Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
VOICE or rnANsMrssissrrrI rnrss.

| De an exposition OF tue ItSOulNtH auu
products OF the states west Of the Missis-
sippi, to be held In the City OF Omaha in
| 1925 No doubt IL will be a great thing Tor
| Omaha II 1t is a success, and pending its
opening It will be a great source OF en-
couragement to the people OF that city.
SO. Louis Republic: Omaha Is vigorously
preparing its Transmississippl and lntcrna-
| tional Exposition for 1898. Since II Is the
! FIRST great exposition attempted beyond the
| Missouri, all the western states will lend
their warm interest and best efforts In aid
! OF the Omaha enterprise. The Nebraska
legislature will appropriate $25OOOO this
winter With the appropriation by congress
the funds will be ample for an elaborate
AFFAIR. The Omaha exposition will be one
of the marked features of reXt year.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The transmits
sssippi and International Exposition asso-
| citation is putting forth its best efforts for
an exposition in 1898, and Mr.. Edward Rose
! water OF The Omaha Bee, who is manager
| OF the Department of Publicity, states that
! the association proposes to focaliZe attention
| upon the marvellous resources and capa-
| bllities of the transmississippi states as
distinguished from the monopoly of the
| Columbian exposition by foreign exhibitors.
| There Is every reason why the Omaha
| project should receive the cooperation and
| support of the entire country, and particu-
| larly of the part west of the great river
The fact that Nebraska has been captured
| politically by the populsts has undoubtedly
initiated to decrease the interest which was
| first felt in the scheme but 1t must be re-
| membered that the populists are invariably
| better takers than workers If the Trans
mississippi Exposition becomes reality and
| success 1t will be through the efforts Of
| men like Mr.. Rosewater, who are business
| men in the highest and best sense of the
| term. The men who are behind this eXpo-
| sition in Nebraska should not be made to
suffer for faults which are not their own.
| There is no question but such an exposition
will be great benefit to Iowa. well as
| many other states. The government has
| mado small appropriation Of 10000 for
an exhibit, and the legislature of Nebraska
is expected to appropriate as much or more.
Until the latter has pledged itself it Is not
| likely any very positive steps Will be taken
elsewhere, but the Republican expects to see
| the exposition go forward to a profitable
and successful elimination.
Los Angeles Herald: The proposed later
| national Exposition to be held at Omaha
may now no. only b. nut down fixed
fact but It gives promise Of being of
the most complete ana extensive exhibits oi
the resources and products of this country
that was ever made. Let everybody give
the enterprise a boost. and then when Il
opens in 1898 go and take it all in.
San Francisco Chronicles: The Transmits
Sissippi and International Exposition, which
is to be held in Omaha in 1898, deserves the
attention and encouragement of Californians.
IL will afford the producers OF this state
an excellent opportunity to Introduce Their
specialties to the people of a large and rap
idly growing section of the country, and
whatever may be raid by the unrehecting,
such opportunities are not to be despised.
It Is not always easy to trace to their source
he causes that contribute to the popularity
of natural or artificial products in remote
,Nln htIt
that the chief Of them Is judicious advertiSe-
ment and no better method of advertising
in distant places could be designed than an
exposition which permits the products OF
different sections to be placed in competi-
tlca Such a competition Californans may
enter upon with confidence. Their OK
rerience in the past has taught them that IN
n ost lines they need not fear rivalry, and III
many they may court it.
Some idea of the scope Of the proposed
TransmissiSsppi and International EXposi-
.icn may be gained from the fact that thc-a
who are promoting the affair have paid
California the compliment TO inquire par
,iculaTly into the management OF the Mid
winter International Exposition, with view
20 profting by our experience. In response
to an inquiry for information the published
history of the Midwin.er fair was sent to
he board of directors of the Transmissis-
sippl Exposition. Acknowledging the re-
ceipt of this, the secretary, John A. Wake
field. remarked:
I'VE have the history of the Midwinter
exposition and | want to say, in this con-
nection, that in all the histories OF eXposl-
tions which it has been my pleasure to In
spect, there is only one which seems to be
real sure CROUCH history, and that is the
Midwinter 1t is the only one which gives
any clear financial showing whatever. Mr..
Hginbotham of the Worlds Columbian eX-
position writes me that the financial history
of the Worlds Columbian exposition will be
iaSunl the of ADDletpnS some
time during Ne year 1897, or four years
after the close of the exposition The
promptnCss of Nhe financial statement con-
tanned in the Midwinter history Is, by com
parison, all the More complimentary"
That :he compliment was not entirely un-
deserved may be gathered from the added
statement that the history above referred to
wss in the hands of the printer within six
weeks of the close Of the fair, and that il
was published in elaborate form before the
erd of the year 1894, the Mdwnter exposi-
tion having terminated on the 4th OF July OF
that year Some one may suggest that the
Midwinter fair should not be compared with
the colossal Columbian Worlds fair, but 1t
must be remembered that while the Chicago
exposition was en- a graader scale than Cali
fornaS show, 1t also had much larger corps
of accountants and other attaches than the
latter. But the most remarkable instance
of diatoriness is that furnished by the
Centennial exposition, which did not complete
its history Until nearly nineteen years after
tDe close OF tne IdlT. so OH tHe NHOle Ia
may be said If the projectors of the Trans
mississippi Exposition conduct their fair on
the lines of the California Mdwinter Inter
national exposition they will make no serious
mistake
Las Vegas IN. M Daily Optic: The Trans
mississippi Commercial congress- held in No
vemb;r, 1895. declared in favor OF an expo
sition of the resources and products of the
states west OF the Mississippi, to be he'd
in the city of Omaha in 1898 To carry out
this project the Transmississippi and Inter
national Exposition association was ncor-
porated, with an authorized capital of 81, ,00J |
OO0 of which owes $i00, 900 has already been
raised and the remainder will doubtless
be secured in the next six months In June
last congress passed bin granting recog-
milton to the Transmissssippi and Interna-
tlonal Exposition. pledging not less than
$500. 900 toward government exhibit. Ii Is !
confidently expected that the appropriation
will be increased during the coming session
to S500,000. The Legislature OF Nebraska, al
It's biennial session this month, will be asked !
to appropriate at least $3.50 900, and the man |
ag5ment Is assured by the governor and
incoming members that this request will be
complied with
Salt Lake City News: An interesting
topic for legislative consideration on the part
ne ha Tra sis Inni stataa and terri-