Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-10-26
.ST.LOUIS WORLDS FAIR
New Features For the Great
Exposition In 1903.
WILL BE UNLIKE ANY OTHER FAIR


Essentially an Exhibition of Proc
csscs Rather Than Products.
Grounds VIII Comprise Eight Hum
dred Acres - Great Gathering ot
.Tribes.
The worlds fair TO be held In St
Louis Ia 1903 must be unique and In
some respects incompatible for the
simple reason that the present attitude
Of the United States toward the rest of
the world is unique and Incompatible
said David Il. Francis, president of the
Louisiana Purchase company, to rep
resertatiye of the Chicago Record-Her-
aid at St. Louis. Within ten years we
have made history in war, in peaceful
enterprise and In international diplo-
macy that has utterly changed our
status among the nations and focused
upon ourselves the absorbed attention
of every civilized people On the other
hand and making TO the same end, our
people have suddenly realized new
and eager interest in all the outside
races
Within ten years we have done what
no other nation could equal or ap-
preach In the same space Of time. We
haze become world power and quick
ly achieved the commercial mastery
over all rivals. Now, az never before.
the astonished peoples of every CONT
nent are demanding to know what
manner of men we are. how we have
done and are doing things so stupen-
dous In time so short. In the mean
time. wisely or otherwise. we have sub
jected many alien races and brought
the Islanders of antipodal seas under
our flag. There are millions of Ameri-
cans who want to see real Tagal vii
lage who ten years ago could not have
told offhand where was the Philippine
archipelago and had no reason to care.
A settlement of Sulus at worlds
fair ten years ago would have meant
nothing to the average American. Now
every schoolboy, every workingman
and every man of wealth is equally in
terested In knowing all about the Su-
ius. the Cubans. the Porto Rleans, the
Hawaiians. the Samoans. FilipiAos and
every nation and tribe that has become
new factor and an influence In our
national life. These island races are In
similar state of vital interest with re-
gard to US. They want to know all
about the mighty people which has as
Simulated them by means OF wise nego-
tiations or the strong hand
Now as never before all mankind Is
watching America and the Americans.
The world is IN very inquisitive state
or mind about us. and we have become
curiously interested In the allen races.
Time and circumstances have combin-
ed to make the prospects of our worlds
fair singularly promising. We do not
boast that ii will be the greatest and
lost beautiful because we have deter
"a ned that II shall be so. 1t will be
tina greatest because the opportunities
sorx 1ch an exposition at the time set
ora7th, greatest ever offered to any ma
t,on II. esser considerations are work
Inc ,nfa,, IDLY to the same end More
money m, 70 ground space and the adj |
vantage OF the accumulated expert |
ences of ofha great fairs will all be |
used in the wol k of making 1t not only |
the greatest. but in scope and character |
the most unique.
Unlike any other worlds fair. 1t win |
be one OF processes rather than prod
ucts. We propose TO show not only |
what the world is doing and has done.
but how Living. active things will /
dominate. The still exhibition, the fin
ished example. viii be subordinated to
the working process and the active Sc
uuence OF making. For example, In }
stead of showing monumental bales /
and stores of curiously beautiful fab
rics from the orient we will have the J
alien workman. surrounded by his ma
tive utensils and environments. max |
ing as he would OF home the things OF |
use or beauty in which he excels, In |
which he completes with us or In which |
we have use for an object lesson. In |
the same manner we propose to show
Others not only that which we do. but !
the manner in which 1t is done.
The unique character which we have
determined to give to this worlds fair
involves an extraordinary amount of
effort and expenditure in order to ac-
complish the work within the two
years which remain for ii. but it also
warrants the assurance that none OF
: the established displays that have done
duty at Paris or elsewhere Will be
brought 70 ST. Louis. Our best efforts
will be directed to preventing the repe-
titlon. the copying or even the resem'
blance OF any feature Of any previous
worlds fair or other exposition. We
have decided to make our oriental and
our South African exhibits surprising
ly complete and novel for the reason
that we and they have been forced by
every event of the past five years his
tory into new and extraordinary mu.
tual interest.
Primeval forests. hills. valleys, nat
ural waterways and peculiar diversity
of landscape offer US rare opportunities
for the effects The grounds proper
will comnriSa 500 acres of such land,