Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-31

preparing exhibits. Vast as this this sum
may be however, it far from represents
the total amount to be expended by foreign
governments at the exposition.
l gather from official figures that twenty
two Of the countries which have announced
their intention to be present are not cred
tied with any portion of this amount. Nor
are these countries of second-rate i'm
portance. For example, l find that in
Europe, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Spain,
Turkey and the Netherlands have accepted
the invitation extended by the president of
the United States, but have not yet an
nounced the amount of their probable ex-
penditure in carrying out their intention.
OF course, it goes without saying that Rus
STA, with her almost unreasonable re-
sources, will not allow the want Of money
to prejudice her in the eyes of the world on
such an occasion; nor that Belgium and
Holland, those thrifty hives of industry,
will be backward; nor that the sultan of
Turkey, whose faculty for never missing an
opportunity to replenish his Golfers has be-
come proverbIal, will neglect this grand OPP
portunity. And looking over the lists still
further, l find that the great continent of
Australia has not been credited with cent
in the total l have quoted. And here let
me call your attention to the nature of the
probable exhibit from our friends at the
antipodes. We pride ourselves, very justly,
upon the almost matchleSS resources of the
Lone Star state, and are looking forward to
the time when our Southern ports will
give US an outlet to the trade of
South America and the islands of the
Pacific ocean. As general staten ent, l
may say that whatever can be produced in
Texas may be duplicated in Australia.
Moreover, the advantage of cheaper labor
ana of superior shipping facilities will rest
with that country for a long time to come
The great trading vessels which have been
crossing the ocean between England and
Australia for years have accustomed our
South American friends to look for many of
their supplies TO Australia Competition
on our part will therefore, be uphill work
for years to come, and inasmuch as Aus
tralia will spare neither time nor money to
maintain her present supremacy, it be-
hooves US, at the Worlds Columbian expo
sition, to be equally anxious to demonstrate
to our South American friends the supe-
riority of our products over those of our
antipodean competitors.
Coming nearer home, find that the Re-
public of Mexico our old friend across the
border, is making Il stupendous effort to
demonstrate to the world the resources of
their country. A conservative estimate
places the amount to be expended in the
preliminary work of preparation by Mexico
at $50, 600, but am informed on reliable
authority that our sister republic will spend
at least s., 600 in connection with the
exposition. Think of it, men and women
of Texas, nearly s., 000,0 900 from our next
door neighbors, who are not even citizens
of the United States. As plain business
proposition, | ask, how do you suppose our
exhibit will compare with the Mexican OK
hibit, starting out as we do to raise all our
funds by popular subscription Not only
will every cent of the 100000 we cOntem-
plate raising be required to make the
Texas exhibit fairly representative, but it
Will demand the most supreme and united
effort on the part of every patriotic citizen
of the state to prevent our being outclassed
by our neighbors across the border. Every
cent of the $780, 600, and as much more as
we can raise by our Individual efforts, will
be well spent in proving to the world that
the great Lone Star state has not lost its
historic renown. The fertility of this mag
nifcent country, the almost boundless re-
sources at your disposal, your Inherent 10y
atty and your spirit of true American grit,
viii be more than adequate, l am confident,
to supply any and all deficiencies that may
present themselves. Within the past
month we have been favored in Chi
cage witha visit from the president and
secretary of the English royal commission,
Sir Henry Trueman Wood and the Hon.
James Dredge. While in Chicago they
made a thorough inspection of the plans of
the exposition, visited the grounds and
made application for space on colossal
scale. Since their return to England, the
commissioners have been interviewed as to
their impressions of Chicago and the expo
sitiOn. [ quote from the speech of Sir
Henry Wood on that subject. He says:
From what | saw and heard, think the
exposition will be success. When arrived
IN America | was undecided as to whether
New York or Chicago was better adapted
for the fair. Now l think Chicago is de-
cidedly the best place for it. Chicago is
sure to put vigor and concentration of
purpose into the enterprise which were
hardly to be expected from the Empire
City. Wherever l went in the United
States, l found the keenest interest in the
fair. The people of Chicago were fairly
alive with it. There was n slight tinge of
jealousy i New York, which made some of
the people pretend to disparage Chicago in
the matter, but this is sure to evaporate
before long. The arrangements made at
Chicago SO far are admirable. The plans of
the buildings are good and give ample room.
Mr. Dredge and myself are preparing our
report which, / may say, will be very
favorable. and do not doubt, will have the
effect of making the English section sue
cess
France and Germany will meet at Chi
cago on a very different battlefield from
that on which their respective citizens are
often SO anxious to meet. Their hostility
will be none the less acute that it1iS blood
less. Each will vie with the other TO obtain
the highest point of eXcellency in the esti-
nation of the world.
Already the representative of Germany
has sounded the keynote of the hopes of
the Fatherland in this direction. He says:
We have never doubted that this exposi-
ton will be great success, and have con-
sidered it as a welcome opportunity of
and of strengthening the vast
commercial and social relations so happily
existing been the two great nations of
America and Germany. l may add, also,
that our industrial classes and our artists
very heartily with this EXPOSE
ton.
When l shall have returned to Germany,
I shall be in 4 position to report to our peo-
pie in regard to the interchangeable zeal which
is devoted to the work of the exposition, by
that great number of most intelligent aud
learned and prominent gentlemen whom
you have intrusted with the management
of the enterprise. shall report about the
never failing vigor and devotion which |
these gentlemen are exhibiting in the vast |
work. l shall tell them at home of the |
beautiful situation, of the astonishing |
of your city, of the magnifcence |
and splencor of the palaces which are to be |
erected at jackson park, and which we saw |
in the plans and pictures of your artists and |
in the foundations actually laid out.
We now go home with the full impression |
that we can enter at once and with conf
dence upon our work; and you may feel |
confident and assured, gentlemen, that |
shortly we shall be able from our side to |
report progress. Germany's exhibition |
shall and must be worthy of Germany, and |
worthy OF the great work of which it is to
form part. These are the sentiments ex-