The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-25
The Bureau of Awards Not tC
Cater to the Commercial Side.
AN EXHAUSTIVE EXAMINATION TO
BE MADE OF EXHIBITS.
The Progress Made in Arts, Industries
and Science to be Disclosed to the
World A National Commissioner
Attacks the Local Directory and
Press of Chicago for an Alleged At
tempt to Force the National Body
TO Adjourn.


special TO the RECoRD-UNION.
CHICAGO. July 24-The weather con-
tinues beautiful, though warm.
This was Indiana Editors day at the
Worlds Fair. They went by steamer to
the park this morning, and this afternoon
held reunion, with speeches, at the In
diana State building, which was gayly
decorated for the occasion,
Tomorrow will be Commercial Travel
ers' day; Wednesday, Turner Bund day,
and large number of those in attend
ance on the feast at Milwaukee are ex-
pected to take part in the exercises.
Thursday will be Poor Children's day,
the waits being given free admission.
Liberia has unique programme ar
ranged for Wednesday.
The object Of the Bureau of Awards of
the Worlds Fair, as disclosed in a state
ment issued to-day, is not to cater to the
commercial side, but the instructive
side. For instance, grains will be chemi-
cally examined to discover if the farmer
is utilizing his land for the best purposes.
Wool will be experimental on in the
laboratory to ascertain the value of its
fiber and the propriety of raising certain
grades OF sheep in certain localities and
under certain conditions. Food products
will be examined and their physiological
values determined. No such examina-
ton has ever taken place in connection
with an exposition. It's specific merit is
not an individual prize, but one that is of
use to the world.
Chairman Thatcher of the Executive
Committee of the Bureau of Awards.
speaking to-day of the system of awards,
said: The bureau has intended from the
start to cause most complete and eX-
haustive examination to be made of ex-
hibits, to the end that it might obey the
injunction of Congress requiring the
bureau to disclose to the world progress
made in arts, industries and science. The
commercial side of the award question
sinks into insignificance when compared
to the instructive side. To know that
John Smith got a prize for his exhibit
tells the world nothing. What we want
to know is the specific merit or improve
ment over the past disclosed by his ex-
hibit. 1t would have been easy enough
to have adopted the old-tashioned, mean
ASoS ~ obCLA vi IIldhlIlS dM dIuS, ana
then everything would have been de-
ightfully smooth sailing; but what edu-
cational results would there have been?"
At a meeting of the National Commits
sion to-day Commissioner Mercer of
Wyoming said the Worlds Fair owes it's
grandeur, magnificence and success to the
National Commission. He proceeded to
inveigh against some of the local papers,
between whom and the Local Directory.
he said, there seemed to be a sort of con-
spiracy to force the commission to adj
journ. He referred to the stories of use
less expenditure of money by the com
mission when nothing was done and no
quorum present at the meetings, ETC., and
said financial statement with the most
liberal estimates from now until October
3lst showed that the commission would
have at least $4,000 of its appropriation
left at that time.
Commissioner T. Ousley of Minnesota
spoke about some Commissioners on
standing committee S who drew pay
whether the commission was in session
or not, and who, as he put it, have both
feet in the trough and objected to any one
else getting anything.
The admissions to-day were II9. 1914. of
which 70 4iS were maid