New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-20
CHICAGO'S GREAT WORK.
HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FAB
xxcoNGREssMAN BUTTERwoRTH SAYS SHE HA:
DONE ALL THAT COULD BE ES


DONE ALL THAT COULD BE ES
PEorED OF HER.
Ex-Congressman Benjamin Butterworth the secre
..-v of the National Board Of Worlds Fair Commits.
aoaers was in this city on Thursday and Friday on
husness connected with the great Exposition lie was
accompanied by Ferdinand w. Peek. another member
~ the National Board General Butterworth Is full to
the bnm Of arguments and exhortatons about the great
nroect with which he is now identified the financial
mart OF being the feature that is engrosSng the atten
Ion of the Board at present.
ayes I am more than willing TO talk to you about
Al. Columbian Exposition" said Mr. Butterworth as
Ne sat al ease in OF The parlors Of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. And first want to emphasize the statement
hs in the broadcast and best the Exposition Is
International. 1t Is the inspiration of the American
ueople authorized and promoted by Congress.
~The act Of Congress in spirit and obvious intent q
will not say merely demands) commands that the
management make such preparation will enable
foreign nations that accept the invitation OF our Gov
ernment and the states Of the Union and domestic
exhibitors 10 make exhibits which will. In the language
Of the act show the progress made In civil zaton In
response to the invitations issued by Government,
fortynne nations have accepted aud will make exhibit
showing the advances made IN the arts and sciences
and the progress generally OF each IN every field Of
bnman cndeavor These nations are Argentine Repub-
lIc Aus.riaHungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China.
Chilli Colombia, Costa RIGA, Denmark, Danish West
indies Ecuador, France, Algeria. French Guiana, Ger
many Great Britain, Barbados, British Columbia
British Guiana, Honduras, Cape Colony, Ceylon. ia
maica. New south Wales NewZealand, Trinidad,
Guatemala 1Iayti. British Honduras Japan, Mexico.
Dutch Guiana. Tutch West Indies, Nicaragua, Para
quay, Persia, Peru, Russia, Salvador, San Domingo,
Siam, Spain. Cuba >1Porto Rico. Turkey, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Zanzibar.
Every State In the Union will participate and the
exhibitors, domestic and foreign, will far exceed in
number those Of any previous exposition. Prepare
lions had be made accordingly and certainly no c
zen of the United states would tole ate departure in
the management from the plain requirement OF the act
of Congress in not making such preparation as wonl
be fully adequate ana OF character to comport wifi
the dignity and honor Of the Nation, and worthy of the
great event the Exposition was Intended to common
crate
This brought Mr.. Butterworth to the important topic
Of appro priations for the Fair
@COngress estimated that ten millions of dollars
would be ample TO make adequate preparation said
be- so it would If the National Commission and the
Worlds Columbian Exposition directory had disre-
garded the terms of the act Of Congress and snubbed
foreign visitors, treated them shabbily, by giving
them such small space to curtal II not wholly
clude their exhibits. 1t would not have been decent
10 have naugurated the Exposition any such mar
roS gauge plan. To have done would have been to
publish our own disgrace. The plan and scope adopted
will involve the expenditure of at least eighteen millions
Of dollars In point of adequacy, architectural design
and artistic taste the Fair will far surpass the Paris
Exposition Of 1889 it viii in extent. The space will
be double that used In Paris.
"The act of Congress "a condition precedent to
beating the Exposition at Chicago required the citizens
OF that city TO furnish a suitable site and zen
millions Of dollars. Every requirement Of the act ha
been met. most admirable site ON Lake Michigan
has been furnished. and abou: eleven millions Of
dollars provided No city on earth, no Stae, ever
equaed Chicago in the matter Of contnbu tng for al
object in local. but in every sense National
Congress is asked 10 appropriate $5,o0O,00o on
the same terms as Chicago provided like sum- why
mott This Is National enterprise Every citizen
OF the United States has Interest In IL. It's failure
or abhdgment wouh~be humiliation and National
disgrace which the people OF this country could no
more submit to than they could 10 the reputation
oil the public debt. The citizens of Chicago have
done than the act of Congress required OF then
and more than could in common fairness have been
exacted Of them. The delegates from the States on
careful Investigation found and unanimously voted
that the National Government should appropriate
hj 900 900. That will stin leave S3,o0O.OOO for
the citizens OF Chicago TO raise
Now will IL pay % continued Mr. Butterworh.
81 answer not only that it will pay but assert as
the result Of very careful nves gatOn with reference
to the influence the Exposition will assert our
country that II the Exposition were TO cost the United
States SjOo,0O0,000 il would pay 500 per cent on
the investment, and that is putting the advantage
at a ridiculOusly low figure.
Did you ever reflect upon the greatness and
value of the opportunity such exposition presen,s
10 our peoplel Think for a moment what ii will be.
The school of all experience. the objectlesson of all
nations an exhibit of the best That has been accom-
pHshed in every art, The best that has been done
In every science the best illustrations of the progress
made in each industrial ar. Every nook Of each
Geld OF human endeavor will be ransaehed to produce
the highest evidences of what has been accomplished
during the centuries.
"If you should begin today and travel fifty years,
and give your whole time 10 visiting the various
nations OF the earth, devoting every waking hour
10 research TO ascertain and note te progress made
fl the various depar ments of human endcavor, you
wOud not see % per cent OF what you Will be able
10 zee I'm six months OF the International Exhibition
20 be held In Chicago. This SOUNDS IKE dh
eNTavagaut statement, but moments feneeuOh
will satisfy you II is not
Mr. ButtefwOrth grew 50 enthusiastic over the pos
gble benefits that would flow from the Fair that he
hardly knew where 10 draw the line lie even sns,
gesied that Yale Harvard, Princeton and cornell mlsht
close their doors with profit and make attendance at