Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-18
INTEREST IN THE EXPOSITION.

Manchester IN. H Union: II was not very
long ago that the Great Northwest Territory
was In existence, Now twenty-four states
and territories west OF the Mississippi river
have achieved prominence and development
enough to get up an International exposition
on their own account or this number, nine
teen are now full fledged states and the re-
naming i've are territories, including
Alaska. OF these states, seven have been
admitted TO the union since 1889, three more
since the war and a total OF fourteen since
1900. Ot the entire group Louisiana came to
statehood earliest, In 1912.
lt takes some courage to get up an inter-
national exposition with the expectation OF
drawing the crowd, after such entertainment
as has been recently afforded at Chicago, AT
lanta and at Nashville, but the transmissis-
sippi people are famous for nothing II not
courage, and they have abundant wealth OF
material in the way of natural resources
from which to draw. These younger states
include the great corn and wheat producing
areas, the chief mineral wealth of the ma
tlon, the seat of great fruit culture the
mighty trees of the continent and so on.
Tho exposition Will be held ut Omaha ana
the gates swing open to the public June l,
1898, to continue for inspection until Novem-
Der l.
Grand Rapids (Mich) Democrat: The Blu
and International Exposition, to be held at
Omaha from June to November, 1898, is out
doing all previous eXpositions in the way OF
advertising. One Of the schemes adopted is
to send out to newspapers descriptions Of
tho buildings and other features of the eX-
position grounds, with matrices for pictures
Allentown Pa) Chronicle: The Trans
| mississippi and International Exposition,
which is to be held in Omaha next summer
is attracting great deal of attention abroad
A number of foreign countries have signi-
| fed through American ministers their in
| tention of taking part in the forthcoming
show and emlssares from the state of Ne
braska who visited Washington recently de-
| clare they have received wonderful encour-
Ggement from the cities, states and manufac-
| turing concerns of the east. Notwthstand-
| ing the fact that two eNpositions designated
as international have been held in this coun-
| try since the great fair in Chicago in 1893
| II must be remembered that both of these
were in the south, namely Atlanta and Nash
| vile, and that there has been nothing in
the way OF a great aggregation in the west
| to show the development of the country and
| the world in manufactures and arts during
| the last five years. Omaha is particularly
| we'll situated for demonstration of this
| kind, and the people of that city are devot-
| ing all their energies to the preparations
| which will demonstrate the difference be
| tween Omaha Of today and the Omaha which
| was described by John G. SAKE in his cele-
brated poem twenty years ago. The Admin
istration building is nearly completed. While
| not so large as the Chicago structure for a
similar purpose, it is said that In some re
spectS it is architeCturaly even more beau
| tiful than that wonderful building.
| Three or four of the larger structures are
| we'll along toward completion, but much re-
| mains to be done If the great show is to be
opened to the world on the list of next June
| as intended. We have no doubt however,
| but that the Omaha people will prove equal
| to the emergency.
Columbia CTenn) letter to the Chicago
Inter Ocean: The Transmississippi and In
| ternatonal Exposition, which will open at
| Omaha the list of June next, is already at
| tracing attention in tho south. The south
ern people feel indebted to the great north
| west for the interest which the people of
| that section manifested in the Atlanta eX-
position of two years ago and the Nashville
| exposition of later date. There are many in
uuries about the Omaha exposition and it
will be literally patronized by the south.
SILT Lake Utah Herald: The Omaha Bee
calls attention to the fact that the Trans
| mississippi Exposition is advertised to open
it's gates on the first day of June, 1893 and
says that in order that the opening of the
gates may find the exposition ready for bus
| mess the principal buildings should be com.
pleted by April 1. The Bee further says that
while there are peualties provided to in
demnify the exposition for loss by failure tc
complete the work in time, it Is not in
demnity th-t the exposition wants, but the
buildings.
| 1t certainly would be matter Of much re-
gret should the exposition buildings not be
| ready for occupation at the time contracted
| for, so that the exposition may be opened
as advertised. No doubt the managers of the
| exposition are doing all in their power to
have everything ready in time and it proba-
| bly, will be, but still attention cannot be
| cllled too often nor too strongly to the neces-
| sity that they be ready. 1t is common evil
of expositions that they are not ready for
| the public until month or two after they
have been opened to the public. 1t is to be
| hoped that this evil will not be seen at the
Omaha one.
| The Omaha exposition is one in which the
whole western country, as that term is un-
derstood in the west is interested, inter
ested in a way that no other part of the cOun-
| try is, and hence it is that we feel that any
failure of the exposition in any way will be
in a measure rehectou upon the west.
Have the buildings finished on time, and the
exposition ready to receive the public on the
date advertised.