Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-09

James u. sasp&rs u Cs~opoiis i .
guest IA Tie Morton. ks. sAep4fa .
ssorsl.fy % President fslmsr 81 tue
wof41's toialnoaa ex2o>lSs9n aud % II
tnr cay 81 ceafsT viii Efss,aeet !. -.
Ae>toa n rxksEa ~ tie ks<Es skfsset.
- have relfxlped Ifom sxylIk 2ny.
lalng s1ous me Ar.ak~n sxlstk,
rsid Mr. Shepard issI ulxft. ''bat a
lastlcs 10 Mr.. Weston sa1 TIE stsie
commission there afs cerlaio taings
taa! Tie pubic s.uT1t 70 understand.
NDrn TIE worlds lar spprcpfiston
came up before tas last iek stature
Governor Nlnaas wAs lnslfnnsntal IA
krsoing sbs sa0dns dosa 10 sivo. eo9.
bat lu Jas.sce - The govsfnoI u nsss
be aid tnAl he stood on the hoof 81
tsle scuxse, after the inaugural a Gov
.fnof kseh. and Admitted That wnsn
sns tsli came tsfore tae prssloas lrEls-
ssture ne failed 10 20 preDead sle
magnitude al tue exposition. The
state commission txs ssgca for $50 90
moses ont the oil. s> n ported tsek b,
the senate. hnes the sHcu0t ~ s-0.Vo1.
81 tnls ss1.vee sooas - 80 Ma 10 have
seen espsnd~d IA hAls1ing tie state
building, ell. 900 for agriculture. s6.0sQ
Tor stxgs exnitts. 81 900 tor xsplsn .
work, ti.uO0 Tor slate Institutions.
q. 40 for . fish exhlD.s aud sp, 800 for
contingent fund. Every dollar of
ihls - actually necessary Tor credit
able state exalpiL
">ow here 10 point that the people
do not seem 10 know. A state - mol
allowed ~ make suea al exasist ~ its
Commissioners may ere NJ Tie plane
Tor everything have 10 be seui 10 the
director sensra. for MS approval. IL
the piAns DO not come up 10 CERTAIN
artistic standard yhey are rejected aud
asw plans must be made OF tne exhibit
abandoned. Neither axpense nor ecoc-
ouay u considered by the director gen
erzi. Twice the plans for the wiseon-
SIN mineral exhibit were rejected, be-
cause they were not up - the standard.
be state originally appropriated to5.-
600, but has s.nce increased tina amouai
10 <s00, 900.
"for its mineral exhibit, Michigan
has me OF the four beet cornera Ger
many has one, Great Britain another.
Missouri the tnird aud our state the
fourth.
Germany will erect, on It's space,
the iinest pavilion Of Its kind ever
built. England vii not be behind bel
IN point of elabofzssness. Missouri
has $500. 900 aud can DO as che wishes.
Therefore, II will be necessary fol
Michigan To concentrate It's nnances Il
the state wishes 10 be on par with tire
others.
ITO 40 this it will be necessary &c
ahsnds n some OF tile exhibts-
''The fruit exhibit will tie the nnos'
costly 10 maintsin, 90 that Will have
10 go-excepl that portion which cat
be kept up At ANAL expense-and The
space gwen up. The 1--we stoek aEc
fish exhibits must he abandoned. and
also The exhibit of the state lnsiltu.
tons What money the commission
hss must - devoted 10 the mineral
and forestry cisplgys- The state ha'
= space 60xl00 feet for fruit. but II vii
be impossible TO use 10, although
Michigan u the great fruit state Of me
lake region.
"The educational exhibit will prob
ably take care of itself. IL 10, under.
stand, IN very good condition. Prof
NJ. +. Cooley has charge OF the uni
versity's display and Il will undoubt'
edly be = credit. The space for the
universities WAS spportioned accordins
| TO the educational standing Of the N.
| stitution, and our university 10 second
| Harvard was given 5000 feet; L. OF M
1900; Yale, 1900. and the others from