Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-11
A LIFETIME CHANCE.
Mr.. Farquhar Says Local Business
Men Don't Appreciate the Fair.
PHILADELPHIA FORGING AHEAD,
And Leaving the Greatest Manufacturing
City in the State Behind.
HOW PlTrSBURG WOULD BE BENEFITED

missioner for the State is an old fashioned
hustler, and he Is loaded with facts and ar
guments which he reels off by the yard to
show how Pittsburg will be the city next tc
Chicago most benefited by the Exposition.
Mr.. Farquhar met President George A.
Kelly and Secretary Follansbee, of thu
Chamber of Commerce yesterday. He com
planned to them about the lack of interes
taken in the fair by Allegheny county man
ufacturers and business men, and finally i
was decided to call citizens meeting fol
next Monday afternoon. Mr.. Farquhar viii
be present to stir up enthusiasm and answer
all questions.
Before returning home last evening hi
said the Philadelphia people were wide
awake. Over $50 merchants and manu-
facturers had applied for space, while not
more than so from Pittsburg have Informed
the commission that they would exhibit.
Mr.. Farquhar says he won't be satisfied
until this number is increased to 300 from
Allegheny county. He hopes that the
number of exhibitors from the State at large
| will not be less than 1900
Must Get in Before July 1.
The space will be allotted July 1, and up
to that time all applicants will be on the
same footing. After that those applying
must take chances on what is left. For this
| reason, be says, he wants the local people to
| bestir themselves, as their industries are
| among the most important in the State, and
he would be sorry if they are not properly
represented. The Commissioner compli-
ments the women of Pittsburg and ALE
Oha III fhau hou
progress than the Philadelphia ladies' If
the men we're only as alert as the women,
Mr. Farquhar adds, he would have no cause
for complaint.
Some OF the manufacturers have COM
planned that it is too expensive to send q
man to Chicago to arrange their products.
To obviate this the commission has hired an
expert to attend to the work tor them. All
that the commission asks is that the ex-
hibits be sent, and the expert will do the
rest. He will be regarded as an agent for
all exhibitors After the fair opens, the
Commissioner advises all business men to
have representatives on the ground to dis
tribute circulars and attend to sales. A
much unless there is an active man around
to point out their merits. Mr.. Farquhar
said:
Next to Chicago, Pittsburg will be the city
most benefited by the Fair. Why? The
question is easily answered. 1t is on the line
between the East and West, and is first
class stopping place. 1t leads the world in
the manufacture of iron, glass, steel and
other commodities Visitors who see the
city's products exhibited in Chicago will
naturally want to stop off on their return
home to inspect the plants, and it will be
well worth their time to do so. am bank
ing great deal on the South American trade
opened up to us by reciprocity. The people
of Mexico and Central America and below
and above the equator have been prosperous
agriculturally, and they are coming to the
Fair in droves. wiQ wager that after they
20 home they will think there is no other
land like America, and their trade will come
to us.
If these people see Philadelphia well rep
resented, they will naturally conclude that
it is the only business city in Pennsylvania,
and, when they want to buy, will remember
this fact. Here is where Pittsburg will lose
the opportunity of century, If its manu-
facturers allow the Quakers to get ahead of
them. My interest is with the State ut
large, and do not favor one section above
another. l want all the industries fully rep
resented.
A Chance to Coax Buyers
Another point, Pittsburg is an inland CITY,
The aim Of the people should be to get buy
ers to como here. You know there are lots
of foreign business mon who go to New
York and nowhere else. They imagine
the metropolis is the whole coun-
try. Pittsburg will never have
again probabl such an opportunity to show
off their industries and the city to strangers.
Think of the South Americans and Euro
peans who will pass through this place on
the way West A creditable exhibition ut
Chicago will attract their attention, and
they will surely visit the city on their re-
turn. This will be the chance to sell and
advertise business. Why, 1 am already
shipping engines to South America as q re-
suit of reciprocity. Our manufacturers have
no idea what trade in that section they
have missed by not cultivating these people.
Then again have pride in my State. !
suppose Illinois will make the most credita-
BILE display, and think PENNSYLVANIA will
come next. Up to date we can show larger
number of prospective exhibitors in pro-
portion to population than any other State
in the Union except Illinois. 1 don't want
the interest to lag, and hope we can keep
up our reputation. Allegheny county so for
has taken less interest III the fair than any
other section. 1 think it is because the peo-
ple are very busy. and the matter has not
been brought to their attention in q striking
way. believe the meeting next Monday
will do much good. Once aroused. the Dusi-
ness men here will go in with q rush.
Used Diplomacy on John Bun.
Mr. Farquhar recently returned from
Europe as the representative of Director
GeneT6l DANlS ne flSlteU I'LL Tie Euro.
pean countries of any importance, and paid
his own expenses. He said he had agreed
to do this work long before he was con-
nected with the State Commission. He has
gained great deal of practical and valua-
Bile information, and Pennsylvanians will
get the benefit of it. In England he said
he told them to stay away; that it would
help the Yankees capture South American
if the English were not represented. The
attention of these people would be turned
constantly to the United States, and John
Bull wouldn't be in it. This line of argu-
ment had its effect, and the English stopped
growing, bottled up their pride, and at
once commenced to talk business. Mr.. Far
quhar thinks the English manufacturing
display will be the best from Europe
Over in France the French howied about
the Mckinley bill, and said it was useless
to try to trade in this country. "But,"
said the Commissioner, 81 am Democrat,
and these barriers to trade may be torn
down some day. Then the Germans may be
on the ground floor, and will get the busi-
ness. Besides the Yankees must buy an
nually from France a great many articles
that they can't produce at home.
Tickling the French Manufacturers
This tickled the French, and the thought
of hated German rivals getting the best of
them made their blood seethe. No further
parley they offered their finest works of
art, and the manufacturers commenced pre-
pairing exhibits Mr.. Farquhar says the
French art display will be magnificent, and
Holland will be close second.
In Spain the commissioner was we'll re-
ceived, and the nobility and the trades took
the most lively interest in the Fair. At