The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-15
FOR THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

The President Recommends an Appro-
priation of $350,000 to Defray Expen-
| ses Of this Government Being Repre-
scented.
| Washington, April 14.-The President
to-day sent the following message to Con-
gress urging it to make suitable provision
for adequate representation Of the United
States at the Paris exposition:
| ITO the Senate and House of Represen-
taives: ttt
Il transmit herewith for the considera-
ton Of the respective Houses of the Con-
gress report of the Secretary of State
representing the appropriateness of ear
~ action in order that the government of
the United States may be enabled to ac-
eept the invitation of that of the French
Republic to participate in the universal
exposition to be held in Paris in 1900.
1.-THE recommendations of this report
have my most cordial approval, and |
urge upon the Congress such timely pro-
vision for this great international enter
prise as will fittingly respond to the
widely testified wish and expectation of
our investors and producers that they
as in the past, to fortify the important
positions they have won in the worlds
competitive fields of discovery and in
dustry. Nor are the traditional friend
ships of the United States and France,
and the mutual advantages to accrue
from their enlarged commercial inter-
course less important factors than the
individual interests to be fostered by re-
newed participation in a great French
exposition, especially when it is remem-
bered that the present display is project
ed with degree of completeness and on
a scale of magnificence beyond any of the
European exhibitions that have marked
the close of the century.
ut is proper that | should emphasize
the need of early action, for if the pres
ent session pass without suitable provi-
sion being made, the postpOnement of the
matter for nearly a year longer could
not but operate greatly to the diSadvant-
age of the United States in view of the
elaborate preparations already making by
other governments, and of the danger
that further delay may result in an in
country rs we'll as an incomplete organi-
cation of the American exhibit
(Sgned) 'WM. MCKINLEY"
Secretary Sherman in his report urges
that if the United States are to be fitting
ly represented, steps should be taken to
insure such representation by making the
necessary appropriation. He says:
THE purpose of the government of the
French Republic now is to make the
forthcoming exposition the most notable
Of The century in order to fittingly round
the history of an era in which such inter
national displays have filled most i'm
portant part by bringing the nations to-
gether in the interests of commerce and
friendship. Recalling not only the promi
rent part taken by the United States in
such enterprises heretofore in foreign
countries, but the cordial interest shown
by the French nation and people in our
Columbian Exposition at Chicago, it is
desirable and indeed imperative that pro-
vision be now made commensurate not
alone with the records of the past, but
with the unparalleled scale upon which
France proposes to conduct this new ex-
position"
The Secretary recommends an appro
priation of $350,000.