The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri's Worlds Fair Site.

Missouri's Worlds Fair Site.
A Chicago special to the Globe Demo-
sret contains the following information
In regard TO Missouri and the Worlds
fair: N...
Missouri men, haze redsot to be d,ssstjs:
he'd Aitl, the, site ,aHsisnhd to that Atate fcf
Ifs bhlldfhg at tEe M 8rlds fair. In tie orig:
lpal assignment Of space Kentucky, d state
that In no way compares With Missouri, was
given prominent place beside New York;
, while Missouri was relegssed to the rear;
This was objected to by .the eommissionets
from the latter state, and the exposition Al.
rectoA agreed that the sites for the btild'
ings OF the two states should be changed.
Missouri taking that Of Kentucky. This was
apparently settled until q short time ago
when Col Mckenzie, of the Kentucky COM
mission, put In a vigorous objection. Then
the directors, finding themselves in hole
much deeper than a well, changed about,
and, prying no attention to the legitimate
demands Of Missouri, returned to the former
aHarq. and the Missohfinns viii haze to fake
bact sest. They dS not lise this, and the
Com III sslonefs from Missouri Do not iesi
tate to say so. Thomas D. Btilene, of Kansas
Ciiy, who is attending the commission meet
Ing here now, expressed himself very strong
ly on the subject, declaring that the just
claims Of Missouri had been disregarded.
Ex-Congressman Frank, of st. Louis,
a member of the Missouri commission,
when seen, said that he was sure the
Chicago authorities would afford relief
to the Missouri delegation when the
case was presented to them in the true
light. He intimated that the Missouri
commissioners would present them
selves in body before the Worlds fair
commissioners in Chicago at no distant
date, and bring such pressure to bear
that their request could not be refused.
CSndemn the hook Commission.
Alta recent meeting of typographical
Union No. g, of st. Louis, resolutions
were adopted eondemning the Missouri
school book Commission.
THE resolutions state that inasmuch as
the commission has recently awarded tho
contract for supplying the state public
schools with text books to book combna-
tions located in other states, thereby caus
ing the withdrawal of millions of dollars
from the community; that there were other
lower bidders for the contract, among them
several Missouri book publishing compa.
hics; whose bids vert rejected Because of an
hnwarrantej cSnditlon placed on the bid
ders by the commission. requiring them to
redeem books In the hands of the book
sellers; that the commission has refused to
make public the bids Of other competitors,
so that the people may be informed as to
which bids were the lowest and be salts fed
that the contract was let to the best advan-
tage to tine public; that as citizens and tax
payers the action OF the coinmissIo Ioners In
not making public the bids and hanipefing
the contestants with restrictions not a part
of the law is condemned. and that as print
ft,.u linz r<,ft tla mt frnf
home, thereby preventing tho establishment
in Missouri of an industry that would at
ford employment to hundreds in this and
allied trades, is denounced. In conclusion
all citizens and working people are asked u
condemn the decision.
Large Wheat Receipts.
A great many st. Louis wheat men
Shy that this years crop hasn't begun
TO move yet; that farmers are holding
off waiting for better prices. If this is
true the crop will go above the esti-
mate. Commenting on the above, the
Globe Democrat says:
While It may be true that farmers are not
shipping the bulk of their wheat to market,
it is fact, nevertheless, that the receipts at
St. Louis for the month of August were the
heaviest for one month in the history OF the
bushels. This is an increase OF sos i.oIs bush.
els over the receipts OF August lastyear, and
2,56. .6l9 bushels above July this year. The
heaviest receipts in any previous month
were those OF Juiy' isss, when me amount
ns was .nm., a' .nis roar ., TO- ,na tso un n, ns
since the new crop began to be received,
were s.s22. .46I bushels. This exceeds any pre-.
vous two months by l'oos.zss bushels the
nua ,nans, ,sso whon 20 re hrsha,s wers Des
the receipts. The receipts for the same two
months last year were 4,6I5,s52 bushels. The
shipments for the past two months have
,,,.na'. n,sJ Uee" "e"S' anu a'""'eu ~ ''i''''''
Big Barns Burned.
+ho,rs n. I,;ttl. R,,e stat;on J.,l,so,
county. caught fire the other night. and
we're DESTROYED. The loss is estimated
Mt SIS ooO All the stoc. excent ono
fno co,,, ,yac Savad hut nothing also
=, -: Io,
Farm implements, DugRles, harness and
seventv tons of hay were DESTROYED
Inc Duiuihgs "ere very hhc anu hdnu-
some, with all modern cOnvenleDceS.
Eno;peS from Kansas Citv vvere cont
~,
down, OUT could save nothlng. Inc nre