The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-23
TO VISIT CHICAGO IN 'e3.
Cooperative Clubs for the Purpose of
Raising the Money Are Being Formed.
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cooperative CiuDs for the Purpose o
, Raising the Money Are Being Formed.
Especial Correspondence
CHICAGO, May 12.-One Of the most sig
nificant as well as encouraging indication.
of the interest that is being manifested il
, the forthcoming World fair is to be found
in the number of cooperative clubs that
J have already been organized, or are In
progress of organization, In different part.
of the country, having for their object the
conveyance of large delegations from each
particular locality to Chicago in 1893. For
after all, the final success of the enterprise
depends in great measure upon the hearty
patronage and support of the great masses
of the people.
The national government. the various
state legislatures and the people of Chicago
have done nobly in the matter of providing
the vast sums Of money that must be ex.
pended before the doors are opened with
the blare of trumpets, but after that the
millions of dollars that will have to pour
In TO meet the running expenses, to say
nothing about piling up handsome sur
plus, Will necessarily come, to a very large
degree, from the pockets of the producing
classes, from afar as well as near
| During the Centennial year there were
doubtless tens of thousands of people from
the west and south who were more than
anxious TO visit the great show in Fair
mount park, and were only deferred from
| doing so by lack of the zone thing need
full" This time, so far as population is
concerned, the fair will be much more ad-
vantageously located, but at the same time
1t will cost as much to come from Wyo-
ming, Utah, Louisiana and other distant
points to Chicago as it did to go from
Chicago to Philadelphia in 1876, and there
are very few wageworkers who, without
previous preparation and exercise of econ
omy, can afford to apply the earnings of
weeks or Of months even to a Worlds fair
Junket. Hence the formation of these CO.
operative clubs may be accepted as illus
trative of the oft repeated declaration that
the interest of the masses has been aroused
in the fair, and that they propose to lend
1t not only their moral but their material
support. Several of these clubs have been
brought into existence in the south, Others
up among the Rockies and on the Pacific
slope, and still others in the east. In the
majority Of cases the members simply pro-
pose TO contribute so much per week in or
der that they may have accumulated lit
tie pile by the summer of 1893 without
having particularly missed it.
In Nebraska, however, there has been Or
ganlzed an excursion and investment
company, with capital of 800, 600 The
membership fee is fifty-two dollars, paya-
BILE in installments of fifty cents per week
for two years, and for this amount the
concern agrees to transport the members
from central point in that state to Chi
;ol
for their meals en- route, and their liv-
ing expenses for a week in the Windy CITY
at the best day hotel. and
furnish tickets of admission, guides and
printed information. A half dollar a
week is not greatly missed, and conse-
quently it is little wonder that the arti-
sans and grangers of that state, with their |
wives, their sisters, their cousins and their |
aunts, are availing themselves of the op- |
portunity afforded them with aviditv. i
There is room for thousands of such clubs |
all over the country, just as there will be |
plenty of room and hearty welcome for
their members when they get here two
years hence.
Too much circulation cannot be given to
the rule which has been adopted regarding
state buildings, and which provides that
no manufactured goods, except canned or
preserved fruits, vegetables and potted
plants, will be allowed in these edifices.
In great many states the opinion seems
TO be entertained that the minor buildings
VIII each be kind of state fair on
small scale, and that the best bread, and
5he cr1spest pies of the housewife, and the
crochet work and embroidery of the maiden
who manipulates her fingers on the We
'anda in the twilight while her mother is
washing the supper dishes in the kitchen,
viii all be welcome. The board of control.
however, does not look at it that way, and
10 1t has just reaffirmed the rule in cues
ion in order TO give it, if possible, a more
binding effect.
OF the plans submitted for the various
tructures 1t IS apparent that the admins
ration building will tower above all 9TH
RS In It's magniticence. Occupying a COM
handing location in the very center OF the |
rand plaza, surrounded by great lawn
mbellished with the skill of the best land
cape gardeners, as well as with statuary
nd broad granolithic promenades; with
n unobstructed view over Lake Michigan.
nd snrmounted by magnificent gilded
ONE, it viii be a thing of beauty. and
hould be allowed TO remain upon the
rounds as JOY forever. Architecturally |
vii! be in the style Of the French Renais-
ance, carried out in the academic manner
the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and it will I
ost every cent of the 5000 600 that has been 7
for its erection. {
HENRY NJ. Hunt.