West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-13
THE WORLDS FAIR.

settled in favor Of Chicago, and the
excitement has cooled down, the
Lake City begins TO realize that she
has an elephant on hands and is
casting about to collect and materi-
alize her resources and substantive
that $40, 900, 600 bid that she raised
for expenses and made so much ado
about, in order to entice the loca-
ton of the site TO the dynamite
precincts of the great anarchist city.
1t turns out now that when we get
down to rock bottom facts and fig
ures only about half Of the ten mill
ion has really been subscribed, and
Chicago agents are in Boston and
various other cities that have large
interests in Chicago, working up
subscriptions to this fund. st.
Louis, New York and Washington
are Of course tickled to death at
Chicago's position, and New York
now thinks she has a chance yet to
get the fair, as she raised Sl5, 600, 600
and can substantiate her offer any
time. The main reason for holding
the fair in New York is that she
is the metropolis of America, the
largest city in population, wealth,
business end as commercial center
for the merchant marine of the
world. She did not ask congress to
aid her in providing for tho fair,
aud she claimed that if the fair was
held there more foreigners would
attend than at any other place in
America. These reasons were all
good and true. but now let us see
what were Chicago reasons: First,
she yies with New York in wealth.
business and as a commercial center.
Second. she is the greatest inland
city Of America, and no doubt can
furnish abundant accommodations
for the immense throng Of people
who will visit the fair. Third. One
great object of the fair is to attract
the attention of the world to the
m mense resources of this magnifi-
cent country of ours, and If the fair
is held at Chicago, foreign Visitors
will have to travel acloss u good
part OF the country, enroute to the
fair, whereas, if held in New York.
they would only just land and
would see none of the country.
AS New York is our greatest port,
most people from abroad will come
via. that city, and see it AMI some
OF the best Of our great country,
also. Besides, being held in Chica-
90 will give our railroads lots of
travel and traffic, and leave much
more Of the money OF our foreign
visitors and exhibitors in our coun-
try. Then again the great west will
be able to make better exhibition
at Chicago than she would at New
York. st. Louis made strong
fight for the fair, and urged her
geographical location, which was
about the only thing she had TO
urge in favor of It. but her failure
to accommodate the National Polit.
zeal conventions that have been held
there, knocked out any chances she
might have for securing the fair.
Washington City also wanted it.
and urged that since it was 30 be q
national affair, celebrating the four
hundrcdth anniversary OF the dis
covery Of this country, and was to
be under the control OF the general
government, that az matter of
course the Capitol would be the
most appropriate place for 1t, and
that some Of the buildings should
be left for a permanent exhibit.
But the same reasons urged against
Now York applied to Washington.
and in addition it was claimed that
the business and hotel accommoda-
tons Of Washington were entirely
inadequate for such a stupendous
affair. Now if Chicago will soon
prove that She IS able to take care
Of this matter, the whole country
should 20 TO work and help TO make
o grand success OF this, chat is TO be
the grandest affair Of modern times.
We think that Congress should ap-
propriatesomeof The rusty millions
that are piling up IN The high tariff
vaults Of Uncle Sam, to tlis great
fair affair, and take such steps as
may bee necessary to- insure complete