The record-union., 1899-05-30

of the coming exposition. This test1fles
to the high value they place upon the
proposition.
On the 29th of February last the
Senate Select Committee on Interna-
tional Expositions reported to the Sen
ate of the United States recommending
that the bill of approval of the Pan
American Exposition do pass, and it
passed accordingly. 1t is entitled a
bill to encourage the holding of a Pan
American Exposition on the Niagara
frontier, within the county of Erie, in
the State of New York, in the year
1901" The plan of the exposition
came before the public first by the
resolution of the New York Legis-
ture in 1899, unanimously adopted, ap-
proving the suggestion of such an ex-
position. In that resolution it was re-
cited that the purpose is to hold an
exhibition to illustrate the progress of
the New World in the nineteenth CEN
tury Then followed a memorial 20
Congress setting forth the desirab bility
of such am exhibition and of the ap
propriateness Of the place selected,
Buffalo, lying very near to the frontier
line of the British possessions on the
north Of the United States.
Congress responded favorably to the
request for recognition and aid by
passing Senate joint resolution 141,
which received the approval of the
President and became a law July,
1898. The resolution, after the usual
preamble. declares that the proposed
exposition merits the encouragement
of and approval of Congress and the
people of the United States. A clause
provides for free entry into the United
States Of exhibits from abroad.
The Ways and Means Committee of
the House reported warmly favoring
the proposition, in which report are
presented some of the reasons for such
deserving as the scheme involves.
Among other things the committee
said:
The exposition is to be Pan-Amerl-
can-that is, especially devoted to the
interests of the countries of North and
South America.
ne OBJECT is a worthy one. The eX-
hibit is planned on larger scale than
is usual in the cases heretofore re-
ceiying any concession on the part
OF the Government, and has for it's
object the extension of our trade re-
lations with all the American
States in this era of trade revival, and
especially of Pan-American trade.
Such an exposition cannot fail to be of
vast national Importance.
A Pan American Exposition on the
scale and plan proposed will stimulate
trade and encourage commercial and
social relations between the United
States and the republics of Central and
South America, and also with the Do
minion of Canada
The suitability Of the Niagara frontier
for the purpose of such an exposition
is peculiar and emphatic. as it pre-
sents in a remarkably complete man
ner all the requirements and advan-
tages desirable for such an enterprise.
The Niagara frontier is the center of
the largest population on the North
American continent Within a radius
of 500 miles there is a population of
over 3S,OOo,OO0 having unparalleled
railroad and lake communications, with
the very best passenger and shipping
facilities connecting with all parts of
the Western Hemisphere
The Niagara frontier, intersected by
the famous Niagara River, flowing
from Lake Erie over the still more
famous falls through the picturesque
gorge to Lake Ontario, is a location
of vast historical Importance and great
natural interest. At the inlet of the
Niagara River is the thriving city of
Buffalo, the gateway through which
ebbs and flows vast tide of traffic by
land and water between the far West.
the Northwest, the Dominion of Can
ada. the Atlantic seaboard. the great
mining and industrial territory of Ohio
and pennsylvania, and the New Eng
land States.
The Niagara frontier, being within
the borders of the State of New York,
can. with especial force, fequest rec
ognition from Congress on account of
its location, because recognition has
already been extended to other sections
Of the United States. Expositions at
which important Government exhibits
have been made have already been held
at New Orleans, Atlanta, and Nash
vile in the South, at San Francisco on
the Pacific Slope, at Omaha in the
West, at Chicago in the Middle West.
and Pennsylvania was honored at the
Centennial in 1876. An exposition ON
large scale, such as is now contem-
plated, has never yet been held within
the borders of New York or the ada
cent New England States
1t was originally intended that the
Pan American Exposition should be
held during the summer of 1899. but
owing to the condition of national af-
fairs arising from the Cuban difficulty
and the uncertainty of securing sub
stantial Congressional recognition at
this time for 1899, it was decided to
postpone the date for holding the ex-
position
The year 1901 has been selected in
order to avoid any discourtesy to the
Paris Exposition of 1900 that might
have been inferred if that year had
been named, and because it is believed
that many valuable lessons NAV be
learned and exhibits secured from that
exposition.
Besides the Endorsements of National
and State authorities. the exposition
plans received the formal official an
prOVal and Endorsement of tha Naxy