The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-11
UNITING WITH ST. LOUIS
BOSTON INTERESTED IN PROMOT-
ING THE CELEBRATION OF THE
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE THERE
Manufacturers and Others Planning
to Exhibit Largely vat the Pro-
posed Faff-Mr. Knapp's
Visit.

lists and anti-impeEiaiists alike joined in
helping st. Louis to secure favorable
congressional action for the centennial
celebration exposition, in 1903, to COM
memorate- the Louisiana Purchase, JEFF
ferson's great act of expansion, which,
at stroke of the pen, created the West.
New England especially is. taking active
interest IN the approaching celebration
for, In the land of shoes and shoe manu-
featuring interests st. Louis is looming
up as dangerous competitor. and the
exposition will be seized upon by the
Yankee manufacturers as a golden op-
portunity to maintain their grasp upon
their trade.
Both here and in New York manufac-
turers of all kinds are counting upon the
opportunity to reach the thousands Of
prosperous business men, planters, farm
ers, ranchmen and miners of the great
Mississippi belt, which has only of late
years been sharing in the general pros
pePity-pefhaps the most striking sign of
which, to Boston capitalists, was the dis
coVery that ST. Louis, for instance, now
has on deposit in New York banks not
less than $4,000 600. or SIS 000,G coo as basis
for loans to Eastern men, while the own
ers are awaiting favora bile opportunities
for investment s3Is.-,,e 1888. ~ .e-..
1t is appreciated here that the ST. Louis
exposition will not be a local or even
sectional affair, but will be in the same
class IS the great Chicago exhibition of
1885 1t Will be even on, a larger scale.
While Chicago after straining every
nerve, raised SIG, 452, 81, on which to- open
the exposition, st. Louis, without yet
beginningTto finance, but SIMPLY by the
enthusiasm Of its people, starts out with
at least $16,0O0,000 assured
The thing that Is especially pleasing to
st. Louis people Isl that they will be able
to benefit by theaexperience of Chicago,
and thus save both time and money.
For instance, by having a small board
of government commissioners, only nine
in number. and by restricting the wom-
en- workers to a small body, avoiding
confusion and jealousy, and concentrat-
ing responsibility and attention.. a saw
ing at the start of half a million dollars
is made.
One of the earliest of the forbears of
the st. Louis exposition Is Charles w.
Knapp, editor ana proprietor of the ST.
Louis Republic, who began in 1883 the
agitation for a worlds fair, to be held in
ST. Louis, only to- see the honor finally
assigned to Chicago He is a member of
b the delega ton representing ST. LOUIS
which has been East for the past few
weeks and which shas met with surpris-
ing success, especially in New York and
Washington .>,;,.,
MI, Knapp recently explained the stu
ca IN the proposed exposition, in the fol-
lowing sta tement: 5e+
When 1t was decided to hold the ex-
position in 1903 in St. Louis, a commit
tee OF 200 was formed. Now there is a
committee of at least 900 fer the purpose
or starting the legislation necessary to
llnance the exposition and push subsc fp-
ions for the stock In addition to the
othef subscriptions and pledges. the
United States will expend 100000 on a
government exhibit ST. Louis started
cut with the intention of conducting an
exposition upon even "a llarger4 scale than
the Chicago exposition. The civ has
had many advantages over Chicago.
First, the Louisiana purchase exposition
has stronger financial foundation being
assured in advance of a larger income
Second, 1t has the experience of Chicago
TO go upon for economy. Third cost of
material for the construction of build
lngs is substantially lower than in 1891
and 1892. Fourth, the United States has
taken place among the powers of the
world that it did not have in: 1893. Fifth
While the worlds fair came at the be-
ginning of great financial panic the st.
Louis exposition will come under pre-
c1sely reversed circumstances in a Pc
ROD OF extraordinary and. unparalleled
prosperity Sixth, the dominant political
party will have been on trial after three
years of new worldwide policy, and VIII
take an interest in giving the country an
OBJECT lesson of the resources of the new
possessions, and the world will be inter
ested in this showing also. r..
chicago had from stock Subscript' ons
city bonds, government aid by coinage
of 100000 Columbian half dollars and
by pledg1ng gate receipts for $4460,500.
about $17,000,0OO This was by straining
every available resource. ST. Louis has
TO
600 to start with Instead of the
large, unwieldy government commission
and board OF lady managers that Ch1ca-
go had, which cost nearly $3.50 900 in sal
aries and expenses alone and cost the
exposition in waste and expenditure
thousands and thousands Of dollars arid
endless Wrangling between the exposi-
ton company and the other body St
Louis will have only nine government
commissioners. Their salary will be IS 600
year and this must cover their eX-
expenses
Also $1,000 a year will be set aside for
office expenditures, and the term OF the
commission will be limited to four years
'Ihere will. be no salaried board of lady
managers for the ST. Louis exposition.
Ehe sites, plans and specifications de
cloed upon by the exposition company
must be approved by the government
commissioners. It is hoped the commits
SION will meet in st. Louis and approve
lheSe, so the president, either on his trim
to the coast this summer or on his re-
turn. will9be able to christen the site.
Inc Whole municipality has enthusi-
astlca1ly turned its attention to the phys
zeal aspects of the city in order to pre-
pare 1t to do credit to them and to the
whole country. To this end non-par-
tisan commission has been volunt 311lv
organized, the delegates being appointed
by every commercial and social organi-
zatlon IN the city. 1t is called the Com
mission for Public Welfare Its work
mas been to frame such changes in the
city charter as are needed to enable
the people of st. Louis to raise by special
taxation and bonded debt from $40 0OO-
VUO to $l5,000,G00, to be expended in re-
constructing streets, laying out boule-
Vards, installing a new sewer system
and in establishing a filtration pant in
connection with the public water sup
ply. In fact to bring the City Zip to the
standard of themest modern municipal
tiles in the United States.
But this is not1.all We are raising
more millions of dollars to complete, our
city hall and city hospital and other i'm
portant municipal buildings, so that when
the exposition opens, St. Louis will be
the best arranged, best organized, clean
est, safest, healthiest city, with the best
lighted streets andJ best public facilities
In the country. IL e.
Missouri viii spend $1,OO0,OOO on
state building. Illinois will spend $500 00),
and all states in the Louisiana purchase
will do likewise. The indications are
that the state exhibits will be finer than
ever before contemplated Foreign dis
plays are. expected 10 be unsurpassed.
THE worlds IN terest has been turned
upon the United States in the last few
years in way that-is unexampled. This
will all count in st. Louis favor.
"As for attendance the population of
the country has increased nearly Is per