Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-21
Exposition Endorsements
+. BY THE Transmississippi Press

Fort Worth (TeX.) Register; The Trans.
mississippi country is feeling the enects OF
the turning tide OF immigration. So long
as the stream of new settlers poured It's
flood of thousands Of settlers and millions
OF investing capital into the fertile aud un.
developed regions between the Rockies and
the Father of Waters, so long the business
of that vast section lying between the British
possessions and the Indian territory went Tor
ward with ever-increasing strides under the
stimulus of new population and increasing
capital. But with the slack in the tue came
stagnation. The country there is at stahd-
still In development. In western Kansas u
Is even retrograding in population and farms
have turned to the primal wildness OF the
prairie and towns have become pictures OF
desolation. All that country feels the slack
ening of the tension which men and money
keyed to the note OF business success
/ It's business men would bring back the
old-time conditons--v ould welcome the In
flow of willing hands aud pehoric pockets.
So they have planned great exposition
The exhibitions previously held at ihl'n-
delpha Chicago. New Orleans and Atlanta
brought large additions of population ami
capital to those cities and surrounding coun-
try. Ii is hoped that the same effect VIII be
| produced upon Omaha and the whole trans
mississippi region by the exposition now
| projected AS an aIveI tiSement OF the re-
sources and possibilities uf a region nothing
exceeds an exposition founded upon scale
commensurate with is possibilities. And
it may be said with equal ruth that any
section of the country can advance It's inter
ests by taking rart in such an exposition
| The possi siblities of the south Atlantic states
as fruit raising and truck farming localities
were made known at the Columbian eXposi-
| tiou in manner that made possible the At
| lanta exposition of last year and the conse-
Quent betterment OF all the south Atlantic
| coast country. When the Transmisslssippt
| Exposition shall have materialiZed Texas
should be represented there with all her
| wealth of mines, forests, fields and quarries.
| She should demonstrate 10 the business CEN
ters of the teemug northwest that her
| wheat is the best. her cotton staple the
finest. her coal fields the greatest and her
| forests the largest in all the land. she
| should be prepared on the spot to prove
that her climate is the most salubrious, her
| range of agricultural products the widest.
| her opportunities for men Of small means
| the most expansive, her markets the quickest
| and surest. Texas will wish godspeed to the
| Trausmississippi Exposition, of which she
| will be part.
| Shelby 0a) News: The state legislature
at It's session this winter should see that
! an appropriation is made that will give
| Iowa good showing at the Transmississppl
| Exposition at Omaha in 1898 The states ad-
| vertisement at the Worlds fair went great
| way toward showing up this states re-
sources and now that we have fair right
at home we should not let this opportunity
| the union and we should take advantage of
| this opportunity to show off It's good quail
| ties. The state will undoubtedly see to it
that good appropriation Is made.
Portland OregoniaD:. The promotion of
| world expeditions has not been nourshinS
of late. The Nashville affair had to be
postponed, and the Switzerland exposition
! closed untinely. This part of the world was
so surfeited with the Midwinter fair at San
| Francisco, and the last feeble echo at Ia
| coma OF the worlds fair that the very
name exposition" became a byword and
| reproach. But time passes quickly and
| memory Is short-lived. Perhaps an eXposi-
| ton in 1898 will be far enough away from
| Chicago's eighth wonder of the world for
| the faculty of sightseeing to be rested and
| for the "Transmssissippi and International
| Exposition" announced for June of that year
| Mt Omaha to achieve success and useful
| ness. .. .......
| Its prospectus al any rate. Is prepossess.
| ing. The preiminaries have been attended
| to. Congress passed and President Cleve-
| land signed the act recognizing the enter
! prise, pledging the government to spend
| 100000 for it's building. and remittinE
duties on imported exhibits. OF the 81 .OO0-
| 400 stock 100000 has been subscribed and
| the rest is almost assured. The directors
| include the first citizens of Nebraska, in
| Guiding ex-senator Saunders, ex-senator
| Manderson, railroad men like Holdrege of
| the Burlington and Kimball of the Union
| Pacific, and business men like Paxton, Mil
| lard, Creighton. Kountze and Korty. The
| further sum of $500 900 is expected from the |
general government and at least $3.50 900 |
from the state of Nebraska. The Depart |
| ment of Publicity Is directed by so able |
man as Editor Rosewater of The Omaha |
Bee.
These are promises of success that should |
materialiZe in achievement in time for eX- !
hibts of magnitude to be gathered in the |
whole trarsmississippi country. AS this !
prospectus says, the Columbian exposition |
was practically monopolized by foreign ex-
hibitors, while the products of the transmits |
sissippi region-cismississirpi, we ought TO |
say-were merely an incident to the great |
aggregation. In the Omaha exposition IL is |
proposed to "focalize attention upon the |
marvellous resources and capabilities of the |
transmississippl states" If the enterprise |
attains its now contemplated measure OF !
success oregon should be represented in it, |
and doubtless will be. The state legislature |
now in session will hardly set aside state
money for the purpose and should not do
so unless discretion to forego its expenditure
were lodged in the governor or some such
repository of authority. But as soon as the
Omaha exposition has demonstrated its sue
cess the citizens of Oregon will bestir them
selves and make good a showing rela-
lively, as they did at Chicago in 1898.
Renwck Qa) Times: The transmits
sissippi Exposition Is the biggest advertise
ment that has ever been attempted for the
Mississippi valley and the states beyond the
Rockies. 1t is not a visionary skyrocket
scheme, but well planned and well matured
EFFORT to give the widest possible publicity
to the advantages offered in this section
to capitalists and homeseekers who have
money with which to buy land and engage in
agricultural enterprises. The Atlanta Cot
ton State exposition turned the tide of i'm
migration and capital from the west to the
south The aim of the exposition of 1898 Is
to set forth the advantages and llmitless
resources of states west of the Mississippi
and thus attract homeseekers and investors
Minneapolis Improvement Bulletin |
Omaha is evidently thoroughly in earnest in
its efforts to make the Transmisssslppi and
International Exposition notable success.
1t Is true that in no previous exposition have
the resources and products and possibilities
OF the great transmississipp section been
given an adequate setting forth. To do this
10 the distinctive purpose OF the exposition
OF 1898, and the Improvement Bulletin be-
speaks for the enterprise general and gem
erous cooperation.
Decatur CTeX) News: That which should
meet the instant approval Of the people of
the western states, and especially Texas, Is
the Transmississlppi and International Ex-
position to be held in Omaha. Neb., from