Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-27
John Towards Worlds Fair Ideas.

John Howard ''of and for Texas is here.
To TIE GAZETTE reporter he said: / think
the call of actual exhibitors to meet at the
state fair grounds October 90 and 30 means
more than one would suppose. From what
| can learn it will be the only genuine
Worlds fair convention ever held in Texas
More than likely organization will be made
of actual exhibitors, and steps will be taken
whereby an article once a month will ap-
pear on practical exhibiting. and steps
taken whereby larger and better exhibits
will be made at the state fair and united
one prepared for the Worlds fair
VIII they work with the present exhibit
association Of the statea
Why, bless Your innocent soul. no. How
could they? There is not a colonel general
manager, manager in chief, president or
other potentate among them. They are
plain men who collect exhibits and display
them. All they want is place to display
their exhibits and they will not climb up
through Jacobs ladder Of titled officials
to that place. Now just look at the present
move. There is a list of titled persons on
the letter-headS used greater and more
varied than in an oriental empire and
there is not an actual exhibitor
in the whole lot. The people
see this and have no confidence in the move.
The idea of taking lot of men who could
not make display Of a bushel of wheat in
the farm and mill department of county
fair and putting the charge of collecting an
exhibit of Texas products in their hands is
ridiculous. They have had the work in
hand for almost one year and they cannot
show sweet potato. The only thing they
have done has been to work that old gag
of Jones pays the freight Or drop 4 nickel in
the slot and we will do the rest, under the
guise of patriotism, yet they have done ass
well as any commission would have done
They all fail. We had one in 1876. and they
had at Philadelphia a lot of horns and
Governor Hubbard. We had one at New
Orleans and they had 3T6 quart
TASKS tasks %. OF wheat and crazy quilt.
shown at Chicago in 1898, and these actual
exhibitors are going to collect and show
them, for they are with the people every
time. All these exhibitors want is space
They will likely ask this of the Worlds
fair commissioners, and if denied space
they will ask the actual workers. in other
states to join them in an appeal to congress,
which appropriated 50, 600 600 to the Worlds
fair so that the states could have space
and il they fail there they will likely ask
st. Louis to let them have space in its expo-
sition and ask the other states to join them
and, mark my words. wherever this agri-
cultural and horticultural display is made
the Worlds fair will be. Texas can never
have an exhibit at Chicago or anywhere
else only as it has it at our state fair. viz:
by the counties and railroads, The Texas
and Pacific is the only railroad. so far, with
q display, but am satisfied that other roads
viii join in the move when they see exhihI1
its being collected instead Of this increasing
appeal for cash. When the counties and
railroads begin to work on exhibits together
then you may be certain that Texas will |
have an exhibit at the Worlds fair. l |
think this call of exhibitors the first move ]
in that direction, and look to see seversH1
trail loads OF Texas products at ChieGgo |
instead Of an army Of promoter-genSfals. |