hence Is
complete There is no dissenting voice. ana
il may be regarded as settled that the next
great Worlds Fair which should he greater
than all that have preceded it, will be held III
this country The sole question is as to lts
location and the discussion Of this point has
assumed National proportions. IL Is curious
fact that the constant iteration OF sneers
against NewYork City because of its alleged
lack of generosity seems actually 10 have made
a permanent impression upon some segments
Of the Western mind. For example, we lind
the astonishing statement in The Denver Re-
publican" that two things stand i'll the way oil
the selection Of Newly orl-a sentiment in
favor of Washington as the National Capital
and the other, the fact that Newly ork is al
most proverbially Liberal"
Almost proverbially Liberal" This is
enough TO make the average New orker, not
to say the average American, rub his eyes III
amazement. When we look for the evidence
upon which this indictment is founded, all
that we are told is that it was not easy to raise
the money for the pedestal of the Bartholdl
Statue. and that the monument to General
Grant is still unfinished. 1t is true enough
that the money for the pedestal was little
slow in forthcoming, but the explanation we
venture TO believe, was to be found largely
in the lack of a popular admiration Tor the
work and sympathy with the idea a. executed
rather than in any want of patriotic feeling.
AS for the Grant monument, the committee III
charge long ago explained that it was making
L. lo.o tt,n
first to decide upon plan for the memorial
This is matter requiring careful thought and
investigation, and long preparation. En-
erQy', of the sort that would lead to hasty
and crude decision would be utterly destructive
Of the virtue of the movement. When the
committee is able to make definite announce
ment of its plans and the cost OF execution, the
money will be ready
New-York 'almust proverbally iliberaP'
Why. the generosity Of Newly ork is proyerbiaI
throughout the bounds IF civilization. II
helped a gely to put the city of Chicago ON
its feet after the great fire, and the newspapers
of that city have since repaid this practical
sympathy with continual >neers. The liberal
hand Of New-York has been the first to be
stretched out to the starving poor i'll Ireland.
The victims Of Yellow Jack in the South, to
the city of Charleston, deSOlated by earth
quake to the JohnstOWn sufferers, and, IN
fact. to the afflicted not only of every section
Of cur country, but of every country under the
sun. 1t may not be an unfair response to say
that this is not a good time for gibeS from
the Chicago newspapers ON this subject. The
contribution Of that city to the relief Of Johns
town made poor showing alongside Of that
from NeN-Y York even when the smaller pop
ulation and greater distance of the Western
city from the scene of the calamity are taken
into account
The sulpoSition that the people of New
York would not subscribe literally for the Fair
is simply falcical. The best answer to all such
suggestions will be the adoption Of plan for
raising money and an appeal to the people as
soon as the proper degree Of organization has
been reached We have no fear of the result.