The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-21

state department, have alfeady n,
formal and official acceptances irup c
ada. Mexico, all of the Central AM,
States, and all but four OF ths y
American countries, from which N
ances are also expected"
He then stated the requisites ir 4
cessful outcome of an undertakiuz n
has been projected. as follows:
Fundamental purposes which N
readily, not only to the public spIM
civic pride, but to the business lnit,,
the people, whose aid and co-opsns!a
desirable and necessary; an ayrux
beautiful and accessible location; XII
tions CT a novel and educational chad
u sufficient financial basis; d lafgs IA
ton within reasonable dislaa
favorable general conditions. I1L
essentials We feel warranted IN tIi,
a very high degree OF excellenrss
He referred to the locality x BID
with her 100000 population and IN
miles of asphalt streets as the sIax
best paved and healthiest city h
country, with an ideal suurnsr tlax
ture and q phenomenally low rxk
rate.
'Our street cars" he said. III
PEELED, our streets are lighted sni q
Of the wheels OF our industries ars III
by the power generated at the gfeH
Of Niagara. just thirty minutes dsI
by rail, that magnificent wonder 81 N
which last year attracted over 2M
visitors. Within radius Of $40 rss
the exposition grounds there AZ
600 OF people. (Chlcago had With
same radius 22,000,000 to draw q
With twenty-six lines OF railway ayl
the city, besides the tonnage o. ihe
lakes as available, We have not esy
population to draw from. but The Az
to draw to, an exposition which % ii
ance promises to be a record b;saH
the history of such enterprises"
IN the matter OF attractions 10 ~
that quality, not quantity. will
motto. 1--WE shall strive for ths to's
for the best OF everything. ne u
from our new possessions viii y
the direct charge and supervisor q
United States board OF goyeInnsal
ayers. a representative OF w1lca NA.
now in the Philippine Islands iof ny
pose of collecting ard transpduns
hibit from those possessions
"The chief feature will be tne els'
display. and this without DOUBT sla
anything OF the kind the wo'la ~
seen and which the harnesses
mighty cataract at our feet will ell'l
to make upon a scale beyond appea
The exposition is pan-Anea
scope, confined to the Americans
South and Central, the ISLANDS
shores and those which nave w
come under the shadow OF OUT ~
events of the past two years y"
terially changed conditions. new
porturity more promising tnsn ".
tivate and extend trade relations :"
more than fGty millions OF peeps
countries TO the south ana OF wuA
we now enjoy but about one.lsass
whole, instead of the nine-.sa.Ts n. q
our proxilllty should warrArt ~
We Intervene business relass.
greater the security for peace ...s
the closer we bring togetner ps.,s
ought to be as near to eacn CIV NV, n
litical divisions will admit. W. n
common sense evoked ana ross W, .rs
through business relations, WI Xxi
that comfy between US woisl LIN, ~
the aim and object of the hisn"
manship OF all"
The following resolution, c1elss ..s
ernor Francis of Missouri, was
under a suspension Of the rue M
Whereas, There is to be nsla pp.,.g5'
Of Buffalo. N. Y. in 1901, ,ns INA
lean exposition for the display ~ = Tsf
duets of all the countries OF Wv
hemisphere. 1t is hereby ..r,,ss1t
Resolved. That the Ilsp ~ AZ 4
Commercial Congress EXTENDS ~ ~ i; !
to said exposition ard best 49,
success thereof, 1t Is iurtheln .a.s ~
Resolved, That this C9ns'r,lssf
mend to the States OF the trans