The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-20
THE WORLDS FAIR.
A Few Pointers frsrn = Gentleman uho g.
on the Ground.
.eeIAl Correspondence Of the Journal.

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Few Pointers fran = Gentleman Uho %
On the Ground.
Special Correspondence Of the Journal.
Chicago, Aug. Is, 1891.
Here we are In the Great Worlds
Fair City, and Il occurred to US that
perhaps during our sojOurn In this
maelstrom Of excitement and hustle,
your readers might be pleased 10
have us contribute few lines week
~, giving them some Idea OF what IL
being done toward making the Col
umbia Exposition the grAndest and
most successful exhibit that the
world ever say. II Il pleases you,
you are at liberty to publish this let
ter, and 10 you receive any encOur-
agement ia the direction indicated,
Just give us the cue and we will act
accordingly.
BY the way, this Worlds Fair that
IL TO be held here In '93, will most
certainly be q "big thing" la every
sense that the language implies.
Facts are now recorded that estab-
lish beyond q Peradventure the I'M
qualified success Of the undertaking.
The enterprise 10 nOminally COM
memOrative Of the discovery OF Am
erica by Senior Don Christopher Col
umbus October IL, A. ID. 1892. The
dedIcatory ceremonies which will in-
apgurate this great commemorative
event will be held here October IL,
1892, In honor Of me Four Hundredth
Anniversary OF the vePlficatIon Of
the theory Of Italy's hOnored son,
whose fame will live forever.
The exhibit will be held during
the summer Of '93 and will herald
the beginning Of the fifth century Of
the living history Of America.
The real occasion Of this intended
acme OF exhibits, however, IL to
thoroughly prOmulgAte the fact that
we, the United States Of America,
are the biggest, the smartest and the
richest concern Of the kind under
the canopy Of heaven. IL we are
smarter than sill creation, the occa-
sion 10 oPPOrtune to make the welkin
ring. Sound the tOcsIn and loudly
make the proclamation royal. IL we
are not the "Great MOgul,n Gods
law Of evolution 10 at an end. There
have been, and there are still, my
RAIDS Of great men everywhere, and
as great nations are made Of great
men, there have been, and there are
still, many great nations, and every
great nation under the sun has con-
tributed Its quota OF brain and mus
Gle TO the formation and develop
ment, Of what Ia general parlanee,
10 known and recognized as the do
minlon Of Uncle Sam. Wherefore,
n there IL any truth In the formula.
"AmalgAmation develops strength"
WE ARE UNI! Our heritage IL won.
We ARE THE NATION OF NATIONS!
but our old mother contributors are
conservatlvely slow In acknowledge |
ing our superiority. We BIust con-
vfnce them. Education will win their
favorable verdict, and this can be
accomplished by education only.
The world at large do not comPre-
bend our greatness. They do not
comprehend our internal resources;
our gigantic railway systems; our al
most interminable river navigation;
our great chain Of inland seas; our
unbounded forest lands; our illimit-
able table lands aud prairies; our
mines Of IneXhsustAble treasure;
our incompatible systems Of sdpca-
ton; our means Of telegraph COM
muuicatlOn; our freedom of thought
and franchise; our broad domains,
within the limits Of which universal
famine cannot prevail; our Laud Of
Lands, where man may worship God
according to the dictates Of his rea-
son.
How can this contamination, 90
devOutly desired, be better accom-
plished than by the agency Of great
inland monster exhibit, the colossal
proportions Of which shall stimulate
all civilization to be therein repre-
scented. Let every American, native
or adopted, put the latch string out
side the door, then loudly halloo his
welcome. Come! Let's unfurI our
banners OF generous hospitality and
astonish the world with our cordial
welcome. Welcome them ct our
atlantic threshold on the east
welcome them ct our Pacific thres-
hold, on the west; welcome them
from our peninsular sister on the
south; welcome them from the frIR-
I'd realms on the north; welenme
them from every Isle Of every sea;
escort them over our iron roads
tender them the rolling palaces
Of luxurious ease that await their
comfort a. they are being transport.
ed thousand miles during their
hours Of peaceful slumber; escort
them up and down our Rhine Of
America; show them our beautiful
streams that band Columbla's bos-
ON like ribbons OF silver; show
them our floating palaces Of trans
DortatlOn; escort them over our
chain Of great lakes; exhibit our
broad and PROSPEROUS felds Of agrI-
eultursi show them. our thousands
81 towns and cities tssmIng In In
children or Cor