Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-05

he time Of bathing at lea 4, but the margin
If the lake enjoys no ;lasmunity from the
deadly sunstroke. Sven vessels on the
lake are afflicted. 1t Is now manifest that
Chicago must ia some manner recoup the
expense of f.olding Worlds Fair at tina.
locality. If the United States has pro-
jected a. Worlds Fair in celebration of the
quadrennial anniversary of the discovery
of America, and from the National Treas
ry an amount sufficient to defray the
general expenses of such an exhibition had
been appropriated, then some inducing
liberality might have been exercised by
the managers Of TIE show. But out of a
nation of sixty-four millions the whole
burden of general expenses is laid on a
community Of one million of people. This
is the foundation for illiberality toward
exhibitors The world is now invited at
its own expense to come forward and create
show, and the chief consideration now
engaging the attention of the proprietors
of this show is the gate money and the
sale of privileges. The business to which
this show will play must return Chicago
ten millions, while the appropriation made
by the Government of Sl,500,0e0 is re-
stricted to the construction of building
Of iron and glass, and, to follow the words
of the Act, ito be so constructed that the
materials used may be taken down and
sold" In all the discussion of this ques-
ton, from the time of its inception to the
present, there has not yet appeared the
slightest evidence that any one connected
with it was animated by patriotic desire to
project great exposition, which should
illustrate to the world the value of free
institutions or the advancement of civ;liza-
ton upon the continent, the discovery OF
which is the event being celebrated.
On the contrary, the event seems to have
been regarded from the first as an oppor-
tunity to boom some American city, and
Chicago being the successful winner oil
this prize, is now engaged in true show
man fashion in carefully estimating the
profits of the business. When the real
estate consideration has been settled by
the triumph of some Chicago syndicate
over some other defeated Chicago syndi-
cate, and the fair is located, it will be in
order to begin the erection of an Eiffel
tower, and notify Buffalo Bill that there
is another excellent opportunity for the
organization and exhibition of a Wild
West show. These two things are the
only legacies of the Paris exhibition. They
are the features which attracted most at
tention during the progress of that event,
and appear to be most distinctly remem-
bered by those in attendance.
The occasion will be a harvest to rail-
roads carrying visitors, to restaurants,
hotel keepers, cheap theaters and street
car lines in Chicago, with gate money and
the proceeds of the sales of privileges to
the proprietors of the show. In the mean
time, however, large concourse of people
will be assembled at Chicago. In sense,
the world will be gathered there, and not
withstanding the torrid heat of the sum-
mer, and the menace of tornados, and all
the elements of selfshness which cluster
around every occasion, California will find
it greatly to her advantage to enter at
once soberly upon the consideration OF
making such an exhibition as will ade-
quately represent the fertility of her soils,
the salubrity of her climate, the grandeur
of her scenery, and the great diversity of
her productions.
Since the foregoing was written, the
local Chicago Commissioners and the
Federal Commission have, acting to-
gether, located the site of the Worlds
Fair at the lake front, opposite the main
portion of the city Of Chicago, and at
Jackson Park, seven miles below, likewise
on the lake front. The fair will, there
fore, be in two parts. That which is OPP
posite Lake, State and other business
streets of the city can give successful night
exhibitions. The portion located at Jack
son Park, seven miles out, will be mac
cessible for evening entertainments There
will now be strife for position on the
lake front, and it is within reasonable
probability that exhibitors located at
Jackson Park will be neglected, both day
and evening, since it is quite reasonable to
suppose that the main building viii be
placed on the city's front and the main
attractions be located there.