The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-06-23
Westminster and the Baltimore Gen.
tennial.

The ADVOCATE has told its readers that
the industrial exposition to be held in Bal
timore from May to November, 1897, in
commemoration Of the one hundredth an
niversary of the incorporation of the city,
will be second only to the Worlds Fair at
Chicago. We have been and are in po-
sition to know something of the scope and
purpose of the Board of Managers, and
we believe we hazard nothing in stating
that the exposition will be on grand scale
and will rival the worlds fairs of the past
in all that goes to make up great exposi-
ton OF the arts, sciences, agriculture and
manufactures of the country. 1t is to be
distinctly Southern exposition, with Balti-
more and Maryland taking the lead, but
PENNSYLVANIA, New York and other states
want to be represented, and we have no
doubt will be, while manufacturers from
all the leading manufacturing centres will
desire to display their products.
In addition to the exposition there will
be daily attractions on the grounds of a
special character There will also be day
for each of the original thirteen states, and
for the other Southern states. There will
be a military day, when there will be the
largest parade of soldiery witnessed since
the war. There will be Grand Army.
day, Labor day, an Odd Fellows day, Ma
sonic day, Knights of Pythias day, and a
day for each of the secret orders of the
country. And there will be firemen's day,
and grand musical festival lasting two or
three days. Besides, it is proposed to
have all the national conventions of differ
ent organizations, associations and societies
held in Baltimore during the exposition, so
that the interest in it will be continually
maintained during the six months it is
open.
In a radius of two hundred miles of
Chicago there are but four millions of peO-
pie, while there are twelve millions within
a radius of two hundred miles of Baltimore.
The South will be intensely interested in
this exposition, and large part of her
twenty millions of people will come to the
exposition Pennsylvania, New jersey
and New York will contribute many hun
dreds of thousands, and while the exposi-
ton will be great success as an exhibition,
it is believed it will be financial success,
also, as it will not be weighted with exor
bitant salaries and will not be conducted
as a money-making scheme for the man
ayers and contractors. 1t is thought every
dollar put into it will be returned to the
stockholders, and perhaps fair rate of
interest besides Those who have calcu
lated cost and sources of revenue so be-
lieve
Westminster is but an hours ride from
Baltimore, and would be convenient
place for some of the overflow from Balti
more to come And we believe that hun
dreds could be induced to come if the
proper efforts were made. Many persons
going to Chicago took quarters farther
away from the fair than Westminster is.
Cheaper rates and the pleasant nights here,
with freedom from mosquitoes, would be
great inducement to many. And by S97,
too, it is probable that the electric railway,
now about completed to Emory Grove, will
be extended to this place. If our citi-
zens-our hotel and clearinghouse pro-
prietors, particularly, would take up this
matter, it is very probable that it would be
built to Westminster, and that hundreds
of persons would make this city their head
quarters while visiting the exposition.
Westminster can reap an advantage from
this affair, and we throw out hint at our
possibilities in connection Herewith if the
proper effort be made.