The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-31
PAN-AMfRICAN DEFICIT.

Saturday the Pan-American expo
sition will close its gates. and its man
ayers will sit down to count deficit
which, for size and annoyance to stock
holders, may be called the chief feature
Of the exposition. The exposition opened
on May /, and it was announced at that
time that the great show would con-
tinue until the first day of November.
It has been decided. however, to close
formally upon the second day OF the
coming month, and at that time. II all
signs speak TRUTH there will be deficit
OF $4,000. 900 to account for. -,
In point Of financial success the: PAN,
American has not been notable. The.
city on the Niagara frontier attempted
a. greater task than could be performed
with the means at hand. AS piece of
commercial daring, the conception of
the exposition plans were superb. Had
the show measured up to the confidence
Of its projectors and made expenses, the
renown of the Rainbow City would be
established for all time. In point OF ar
tistic excellence the exposition lacked
nothing. It is conceded that the eiec-
trical display ranks among the marVeis
of the century, and as means OF Illus
trating the progress OF the nations ol
the Western Hemisphere 1t Will stano
as a type of exposition excellence tna'
has rarely been approached.
The fact that the board OF managers
will, have to contemplate balance upon
the wrong side of the ledger IS accoun'eo
for by a series of remarkable incidents
Chief among these, of course, was .ne
national tragedy which startleo !tne
country just as the daily attendance was
marking the record-breaking po1n''
while the uncertain tide of the presi-
aar+,s life ebbed and flowed the banners
~ the Pan-American We're lowered Inc
b,are of bands hushed and us hA' l.aN
attractions denied to Vlsltors.
American people will not soon iofse'
how the exposition management 'hao0
the mighty show an instrument 10 'Sp'i'
the Western Hen1isphere's mourh'as
when the president fell. ~"
rho an-American, even with a short
opa Of $4,000, 900, has been IN MANY
WAYS a success. and will stand III 1lie'"
orv as an inspiring proof of the business
daring which provided a show that cap
tiyated all who passed within 1ts sa.es'
The most regretable feature OF the
| exposition, aside from the Tragedy
which dimmed its glory. will be the loss
! to the residents of Buffalo VINO mace
elaborate plans for the entertainment OF
crowds that never came. The $2'5oo'oVV
| contributed by citizens will be lost as
will also a huge sum expended IN the
| erection of temporary hotels for the &C.
| commodation of the vast throngs OF
visitors which were expected to attend
hut did not. The worldwide fame
Gained by Buffalo will be of use in all
the commercial enterprises. in which the
city may engage. and this advantae'
will be the principal gain to the city
from the exposition. *
It is probable that the directors of the
st. Louis exposition to be held In ~lS9z
will draw a lesson from the result oftht
exposition at Buffalo. The coming Sex-
nosition will be a worlds fair and is 6
project of Immensely greater proper
tons than that with which the man
agement of the Buffalo fair had to deal
The latter was designed to comment
crate the achievements of the closint
century by the nations upon the western
hemisphere. The st. Louis Worlds
? Fair company has projected plan
upon a scale Of magnitude that at
tracts worldwide attention and already
It is promised that European countries
. will be represented there more largely
than at any other international expos'