Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-18
ENDORSE rnr EXPOSITION.

| ENDORSE THE ENpOStTiON
btchneld Mirror: one of The Important
duties Of the state legislature is to make 4
| hberal appropriation for the rrsnsmlssis'
| sippi Exposition Already subscriptions have
| been taken amounting 10 over 100000, ANA
: congress has pledged not less than S2OOOuO
FOR n government exhibit. The various trans
| mississippi state arc looking tur Nebraska
to set the Pace, aud the participation OF She
/ former vs. assured II Nebraska comes to the
I front with a liberal appropriation, Ken s
. hostility to The proposition will have very
! little weight with the business body OF our
! Legislators, who will readily comprehend the
advantage TO Nebraska by having a success
] full exposition within her borders.
Perkins County Ilerad-Scntincl: When
/ the legislature gets down to business one
% the FIRST things 1t should do is to make
| a suitable appropriation for the rransmssis-
! sppi Exposition to be held at Omaha In lS9S.
| Congress has promised a donation Of not less
! than 100000 for a government exhibit, and
private subscriptions 20 the amount OF $780,
! 600 have been subscribed toward pushing
! the exposition along. Now let Nebraska
| como forward with a suitable amount
| and II will be an assured sue
| cess The magnitude OF the undertaking
can scarcely be comprehended, but when the
/ people of Omaha undertake anything they
| generally make a success OF II, aud with
| the assistance of every Nebylskan it viii be
| one of the most wonderful developments Of
! western progress of the time. BY all means
/ let us lend q helping hand and make the
! exposition a success.
Cedar Bluffs Standard: The Transmssls-
| sippi Exposition must be made a success.
Every citizen should stand up for Nebraska
and lend his aid to make it a success. The
present legislature would do a wise thing
in making a reasonable appropriation TO fur
ther this splendid enterprise. The state will
receive it back many fold.
Platte County Times: Senator Allen in
troduccd a bill Thursday to increase the
amount appropriated for the government eX-
hibit at the Omaha exposition from Sl5O,OOO
to 5000, 600; also to increase the amount APP
propriaed for government buildings from
$4,000 to $50 900. We hope the bill Will
pass. The government should set com
mendable example for the states in the
transmississlppi country. And now let our
own legislature come to the front hand
somely. All Nebraska is interested.
Curtis Courier: Time makes all things
even. The long array of adverse conditions
that have for series of years tended to
cloud the natural and acquired advantages
Of the great commonwealth of Nebraska
are slowly but surely being dlsspated, and
the light of a new era is already begin
ming to dawn upon our fair state. By rea-
son of the quick perceptive faculties OF the
strong commercial combine of our expand
ing cities, Omaha and Lincoln, coupled with
the alert and active delegation in congress,
a stupendous developing factor which at
first seemingly only existed as a mythical
uncertainty, has finally assumed form and
forceful dimensions which even today in its
infantile days gives promise of becoming
second "Atlas," whose mission shall only
cease when the state of Nebraska shall have
gathered a garland Of deserved honors such
as any state in our proud galaxy OF stars
might well feel proud to secure. Local sub
scriptions amounting to $4O0 600 have already
been pledged while congress has signifed
its willingness to appropriate nearly S25OOOO
more to equip the governmental exhibit
which is to stand with the interstate dis
plays. The people of Nebraska should now
be fully alive to the golden opportunity
thus presented. Our people, one and all
should by a universal consensus OF action,
by both word and deed. aim to make the
present occasion the one great future develop
ing impetus which shall bring men and
money for years to come into the state TO
participate in the general prosperity sure
to follow such a showing as Nebraska can,
without boasting, make before the world
The state legislature, rising to the true dig
nifty that such an unbounded opportunity
presents to materially enhance all our COM
mercial, industrial and agricultural interests
should stand ready to literally endow the
executive board with authority and a gener-
Gus appropriation to assist the great work
along Westward the course of empire takes
its way and ere long the changing bells OF
time shall proclaim that Nebraska is not
only the geographical center of the United
States, but the center as we'll of all that
tends to make nation great.
Exeter Democrat: The Transmississippi Ex-
position is the biggest advertisement that
has ever been attempted for Nebraska, as
well for the states beyond the Rockies
1t is not visionary, skyrocket scheme, but a
well planned and well matured effort to give
the widest possible publicity to the advan- !
tages offered in this section to capitalists
and homeseekers who have money with which |
to buy land and engage in Industrial enter |
prises.
moderate estimate places the number of
people who will visit the fair at from 2.000,- |
900 to 3,OOO,OOO The lowest amount which |
these people will spend at the exposition is |
SO per capita. That means from $2OOOOOOO |
to 800, 900 900 passing into Nebraska through |
the gates of the exposition. But $40 each !
is very low estimate. Thousands will re- |
main througout the fair, each of whom will |
spend from 81 to So a day, and thousands |
upon thousands will pass through Omaha to |
the Rockies and the Pacific coast 1t is safe |
to compute that the fair will bring about |
the circulation of 800 600 900 in the trans
mississippi country, which will be expended |
for transportation, in the purchase OF sup |
plies and in permanent investments. Thou
not stop at Omaha, but, having travelled that
far will venture beyond and take in such |
parts of the country afford the most at
tractive field measured by the exhibits at
the fair Stand up for Nebraska by booming
the Transmssissippi Exposition
Chappell Register: The Transmississippi
Exposition at Omaha next to the Centen-
nial exposition and the Worlds fair, will be
the biggest and most important thing of the
kind ever held in the United States. II not
in the world 1t means a whole lot to Ne
braska and the west. Every state west OF
the Mississippi will be represented, the diff
ferent states making appropriations for max
ing exhibits and building suitable buildings.
Nebraska cannot afford to be behind In the
matter, and the present legislature will be
asked to appropriate suitable amount in
keeping with the state and the importance
she will gain by being honored with the eX-
position. The legislature should be liberal
in this respect and help make this the great
est exposition ever held. Other states Will
watch with interest what this state does In
this respect, and their part in the fair will
be governed by the action VI Nebraska. Do
the right thing by all means.
Holdregs Citizen: The Transmississippl
Exposition project is now under full swing
and every loyal Nebraskan should take hold
and assist the people OF Omaha in their ef-
fort to make 1t a success. Hurrah Tor the
aYhihitinni IF ls a big success, IL