Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
THE WORLD WILL BE HERE.
Twenty One Nations Have Accepted the
Invitation and More Are Coming.

lnvltat1On anu More Are Coming.
Twenty-one nations have now ac-
copied invitations to participate in the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, and it is known
that many other nations will within the
next few weeks signify their intention
to participate. There is much reason
to expect successful Worlds EXPOSE
ton at Chicago with proper manage
ment. The fame of the PhiIadelphia
Exposition of 1876 still holds among
European manufacturers who reaped
rich harvests from their exhibits at that
place. There seems to be general in
tention among all civilized nations to
take part in the Chicago Exposition If
it IS properly arranged. Only gross
misuse Of power on the part Of the man
agement will stand between the Chi
cago Exposition and success. Many of
the exhibits, it il now known, will be of
great interest. Such enterprises as that
nf the fisheries exhibit would attract
thousands. Everything that can make
such exhibitions attractive will be Sc
cured. The government alone will
present one of the most important dis
plays ever seen. The Bureau of Amer
lean Republics has secured or will Sc
cure, one of the most complete collec-
tions of relics in connection with the life
work Of Columbus. The nucleus of ex-
hibits to be formed at Raleigh, N. c.,
will be transferred by its managers to
Chicago, and will there show what re-
suits the colored race have secured in
the last few decades. The Worlds
Congress Auxiliary OF the Worlds Fair
has already begun its preparation for
international assemblies to represent the
onward march of progress, and has al
ready begun to issue invitations to
prominent men and societies to partici-
pate in this plan. From all over the
United States have come requests from
the leading industrial associations and
organizations &C. space in the exhibit
ton. A strong movement is already
under way to land the Chicago Exhibi-
tion in position of assured success, and
it only remains for the managers and
directors to work honestly aud fairly to-
gether to ins'We success.
But it must be noted seriously and in
Ill frankness that the success OF the Ex-
position is not as yet assured, because
there still remains widespread sus-
picion that the management has pan
dered too much to spectators and
Jobbers, and that there may be ground
for future speculations in the arrange
ment of the Exposition. Whether the
conduct of the management has been
such as to lend color to such suspicious
is immaterial in this connection. The
main idea is to impress upon those who
have charge of the Worlds Fair is that
| mistrust and suspicion have existed in
the past and have already stood in the
way of success. By greater publicity
and careful abstinence from anything
that can be construed into sob" the
directors may insure that success. but
by the least tampering with the land
speculations and other slittle schemes
which have been cultivated since Chi.
cago was chosen as the site they will
wreck not only the Exposition of 1893
but their own reputation as surely as
the sun shines. They should bear that
fact in mind now and in the future
Boston ADVERTISER.