New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-26
DprSTnFVT U1RRJSON'S MESSAGE.

IHENIDE-NI
President IIarrison's message 10 Congress On
the subject of the Worlds Fair marks a new
stage in the progress OF that great National en-
terprise. lie officially recognizes the TACT that
Chicago has kept and fully compiled win hcr
promise Of raising Il sum OF 10000 900 toward
the undertaking. and declares that the buildings
poy in couIsc OF erection are fully commensurate
with The National and international character
of the affair AZ contemplated by Congress when
IL awarded 70 the Western metropolis the slte
Of the great Exhibition The latter, according
r. the President, is destined to prove one OF lhe
most illustriols incidents in our civic history
and our Chief Magistrate, while declining 10
make any specific recommendation 10 Congress
with regard to the petition OF the ExhlDl'loh
authorities for a Federal subscription OF o,Ooo'
600 distinctly advises the grant OF " Just ana
reasonable further support for an enterprise
to which the United States stands commlt'eu III
the ewes of the world, and especially IN inc
sight of those nations who have rcspohueu j"
20 friendly manner to the invitation oil our
Government 70 participate in the EXhloilioh'
Tho remarkable interest which is being dls-
rlayed abroad in our Worlds Fair, and the eN-
tent to which the principal nations OF the oiu
World have arranged 10 participate IN our srea'
National festival. were illustrated in graphic
manner in the eloquent address delivered III
Rochester last week by Mr.. Il. Mccormick al
tho Chamber of Commerce banquet Mr. Nc
| Cormicl,. who is the official and resident agent
Of the Worlds Fair Commission in Europe, re-
ports that. Notwithstanding the existence cl inc
| Mckinley Tariff, which was described by our
Democratic contemporaries As destined 10 prove
| fatal 10 the Exhibition, the foreign representa-
on a, the latter will be considerably greater than
!, any former international exhibition. Ing
| land in particular has at length become aIOuScu
70 tho fact that upon her presence at the )rld
Fair will depend in great measure her chances
If retaining her trade and her market not Only
in North but also in South America anu ever"
| in Australia. German manufacturers are c!ih-
netting ho1y with British industries for the I,~'-
session of the import trade OF the New W orlu'
and hence they too will be more largely iepie-
sented at Chicago than at any previous eNhlbi-
tim Indeed. no nation of any industrial or
commercial importance can afford to remain
away. And this has now been thoroughly APP
prociaed abroad
Americans Of every political party Will there
sor,, assuredly approve and indorsc the patnouc
sentiments expressed in President liar1soh
Message. 1t is not the prestige and good name
Of any mere city, or Of any particular poli'ica
faction. but that of the entire American people,
which i involved and bound up in the success
| of tho Worlds Fair. We cannot, Therefore a.
natrotic citizens Of the United Stairs do o'her-
uise than re-echo the advice Of our Chief Magis-
trato that lust and reasonable support OIL q
financial character be accorded by congress 70
our great National Show.