The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-26
'd|OS|T|ON IN ST. LOUIS.
r~ryTs ADVANCED IN Con-
a.rss FOR APPROPRIATION.
.. Lou's'an" Purchase Intended to
:. commemOrated and the Great
...r,ts Ensuing Therefrom Are
c.rsidered as Reason Enough.

-, p,.natch to the Post-Intelligencer.
s!se.ss ' May 25.-Many inter-
and some striking arguments in
nps a, holding an international exposi-
To q, Louis In 1903 to celebrate the
you =, of the Louisiana purchase
advanced in the hearing before the
f1 snecial committee this week.
nus louisiana purchase was the event
issoond greatest Importance In the his
!, the United States. Great events
@.. - history of the country should be
nrsmorated by proper celebration.
GU tos,er patriotism and incite patri-
= "a noble efforts.
~ survival OF republican institutions
,h,s country depends upon our owning
.srritory west of the Mississippi
W, and that great purchase OF Jeffer-
~ y" ,rom Napoleon affected the history
Z me world.
y wss,sver the enterprise has been men
go II has met with encouragement and
ps'aa-.sment. The legislatures OF Mis-
w., ~ Iowa, of Kansas, of Texas, of
r.,o,ado and of Wyoming have Endorsed
! w,tb unanlmity and enthusiasm. Ev-
~ convention Of whatever character
49, ~, has been held during the past eigh-
~. ~, months west of the Mississippi river
~ taken pronounced action In favor of
A. exposition.
" e. Louis had taken no steps toward
~ nroposed exposition members of the
"serai congress would have certainly
X, n incumbent upon them to provide
Il some way for the commemoration of
Ills great event.
.re benefited by a great exposition. The
rorld's fair in Chicago in 1893 did much
y lessen the force of the panic which
revailed in that year. A great EXPOSE
I'm tends TO increase circulation.
The money spent at Worlds fair
,oues from people who have a surplus,
M goes to the people who can supply
ihsm with necessities. 1t helps con-
mmption and necessarily therefore helps
reduction.
Al The present Paris exposition America
Ms more exhibitors than any two ma
ions except France. We have 5000 ex-
NbItors In Paris; England has but 1000
md Germany 1000. We are an EXPOSE
don people.
Il may be conceded that the Louisiana
purchase was a good thing; II may be
having; II can be conceded that the pur-
chase ought to be commemorated; IL may
10 conceded that there is no better way
10 commemorate IT than by an interna-
tional exposition: It may be conceded
that st, Louis. the greatest city In the
purchase, IL a fair place to have It, and
that II 1t is held there 1t will be a suc-
cess.
We have entered upon another era. We
have concluded that the Louisiana pur-
chase was not enough for us. We pro-
duee more OF the products of the soil
han we can find markets for. and we
have concluded that we need other mar
hts. and we have acquired them.
BENEFITS From the Exposition.
The world. not being thoroughly ac-
Walnted with us and our methods and
our powers, may suspect that we are not
ahle to hold our new territory under the
ystem OF government that we have. The
louisiana purchase exposition would un-
had that kind OF fancy.
The proposed exposition would proba-
W save US war. Other nations are
nv looking upon us with jealousy and