The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-15

mat OF the Centennial " as Already Out
done ON tho First az This Nsoath-The
Amount of STcney Spent on the EXPOSE
tion-What TIE United States Govern
ment Contributed.
WORLDS FAIE, Sept. I Especial /
1t is now in order TO make few compari
sons, as the attendance has far outrun
that at the Centennial and is reasonably
certain to exceed that at the Paris exposi-
ton of 1885, Here, too, the admission is
80 cents children half price,, while at
Paris it was but franc, less than
20 cents of our money, and every hotel,
mandatory and other big institution
in that city bought great packages of
tickets and pushed them at discount, so
that many poor people went in for 10cents
or less. In May the. Centennial barely
got started, and the tickets used were 49,
$50; in Chicago they were SIG, 1863, and in
Paris 2,610,S13. In June the attendance
at Philadelphia was 1,o06,9 and here
paid admissions) 1876. 113, and SO the in
crease goes on, July showing 2,761 ,263 and
August 5,5l5, 293 here, and this despite the
fact that on July there were 283. 273 adj
missions, VIII ich exceeded those of any Gay
in August.
On the first OF this month this exposi-
ton had, as aforesaid, outdone the Cen
tennial and was coed second to Paris;
but it is now certain that the admissions
will average $50, coca day or more through
September and probably to the middle of
October. So the money question comes
up again. Director General Davis has
figured that the total cost of the fair, not
counting the articles exhibited, is $50, 24S,-
$50. Surely a nation can not be ''desper-
ately hard up' when it can spend that
much money on big show. But the ma
ton as such did little The states put in
&c, 020, $50 and foreign governments s6,51l,-
SGT. OF the rest the national government
appropriated 81, SOC, 600 outright. s., 500. 900
in souvenir coins, 100000 for bronze
medals and diplomas, $3.50 eco for expense
of the government board, s346. 975 for the
national commission. So the government
has tribe over s5,0O0, COO in this thing,
which, like all government advances and
such, may be looked On as a"permanent
investment" / believe there is talk of
some ''pull'' on it in the law; but we re-
member the Pacific railways, and we have
read of the distribution" in Iackson's
administration, end we know what We
know.
The governments, state, national and
foreign, having put in nearly SIS. 900,
there are still about 5000, 0C0 to account
for. OF this Chicago put III s5,Ooo, 600 and
does nct expect cent OF it back. but Incl
dentally is getting it out OF US fellows.
The gate receipts down to opening day
were S234 $50 and went into the construc-
ton fund The -Gebenture bonds sold
amounted 30 81, 094 500 and every cent viii
be paid. Miscellaneous receipts which
went to the construction fund arountedto
1884 ,557.75. All the rest is represented by
the subscribed stock, paid in dollar for
dollar; /. amounts TO s, 553, 760.eo, and the
burning question OF the hour AID the
place is, VIII they get Il. OF course they
will not get all OF it. as ell other claims
are preferred, and only a little while ago
8 cents ca the dollar was the quoted rate,
but I hear the stock is going up a little,
Some OF the figures on state Buildings
are of great interest Illinois led on by
putting 500, COO On and in ber building
and other exhibits, and so that binding
Is quite credtabie fair in itself The
structure cost bur SEQ, 90 and it has per
haps the most commanding position On
the grounds. Next cans New YORK
with an expenditure CT $1,000 and Cali
sornia with s5Ja, COO, and then there Is
great drop to Pennsylvania with $50 e,
Michigan with S=75. COS and Wisconsin
with s2i2, 600, aud after that the drop Is
continuous and pretty rapid TO Nevada.
the lowest state, with 5000, and Okla
hona, the lowest territory, with si1,sso
AL the New England states together pat
in less than half Is nuch as Illinois. and
all the sixteen southern states only sl04.-
Coo more than she However, this Is N
some sort sa Illinois affair.
The Sc 2ss go. as aforesaid, does not IN
cIude any cost OF Tie EXHIBITS, and n any
attempt TO estimate theIs value ths I'M
agiaasien is soon tatieued- Here, for
instance, are some 400 paintings and
statues Of tire first class and 5 go otter
works Of fine arts, worth / dare not say
how many millions, bot running 9As into
the .ers, OF course, a. many are from tbs
worlds greatest Collections AID on4y
loaned FOR this occasion as rare AT o.
courtesy 10 the United States Fer LIS
reason The Art Palace Is guaranteed as ao-
soIgtely Gre proof ard the r~gnlxfions
there are I'D 70 military degree Ard
here sre she tree great JspsHese ~sses,