The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-15
ST. LOUIS FAIR PLANS.
4 Prediction That the Exposition
VIII Eclipse All Others.

| VIII Eclipse All Others.
! NEW YORK. Aug. I5.-Ouuines Of the
| working plans OF the St Louis Worlds
/ Fair OF 1913 have been perfected and the
| Organization which has been formed. with
] David Roland Francis. Secretary OF the
/ Interior under President Cleveland at the
/ head Of II, has already begun work. John
] Schroers, manager or the st Louis West
| liche Post" who Is now i'm New YORK IS
! chairman OF the committee on education
I for the fair. as well as member OF its
| committee on publicity. He is at the Inn
] Perial Hotel and when seen by re-
porter shovel even more than the aver
age Western energy IN his predictions Of
the success Of the coming exposition
The Chicago Exposition was the best
Of its kind" he sad. but IN ST Louis
we VIII undoubtedly dethrone 10 from its
high place We have the responsibility OF
making the first worlds far OF the twen-
tieth century worthy Of the century. and
we feel equal to it, We have not only
: the successes but the failures OF the chi
cago Fair to educate us. and we have back
Of us not only the resources OF the great
est city Of the Mississippi Valley but Of
all tire States OF the vast Louisiana Pur-
chase.
This purchase is the event our Worlds
Fair viii celebrate. L clearly appears as
having made more history than any other
single event in American history or IN the
history Of the world during the nineteenth
century. Statistics show that the States
most Immediately concerned in this fair
the states formed from the territory JEFF
fcrsOn bought for SI5-000. 90 from France
are now so nearly the mainstay not on
" Of our American industrial system in
the manufacturing States. but of Great
Britain as well that II our supplies were
cut of from England the Industrial sys-
TEN Of the empire would collapse
There is not a corner Of the world
however remote. which the thirteen
States and Tes ritories Of the Louisiana
Purchase Of 1906 do not reach with their
products Instead OF making fair 10
exhibit our own energies. products and
possibilities. we have set out 90 make
true worlds fair. This is a vast under
taking, but We have the money. the re-
sources. and the energy to make il the
greatest worlds fair on record. The limit
Chicago set seemed high enough at the
time, but in St. Louis We viii work with
out limit"
when asked TO define tn, idea which
viii De worked out % give he Louisiana
Purchase Exposition distinction above the
Columbian Mr. Schr0ers sad
We not only have an ext-a ordinary
supply Of homegrown great ideas, but
we have been getting them from ali over
the world. IL is hard % select from
among them the single master idea which
viii give the fair an Individuality above
any fair yet held. but II were 90 attempt
IL I would say that Il lies In this-that we
intend 10 show not only the results OF the
worlds activities as they appear in prod
ucts Of all kinds, but the activities
through which these products are made
possible. We intend % show the worlds
life as well as the results Of it. We have
set out to get together I'm st. Louis life in
all its forms. from its beginnings in the
lower animals. but crowuiug the whole.
man In all his races and uationalities as
he lives and WORKS. with his highest and
best works 20 show his capacity TO carry
civilization forward IN the twentieth cen
tury further than we have even imagined
in the nineteenth.
The educational committee. OF which
am chairman, VIII deal more especially
with the education Of America and Of the
world IN schools. colleges. and universe
ties, but the whole fair will show what
education has meant for the human race
IRON the Invention Of letters 10 the time
when electricity and steam have almost
abolished distance and have made an
the peoples Of the world Ueighb1rs-
We viii draw on the whole United
states Tor talent to Surpass the beauty Of
the Chicago Exposition. Our buildings
VIII harmonic into design OF beauty the
most celebrated examples u ar-hfflctrfra
in the world The site is greatly superior
in natural beauty 70 that Of the Chicago
Exposition"