The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-07
WORLDS FAIR ITEMS.

No Trouble Between the State Commits
sion and the Mechanics Institute.
The San Francisco county organization
for the purpose of preparing fitting exhibit
for the Chicago Worlds Fair. of which E.
B. Pond is president aud Thomas Haynes
secretary. is singularly apathetic and in
active. The Worlds Fair Commissioners
say that every one OF the interior counties
is hard at work but that locally nothing
whatever Is being done. There has not
been meeting of the San Francisco Worlds
Fair Association for long time and the
commissioners do not know OF any progress
that has been made. La view of the fact
that with the exception of the agricultural
and horticultural. the principal exhibit is
to come from San Francisco. the commits
sioners think it singular that no effort is
being made by the men in charge locally to
arouse the community to the importance of
getting to work in order that San Francisco
may be properly represented.
1he statement made last week that the
Worlds Fair Commissioners and tile
Irus tees Of the Mechanics Institute are at
loRgerheads over the preliminary exhibit
that will be held in this city in January is
positively denied by Press Secretary Jud-
klnS OF the commission.
Mr.. Judkins said Yesterday that the COM
mission has been charged with not taking
any interest in the dress rehearsal" fair.
which will be held under the auspices of
the Mechanics Institute, but that these
charges are absolutely without foundation.
III IS Tor the commissions own interest
TO make the San Francisco affair great
success" said Mr.. Judkins. land we
will lend 1t every possible aid. but
1t is as yet too soon for us TO ask
intending exhibitors TO send their goods
to the city in January. They are
getting their exhibits in share for the State
fair and we can easily persuade them 10
send them here later on. The Importance
of having their exhibits viewed by the Wis
itors to the San Francisco fair is being con-
stantly impressed upon all the county asSo-
Citations by Us, and only because the Me-
chanics' Institute people have not adopted a
premium list up 10 date, we have been
slightly handicapped. The exhibitor wants
to know what he is going 10 get if he wins
prize, and We must be in position to assure
him that If lie is a successful com petitor for
a certain premium he will be repaid for all
the expense he has been under in preparing
his exhibit"
To show that Mr.. Judkins expressed the
sentiment Of the commission in talking
about this matter, he produced yesterdays
official Worlds Fair bulletin, which con-
tainei the following paragraph on the same
subject:
The preliminary exhibit that will be held In
San Francisco next January VIII prove valuable
both 10 California aud 10 exhibitors BY gather
Ing together The exhibits before having been
taken 10 Chicago, the state Commission VIII be
enabled 10 study out the most unique aud attrsc-
tive designs for displaying Them al tie great tx
position. ii Is an acknowiedg u fact that the
attTactiyeness with which EXHIBITS are arranged
very largely determines the value they assume In
the eyes of visitors Thousands OF Californians
VIII see the aggregated display In san Francisco
who Will be unable 10 make ihe trip 10 Chicago
An exceedingly valuable premium list is being
prepared, and many of the exhibitors of meri-
iorious articles VIII. undoubtedly. receive pre-
miums OF sufficient value 10 return the outlay of
preparing their exhibits.