Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-31
COLUMBIAN MATTERS,
The Committee on Agricultural DIS.
tricts Organize.
The Outlook in MOiinr-The Under
taking n sure winner. But
WOIL required.

The special committee TO canvass the
agricultural districts for subscriptions to
Columbian association stock met last
evening at the { flee of NJ. M. Sturgeon
and organized with the election of NJ. M.
Sturgeon as chairman and r. A. Donald,
son secretary. Plans for turtle ring the
work were discussed and the committee
now await the pleasure of similar com.
mittee to be appointed by the Moline So
liciting committee.
Tonight the Rock Island soliciting
committee meet again. and it is hoped
shere will be good attendance of mems
bers.
Tue exposition prof .ct is moving
steadily along now in Moline as well as
in Rock Island, and there is radiancy of
hope along the way.
Tue Dispatch of last evening treats of
the Republican Journals calamity shrek
of the previous evening as follows:
The Journal OF last evening announced
so far as Moline is concerned, and did all
it could 10 injure the enterprise. Before
the paper had got on the street G. II.
Deere had subscribed So 1000 to the stock
n. Rosenfield 81 1000, and many other
subscriptions ranging from 81 900 down
to $500 were in sight. Ii may be that the
money will not be raised to complete
this enterprise, but with about $45 900
on paper now, almost enough to pur-
chase the land, il is not a good time for
such calamity article as appeared last
evening in the journal. 1t is true that
/ the Journal is privileged to try and
Kill OF the enterprises in which our peo-
/ pie engage, if it wishes to, but it is not in
good taste for q member of the commi +
tee of 81 that has the whole matter in
charge, as the editor of the Journal is to
announce that the project has failed and
thus give semi oificial endorsement to the
statement. 1t should be understood that
this statement is not in any sense an off
cial one, that the committee knew noth-
ing of it as a committee, but that individ-
ual members protested against any such
| statement as early as yesterday morning
| The principal subcommittee is actively
at work today, and it is believed by them
! that an amount of money will be sub
scribed before night that will give the
project q boom that will secure al the
money needed within month.
And the Republican Journal of last
evening saws:
| The article in last evenings Republi.
can-Journal seems to have succeeded in
awakening our citizens from their lethargy
in regard to the exposition enterprise, and
| the manufacturers, bankers and capital
lists committee report having secured $40
600 in their first "a hours work. This is
encouraging, and shows what Moline will
do when she gets down to business. 1t is
to be deplored tb at there has been so much
dillydallying in this matter However
the solicitors are now getting down tc
hard work. Our citizens are at las,
coming down with their subscriptions
G. 81. Deere has invested $4,000. Mr.
Rosendeld, for the Moline Wagon com.
psny, has put his name down for 1,OO(
and other large subscriptions will follow
il the committee PUSHES the work as j
intends to do. Some who have subscribed
small will probably be invited to increase
their investment to q respectable sum
Many will probably feel inclined to d.
this if asked. No general canvass has We,
been instituted among the masses Thes,
solicitors have been waiting to see whs
the manufacturers, bankers and capital
ists would do. We understand that tn,
solicitors will give all an opportunity Il
subscribe within the next few days.