Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri.s Worlds Fair site.

Chicago special to the Globe Demo-
crat contains the following information
in regard to Missouri and the Worlds
fair:
Missouri men have reason to be dissatis-
fed with the site assigned to that state for
its building at the Worlds fair. In the orig
inal assignment of space kentucky, a state
that in no way compares with Missouri, was
given prominent place beside New York,
while Missouri was relegated to the rear.
This was objected to by the commissioners
from the latter state, and the exposition di-
rectors agreed that the sites for the build
ings of the two states should be changed,
Missouri taking that of Kentucky. This was
apparently settled until a short time ago
when Col. Mckenzie, of the Kentucky COM
mission, put in vigorous objection. Then
the directors, finding themselves in hole
much deeper than well, changed ABOUT,
and, paying no attention to the legitimate
demands of Missouri, returned to the former
award, and the Missourian will have to take
n back seat. They do not like this, and the
commissioners from Missouri do not hesi-
tate to say So Thomas Il. Bulene, of Kansas
City, who is attending the commission meet
ing mere 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.
Condemn the Book Commission.
At recent meeting of Typographical
Union No. s, of ST. Louis, resolutions
were adopted condemning the Missouri
school book commission.
The resolutions state that inasmuch as
the commission has recently awarded the
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'
mics, whose bids were rejected because of an
unwarranted condition placed on the bid
ders by the commiss Dn. requiring them to
redeem books in the hands of the book
sellers; that the commit sion has refused to
make public the bids of other competitors,
so that the people may be informed "a to
which bids were the lowest and be salts fed
that the contract was let to the best advan
tage to the public; that citizens and tax
payers the action of the commissioners in
not making public the bids and hampering
the contestants with restrictions not part
of the law is condemned. and that as print
ers the awarding of the contract away from
home, thereby preventing the establishment
in Missouri of an industry that would af-
ford employment to hundreds in this and
allied trades is denounced. In conclusion
all citizens and working people asked to
condemn the decision.