Mohave County miner., 1892-07-02

ssaeeS range from SO,0o0 To $Zo,0D To
what extent Arizona possesses the dnan.
eial ability TO follow these examines \, an
Important qaestion--one Of the mos, Inn.
Dortant connected with its di-piay. and
should receive the mos, carefnl consid.
ers'ion. While the adoption .,ni pur.
chase OF the siyle OF cases and cabinets
prescribed by the administration will
doubtless cost one.ten,b the amoan, Of
money that would be reqaired for some
specia. aud striking design, the better re.
suits attained by the latter nigh, more
than justify the additional outlay.
TERRITORIAL AND STATE BUILDINGS.
As before stated an aliotment OF space
has been made and accepted for an "Ari.
xona Building" without, however, in any.
wise binding the Territory TO erect such
an editice. Under the rules Of the Ex-
position, requiring the exhibits of each
Territory TO be divided and displayed ac-
cordlns to their classifica,ions in many
buildings. the advantage Of a collectiv.
display Is lost. The exhibit ceased to
remain an entirety and becomes iray.
men'ary. In order TO remedy this rs
much as possible many states and ter.
ritories are making practically duplicate
exhibits: one 10 be divided among the
several departments ci the Exposition,
the other 70 he used in the State or Ter.
riiorial building, preference, Of course.
being given to the one designed for gen.
eral EXPOSITION service. This dual col
lection alone makes a building valuable,
outside Of the social features incident to
a general Territorial or State headauar.
,er-.
As agains, il, the following objection.
able features are 10 be weighed
1. The cost Of erecting the building.
2 The cos, o. maintenance during
the fair, and
3. The eos, OF its removal thereafter
10 restriction is placed on the original
cost Of any building by the EXPOSITION
authorities, u Territory or State being
allowed TO spend $500 OF Il hundred times
that sum, rs IL may elect. Yet, 80 far,
no building has been proposed that does
no, cost less than $4,000. Definite ae.
ton must be taken by your honorable
board IN this matter Immediately. or
otherwise the exposition will Withdraw
the 10, appropriated the Territory The
10. in question IL considered an unusually
good one, vet IT is more than mile from
the main building Of the Exposition, and
the question as to whether or not this
remo,eness would not prevent many
from visiting IL. adds to the perplexity
OF the problem.
FREIGHT AND FARES.
The rate Of passenger fares has thus
far no, been established detinifely--save
the single instance Of parties accompany.
ing exhibits to whom one rate for the
round trip has been conceded. In
freigbts the situation Is even worse, and
unless some concessions OF very liberal
nature are given Arizona, believe, the
best interests OF the Territory would he
served by attempting no exhibit what.
ever, and allowing the money TO lapse
into the treasury. Ny reasons for such
belief are founded on the fact that under
the present rates the territory will be
charged one fun rate prepaid for all its
exhibits according 20 existing classlfics-
tions, the exhibits being returned free.
To Arizona more than any other Terri
tory this rate means nothing. The
character Of the exhibit sent from the
Territory, consisting in the major portion
OF myriad OF specimens Of ore and per.
ishable agriculture and horticultural
products---unlike machinery and manu-.
factured goods--will never he returned.
This feature combined with the dis
tance from Chicago is most serious OBJ
stacle in the way OF making a display
commensurate with the importance and
variety Of the resources Of the Territory.
In the cases Of Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming definite concessions have al
ready been made by both the Union Pa.
cific and Northern Pacific railroads, to
the extent that the exhibits made by the
States named will be delivered free Of
freight TO Chicago. Believing q similar
Iiberali,y should be displayed towards
Arizona, while in Chicago ! interviewed
the officials OF the Santa Fe, but without